| First Computer [message #22215] |
Tue, 14 May 2013 15:02  |
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Crubear
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Registered: March 2010
Location: NW Georgia
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Ok, the first computer I ever owned was a Mac 512, awesome when I added 1024K of memory and an external 800K double sided floppy drive. Never did replace the internal 400K single side.
The first home computer was a Commodore Vic-20 my parents bought for Christmas one year.
My first computer though was an IBM Mainframe 360, yes it read cards, FORTRAN IV was the language. My second was a PDP-8 that used paper tapes, and the other one for that class was a PDP-11 that took 8.5" Floppy's.
I remember when 2x cd drives were blazing fast, a lot of memory was 1 meg, and a 5 megabyte hard drive was HUGE (and expensive at $1K plus). Come to think of it, my Mac was expensive too.
My worst experience was dropping a 670+ COBOL card deck when I turned it in for the final. The largest error report I ever got (a ream and a half of the large box computer paper) was when I grabbed the FORTRAN compiler cards for the COBOL deck.
Why is this here? Because it's too quiet on the list and some of you need to know how lucky you are.
Honestly, I have all the barrels I want or could ever need..... wait, look, there's another!!
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| Re: First Computer [message #22237 is a reply to message #22233] |
Wed, 15 May 2013 12:50  |
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I was a drafting instructor and got my first CAD training on an old Harris computer using a program called Harris CAD. My first home computer was an XT that a friend and I built. It had two 5.25 floppy disk drives and later added a 720 floppy disk. I did AutoCad on that machine. Got a 386 later and can't remember what size hard disk and a 720 floppy. I suppose I have had 8 or 10 computers and am running my latest one which is about due. Don't do AutoCad anymore so don't need all the extra RAM so only have about 8 gig and a Terabyte hard drive that is only about 1/8th full. Did just get a lap top a few weeks ago, but I don't like the finger pad for a mouse so have not used it much. Will pick up a wireless mouse soon.
I can remember when we did drafting with a pen and pencil, with T squares and triangles. My how things have changed in not too many years.
Mr. Murl
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Molan Labe
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." - Benjamin Franklin
“Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.) – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 4 BC – 65 AD
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves."
~ ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ ~
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| Re: First Computer [message #22284 is a reply to message #22279] |
Fri, 17 May 2013 18:36 |
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Crubear wrote on Fri, 17 May 2013 07:46Show off and braggert!!!!
I second that!!!
Mr. Murl
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Molan Labe
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." - Benjamin Franklin
“Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.) – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, circa 4 BC – 65 AD
"America will never be destroyed from the outside.
If we falter and lose our freedom, it will be because
we destroyed ourselves."
~ ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ ~
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| Re: First Computer [message #22301 is a reply to message #22285] |
Sat, 18 May 2013 15:42 |
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this is my 3rd mac... i love them. recommend them to everyone.
like buying quality power tools, but crap ones 4 times or buy a good one once.. same price  i run 4-5 virtual machines at any given time on top of OSX, so I don't give it much rest. Then again, that's what it's built for!
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