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 Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:31 PM
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Bigbob_FTW
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Commodore 64 here. Learned basic programming. Its served me well.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:35 PM
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Rescue Fire
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I think we had whatever was around before the Tandy 2000
Only during my Sr year in 94 did GPISD come out with computer lit class.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:46 PM
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First home computer was an IBM PC JR
I still have it in the original box along with a couple of cartridges that came with it.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:50 PM
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We had this great game called “Cut Throat”. There we no graphics. It was simply a game where you typed everything you did and used your imagination. There was a hard copy map that you used to give yourself some visualization as to your location. It was really fun.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:50 PM
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JCBYEN
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Sperry Univac 1050-II …wasn’t mine, but I operated it for the USAF from 1980 to 1993. First personal computer I bought was in 95/96 and an HP, I think. Whole system was around $2,500.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:56 PM
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It was a Hewlett Packard office computer that my mom got in 1985...brought it home for us to use when they got a divorce in 1989. It was very nice for the time and even had a laser printer and touch screen (required a special frame). Got a Dell in 2001.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 09:57 PM
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I think we had whatever was around before the Tandy 2000
Only during my Sr year in 94 did GPISD come out with computer lit class. DANG! Even Joshua had that in 1991 (might have been around earlier, but that's the first year any of my friends took it. Heck, I know they did. I took a computer programming class in 1988 in Middle School, now that I think of it.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:17 PM
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Some small box we received in the mail. Had a small orange screen and keyboard. Was pretty much useless.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:26 PM
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DANG! Even Joshua had that in 1991 (might have been around earlier, but that's the first year any of my friends took it. Heck, I know they did. I took a computer programming class in 1988 in Middle School, now that I think of it. Say dawg, don’t be up in her tryna have Joshua bigtime us here in da GeeP. We got Ripley’s Believe It or Not AND Trailers Village bro!! Plus we live extra RAW, gotsta be wif Arlington as our neighbor. Whatchall got?
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:36 PM
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It was an Atari 1200XL. My best friend had a TI-99/4A and we argued a lot about which one was better. Neither one was very good.
You are not a good or nice person.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:40 PM
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Ours was a Commodore 64 as well. Mom got the machine, I got the box. Also remember the whole gaming scene on there.... ![[Linked Image]](https://texasfishingforum.com/forums/pics/userpics/2025/03/full-61315-263078-il_fullxfull.3593141633_fxrr.jpg)
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:47 PM
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First personal computer @ home was a Gateway. I don`t remember the cost, but it was a butt load. I think it was over 2 grand easily and 2 grand would go a long way in 1997.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:54 PM
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IBM PS2. It had 800 baud dial up modem, floppy disc, and one really small memory card. The matching printer too.
Bought it at Dillards department store. Probably paid $2500 for all of it.
Ranger Z520 guy.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 10:57 PM
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DANG! Even Joshua had that in 1991 (might have been around earlier, but that's the first year any of my friends took it. Heck, I know they did. I took a computer programming class in 1988 in Middle School, now that I think of it. Say dawg, don’t be up in her tryna have Joshua bigtime us here in da GeeP. We got Ripley’s Believe It or Not AND Trailers Village bro!! Plus we live extra RAW, gotsta be wif Arlington as our neighbor. Whatchall got? We finally got our second redlight around 1985...We got a McDonald's about 6 years ago...and we're getting a Whataburger. So, yeah.
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Re: Your first computer
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03/15/25 11:05 PM
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