Your first computer, what was it?
@DocAndersen (54402)
United States
April 19, 2019 5:07am CST
I would have to say the first comptuer I used was a TRS-80 from the now much smaller Radio Shack (Tandy)
It ran off a tape drive (to load programs)
The first computer i ever bought was an Apple IIc. I loved my Apple IIc. I could do everything i needed to do on that computer. Well, everything that a college student in the days before the internet, needed to do with a computer!
What was your first computer?
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
19 Apr 19
@DocAndersen All the Apple II are still with us, the first Apple II, the Apple IIe that came a bit later (e meaning enhanced), then the Apple IIc that I bought because it was "cute". They were good computers, while the old Apple printers were all garbage.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
They were great computers. I got a IIgs from a grant (I was given a teaching award) so got rid of my IIC. I miss it!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
@LadyDuck appletalk doomed their printers. I did like their laser.
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.@Kasjnak (4489)
• Romania
20 Apr 19
@DocAndersen they are faster, indeed. Actually, I was thinking about their speed, it seems there is a limit to it and it's very hard to go over it. Guess they need a different architecture for the CPU.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
Very cool, AMD still builds chips! They have gotten a lot faster.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
I remember the days before the internet. I actually built the first internet connection for a company I was working for.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
19 Apr 19
My brain which has fewer glitches.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
Nice system! Imagine what it would be like using it today!
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
19 Apr 19
@DocAndersen Since I had only Word and Excel (don't know correct version), they would work and today. Only they would in old format .doc and .xls (not .docx or .xlsx). But hard way would be transfer to other Computer. I don't know when did I last time saw Computer with floppy.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
@mrki444 I still have a floopy (USB connected)
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@ihasaquestion (8276)
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19 Apr 19
I started off with a typewriter, then I got my first Hewlett Packard PC in the late 90's. I loved that PC to bits and pieces. Those were during the dial-up days..
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Apr 19
@ihasaquestion Royal was a very old typewriter company.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
I started with a Royal Manual typewriter. I actually got an electric one for my brithday!
@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
19 Apr 19
I remember those days! Nice computer!
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