Posted on Dec 28, 2015
What was your first computer? Mine was a TS-1000 2k of memory (the TS stands for Timex Sinclair). I still own it.
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Expanded the memory to 16k with that plug in "box" on the back. Connected to a old B/W and it still powers up.
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I owned a TRS-80 with a whole 4k of memory and then upgraded to a Commodore 64. I don't have my Tandy anymore, but my Commodore is up in my office (mostly to shock my kids with the computer games I grew up with).
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Gaspare Marturano
TRS-80 with Floppy or Cassette? I had a cassette on my TS-1000, took forever to load a game. My Commodore was a big step up...I can't remember the C64 command to load from a floppy... It was a BASIC command I think, I want to say Load $
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SFC Josh Billingsley
Yeah, C64 ran on Basic commands. I felt like it was a HUGE upgrade for me. I had dual floppy drives and eventually got a 19" color monitor to connect it to. I could only afford a 13" b&W when they first came out though. Ah, memories...
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TI-30 calculator.
My first PC was a Commodore PC 10-2. It had two 5 1/4" floppies, and a whopping 640K of memory, along with an 8088 4.7 KHz proc... I later added a 30 MB HDD and a VGA card... when it got too slow, I bought a Compudyne, from good old CompUSA... I miss that store the way it was originally. When they tried to compete with Best Buy and Circuit City, Best Buy was left as the only survivor...
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My first PC was a Commodore PC 10-2. It had two 5 1/4" floppies, and a whopping 640K of memory, along with an 8088 4.7 KHz proc... I later added a 30 MB HDD and a VGA card... when it got too slow, I bought a Compudyne, from good old CompUSA... I miss that store the way it was originally. When they tried to compete with Best Buy and Circuit City, Best Buy was left as the only survivor...
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Gaspare Marturano
I loved CompUSA, use to shop there all the time. Remember the old Computer Shopper "Magazine" (more like a catalog)? It was like 400 pages. :-)
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I used to get that too...
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Gaspare Marturano
We followed the same computer path. :) When I speak about IT to group I bring along my Timex Sinclair (still in the original box) and the younger folks are shocked it even a computer.
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PFC David Ryba
Remember programming it in basic? I used to subscribe to a magazine called "Compute." It had all kinds of programs for the Commodore 64 that you could type in and run.
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