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First work computer (word processor really) was a Lanier. First true computer I ever touched was an Apple -- my boy friend was a true computer genius and use working on an AI program. Whenever he was out of town, I'd try to teach his puter to play bridge. Almost had a workable program when he busted me lol. First computer I bought was a Dell.
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I think my first machine was a philco..and it had a little round black and white screen ...........

Seems to me it used coal .........

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... oh yeah, and if you shut the damper before it got hot enough it would smoke you out. Yeah, I remember... ah, the good old days.

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Ahhh! you guys had the new improved computers. I hated to print anything out on mine The little guy with the hammer and chisel was sooooooooo sloooow! And anything over one page was such heavy reading. New avatar Fumar? anybody we know?
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Mine was an IBM.... paid $2000... figured it would last forever.... then came color montors...2nd was a Tandy....loved that computer....
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Didn't anyone else get the TI-99A? Got mine for $50 with the rebate, total cost after all the programs, expansion box, memory upgrade, floppy drives, etc. almost $2k. Those cheap computers really get expensive! Still have it but afraid to plug it in. would probably blow my flat screen. MelZ, did you run the RCA's or did you work on them? I was a tech in Chicago for them before Sperry bought us.
I was a Systems Analyst on the Spectra, wrote programs in BAL and machine language. I moved into sales and finally left with the Sperry purchase. 1st machine I sold was a 70/35 with 64K memory, 10mb hard drive, teletype console, card reader/punch, line printer and a tape drive. Sold it for about $1Million for the sole purpose of printing food stamps.
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My very first computer was an IMSAI 8600 kit that I put together and used to program in assembler...then a TRS 80 ... from then on a proliferation of brands.....
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My first was an Apple 2C the little compact one with about an 8" screen. Have a picture of my son at age 3 playing a game on it. He is now a hardcore gamer at age 27. I soon upgraded to an Apple 2GS so that I could begin playing golf on the computer. For what I paid for that 2GS I could today buy a gaming computer that would be the envy of even my son.
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Wish I could remember the name of my first computer. Maybe someone can help. It was in the late 70's and the information was stored on cassette tapes.
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Mine was an apple II.

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I've read most everyone's post, but I don't remember anyone mentioning the one I had. It was a Texas Instruments TI-99A. It used MS-DOS and I never did learn much about it. It also had cartridges for programs that you could plug into the side. It used a 5 1/2" floppy drive for storage that was built into a separate component.
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Commodore 64....with a typo in the owner's manual...Do not turn the machine off when the green light is lit. They meant the red and we had to wait until after Christmas to call the store.
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I had a Colecovision, but I'm not sure that counts. I had a little Timex too which I found totallly useless. But in 1983, I upgraded to a Kaypro II, which was almoost a combination desktop/laptop since it was totally self-contanined. It ran CPM and came with Wordstar, Calcstar and some other stars (software) you could use for real computing. It had 64k (yes, k) of memory, no hard drive, 2 - 5 1/4" floppy drives and a built-in 9" green screen that supported text only - no graphics. I still have the machine along with all the software and documentation. I think it works too! The printer I had had long since bitten the dust.

(I started as a mainframe programmer in 1970, so I've been into computers for a long time)
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Mac 512K. Even after all these years I'm still a mac fan!
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