[olug] "I remember when..."

Sat Apr 25 17:10:07 UTC 2009

My first machine was a com64 with cassette, that thing pissed me off a lot, I was maybe 8yrs old, left computers alone for about 12yrs then bought parts and built an amd thunderbird based machine, lived with windows for a short time until the aeroE students that worked for me got me into linux, I was hooked.

I recently saw a homemade sythesizer that used parts from an old commedor64, had some cool sounds!

-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis LaMasters <curtislamasters at gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:34:28 
To: Omaha Linux User Group<olug at olug.org>
Subject: Re: [olug] "I remember when..."

I'm munch younger... First family computer (that I remember) was in
1988 an Apple SE20.

Curtis LaMasters
http://www.curtis-lamasters.com
http://www.builtnetworks.com

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Eric Lusk <wyrmzr72 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Fortunately not the previous version with the "monitor" included...
> That was the early 80s, and from there the next real step was an Apple II knock-off, the Laser 128....
> Never really bothered with much until the 486, when RAM was something like $200/16MB.
>
>  I ran the Harry Potter books through a spell checker; none of those spells should work.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Don Kauffman <dekauff at cox.net>
> To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:30:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [olug] "I remember when..."
>
> Between 84 and 97, I had the following machines. I didn't realize this
> until just now!
>
> First was a transportable Kaypro 2 CP/M with the Perfect Suite. Perfect
> Writer worked just like emacs (which explains my preference for emacs)!
> I then got a Kaypro 10 which had a 10 MB Hard drive -- pretty big for
> those days. I kind of wish I still had it. I graduated from that to an
> Amstraad 285. Worst purchase ever!
>
> Next was a whtebox 386 I got when I was in Canada. Then I skipped the
> 486 and got a Pentium I when I started working in Omaha for USWest.
>
> Kind of dates me, I guess.
>
> Don K.
>
> On Sat, 2009-04-25 at 06:17 -0700, Joe Gulizia wrote:
>> Okay I'll get in on this.
>>
>> First computer Amiga 2000...still working...bought in 91.  I was looking at a computer to do video work with (graphics and titles) and the PC field dodn't have anything at that time.  Still downstairs and still works.  Then was given a 386 or 486....before buying a generic white box PC in (99?)...upgraded it....changed cases...changed motherboards (bad caps with a diagnosis by Wolf).  Basically still running thesame machine.  Bought a newer machine a couple years ago with VI$TA on it for the wife and daughter (so I don't touch it unless I need to update the AVG or troubleshoot it.....or switch to the linux side of it and use Kubuntu 8.04).  Son's first machine is a HP laptop that he bought a year and a half ago for college...running Kubuntu 8.10 and a virtualized Windows XP Pro for his Windows based computer classes at IWCC).
>>
>> I did some work learning the Tandy 1000's that my National Guard unit had for the field journalists.
>>
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> --- On Sat, 4/25/09, Christopher White <slaeyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Christopher White <slaeyer at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [olug] "I remember when..."
>> > To: "Omaha Linux User Group" <olug at olug.org>
>> > Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 2:50 AM
>> > Ah Synchronet,
>> >
>> > I remember you so fondly!  Such fun times playing
>> > those door games.
>> > My first computer that my family bought was a Macintosh
>> > LC580 (I
>> > pitched in nearly $200 of my own money from my part time
>> > job in school
>> > to get this beast!).  It was an upgrade from the Mac
>> > Classic we were
>> > "borrowing" at the time to get onto the local bbs.
>> > When I'd saved
>> > enough, I splurged on a 28.8 modem and later uploaded the
>> > 33.6
>> > firmware to it!  Such speeds!!!  And the LC580
>> > had a color screen!!!!!
>> >  Simply amazing!!!
>> >
>> > I've owned many machines since then but will always have a
>> > fond place
>> > in my heart for that beautiful little Mac!!  It was so
>> > much fun to use
>> > and seemed lightning fast compared to it's actual speed of
>> > 33 mhz!!!
>> >
>> > Thanks for the trip down memory lane,
>> > Chris from Kearney
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Thomas D. Williamson
>> > <twilliam at inebraska.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > My first exposure to computing was through a share
>> > from HDR in high
>> > > school, with a phone modem and paper punch tape to
>> > "record" the
>> > > programs we were required to write.
>> > >
>> > > I had friends who bought and used the Osborn computers
>> > with dual 8"
>> > > floppy drives, so CPM could operate on one and a
>> > program could be
>> > > loaded on the other.
>> > >
>> > > My first personal computer was a Sanyo with dual 5
>> > 1/2" drives for the
>> > > same purpose as the Osborn.  I believe the processor
>> > was an 8086. The
>> > > package came with a dot matrix printer and was about
>> > $1400. That was
>> > > the most I've ever spent since then. I was in college
>> > and it was used
>> > > for writing papers for the most part. The MS-DOS was
>> > modified by Sanyo
>> > > so any upgrades were required through them at an
>> > exceptionally high
>> > > price. I stopped using because of that.
>> > >
>> > > My first more standard PC was one I ordered built to
>> > my
>> > > specifications. This was at the time the 486SX-16 was
>> > being pushed,
>> > > but I went with the 386DX-16 from AMD because it
>> > actually processed
>> > > faster than the SX. I later upgraded to a 486DX-16,
>> > installed a modem
>> > > and other items before it ran out of it usefulness. I
>> > got it with out
>> > > MS-DOS and used DR-DOS instead with Windows 3.1 and
>> > 3.11. I worked
>> > > with a MS-DOS Machine with Windows 3.11 at work and
>> > found that DR-DOS
>> > > worked better with memory management and cause fewer
>> > crashes.
>> > >
>> > > Since then I have continued to stay behind the curve
>> > on most equipment
>> > > since I do not have high end demands, and am able to
>> > pay less for what
>> > > I need and can use.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Tom Williamson
>> > >
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