I remember being on my front porch opening a birthday present (granted this was well after '83 but the toys must have been in the stores for quite awhile after) and opening up the Max Rebo band. It was exciting to see Star Wars on network TV, which was my only Star Wars viewing during the 80s. I was young/uninformed enough not to even know which episode I was watching when it came on. I played with my not-yet vintage toys. Klaatu still has some playdoh stuck in his face I think.

Got a computer around the very end of the 80s. A Tandy 1000 SL. Mostly played King's Quest. I fooled around with BASIC programming. It beat the old Commodore I used at school during recess to play Oregon Trail. Still have the computer at my mother's, I'm always impressing upon her how important it is to preserve for the sake of humanity. I just remember really wanting a computer and begging for one. And then it was so annoying to have to switch out the floppy disks all the time to proceed in a game, so I begged to get more RAM (less switching) and a 3.5" drive (fewer disks needing switching).

Some of the older people here will have better memories. Short shorts with stripes on the side seemed to have been a prominent feature of that era.