Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip. I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.
Opted for the C-64 instead because of the sprite graphics chip...didn't get the moped til 27 years later!
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Tandy 1000EX with a COLOR monitor and Daisy Wheel printer... 7 years old reading a DOS book because no one in my family wanted to learn how to use it.
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Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip. I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
Started off with a TI/994A then a Commodore 128 ... miss those days
The TI-99/4A was on my list, primarily because of the built in voice synthesizer chip. I was making plans to attach it to a moped with a battery and power invertor to make a talking moped... ala Knight Rider.
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
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The first computer I owned was a circa 1980 Zenith HZ-89A with 64K RAM and running CP/M-80. It was like owning an old VW Bug that you constantly tinkered with.
I used a paper hole punch to clip the other side of a 5-1/4 floppy so I could write to the other side of it, making it double-sided. I could store more games on a single floppy that way.
I truly attribute my success to the C64. Got it for a xmas present as a kid. My parents had no idea what they were buying me, but it was "electronic", so they knew I would like it. 🤣
It's what really sparked my interest in comps., sitting there for hours upon hours with that book haha trying to make it do what I wanted and then seeing the results were awesome.
The coolest thing that I had with my first computer was a Novation Cat. I saved for months to get that thing so I could have actual full-duplex communications.
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Still have it too 🤣 (but sorry that price is too low for me).
Opted for the C-64 instead because of the sprite graphics chip...didn't get the moped til 27 years later!
Master of Science in Information Security and Assurance - Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science in Network Administration - Western Governors University
Associate of Applied Science x4 - Heald College
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
Opted for the C64 instead...and it took me 27 years before I got the moped!
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I truly attribute my success to the C64. Got it for a xmas present as a kid. My parents had no idea what they were buying me, but it was "electronic", so they knew I would like it. 🤣
It's what really sparked my interest in comps., sitting there for hours upon hours with that book haha trying to make it do what I wanted and then seeing the results were awesome.