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|    Message 870 of 1,530    |
|    Michael Knapp to Ron Lauzon    |
|    Re: My First Computers    |
|    14 Jan 21 17:00:52    |
      TZUTC: -0500       MSGID: 791.fidoclassicc@1:275/89 2465f82b       REPLY: 781.fidoclassicc@1:275/89 240d43b0       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Win32 master/4e568ebc3 Dec 12 2020 MSC 1927       TID: SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 r3.179 Dec 12 2020 MSC 1927       CHRS: ASCII 1       NOTE: WWIVEDIT        Re: Re: My First Computers        By: Ron Lauzon to Davew on Sun Nov 08 2020 10:07 am               > -=> Davew wrote to All <=-        >         > I jumped over the whole VIC-20, C-64, TI-99/4 era and started right in on th        > Univac 1100/80 in college.        >         > The first computer I actually owned was a Sperry HT (IBM-XT clone with a hig        > clock speed). My college had a plan to        > allow us to purchase computers on a payment plan.        >                That's cool! I had no idea that Sperry made PC compatibles. I Googled it and       checked it out. Would have been pretty neat to own a personal computer with       the Sperry name on it.              My first computer experience was on a TRS-80 Model III. But the first computer       I owned was an IBM PCjr. Worst of both worlds: not as good at business       software as the IBM PC, and not as good as games as a Commodore or Atari. But       I learned a lot by trying to make things work.       --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32        * Origin: Diamond Mine Online BBS - bbs.dmine.net:24 (1:275/89)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 18/200 19/10 36 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/18       SEEN-BY: 120/331 340 123/130 131 140 124/5016 128/2 129/305 153/7715       SEEN-BY: 154/10 203/0 218/700 221/0 1 6 242 360 222/2 226/30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 452 664 981 1016 1017 230/0 150 152       SEEN-BY: 240/1120 5832 249/1 110 206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 266/512       SEEN-BY: 267/155 275/0 89 91 93 95 98 99 100 101 201 301 280/464 5003       SEEN-BY: 282/1031 1056 288/100 291/100 111 292/854 310/31 317/3 320/119       SEEN-BY: 320/219 319 322/0 757 340/400 341/66 342/200 396/45 423/81       SEEN-BY: 423/120 633/280 640/1321 1384 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2320/105       SEEN-BY: 2452/250 3634/12 5020/1042 5053/58       PATH: 275/89 100 261/38 320/219 221/1 280/464 229/101 426           |
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