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A friend of mine in undergrad modified a Sinclair ZX Spectrum to act as a MIDI sequencer. He wore it as part of his stage costume.

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After sinking so much money into C64's and C128's, not many of us could afford to upgrade to an Amiga at the time.

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IBM-compatible personal computers.

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Amberite and his father posing in front of a TRS-80.

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The first arcade game: Pong.

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Two home versions of Pong.

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Amberite and his father playing Pong for old time's sake.

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Atari game cartridges. Those would play on an Atari 2600 for certain, possibly an 800.

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Atari game consoles.

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I have this album. To this day, it's one of my very favorites.

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A display of feelies, or fun extras that came packaged with Infocom interactive fiction games.

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Classic Infocom games.

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The first really portable computers.