Okay, so I'm flying a little higher than I was when I wrote my last post. I've tried like mad to find copies of those issues of Rainbow Magazine back in the mid 80s; I really just want to find the issues where my programs were published, so I can copy the pages, seal them up and hang them on my wall. Good memories.
I'd found a website that did little more than whet my appetite: http://www.the-e-mall.net/netcat.htm . Of course none of the "add to cart" options worked; it was a dead site, not much more than a tease. Still; just knowing that there were other Rainbow/CoCo owners still out there, still reflecting on their cult-like love of this machine...
You have to understand; Tandy had no clue what they had. They marketed it horribly, despite it being a fantastic 8-bit low end machine. It was, in my opinion, vastly superior to its competition at the time - the Commordore Vic-20, the Commodore 64, and the Atari 400/800 home computers.
Anyway, I'm going off subject. The point is I've looked for copies of these mags for some time now, with no success.
Until now!
Freaking eBay, I fucking love you! Holy crap, someone is actually selling off their collection from 1984-1986 - exactly the years I started reading Rainbow!! I wish they had 1983 in their collection (my true start time), but hey - i'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.
I WILL win this dammned auction; no way in hell am I going to let this chance pass me by. If by some freak chance I don't, I'm emailing the winner and begging them to look through and scan me copies. Fuck, I'll gladly pay for it - I'm not letting this chance pass me by.
Goddamn, I'm excited! Stay tuned.
About Me
- Ariq the Moor
- In mythology, the Trickster is a creator, a joker, a truth teller, a story teller, a transformer. We are most accessible to the gifts of the Trickster when we ourselves are at, or near, boundaries - when we are experiencing transition states.
As a Jungian archetype, the Trickster - as the boundary dweller - finds expression through human imagination and experience.
It's the Trickster who points out the flaws in our carefully managed societies. He rebels against authority, pokes fun at the overly serious, creates complex schemes and generally plays with the Laws of the Universe. He constantly questions the rules, and causes us to question these same rules. The Trickster appears when a way of thinking becomes outmoded, when old ways need to be changed.
My identity as Trickster is meant to reflect all of these concepts, but most strongly it's meant to convey a sense of both the creative spirit and the simple complexity of having fun.
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