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August 12, 2008
As time goes by...
Seems like only yesterday, Boing Boing have a great list of '101 Classic Computer Ads'
I can chalk up the Commodore Vic-20, C-64, TRS-80, Amiga and an Atari console, what is your computer lineage?
Posted by Stephen at August 12, 2008 02:34 PM
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Sinclair ZX81 (sigh), Apple ][P+ clone (I still have it...), IBM AT
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at August 12, 2008 05:55 PM
Missed the IBM AT :P
Posted by: Stephen at August 12, 2008 06:02 PM
IBM XT
Also the range of Hewlett-Packard programmable calculators such as the HP-41CV which were programmed in assembler and required tight coding because of the 4k memory limit. Fortunately you could hack into the operating system and use machine code to get more efficient code.
Posted by: Mike at August 13, 2008 12:31 PM
School: Apple][ with a B/W TV monitor. Home: ZX-81 that we put in a home-made case and kb. V-20 with the 3K expansion, C64, Amiga 1000 (when I worked for Commodore!) and then work: Building clone XT's and At's for CAD software and Dbase sales, starting at $6k. How old do I feel? Thanks for the memories...
Posted by: Warren at August 18, 2008 01:42 PM
Intertec "Superbrain" with CPM
Commodore 64 for games
Then an IBM PC1 - total cost $6,000 for the PC, $6,000 for the Diablo Daisy Wheel printer and later about $5,000 for the 20mb Tallgrass disk(+tape backup)
Bought my first colour Screen when colleague at work started to beat me at chomp (hard to keep away from the Red one with B/W).
Later moved to the dead end of microchannel with an IBM PS2 Mod 80.
Now we have 4 portables and 3 desktops for the household plus Wii and Nintendo
Posted by: Bryan at August 18, 2008 10:24 PM