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12-12-2009, 05:09 PM
IBM PCjr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I had a munificent 128k of RAM, ONE floppy drive (5.25"), a CGA card, and a monitor. I could play basic games, and run WordStar 1.0 on it.  --------------------------- Texas can exist without the United States, but the United States, cannot, except at great peril, exist without Texas. Sam Houston. |
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| Rest in peace John...  |
12-12-2009, 05:33 PM
Rather advanced technology, mine was a MITS Altair 8800 runing CP/M. --------------------------- "The market wants a Leica to be a Leica: the inheritor of tradition, the subject of lore, and indisputably a mark of status to own." Mike Johnston |
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12-12-2009, 05:39 PM
My first was a TRS-80 Model 1, saved everything to cassette tape, no floppies on that guy! Allan |
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12-12-2009, 07:43 PM
I can't tell you the model number of the first one we had, but it was a Texas Instruments that used a black and white TV as a monitor. After that was an AppleII in the 4th grade followed by an IBM ps/2 that was the first I had with a mouse. It's been downhill since then. --------------------------- If you find yourself in a fair fight; your tactics suck! "If I think an ignited fart will improve a photo, then please pass the beans and matches." -David Hobby http://jklebphoto.com |
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12-12-2009, 07:45 PM
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12-12-2009, 07:45 PM
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12-12-2009, 08:29 PM
This was MY first computer... I'm obviously not NEARLY as old as some of you... Andrew... This isn't mine, but a picture I found on flickr  --------------------------- "If you find a job you love, you'll never have to work a day in your life." |
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12-12-2009, 08:33 PM
A friend had a TRS-80 with cassete tape storage via a separate cassette player. I started learning on a Hewlett Packard time-share system around the same time. --------------------------- Kenny D. Photography | Kenny D. Photography (blog) | The San Antonio Photographer's Network (blog) "They can do a lot, but they can't stop the clock!" |
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12-12-2009, 08:39 PM
Wow..now I fell old...this was my first computer....  This was my second machine...we played Zork and surfed the precursor to the internet at a blazing 16 Baud.....  --------------------------- Sigma SD1-M Converted to Nikon F & SD14 One Converted to Nikon F and One Converted to Leica R...... |
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12-12-2009, 08:41 PM
16 baud? Man you were smokin' along. Our time share connection was 8 baud. LOL --------------------------- Kenny D. Photography | Kenny D. Photography (blog) | The San Antonio Photographer's Network (blog) "They can do a lot, but they can't stop the clock!" |
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12-12-2009, 08:50 PM
Tony C an Atari was also my first so don't feel to bad. LOL. That lasted about 6 months then up graded to a Tandy. |
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12-12-2009, 09:42 PM
My first computer was an Apple ][c. It featured 128k of RAM and a built in 5 1/4" floppy drive. I even had a "dual monitor" setup - a monochrome green screen, and a 13" color TV pugged into the RF modulator. I taught myself to program on that computer. Started with BASIC, then assembler, and later C. That led to my career in software development... |
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12-12-2009, 09:52 PM
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12-12-2009, 09:55 PM
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12-12-2009, 11:36 PM
I started out with a TI-99/4a. 256 bytes (... .25kb) of RAM and files were saved to an audio cassette recorder. Later I had a major upgrade to an expansion chassis with a whopping 32Kb of RAM and single sided, single density 180kb disk drive. I was ready to rule the world! --------------------------- No matter where you go there you are. |
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