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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667348 08/18/22 02:21 AM
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No idea and really no interest. I remember some of the computers at school had a “turbo” button I always pushed it cheers


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667351 08/18/22 02:24 AM
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First one I programmed on was an IBM 360 in FORTRAN using punch cards.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: Lazyjack] #8667389 08/18/22 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Lazyjack
An Atari. Wrote if then.. or nor... who cares and saved on a cassette. I wrote a program that would plot the ballistic ark of a 30.06 bullet. Teacher was not impressed.

Then the famous Commodore 64. Then nothing for years. Then had an HP with Windows 95. All more my software was on 5 1/ 4 floppys, so I exit Windows to go to DOS.


Oh yeah, I remember the cassettes
I had an Atari400 then moved up to the 800.
Next was the TRS-80 man we thought those things were amazing.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667414 08/18/22 04:01 AM
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I started off on a DEC 10 that translated to paper tape that was loaded into an IBM 360. I also did the same with an IBM 1130 and an Interdata Model 70. These machines could be programmed in Fortran, Cobol or machine code. All the machines had magnetic tape storage and true core storage. Those were the days!

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667416 08/18/22 04:09 AM
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Mid 90’s Apple with a DOS compatible card so you could also run Windows. Got it through wife’s school.



Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667421 08/18/22 04:29 AM
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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667424 08/18/22 04:43 AM
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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667428 08/18/22 04:52 AM
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Our elementary school got apple computers in '81 if I remember correctly. We didn't have our own computer until I was in Jr High. It was an IBM I believe.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667440 08/18/22 08:41 AM
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Y’all must have gone to rich schools. I never used or had access to a computer until I started my career.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: nak] #8667463 08/18/22 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by nak
TRaSh-80 Model I



Same here....


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: ntxtrapper] #8667468 08/18/22 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ntxtrapper
Y’all must have gone to rich schools. I never used or had access to a computer until I started my career.

I was an E3 when i bought mine, probably skipped a few car insurance payments to buy it like a moron. That was my signature move at the time.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667499 08/18/22 12:18 PM
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Atari 400. Programmed in Basic & saved to cassette.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: Bee'z] #8667507 08/18/22 12:27 PM
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I guess I never have owned a computer.

I do remember shooting the hell out of buffaloes on some ancient computers in grade school. I think I was supposed to buy a bunch of flour and beans and [censored] with my money. Nah. I just need some more bullets and enough oxen to get me to them good buffalo hunting spots.


Yup, been there done that roflmao I think mine was a Gateway back in like 97' when I was in 7th grade.

Ours was a Gateway to. Bought it in 97 if I remember correctly. I think we paid between 2-3 thousand for it back then.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667509 08/18/22 12:31 PM
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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667513 08/18/22 12:41 PM
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I think it was an Apple 2c that mom bought to teach her 6th grade students computer literacy.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667514 08/18/22 12:49 PM
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In college (1966) I had to go to the computer lab to run programs (punchcards) on the one big IBM. Then got a job with an oil company (1970) and ran programs (punchcards) on a big IBM. All in Fortran IV. Next was a Radio Shack 100 that I bought (1980ish) and wrote programs on in Basic. Those were my first gasoline blending programs, which I sold (with the computer) and used the money to get bigger computers. The Radio Shack stuff had to be in the early 80’s. Pretty primitive, but useful. I don’t remember what years we got the first desktop PCs. Had to be after 1985, when I had a job that didn’t require computer use. Left that job in 1990 and the next job had desktops being issued to all engineers.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667518 08/18/22 12:57 PM
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My first computer was an IBM PC clone from Northgate I still have the glass coffee cup they gave me.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: ntxtrapper] #8667528 08/18/22 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ntxtrapper
Y’all must have gone to rich schools. I never used or had access to a computer until I started my career.


Did they even have computers back then?

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: el Rojo] #8667529 08/18/22 01:07 PM
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I also had a Texas Instrument computer. I don't remember which one I had first.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: nak] #8667532 08/18/22 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by nak
TRaSh-80 Model I


Same here. TRS-80 by Tandy Electronics and DOS programming language.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667567 08/18/22 01:38 PM
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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667575 08/18/22 01:48 PM
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My hearing is shot from years of manning the consoles of USAF mainframe computers and the accompanying punch card readers and printers. I could read a punch card in my sleep.


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Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667592 08/18/22 02:08 PM
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I have no earthly idea what brand the first one we had was - something my Mom was given from work that was black screen with green letters - somehow discovered there was some extremely basic DOS bass fishing game on it that I played the heck out of...had to be around 1992-1993.

The first actual one I remember well is an Acer - I want to say that thing was expensive as hell sometime around 1996-1997.

I remember the school had Macs - first the old school ones - then the year they came out the ones that were different colors on top and shaped weird.

Re: What was your first computer? [Re: reeltexan] #8667615 08/18/22 02:47 PM
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