First computers

[Sparko]

Let's post ads from the first computers we ever owned.

My first computer was an Atari 400. Complete with 8K of memory and a cassette deck to load programs with! Got it in 1980.



I later moved on to an Atari 800XL, then an Amiga 1000, Amiga 3000 and then on to building my own PCs.

[Cow Poke]

I had a Coleco Adam after my Atari 400, and my TRS80. (At least, I THINK it was after the TRS80)

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[Sparko]

I had a Coleco Adam after my Atari 400, and my TRS80. (At least, I THINK it was after the TRS80)

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Yeah I remember the Adam.

We had a TRS80 in school. The boot code had to be keyed in by hand just to get it to load from the floppy drive.

[Cow Poke]

Yeah I remember the Adam.

We had a TRS80 in school. The boot code had to be keyed in by hand just to get it to load from the floppy drive.

I don't think I had a floppy drive -- I just used a cassette tape recorder (that I already had) to store my BASIC programs.

[robrecht]

My first computer was the Compaq SLT-286. It was fabulous. A friend of mine is going to get it working again so I can start updating my thesis when I retire.



http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/23/bu...-a-laptop.html

[mossrose]

I used an abacus.

And I can't upload pictures.

[Teallaura]

RAdio Shack 16 - the pic is close...

[rogue06]

RAdio Shack 16 - the pic is close...

Pulls up sleeves...

rogue powas activate!

Form of a picture

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Now, enbiggen!

[rogue06]

I used an abacus.

And I can't upload pictures.

mossy's first real computer




And her neighbor showing how it worked








I know. I know. I'm always still in trouble again ain't I?

[Sparko]

I used an abacus.

And I can't upload pictures.

Your first laptop:

[robrecht]

I actually did learn how to use an abacus when I was a kid.

[Sparko]

I actually did learn how to use an abacus when I was a kid.

I had a slide rule.

[rogue06]

I had a slide rule.

[Sparko]

They actually used this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

[Cow Poke]

I had a slide rule.

A ROUND one?

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