Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

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Taking Screenshots in 1984
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Taking Screenshots in 1984

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Paul Lefebvre
May 31, 2022
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We are all spoiled. It is so easy to get screenshots these days. For best quality, I often take screenshots from an emulator because I can easily grab it from my Mac.

But it’s also pretty trivial to take a digital photo of the retro computer display.

Here’s what you had to do in 1984 (taken from New Products in Antic Magazine, Nov. 1984):

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