Re: First computers . . .

["Bill Smith" <wsmith@sitaranetworks.com>]

In article <ggd_5.2638$uK6.365369@news1.telusplanet.net>,
dev.null@personal.information.com wrote:

> While reading about the bad-old-days of computing I came across the
> statement that, "it is well known in the computer science field that
> programmers tend to think of the first machine they ever used as being
> one of the most interest- ing."  And I am curious, how many of you
> started out on an Apple II?

the Apple ][ was the first computer i used.  the first "big" computer i
used was a DEC PDP-11/70.  :)

the first computer i owned was a TI 99/4a, but the next one i bought was
an Apple IIgs.  the 99/4a is long-gone, but the IIgs keeps a solemn watch
on my computer desk, right next to my Pentium system...

Bill Smith
Fall River, MA