Subj : First Computer Experiences
To   : Kurisu
From : Bob Worm
Date : Tue Mar 05 2024 09:39:24

  Re: First Computer Experiences
  By: Kurisu to All on Sun Mar 03 2024 12:27:05

Hi, Kurisu.

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

My first computer experience was an Atari 800XL which my dad bought for the family - I don't think they were particularly common in the UK and it had a floppy drive so it must have cost a good chunk of change back in the day. We were really poor at that time so it represented a huge investment in my dad's hunch that these computer things would probably take off...

What really sticks in my mind is Pacman on cartridge (opened this up on emulation the other day, really took me back) and a paint program that ran from floppy. I just remember flood filling with a brickwork pattern which very-young-me called "Bill the Brickie".

So sad that they threw that out :(

The next one after that was when I started school and there was a BBC micro in the nursery classroom - I don't remember ever getting to play with it but I remember the owl logo very clearly :)

BobW
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