Re: First computers . . .

["Geoff Pool" <gepool@flashcom.net>]

Byron 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 II was probably the third computer I used, but I am most fond of
it
> because it is the one machine that I spent a lot of time learning how to
> program.  (The first two were more like toys, the C=64 and VIC-20.)
>
> Byron.

The first computer I was programmed was an Apple IIe.  It was part of a
class I took
at Sierra College in Roseville, CA in 1985.  I've moved on to other systems
and platforms, but I'll
always fondly remember that first learning experience with the A2e.