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LeftyLoungeLizard

LeftyLoungeLizard

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The first computer I started programming on (Gramps' Commodore VIC-20):

Commodore_VIC_20_box sm.jpg



The first computer I owned and paid for with my own $ (it was around $2.5-3K IIRC) - IBM PS/2 Model 25:

IBM_Personal_System2_Model_25.jpg


... which after trying out for a few months, sold used to my buddy's older brother for close to what I had paid new, then upped my game to
a PS/2 Model 50z and 12" "high definition" monitor. :headbang

Oh, the memories... the hijinks... the 80286 10MHz... the 1.44 HD floppies... the CGA/EGA/MCGA 256 color (only at 320x200 res)... the Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards... the Pools Of Radiance... the Battle Chess...
 
LeftyLoungeLizard said:
giphy.webp




The first computer I started programming on (Gramps' Commodore VIC-20):

View attachment 32142


The first computer I owned and paid for with my own $ (it was around $2.5-3K IIRC) - IBM PS/2 Model 25:

View attachment 32143

... which after trying out for a few months, sold used to my buddy's older brother for close to what I had paid new, then upped my game to
a PS/2 Model 50z and 12" "high definition" monitor. :headbang

Oh, the memories... the hijinks... the 80286 10MHz... the 1.44 HD floppies... the CGA/EGA/MCGA 256 color (only at 320x200 res)... the Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards... the Pools Of Radiance... the Battle Chess...
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My Grandma was a City Clerk/Municipal Accountant.

She was the only one I knew with a PC.
First one I remember using routinely, cannot remember the model exactly. Had to be an IBM ...amber monochrome display. I would sit for HOURS messing with midi music and playing midi files.....this was early 80s.

It was because of her that I developed a love for computers. Broke and fixed soooooo many computers for her over the years.

Still have her last PC, from 2009 ...but I converted it to a lite weight Linux build.....never use it.

What did you actually get though?
 
1st home computer was a Sinclair ZX-81 my Dad bought. I was programming FORTRAN, Pascal and Assembler on PDP-11's at school using virtual disks etc. at the time - long before I had to contend with silly little flat files on PC's, which I have always hated.

I have had to have some kind of Windows box at home - for work - for many years now, but run Linux for myself for a long time now.
 
LeftyLoungeLizard said:
giphy.webp




The first computer I started programming on (Gramps' Commodore VIC-20):

View attachment 32142


The first computer I owned and paid for with my own $ (it was around $2.5-3K IIRC) - IBM PS/2 Model 25:

View attachment 32143

... which after trying out for a few months, sold used to my buddy's older brother for close to what I had paid new, then upped my game to
a PS/2 Model 50z and 12" "high definition" monitor. :headbang

Oh, the memories... the hijinks... the 80286 10MHz... the 1.44 HD floppies... the CGA/EGA/MCGA 256 color (only at 320x200 res)... the Leisure Suit Larry In The Land Of The Lounge Lizards... the Pools Of Radiance... the Battle Chess...
Click to expand...
Man we used to play Leisure Suit Larry every day when I setup my first recording studio. :beer
 
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