A New York man discovers that a 30-year-old Apple computer is still in working order

(CNN) – A New York teacher has Gen Xers who remember their childhood after posting images of his decades-old Apple lle computer on Twitter on Saturday night.

John Pfaff dusted off the old computer that had been in his parents' attic for decades and, to his surprise, he always lit up.

"Put in an old game disc. Ask if I want to restore a saved game. And find one! "He must be 30 years old. I am still 10 years old. "

Apple IIe was the third model in the Apple II series and released in 1983. This version boasted features such as the ability to use uppercase and lowercase letters and the full functionality of the Shift and Lock keys. All models of this computer were abandoned in 1993.

Pfaff restored the game saved Adventureland, a text command game published for microcomputers by Scott Adams in 1978.

"What should I do next," reads the prompt at the screen.

"It's tricky, because three decades later, I do not remember very well my course in Adventureland."

Pfaff found floppy disks containing several different games of the time, including; Millionware, Neuromancer and Olympic Decathlon.

In addition to finding games on floppy disks, Pfaff found backed-up copies of his homework in high school and a note from his late father.

"I just found this letter that my father wrote to me in 1986, at the age of 11, and at the summer camp," he tweeted. "My father died almost exactly a year ago. It's amazing to come across something so "ordinary" from him. "

Pfaff presented the vintage system to his own children and their reaction is what you would expect from a generation passed on the iPhone X.

"My oldest, who is 9 years old, is exclaimed:" It's a computer ?! Surprised, then pointed at the floppy drives and asked them, "What is it?" "

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