Re: First computers . . .

["Allen Bong" <sfbong@tm.net.my>]

Did anyone mentioned Superboard II ?  It was my first computer I bought in
1980 in Singapore.  Two years later I got a used Apple II+ with one disk
drive and integer card, no monitor,  from a doctor friend.  It costed me a
fortune back then.

Allen.

"Blake Patterson" <blake@blakespot.com> wrote in message
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> Geoff Pool wrote:
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> > 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 machine I used (well, I'd played with others in the stores)
> was the TI-99/4A that I received as a X-Mas gift in '82 (I was ten).
> I've had...many...since:
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