On Sun, 26 May 2024, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 5/26/24 17:30, dwight via cctalk wrote:
I'm not claiming it was the first personal computer but is was my first
personal computer. It was within a year or two of just about any other first
personal computer.
It was a Poly88 with ROM based tiny basic. I had a keyboard, I think I got from
Mike Quin's as well as a Singer typing terminal that I converted into a serial
printer.
I used a transformer powered TV as a monitor and used a cassette recorder as
mass storage.
It was more personal than other machine as it was my personal creation after
several modifications to enhance it. I learned a lot about computers and how
they worked from that machine.
I built a TVT and drove a hot-chassis all-tube Zenith portable TV. A
little tricky when it came to getting the AC plugs the right way. Back
then, US AC plugs were not polarized.
. . . and, even when they were, at least half of the polarized outlets
were wired backwards
