Path: csiph.com!news.freedyn.net!open-news-network.org!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!raspberry.therandymon.com!not-for-mail From: RS Wood Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: [CM] What was your first home computer? Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:01:58 +0000 Organization: solani.org Lines: 33 Message-ID: <5ujesd-n64.ln1@raspberry.therandymon.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: solani.org 1492427703 28394 eJwFwQERADEIAzBLK5RyL2fA41/CknBBnVSIsbHFM2gRnEz+5d7lEbIj4PY3JnJYLNhe9AMNzRCw (17 Apr 2017 11:15:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.solani.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2017 11:15:03 +0000 (UTC) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: eJwFwQkRwEAIBDBLfLtQOcAc/iU0gVO5GQQDh3ODy1braIcyOmlZn6rIO4tcAXzRWeOP4z/5TQ/7 X-User-ID: eJwFwYEBwCAIA7CXUGwL5zDQ/09YAudi6xA8eHhWrcjLy/3dichRbzOGs6Y8l4xpEFEun/wBFzQQWQ== Cancel-Lock: sha1:oBR1KkNfQQv85YdCJEEBBT4BZrA= Xref: csiph.com comp.misc:13448 alt.folklore.computers:179125 From the «guy in the back with the Cray, sit down please» department: Title: Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? Author: help@slashdot.org Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 00:50:00 -0400 Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/R-8G1BsgeRw/ask-slashdot-what-was-your-first-home-computer We've recently seen stories about old computers and sys-ops resurrecting 1980s BBS's, but now an anonymous reader has a question for all Slashdot readers: Whenever I meet geeks, there's one question that always gets a reaction: Do you remember your first home computer? This usually provokes a flood of fond memories about primitive specs -- limited RAM, bad graphics, and early versions of long-since-abandoned operating systems. Now I'd like to pose the same question to Slashdot's readers. Use the comments to share details about your own first home computer. Was it a back-to-school present from your parents? Did it come with a modem? Did you lovingly upgrade its hardware for years to come? Was it a Commodore 64 or a BeBox? It seems like there should be some good stories, so leave your best answers in the comments. What was your first home computer? [image 2][2][image 4][4][image 6][6] Read more of this story[7] at Slashdot. [image 8] Links: [1]: http://twitter.com/home?status=Ask+Slashdot%3A+What+Was+Your+First+Home+Computer%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2pE7IRH (link) [2]: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (image) [3]: http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fask.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F17%2F04%2F15%2F0546240%2Fask-slashdot-what-was-your-first-home-computer%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook (link) [4]: https://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (image) [5]: http://plus.google.com/share?url=https://ask.slashdot.org/story/17/04/15/0546240/ask-slashdot-what-was-your-first-home-computer?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus (link) [6]: http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (image) [7]: https://ask.slashdot.org/story/17/04/15/0546240/ask-slashdot-what-was-your-first-home-computer?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed (link) [8]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/R-8G1BsgeRw (image)