Subj : First Computer Experiences
To   : All
From : Kurisu
Date : Sun Mar 03 2024 12:27:05

A thread in another echo got me wondering just what everyones first experiences with a "computer" in any meaningful sense was?

For me, I'm pretty certain it was with Apple II systems which were at one of my elementary schools. They may have been IIGS units but just as likely could have been IIe's - I truly cannot recall what they looked like. Of course being in like 1st and 2nd grade all we did was play games on them -- typical edutainment fodder of the time.

Then in 3rd grade I was transfered to a newly-built school which had new Macintosh systems (this was Fall 1993 for context) which I would learn in my last year at that school had access to the "old" games -- turns out the things had the Apple IIe card in them! It's funny to think as a 5th grader those of us in the computer club got to go on a bit of a nostalgia trip to just a few years earlier. Of course, when you're a kid a few years is a lifetime ago.

Yeah, bog standard for a kid born in the mid 80's, but that's my story. What's yours?

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