From: James Knott <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 22:38
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] [OT] Operating Environment Survey
On 07/21/2015 07:15 AM, Gary Collins wrote:
> My first home computer was a BBC micro (anyone remember those?) That was back
> in the days when programming had to be really tight, only had 32Kb (yes, Kb)
> of RAM; long term storage was all external on cassette tapes
My first computer was an IMSAI 8080, which I built up from bare boards
and a bag of parts. I also had to buy a memory card and some I/O for
it. I initially loaded in software via switches on the front panel and
then saved to cassette. Back in those days, you knew your computer
inside out.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMSAI_8080
Awesome!
We didn't have computers at all at school, and I didn't really start getting
into them until some time later. At that time I had no particular desire or
intention to use computers except for a bit of fun programming, but eventually
the twists and turns of life led me into a job programming the things. I was
never any good at building hardware, though I did gain considerable knowledge
(mostly long since forgotten) of how the circuitry works....
/Gary
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