[TriLUG] More computer trivia...

[Blackburn, Marvin]

First experience was 1978, cant remember what the system was -- though
the paper tape input was interesting. 

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> [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf Of Christopher L Merrill
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> Ian Kilgore wrote:
>  > Heh.  My first computer was a P133mhz running Windows 
> 3.11, with 56k
>  >  dialup.  I used to love drawing smiley faces with mspaint..
> 
> Geezzz...you guys are making me feel old.
> 
> My first was a Apple ][+. 48k RAM and a cassette tape drive.  
> My upgrade
> to a 5.25" floppy drive was pure nirvana.  Before that, I 
> learned BASIC
> on a Commodore PET.
> 
> I can remember the first time I saw a copy of Windows (version 1)
> running.  I recall being somewhat unimpressed...being an Apple
> guy at the time.
> 
> And I felt like I "missed" the computer revolution - I 
> thought I was too 
> young, since I had never built my own computer from a box of chips.
> 
> :)
> 
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