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Re: [OT] First computer (was Re: LVM)



Chris Bannister wrote:
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:18:54PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 06/16/2010 06:09 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
Ron Johnson put forth on 6/15/2010 1:50 PM:
On 06/15/2010 01:37 PM, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
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an USB enclosure and use it for backups. Having ~700GB of data with the
most critical ~400GB backed up is definitely preferable than no
Geez, I remember when I couldn't fill up a 40_MB_ drive, and before that
when I was in awe of the KayPro 10.

My first computer was a Kaypro PC.  No CP/M.
Youngster.  I had a KayPro II.  With, originally, TurboPascal 1.0!

Mmm, http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html so around 1982?

Commodore PET. 1977 :)


What was that thing that was only a keyboard that had the cpu and memory built into it? You connected a tape player for the I/O and a TV for the display. I used it to play chess on and to do astrology programs. It took hours to get that thing to read in a tape without errors. It was around 1977 I think.

Hugo


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