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Re: For the fun of it
"Tony Cianfaglione" <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote in message
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: I'm 50.
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: My first computer usage was writing Fortran programs in 1971 on an old
: university VAX system.
:
: My first home computer was an Atari 400 at a small computer kiosk in a
: mall in 1978.
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: My first home computer usage was playing the text adventure, Haunted
: House, on a demo TRS-80 Model 1 Level 2 at a local Radio Shack in 1979.
:
: My first in-home computer fun was playing the Coveted Mirror on my
: nephew's IIc ROM 255 in 1985 which inspired me to buy my own IIc.
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: My first purchased computer was my IIc ROM 03 in 1985, which I still use
: but it's been since beefed up a bit with a Video 7 digital RGB adapter
: running 16 colors to an NEC 3D vga monitor (with low sync ability), an
: 8mhz ZipChip, a Ram IIc 1mb ramboard, 2 - 3.5" UniDisk drives, an external
: 5.25 Disk IIc, an external clock IIc, a joystick and a mouse using a
: softwitch adapter, a 56k modem, a color IWII with single sheet feeder and
: a Sequential Systems CT100c external 100mb hard drive (with 4 - 25mb
: partitions).
Great system, Tony.
Bill Garber