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Amstrad 80286 back in 1988/89. I think it was a PC clone. It had 20 MB hard drive, 4 color CGA graphics. The graphics looked very ugly in games.
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The first PC I owned: Was a lot like Dinger's (A 25-pound "portable" that ran on CP/M), given to me back in 1988.The first PC I actually used was a friend's TRS-80 in 1978. Taught myself BASIC on that...
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Wrote my first program (in FORTRAN) in 1974. No, I did not save the punch cards.
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Wrote mine in 1977. Clearly remember that my 60 or so cards went through the reader like I knew what I was doing. Was pretty much deflated when the guy behind me wheeled about 8 boxes of them up to...
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My Dad bought a Texas Ti 99. A very advanced computer for 1982. I could load a program before I could write properly You should have looked first, ya dope.
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Quote:I could load a program before I could write properly Shane I'm shocked, in Australia we spell it properly, p r o g r a m m e remember! You might be cute enough to get away with it but one must...
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Quote:My Dad bought a Texas Ti 99. A very advanced computer for 1982. I could load a program before I could write properly Wow, does that ever bring back memories!So, for how long did you use it?
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^^John!! I swear PROGRAM is the official Oxford Dictionary Aussie Ed spelling...^Mondo, we used it until about 1990 then got a Mac. I didn't pay much attention to the Mac as the games on the Ti were...
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^^^ We use program too in England with reference to PC's. We use Programme as in a tv show/programme.My syntax is very popular!
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My first REAL computer was this incredibly old looking thing I used to work on, during my wonderful year of social work in Pesaro...and, once again, my hair is just impossible to look at!!! "...If you...
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My first was in 1983...a Tandy MC-10. Here's the link to see the useless piece of shite. www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=163Because of where I worked at various mags and...
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An Acer Aspire, circa 1997. 120Mhz Pentium, 16 Megs of RAM (that was an upgrade from , and 1 GB hard drive. Served me well for a few years, and is still functional. geoffWelcome to my nightmare/It's...
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Ok Shane you're forgiven "They don't like it up 'em, Captain Mainwaring, they don't like it up 'em!"John x
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I had a Vic 20, sometime in the very early 80s. It was utter rubbish, but you could play a very basic of Frogger on it. Amusing for an entire 10 minutes. It plugged into the telly and loaded...
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Mine was an Atari 800XL, a truly great machine - I still have it and all the games and peripherals. I intend to set it up again some day (when I have the space) and complete version 11 of a program I...
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First personal computer:Sinclair ZX81 (1981) - parental purchase after much naggingCarefully balanced on paperback book so that the 16 kB RAM pack didn't fall off.Learnt BASIC & Z80 assembler...
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Quote:...it was a Commodore 64C purchased for the entire familySame here. Think in about 1983 or so ... my Dad was still around so must have been then. When my parents divorced he took it with him so...
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MontyQuote:I had a Vic 20, sometime in the very early 80sRockshots?My syntax is very popular!
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Monty:Quote:I had a Vic 20, sometime in the very early 80s. It was utter rubbish, but you could play a very basic of Frogger on it. Amusing for an entire 10 minutes. It plugged into the telly and...
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