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Re: For the fun of it
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006, Rob Greene wrote:
The first computer I *used* was either visiting my mother at work playing
Tic-Tac-Toe on the mainframe at her office in Minneapolis or the Apple II
at school playing the original Oregon Trail.
I'd kill for the MECC disk that was on. xD One of the Elementary Volume
Whatever disks, and it's not one of the two on Asimov.
I could prolly have even snagged CNYICN's version 20 years ago if I'd 'a
had the foresight. -.-
The first computer *I owned* was an Apple //e purchased from members of
the Super Pirates of MPLS. Or so the story goes! My first hard-drive
was a 5MB ProFile purchased from the guy who ran Dark Light BBS out of
MPLS. That computer took me through college! I remember dialing up to
do homework or play Conquest on the VAX during J-Term.
Heh, BBSes ruled. xD
My first computer, after having used them for 8, 9 years, was an IBM PCjr.
Lasted a couple months. Crapped out. I got an XT after that. Fond
memories... *_* Thankfully programming BASICA is easy if you know
FPBASIC.
Unfortunately, I no longer have either of those computers. Why do we do
such dumb things? I loved that computer!! Plus all the disks and books
and magazines... gone. <Sigh.>
Yeah, I'm trying to recollect all the stuff I had on disk 20 years ago...
:/
I am pleased that one of my son's first computers, however, is the Apple
IIGS we picked up from school -- and he's used it since just before he
turned 7. Start 'em young I say! :-)
-Rob
IIgs FTW!
-uso.