Post A68e062u72kSnGRDeK by Stringbender@mastodon.xyz
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(DIR) Post #A66hUZiWGsuF3ECysS by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:12:37Z
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Without revealing your age, what's the first computer you remember using?Image via: https://mypaper.m.pchome.com.tw/taiwan80/post/1297397821Idea via: https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/1378521294849912834
(DIR) Post #A66hl5TLyPDYAizKPA by loke@functional.cafe
2021-04-10T15:15:35Z
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@cybette It must be a Specravideo in a computer shop near my school.The first computer I really used though was a friend's C64.
(DIR) Post #A66i1mavPjFkXvUUOu by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:18:35Z
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@cybette Sharp MZ-80K, it played a mean space invaders. https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=174
(DIR) Post #A66iCF7GE69HtrbSlc by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:20:30Z
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@loke Specravideo - nice! but short lived..C64 - always a classic!
(DIR) Post #A66iGtZZkdvGX548sy by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:21:22Z
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@penguin42 sweet! I've seen one of these in a museum 😆
(DIR) Post #A66iOzjAkfsXwDPtXU by cmos4040@post.lurk.org
2021-04-10T15:22:46Z
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@cybette TI-99 4/AUnbeatable value, Unrivalled software. (it could do so little it was a free hand-me-down from a coworker of my dad)
(DIR) Post #A66ixlruGtvH5e5JTs by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:29:06Z
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@cmos4040 > When you choose a TI Home Computer you're choosing a "real" computer.😂 👍
(DIR) Post #A66j9zjyWNy7aYCgM4 by david@social.thecrow.uk
2021-04-10T15:30:34.753122Z
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@cybette Dragon 32
(DIR) Post #A66jA0FWd5CpAOxsX2 by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:31:18Z
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@david awesome name!
(DIR) Post #A66jYgt7kdyqMHG6fg by Erdrandbewohner@social.tchncs.de
2021-04-10T15:35:46Z
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@cybette It was a Amstrad CPC464 (in Germany called Schneider CPC464).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC#/media/File:Amstrad_CPC464.jpg
(DIR) Post #A66kwoZwuPZp7BMCA4 by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T15:51:22Z
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@Erdrandbewohner compact cassette / 3" floppy disk... interesting!
(DIR) Post #A66lP3T591UtOwbw3c by cedesguin@mamot.fr
2021-04-10T15:56:26Z
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@cybette TRS-80 (nickname in French: "Thérèse")
(DIR) Post #A66miLUQSrFgkc0Asa by nicd@fosstodon.org
2021-04-10T16:11:08Z
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@cybette I think it must have been some old Mac, with classic Mac OS and the power button in the keyboard, that we had at home for a while. Or a 4 MHz (Pomi?) at school with Windows 3.1 (or just MS DOS).
(DIR) Post #A66n9igUKsEEVRhGme by sthaydn@mainburg.hallertau.social
2021-04-10T16:16:03Z
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@cybette I had the mighty Commodore 128D.
(DIR) Post #A66niwh2F8MQ5akXqq by make@pl.prvcy.eu
2021-04-10T16:18:05.910929Z
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@cybette Aquariushttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Aquarius
(DIR) Post #A66nzvbRY8YtdBERpQ by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T16:25:30Z
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@nicd alas, Pomi is no more...
(DIR) Post #A66o4ukg8oYGRIvgci by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T16:26:26Z
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@sthaydn mighty indeed!
(DIR) Post #A66oGXkbU7tgZrRJ6e by make@pl.prvcy.eu
2021-04-10T16:27:12.468525Z
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@cybette and I have Apple II, Sharp MZ-700 and Amiga 600 in the basement with Atari 2600
(DIR) Post #A66oGYGrYBhYBuX4O8 by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T16:28:31Z
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@make great collection!and didn't know Mattel made computers back then!
(DIR) Post #A66oTEwshYL81qEj0S by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T16:30:49Z
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Thanks for all your replies so far and filling my timeline with amazing nostalgia! 😍 Now I'll go take a walk while there's a glimpse of the sun (after all the rain/slush we've been having).
(DIR) Post #A66ofN0mY8HkVhqSUS by nivex@octodon.social
2021-04-10T16:33:00Z
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@cybette Atari 800
(DIR) Post #A66p47tlsPkOsTN2Aq by mark@metalhead.club
2021-04-10T16:37:28Z
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@cybette My first computer was a ZX Spectrum, which I'd spend all night trying to write programs on!
