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Re: First computers . . .
- Subject: Re: First computers . . .
- From: Paul Guertin <pg@sff.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 01:12:08 +0900
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Amalgamated Karma
- References: <ggd_5.2638$uK6.365369@news1.telusplanet.net>
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dev.null@personal.information.com wrote:
> "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."
Also known as the "Baby Duck syndrome", and applies to editors as well.
> And I am curious, how many of you started out on an Apple II?
Televideo TS 803. A 64k, Z80-based CP/M machine with a humongous
keyboard. I used it for word processing at first (WordStar, of
course), and then Basic programming.
Paul Guertin
pg@sff.net