CHILDREN'S STORY ABOUT HELLO KITTY, WRITTEN ON EARLY MACINTOSH COMPUTER WITH RETRO 1980S CONTINUOUS FEED DOT MATRIX PRINTER PAPER.

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(Imagine Carmina speaking in a cranky granny voice…) “You kids have it oh-so-easy these days! Did you know, back in the 1980s, we poor unfortunate souls had to print our Hello Kitty stories out on dot matrix paper?? That’s right! The ink printers took two minutes a PAGE and constantly jammed. And the paper was joined together and had holes along the sides — so we had to rip out each page separately!”

“And did you know that the earliest word processing programs for Macs had no auto-save? No recovery! One mistake and entire chapters of your Hello Kitty tooth fairy stories were forever lost!”

“Ding Dong, Ding Dong”… “Mr Beaver”… Why do all my childhood early works seem so dirty in retrospect??

Were you a child of the 1980s? What is your favorite retro gizmo or memory?

At least the adventure story in my kawaii recipe book Cute Yummy Time, is G-rated… I’m doing a cute food demo today on NBC’s Weekend Today, 7:45am ET. Tune in if you’re able to wake up early enough!

Song of the Day #219: Instead of a song, check out this 1980s computer commercial from Radio Shack. That was me, back in the day!

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http://you-have-forgiven.blogspot.com/ Fiona Rawrhhs

I enjoyed playing with dot matrix paper when I was little! Actually, I only liked ripping out the the holes in the sides. It was pretty fun…
(ps. I wasn't born in the 1980s. I was actually born in the mid 90s)
http://you-have-forgiven.blogspot.com/ Fiona Rawrhhs

I enjoyed playing with dot matrix paper when I was little! Actually, I only liked ripping out the the holes in the sides. It was pretty fun…
(ps. I wasn’t born in the 1980s. I was actually born in the mid 90s)

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Hahah it’s so much fun! I wonder if I still have some lying around…

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Hahah it's so much fun! I wonder if I still have some lying around…
Lee

When I was a kid, before we got a real computer we had one of those machines that was a dedicated word possessor. Couldn't save, or do anything but type. But hey, built in printer.

Then we got an Apple 2 and I played oregon trail and bubble bobble all the time
gschan

Oh wow, that brought back memories of our old Apple ImageWriter printer. That was a workhorse!
Lauren

I think you should sell this stuff to Sanrio. It somehow fits their product image so perfectly.

I remember I had some kind of portable Ms. Pacman game, kind of like a gameboy but much bigger and with only one game.
Lisa

I recall using the dot matrix printer at work. Ugh! the paper jams (; ;)
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Ahh Oregon Trail! You can play these games online now; blast from the past.
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

The printers were alway so loud too!
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Lauren, I need to take you to Wonderland in Hong Kong… it's where I got Kojin the kitchen god and other horribly disturbing cute things!
Lee

When I was a kid, before we got a real computer we had one of those machines that was a dedicated word possessor. Couldn’t save, or do anything but type. But hey, built in printer.

Then we got an Apple 2 and I played oregon trail and bubble bobble all the time

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Ahh Oregon Trail! You can play these games online now; blast from the past.

gschan

Oh wow, that brought back memories of our old Apple ImageWriter printer. That was a workhorse!
Lauren

I think you should sell this stuff to Sanrio. It somehow fits their product image so perfectly.

I remember I had some kind of portable Ms. Pacman game, kind of like a gameboy but much bigger and with only one game.

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Lauren, I need to take you to Wonderland in Hong Kong… it’s where I got Kojin the kitchen god and other horribly disturbing cute things!

Lisa

I recall using the dot matrix printer at work. Ugh! the paper jams (; ;)

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

The printers were alway so loud too!

NuGoth

Very clever reminiscence – LMAO
photographerleia

Ah! dot matrix printers …

I myself have very fond memories of my Speak-n-Spell
NuGoth

Very clever reminiscence – LMAO
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Oh. Mein. GOTT. I had a Speak-n-Spell too! I think it's still in my parents' basement. I still remember the creaky glitchy noises!
http://www.hilarylindler.com photographerleia

Ah! dot matrix printers …

I myself have very fond memories of my Speak-n-Spell

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Oh. Mein. GOTT. I had a Speak-n-Spell too! I think it’s still in my parents’ basement. I still remember the creaky glitchy noises!

ceruleanthought

Whoa, dot matrix paper! I've heard of it but never seen ^^. That's so cool XD.
Anonymous

Whoa, dot matrix paper! I’ve heard of it but never seen ^^. That’s so cool XD.
Ayame

I actually have one of those printers back home in Malaysia, belongs to my uncle. I played with it when i was about 7? it was so loud it nearly blasted my ear off xD though im born in '93 hahaha :)
http://www.facebook.com/eunice.ayame.yin Ayame

I actually have one of those printers back home in Malaysia, belongs to my uncle. I played with it when i was about 7? it was so loud it nearly blasted my ear off xD though im born in ’93 hahaha :)

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Hahah they don’t make computer gizmos like they used too! I remember using the very first floppy disks, which were actually FLOPPY and huge.

http://www.facebook.com/eunice.ayame.yin Ayame

Thats probably why they named it Floppy Disk. xDDDDD

Seb

My dad used to have one of those ;) Where are the days!
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Hahah they don't make computer gizmos like they used too! I remember using the very first floppy disks, which were actually FLOPPY and huge.
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Do you remember those big floppy disks that really were floppy? hee hee!
Seb

My dad used to have one of those ;) Where are the days!

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Do you remember those big floppy disks that really were floppy? hee hee!

Ayame

Thats probably why they named it Floppy Disk. xDDDDD
[[pr!nc355 m0r6]]

my most favorite retro gizmo next to the nintendo was the commodore 64, it took the 5 inch floppies!
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Ahahaah I had an original Nintendo too… with Duck Hunt!
[[pr!nc355 m0r6]]

my most favorite retro gizmo next to the nintendo was the commodore 64, it took the 5 inch floppies!

http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Ahahaah I had an original Nintendo too… with Duck Hunt!

Ayame

Thats probably why they named it Floppy Disk. xDDDDD
[[pr!nc355 m0r6]]

my most favorite retro gizmo next to the nintendo was the commodore 64, it took the 5 inch floppies!
http://www.lacarmina.com lacarmina

Ahahaah I had an original Nintendo too… with Duck Hunt!

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