(DIR) Post #A66qwJdCZQz4rF1WVs by grimneko@social.grimneko.de
2021-04-10T16:58:25Z
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@cybetteTA Triumph-Adler Personal Computer alphatronic P 50 (16-bit-prozessor running MS-DOS 2.xx) with a monochrome display (had a wonderful afterglow at night).
(DIR) Post #A66rM85u5UdQbal2O0 by rogerggbr@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T17:03:07Z
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@cybette programmed first :- Texas 5ti (industrial)Home first :- zx80/81Personal :- BBC micro
(DIR) Post #A66vLqqMcnFmv6c01o by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T17:47:54Z
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@cybette My dad used to rent it for a few weeks at a time to do accounts/taxes at the end of the year. Can you tell us more about yours for those of us who can't read it?
(DIR) Post #A679GT6AsZy9BdKnpo by stoeps@linuxrocks.online
2021-04-10T20:23:45Z
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My first computer I owned was an Amiga 500+, bit I used c64 and x86 before. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_500_Plus but the thing I remember often was the first memory extension (8MB for 360DM)I bought for my x486 to run OS/2 and Linux on it. @cybette
(DIR) Post #A67DjyLeAmFuJttb6W by cos@fosstodon.org
2021-04-10T21:13:58Z
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@cybette C=64, like almost everyone my age :-) .. Too young for VICs.
(DIR) Post #A67JOHw7GNTeQSztnk by harald@hub.volse.no
2021-04-10T17:16:09Z
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@david 🕋 @Carol Chen Nice, the Dragon 32 was my first computer too. That is, the first i owned. I had been briefly exposed to a couple of others before that, but was to young/uninterested to know what they were.
(DIR) Post #A67JkmArWJYyZscMK0 by PhoneBoy@noagendasocial.com
2021-04-10T22:21:21Z
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@cybette first I used: Apple ][. First computer I *owned* was a TRS-80 Model MC-10.
(DIR) Post #A67KadaChv8AzUCUfw by alrs@lsngl.us
2021-04-10T22:30:42Z
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@PhoneBoy @cybette opposite, for me. TRS-80 at school in 1981, Apple //e at home after Christmas 1983.
(DIR) Post #A67MmbhRjbsmX8QJLE by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T22:55:16Z
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I should probably explain the image in the first post of this thread as @penguin42 pointed out. It was difficult to find info on it (esp in English) but here's something after a bit of digging: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/43581/Mitac-LIC-2001A-Little-Intelligent-Computer/Basically it's an Apple II clone from the early 80s that my uncle had in Taiwan. I moved to Singapore soon after so I didn't get to play with it much, and the only thing I remembered was the Chinese name. TIL it's made by Mitac and called "Little Intelligent Computer" :)
(DIR) Post #A67NHWDGBVmgUe2lw8 by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T23:00:52Z
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@cybette the keyboard layout is curious; the Apple II also seems to have the same oddity - left/right arrows but no up and down.
(DIR) Post #A67NnPOz2irQdVjYBc by SlowRain@mastodon.social
2021-04-10T23:06:39Z
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@cybette My cousins had a Commodore 64, & our school had some Apple II E computers for the students.
(DIR) Post #A67ODiux6gXogyEbxI by gmoretti@libranet.de
2021-04-10T23:10:48Z
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A 6809-based system running FLEX - an O/S comparable to CP/M but for the Motorola family of CPUs. Learnt *heaps* getting it all to go.
(DIR) Post #A67OpeSE9L5Hqyssim by nigeldgreen@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-10T23:18:11Z
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@cybette A Research Machines Z80 at Secondary School. An older kid called Richard Parry had programmed a console racing game and we all had copies of it on our big floppy disks to play in our allotted 30 minute access slots.
(DIR) Post #A67QByp1ChhXLbku4e by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2021-04-10T23:33:29Z
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@cybette BBC Microcomputer Model B, then standard issue in schools (probably fairly easy to work out my age though (or at least a rough idea of it) 😁
(DIR) Post #A67QRG5PIWV9Efhray by xyzzy@weirder.earth
2021-04-10T23:36:13Z
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@cybette i dunno the exact model, but probably something like this
(DIR) Post #A67dRblpyUPJtP3A00 by Venty@chaos.social
2021-04-11T02:01:56Z
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@cybette My first computer was a Philips Videopac G7000 (or Magnavox Odyssey2 in USA). http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg70-odyssey2.htm#page=reviews
(DIR) Post #A67pBifJlrNC5qBsky by buskjan@mastodon.linuxkompis.se
2021-04-11T04:13:33Z
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@cybette Luxor ABC 80
(DIR) Post #A6864FforWJ1N0RyKm by beerw0lf@fosstodon.org
2021-04-11T07:22:40Z
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@cybette Amstrad CPC 6128 with a green monitor. After that broke down it was C64 time. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2666/Amstrad-CPC-6128/
(DIR) Post #A689MCkImmKTMgnbO4 by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T07:59:31Z
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@cybette Commodore PET.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PETalso a Hewlett Packard training 4004 (4 bit) based machine that had no screen, just a thermal printer and a 6 digit LED display which was used for learning data troubleshooting. It came with a logic probe and a current sniffer. Both were mainly composed of discrete socketed DIL chips
(DIR) Post #A68e062u72kSnGRDeK by Stringbender@mastodon.xyz
2021-04-11T13:42:54Z
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@cybette My first thought was Science of Cambridge MK14, 8 bit processor kit. 256 bytes of user RAM. But then I remembered the ace up my sleeve - an Elliot 901 mainframe! Coded that in Algol at the local technical college.
