Comments on: My Very First Computer http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/ Thrice weekly high tech commentary Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:36:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: admin http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-165 admin Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:33:16 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-165 The most popular language on the old home computers was BASIC. The TRS-80 came with a flavor of Microsoft BASIC, which was pretty common. Everything was text-mode, command line. In fact, the old TRSDOS uesd many of the standard MS-DOS commands: CLS, DIR, and so on. I found a TRSDOS emulator for the Mac, but I don't have any old TRSDOS software any more. :( The most popular language on the old home computers was BASIC. The TRS-80 came with a flavor of Microsoft BASIC, which was pretty common. Everything was text-mode, command line. In fact, the old TRSDOS uesd many of the standard MS-DOS commands: CLS, DIR, and so on. I found a TRSDOS emulator for the Mac, but I don’t have any old TRSDOS software any more. :(

]]> By: BradC http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-164 BradC Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:21:34 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-164 The legendary Trash-80!! When I hear about people upgrading from 4kb to 16kb, I sometimes wonder if that was worth it. Ive heard a lot of people who bought the Commodore 64 or Atari AT were so satisfied with what they could do, that they didnt upgrade till the early 90s. Dan- I wish you could write more about what exactly you could do with those old computers. What programming languages did they support? Were programs all command line? Like many, Im a late bloomer to the home computer: late 90s with a Pentium I. You know there are people who run emulators for those old OS's like the C-64 or Atari on their cellphones. If you have some free time, please tell us more of what it was like using those old computers. The legendary Trash-80!! When I hear about people upgrading from 4kb to 16kb, I sometimes wonder if that was worth it. Ive heard a lot of people who bought the Commodore 64 or Atari AT were so satisfied with what they could do, that they didnt upgrade till the early 90s. Dan- I wish you could write more about what exactly you could do with those old computers. What programming languages did they support? Were programs all command line? Like many, Im a late bloomer to the home computer: late 90s with a Pentium I. You know there are people who run emulators for those old OS’s like the C-64 or Atari on their cellphones. If you have some free time, please tell us more of what it was like using those old computers.

]]> By: dang http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-160 dang Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:11:31 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-160 I remember when a 1GB hard drive was just an overwhelming amount of storage, and expensive. Yet just the other day I bought a 4GB SD card for about $25. How times have changed... I remember when a 1GB hard drive was just an overwhelming amount of storage, and expensive. Yet just the other day I bought a 4GB SD card for about $25. How times have changed…

]]> By: jack http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-159 jack Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:39:36 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-159 Yeah, I had an IBM GL300! It ran Windows ME and had a Pentium 1!!! There are calculators faster than it! Had a 1GB hard drive too. Yeah, I had an IBM GL300! It ran Windows ME and had a Pentium 1!!!
There are calculators faster than it!
Had a 1GB hard drive too.

]]> By: linuxlove http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-150 linuxlove Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:35:16 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-150 My first computer was a Toshiba Satellite, can't remember the model. It had: * Pentium 90 I think * 40MB RAM * 1GB Yes, 1GB! Hard Drive * 14.4k Modem * FM Synthisis sound card * Windows 95, I think it was upgraded from Windows 3.1 $20.00 eBay My first computer was a Toshiba Satellite, can’t remember the model. It had:
* Pentium 90 I think
* 40MB RAM
* 1GB Yes, 1GB! Hard Drive
* 14.4k Modem
* FM Synthisis sound card
* Windows 95, I think it was upgraded from Windows 3.1

$20.00 eBay

]]> By: admin http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-149 admin Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:11:58 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-149 The calculator blew me away. I was trying to find inflation-adjusted prices and I figured I'd be able to fudge the numbers based on some examples, such as a car in 1980 versus today. But that link was the first one that came up. Amazing. The calculator blew me away. I was trying to find inflation-adjusted prices and I figured I’d be able to fudge the numbers based on some examples, such as a car in 1980 versus today. But that link was the first one that came up. Amazing.

]]> By: Douglas http://www.wambooli.com/blog/2008/07/16/my-very-first-computer/#comment-148 Douglas Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:40:23 +0000 http://www.wambooli.com/blog/?p=118#comment-148 Yes, I do remember our first computer. It was the days of Windows 3.1, and it was an Olivetti. I think it was either a 386 of 486. I crashed it too many times to count, and put a variety of things into the floppy drive, including a small plastic lobster. Did I mention I was about four years old at the time? (About ten or eleven years ago, maybe more). Nifty calculator, by the way, Dan. How'd you find it? Yes, I do remember our first computer. It was the days of Windows 3.1, and it was an Olivetti. I think it was either a 386 of 486. I crashed it too many times to count, and put a variety of things into the floppy drive, including a small plastic lobster. Did I mention I was about four years old at the time? (About ten or eleven years ago, maybe more).

Nifty calculator, by the way, Dan. How’d you find it?

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