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Bless Father,

You are obviously older Mine was a IIe. As memory serves me, it was 1976 - my first-born had just arrived - and we had a $1000 (saved bit by bit over 4 years). A nearby bank offered a CD w/ an excellent rate (far beyond today's paltry ones) and, as well as some premium (maybe a toaster?) for new account holders, was giving chances on a drawing for the computer. We won

It displaced my IBM Selectric II self-correcting typewriter with a legal width roller - my pride and joy. I had gotten that used from work 2 years prior - at a time when IBM did not sell its typewriters, but leased them to firms on outrageous terms - allowing them to be purchased only when the lease was up. (My workplace had converted to Wang Word Processors - each took up the entire top of a standard desk)

Ohhh - do I feel old now. The Apple's long gone - the typewriter is in the attic - and still works

Many years,

Neil

Anyone remember this little puppy?

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It was the first one I ever used...

http://www.millermicro.com/TRS-80.html

Of course, then the Apple II came out along with Castle Wolfenstein...

http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/wolf.htm

Thanks for the memories!

Gordo

I still have an XT in a box. I believe it still works.

Terry

Terry,

Mine was the Apple IIc and I still have it and it still works! I also have the original version of AppleWorks.

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This is turning out to be a fun thread, dredging up all these dinosaurs of technology and the memories associated with them.

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

BTW, Neil I think we are about the same age. It might be I take care of my toys better.

I haven't heard anyone bring up the Amiga yet.

My first computer was a Trash-80 color computer (the CoCo). In 1985, I bought my first Amiga - an Amiga 1000 - and then moved to an AMiga 2000HD a few years later. For its time, the Amiga was revolutionary.

Dear Crule,

Actually, the Amiga was produced until about 10 years ago if I remember right. It was the computer and the system that launched studios like Pixar and their animation into the forefront. I understand that it was "the computer" for that type of video graphics, and still run at a premium on eBay today if they can be found just for that purpose. Also the Commodore was its ancestor in the production line.

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Father Anthony,

The first computer I used in first or second grade was an Apple II. I remember playing a math game on it, though I don't remember its version. I could have been a IIc.

I was a trouble maker in middle school. Knowing those DOS commands I went to the command prompt in Windows 3.1 and typed in "delete *.*". The next day we were in the computer lab I saw a sheet over the monitor and smiled, it said "Out of Order".

Terry

Bad Terry..Bad...:D

Actually the Amstrad (8256, I think) was not too expensive and was pretty good for 1987, which I think is when I bought it. I doubt that it had vacuum tubes. Alas, I've forgotten the name of the word processing system that went with it. But I managed to write a book on gadget - which drove the publisher crazy (he ended up scanning it on to a Mac).

While the Amstrad was very popular in Western Europe for several years, it was scarce in the USA - I don't know why. Anyway, I was given a Mac PowerBook about 4 years later, and that was bye-bye to the Amstrad.

Fr. Serge

Father Bless--another Mac user. I'm becoming convinced that if God uses compturs in heaven, they are Macs. Poor Bill Gates. Imagine when he shows up at the Pearly Gates and sees St. Peter using a wi-fi mac laptop, with a built in video camera for communicating with the Big Guy himself directly.

Just kidding. I used PC's for seven years before having to use Macs and now would never go back to PCs. But I don't care what people use. One of my brothers in law is a big PC user and is even now starting to use more Mac stuff. And his advice about the entire Vista fiasco is to run away from Vista as if your hair is on fire!

But I've heard some problems with Leopard as well. I've used it but only a bit.

Tim

My first computer was an old Compaq that was slower than waiting for the end of Lent. It had a peculiar processor that no other company in its right mind even considered using. Although I think Apple makes some fine machines, I teach computer technology to K-8 students on - you guessed it - Windows XP machines. Consequently, I have the same thing at home so I can be compatible with the school computer lab. I have heard both good and bad about Vista, but I won't change to it until the school buys new computers within 2 years.

Was it the Compaq with the paneled screen?

Before Compaq got big, my dad had an opportunity to invest in its stock before it went public. He declined the offer. After the XT he upgraded to an 8 MGz 286.

It wasn't quite that old. It was before Compaq was acquired by HP. The acquisition didn't make a bit of difference in the tech support. It was and still is wretched from both.