Re: My first computer was...

Mine was an Apple][+, circa 1985. I can remember programming Basic on that thing, which had an all-caps keyboard. My mother still has one of the games I wrote, although I don't have a computer that could use the disk. Most people I know around my age started with the C64.

I find it interesting how many programmers are now returning to macs. I wonder if it's as much fun as it used to be... I do know none of the current games compares to playing frogger on that ][+.

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was AppleSoft by chanio (Priest) on Jul 04, 2003 at 03:16 UTC
that was my first virus experience... (not created by me but its existence). An Apple floppy that when copied filled itself with strange characters up 2 the limit :) .	[reply]
Re: Re: My first computer was... by richardX (Pilgrim) on Jul 10, 2003 at 20:26 UTC
My first PC was the Apple ][ but not the plus. 48K RAM, Tape recorder to load programs from cassette. Then I upgraded with the following items: 16k RAM card, dual 5 1/4 inch floppies that held 135K each, 80 column video card from Doublevision, 300 baud Hayes modem that looked like a large black cigarette box. When I really had the money I added the following: dual 8 inch Lobo floppy drives the size of a small tank :}, 14MB Gallium hard drive custom made for me (actually two 7MB drives), Z-80 CP/M card to run CP/M, Corvus hard drives, Nestar Network. I still have the orginal Visicalc program in it's brown vinyl binder. Richard There are three types of people in this world, those that can count and those that cannot. Anon	[reply]
Re^3: My first computer was... by wade (Pilgrim) on Jun 30, 2008 at 16:35 UTC
Babbage difference engine -- hah! I'm older than all of you! Actually, the first machine I programmed was an IBM 370. I was taking a special math class in junior high school and they let us program the school district computer. Turn in your cards and get a printout back in about a week. The first computer I owned was an Apple ][, much like yours. 64K with the Pascal card, single floppy. -- Wade	[reply]