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| From | Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: [CM] What was your first home computer? |
| Date | 2017-04-19 12:52 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <alpine.LNX.2.02.1704191250240.14928@darkstar.example.org> (permalink) |
| References | <5ujesd-n64.ln1@raspberry.therandymon.com> <0m7ksd-e33.ln1@anthive.com> |
On Wed, 19 Apr 2017, songbird wrote:
> RS Wood wrote:
> ...
>> 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?
>
> IBM-PC (81-82 era), no graphics at first,
> eventually had a Hercules monochrome widget put
> in it. made sure it was full of memory.
> eventually added a 40M hard drive and a faster
> clocked CPU.
>
> still regret giving away the keyboard when i gave
> the PC away in 96. the machine was still working
> just fine as a terminal and if you didn't mind
> waiting it would compile things i needed to do for
> class work.
>
I think at the time, people didn't realize the good keyboards were going
away. The original IBM keyboards were expensive, though that soon
changed. But who would have thought that they'd get cheap and flimsy with
time, or that the old keyboards would still work all this time later?
While I dabbled with some IBM PC parts about 1990, I didn't have an Intel
machine until 2001, when I splurged on a used Pentium so I could run
Linux. And by then, the good keyboards were mostly gone from the used
market. Had I run an IBM COmpatible earlier, I'm sure I would have
grabbed a good mechanical keyboard.
Michael
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