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GabeU
Distinguished Professor IV
6 years ago

First computer you bought?

What was the first computer you ever bought?     Though my former in-laws got my ex and I a computer for Christmas 1997, which was a Pentium 166MHz clone computer sold by a small computer store in ...
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Rumblshack
New Poster
6 years ago

Buncha NOOBS! (LOL)

My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 2 in the fall of 1980 (TRS-80 stood for Tandy-Radio Shack 1980... Great imaginations, eh?)

No Windows then, nor MS-DOS. Everything was done in BASIC.

My parents said that was the future so I needed to learn it.

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    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    6 years ago

    LOL!

     

    I bet you didn't experience any buffering in those days, old timer! ;)

     

    Ah....good old Radio Shack! I used to love that place; they had great stuff. 

     

    Rumblshack wrote:

    Buncha NOOBS! (LOL)

    My first computer was a TRS-80 Model 2 in the fall of 1980 (TRS-80 stood for Tandy-Radio Shack 1980... Great imaginations, eh?)

    No Windows then, nor MS-DOS. Everything was done in BASIC.

    My parents said that was the future so I needed to learn it.

     

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      6 years ago

      Not a computer, but the best thing RadioShack ever made: DX-160. So sorry I gave mine away. Classic radio.

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        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        6 years ago

        But you couldn't streeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaam with it! :smileylol:

         

        MarkJFine wrote:

        Not a computer, but the best thing RadioShack ever made: DX-160. So sorry I gave mine away. Classic radio.