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Re: [OT] First computer



On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 06:18:27PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> ABS Doug writes:
> > I had a Vic-20, but that was 1980 I think. Tape cassette, hooked to
> > TV... I'm feeling old.
> 
> I had a homebrew system built around a Zilog Z80-MCB in the late
> seventies.  Tape storage (I never did get the head-per-track 1MB drives
> from Newman Computer working right), a surplus OCLC terminal, and a
> Selectric printer with homebrew electronics.  The first computer I
> programmed was an IBM 1620 in the mid sixties, though.  An odd machine.
> 
> > I'm feeling old.
> 
> Go out and run a mile or so.

that'll *really* make him feel old!

A

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