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My first computer: a Radio Shack TRS-80 Mod I (4k of memory). It had a
cassette drive initially, but dad upgraded to a floppy drive when it became
available. He also bought an expansion interface for it, which was
approximately the size of a VCR and added a whopping 4k of additional
memory. I think my analog watch has more memory than that computer did.
I'll always have a fond memory of Adventure on the TRS-80, though. I somehow
think my love of language comes from fighting to express commands in two
words or less.
You see a fierce green dragon.
> kill dragon
With what? Your bare hands?
> yes
Congratulations. You have just killed a dragon with your bare hands.
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Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)
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Subject: RE: TOP THAT: Antique Email
>I don't think the Commodore 64 counts. My husband is 32 and *his* first
computer was a Commodore 64.
MY first computer was a Commodore Vic 20, named for its 20 kilobytes of
memory. It had a tape drive and hooked up to a television. My kids learned
a lot about programming from it, because you had to type games into the
computer whenever you wanted to play them.
Unfortunately, the Vic 20 had a design flaw. The power cord inlet and the
video outlet were identical. Guess what happens when an 8-year-old dyslexic
child gets confused? At least there weren't flames, like when he was a
teenager and burned out my hard drive with a screwdriver.
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