(DIR) Post #A697a0uTaBL7xbyUwi by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:14:23Z
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@penguin42 Interesting observation!
(DIR) Post #A697kRTDgcyPERCMmu by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:16:16Z
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@nigeldgreen great use of the allotted time slots! 👍
(DIR) Post #A697x5cYEYHDEPatBA by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:18:33Z
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@vfrmedia Or maybe you played with it as a toddler? 😄
(DIR) Post #A6983kpFwopwlPiMoy by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:19:45Z
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@xyzzy Looks like something I had too!
(DIR) Post #A698QxcEYqRt5jgmo4 by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:23:57Z
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@Venty that looks cool!
(DIR) Post #A698as7fq2QSx37Z3Y by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:25:44Z
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@buskjan I like how ABC = Advanced BASIC Computer 😄
(DIR) Post #A698ri6MLlhWnIXFx2 by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T08:14:45Z
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@cybette The Hp machine could be programmed in assembler, but it had no storage, and only 2K of RAM. The PET had a 40 column green screen, 16K of RAM and a tape drive.
(DIR) Post #A698rjfqVJgHfe96u0 by wyliecoyoteuk@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T08:31:59Z
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@cybette First home computer was a Sinclair Spectrum.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum
(DIR) Post #A698tYF9yOTenbWtUm by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:29:08Z
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@wyliecoyoteuk the PET sounds so advanced in comparison!
(DIR) Post #A698vNELtFyRDp1LQO by vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de
2021-04-11T19:29:27Z
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@cybette when I was a toddler computers still were minis/mainframes and accessed either via local terminals or teletypes 😁
(DIR) Post #A6995OIOmhCLQCgqRs by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-11T19:31:15Z
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@Stringbender ALGOL on mainframe, wow!
(DIR) Post #A699Yz8EuKOe4538sK by Stringbender@mastodon.xyz
2021-04-11T19:36:35Z
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@cybette Yeah I was a lucky schoolboy. Maths group got to write code then take it up to the computer suite at the college.
(DIR) Post #A69DEUlyTK7nvt7XZg by qwazix@cybre.space
2021-04-11T20:17:43Z
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@cybette commodore 64
(DIR) Post #A6A1gvUlhumYcxp64O by buskjan@mastodon.linuxkompis.se
2021-04-12T05:43:04Z
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@cybette Saving and loading your basic programs was done via an casette recorder.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/ABC_80_Personal_Computer.jpg/1280px-ABC_80_Personal_Computer.jpg
(DIR) Post #A6A1uu83aGlsRarhXU by buskjan@mastodon.linuxkompis.se
2021-04-12T05:45:36Z
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@cybette Saving and loading your basic programs was done via an casette recorder.Av Ellinor Algin - https://digitaltmuseum.se/021026360742/persondator, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80802460
(DIR) Post #A6ApUh5ESZqGAAEu4u by Venty@chaos.social
2021-04-12T15:00:50Z
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@cybette There was even a cartridge (Nr. 9) that would let you program in Assembler!
(DIR) Post #A6GUJlHTa5xDuHfi3E by thelazyfox@nerdica.net
2021-04-15T08:29:25Z
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@cybette c64
(DIR) Post #A6JtMgpFNY6diy8yQ4 by vincent@social.4f9e1738.ignorelist.com
2021-04-16T23:56:58Z
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@cybette It was a Thomson MOS 5. It was the standard computer installed in all schools in #france to teach kids the basic of programming. I remember just drawing shapes with logo language on a monochrome screen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_MO5
(DIR) Post #A6Jyc2a9GpsVJcDkSe by cybette@mastodon.org.uk
2021-04-17T00:55:48Z
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@vincent logo was also the first thing I remember! well, ok, I remember the turtle, and only found out it was called logo much later 😄