Subj : First computer stories?
To   : aLPHA
From : Ogg
Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 08:45:00

Hello aLPHA!

** On Wednesday 16.03.22 - 21:05, aLPHA wrote to All:

 a> So my *first* real computer was a TI-99, but I barely
 a> remember that. I was like 10 or 11?


Your message of March 16 seems to have show up here only now.

If a programmable calculator can be deemed a computer, then  
does the SR-51A count?  I was in my final year of highschool  
when my parents doled out $450 for one of those for me.

I still have it, sans the battery pack. The battery pack had  
started to leak at some point so I trew it out.  Now I realize  
that maybe a BP-1 battery case fitted with 3 x AA batteries  
could work.

I seem to recall that some of the keys started to have contact  
issues, so maybe the whole thing of bringing it back to life  
just to use it for a few minutes is pointless.

But.. just holding it my hand sure brings back a lot of  
memories!


 a> It was really the C64 that was the love/obsession of my (1980's) life. My
 a> father knew I has been pining for it [..]

 a> So, my father died exactly 4 weeks ago today. While he was in the
 a> hospital, I bought a C64 on eBay, on impulse. [...]

Sorry to hear about your father.  Artifacts have a powerful way  
to trigger memories.


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