What was the earliest computer you ever used?

Question

Believe it or not my dad had a Commodore 64 that I played games on when I was about 5. He also had an IBM clone with an 8088 processor that I played with too.

Answer 1

My science teacher Mr. Restol I think, brought in a homebuilt computer heathkit I think, that was running something called business basic. If you got a 100 in the class test you got to spend the next week programming the computer. The computer required constant maintenance including manual application of freon. I aced all my tests / quizes that whole year 1978!



My dad brought home a TI-59 Programmable calculator with a magnetic strip reader for me to use the next year. Then i went on to a Sinclair ZX80 which was useless. We got a bunch of apples at school which I got to play around with as a senior in 81. Then on graduation I got my first personal loan and bought a PCjr and a copy of Turbo Pascal, high speed 1200 baud modem...



In my first year of col. I got to program on a punch card IBM that was running a updated fortran 77. That was probably the oldest computer I ever used. Fortunately from there I got to work with some that were at least as good as my jr.

Answer 2

Ahh, the memories. The earliest computer I ever used was an Atari 800 computer. I played games and did a little programming on it (mostly games though). It was a blast but I couldn't use it much as it belonged to my uncle.



My first own computer was some years later when I got my 80286 PC. Remember when RAM use to come separately as chips and not on easy-to-install memory modules? To install RAM back then, you had to socket each of these darn chips in (like a processor installation).

Answer 3

Commodore 64...

Answer 4

I dont remeber what it was but I had Dos and windows 3.1 so I guess I am not as old as you geezers here with your Commodore 64's and your punch cards.

Answer 5

Commodore 64 and one called Acorn.

Answer 6

Northstar Horizon with a s100 buss

also a PDP-11

These and a Commodore Business Machine with a 6502 processor.

These were all before IBM came out with their 8086 machine.

Answer 7

Commodore Vic 20. 2.5 kilobytes of RAM! Woo-hoo!

Answer 8

I used to go to the local Radio Shack store when I was a kid and the manager would let me use the TRS-80 Radio Shack computer that was on display. It had 32 colors and it could add and stuff. Awesome.

Answer 9

Atari 400 (1979) - whopping 16K of RAM and a cartridge slot for applications.

Answer 10

I have an old Tandy 128 or somthing, i think it was the first color tandy. I found it in a thrift shop for $5!

Answer 11

Not counting the little IBMs we used in elementary school, a Compaq desktop in '94. ...yeah, my family was not up to speed technologically.

Answer 12

My Dad had this 'Tandy' from Radio Shack back in 1980 something.

Answer 13

I still have an operational computer running nothing but DOS 6.1 All the programs are on 5.25 floppies. :)

Answer 14

it was in the 1980's but it was thought of in the 1800's!!

Answer 15

I don't know what it was..........but it used punch cards. Yes, you heard me correctly. You had to program it with punch cards. No, Im not ancient........this was back in 1981 in school. Man........maybe I am old!!

Answer 16

a calculator.