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Thursday, January 12, 2006
First Computer
The genius of Bill Shatner as a marketing spokes person has always gripped my wallet. Including my first computer. Still have it. I just need a new fuse to make it work. I still might have a few of those games in Microsoft Basic.
Awesome. I grew up with a Commodore 64. It was the best -- that green and black screen and that little blinking cursor invited an array of MS DOS capabilities. :)
I had a TI growing up. My parents were programmers and created a line of educational programs on it for me. That green and black screen tortured me with multiplication and division drills. I learned how to type on that thing. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
I wasted many hours on my friends commodore. Playing gyris and other video games rotting my brain. Actually, I did my first programming on a Commodore in a graphics language called logo. It made me the dork that I am today!
Thanks P2, you reminded me of my dork roots. Can't forget where you came from.
The genius of Bill Shatner as a marketing spokes person has always gripped my wallet. Including my first computer. Still have it. I just need a new fuse to make it work. I still might have a few of those games in Microsoft Basic.
You still have it?! That's so funny!
ReplyDeleteAwesome. I grew up with a Commodore 64. It was the best -- that green and black screen and that little blinking cursor invited an array of MS DOS capabilities. :)
ReplyDeleteI wish we had been so lucky - ours ran on parrafin!
ReplyDeleteI had a TI growing up. My parents were programmers and created a line of educational programs on it for me. That green and black screen tortured me with multiplication and division drills. I learned how to type on that thing. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
ReplyDeleteI wasted many hours on my friends commodore. Playing gyris and other video games rotting my brain. Actually, I did my first programming on a Commodore in a graphics language called logo. It made me the dork that I am today!
ReplyDeleteThanks P2, you reminded me of my dork roots. Can't forget where you came from.
I hadn't even thought about a VIC-20, until I saw that ad. Excellent.
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