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This Brought A Nostalgic Tear To My Eye :)

GunJack
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ahhh, the memories......

I daresay for many of us on this board, here's where it all began :)
......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Never had/seen one. My first PC was an Amstrad 1512 with 20MB HD and colour monitor, worth £1000, in 1987. I didn't "buy" it, the company I was working for closed down and there were no wages that month and the boss said "take something".
  • patanne
    patanne Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    edited 11 March 2011 at 11:18PM
    Now show me a commodore pet circa 1977 @ approx £600 - that would bring a tear to my eye - I could even write programs for it or as it was then programmes for it! But, how sad is this, I also remember the Honeywell computer in the Dover Street building of M/c University that used punch cards and took up a whole floor & needed air conditioning. We can all play do you remember - but give me my PC any day. I just miss Cranston Manor off my exs co PC (21 years ago) and you had to type in instructions like push & pull & lift. Oh the memories.
  • Phantom_Flan_Flinger
    Phantom_Flan_Flinger Posts: 2,794 Forumite
    Never had one myself, but I do remember it.

    My first foray was a Spectrum 48K that I got for Christmas. That and a couple of C60 tapes with a bunch of copied games, which only around half actually worked.
    Dave. :wave:
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 12,011 Forumite
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    patanne wrote: »
    Now show me a commodore pet circa 1977 @ approx £600 - that would bring a tear to my eye - I could even write programs for it or as it was then programmes for it!

    we weren't rich enough for a Pet, appleII, or the other "posh" one that was around at the time (name escapes me now), so for me and many others, this was cutting edge :D
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • Richie-from-the-Boro
    Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite
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    patanne wrote: »
    Now show me a commodore pet circa 1977 @ approx £600 - that would bring a tear to my eye - I could even write programs for it or as it was then programmes for it!

    OK - October 1997 - see the date centre top.

    ohmez7.jpg
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • Errata
    Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite
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    First computer I got to play with was a Burroughs 3500. Beat that :rotfl:
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  • GunJack
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    yeah, but a ZX81 was sexy ;)
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • societys_child
    societys_child Posts: 7,110 Forumite
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    Yeah, ZX81:cool: .. spend hours typing a prog in from a magazine ... then the ram pack falls out aggghhh
    Finished up with a yard of insulating tape wrapped round the whole thing ... the ram pack stayed put but the prog was c**p:(
  • patanne
    patanne Posts: 1,286 Forumite
    I had a commodore pet instead of a stair carpet (always was non-conformist) the next one was a spectrum. But they were a lot cheaper (God bless Sinclair). Plus the then OH got a big promotion via the commodore (long story) so cost wasn't so much an issue. Who started me on the memory trail
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 12,011 Forumite
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    patanne wrote: »
    Who started me on the memory trail


    ...errr....sorry ;):):D
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
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