How long have you been Messing around with Computer's

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-01 11:13pm

No Poll, just input, Were you monking around with the ones at the early university, do we have one of the original AT&T operators that was drafted into Cypher works back in WWII, does some one remember hacking vacume tubes and rewiring boards. Does anyone remember typing lines into punch cards, big reels of magnetic tape, Early BBSing, the Wargames boom, the start of Webs, Trash-80's. What was around when you started messing around with computers.

Personally I cheated, my mom couldn't find Daycare for me, between her active hippie life, so she let me get babysat by the computer science department at Humbolt State university. I was entering code into Punchcards when I was in Kindergarden.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-10-01 11:22pm

Err....well...I really can't remember the exact year. But sometime when I was in elementary school.

Post by **Dalton** » 2002-10-01 11:32pm

My first computer experience was Oregon Trail on the old Apple ][e.

IRG CommandoJoe · Post by **IRG CommandoJoe** » 2002-10-01 11:34pm

Actually, when my brain first developed was when I messed around with a computer.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2002-10-01 11:37pm

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:No Poll, just input, Were you monking around with the ones at the early university, do we have one of the original AT&T operators that was drafted into Cypher works back in WWII, does some one remember hacking vacume tubes and rewiring boards. Does anyone remember typing lines into punch cards, big reels of magnetic tape, Early BBSing, the Wargames boom, the start of Webs, Trash-80's. What was around when you started messing around with computers.

Personally I cheated, my mom couldn't find Daycare for me, between her active hippie life, so she let me get babysat by the computer science department at Humbolt State university. I was entering code into Punchcards when I was in Kindergarden. :evil: :twisted: :twisted: :evil:

I worked with Commodore-64s when I was a small child. (How many of y'all remember those???) When I was just entering my teens, I was assembling IBM PCs (I'm talking the original 8088s,) and PC-XTs for sale.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2002-10-01 11:41pm

I used to own one of those. The AT's showed up when I was in High School.

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-10-02 12:04am

For about 13 years, give or take a few months.

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-10-02 12:56am

Dalton wrote:My first computer experience was Oregon Trail on the old Apple ][e.

Yeah, the same for me too. The crappiness scared me of Apple.

Alyeska · Post by **Alyeska** » 2002-10-02 01:33am

First time on a computer was in 1985 on the classic apple 2e. I still got some old 5 1/4" floppies and an old dot matrix printer somewhere around the house.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2002-10-02 02:21am

Shit man, Commodore 64. That was a long ass time ago. Had you posed a question like this about five years ago, I'd still be in High School were some cpu geeks screw around with those outdated shit fits, sort of like what your doing. Heh.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2002-10-02 03:01am

Aww you made me feel old

First comp Vic20 upgraded really fast to a Commendore 64 and more or less involved with computers one way or the oder upp to now.

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2002-10-02 03:25am

Ever since I was 6. Almost 15 years ago. My dad had an old IBM. Cant remember what model exactly. I know it had something like 640k ram and its CPU was less than 10mhz. It had dual 5 1/4 inch floppys and it didn't even have a color monitor either. (orange screen display) We also had a nice, fat, bad ass, black and white dot matrix printer.

It was fun though cause I played my first games on it. Long live Sopwith!

http://www.classicgaming.com/sopwith/sop.htm

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-02 04:24am

Since the old IBMs with the 10" floppies were about...

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2002-10-02 04:37am

THe Yosemite Bear wrote:No Poll, just input, Were you monking around with the ones at the early university, do we have one of the original AT&T operators that was drafted into Cypher works back in WWII, does some one remember hacking vacume tubes and rewiring boards. Does anyone remember typing lines into punch cards, big reels of magnetic tape, Early BBSing, the Wargames boom, the start of Webs, Trash-80's. What was around when you started messing around with computers.

Personally I cheated, my mom couldn't find Daycare for me, between her active hippie life, so she let me get babysat by the computer science department at Humbolt State university. I was entering code into Punchcards when I was in Kindergarden.

Had a C64 when I was about 7 and a 286 {16mhz and 6meg of RAM} when I was 14 but only really started to learn how to assemble and use them properly in the last 3 years. Now I have three computers, two of which work.

Azeron · Post by **Azeron** » 2002-10-02 07:44am

the apple 2e I believe. I was about 6, and my parents wanted me and my brother to beceom computer literate. All hail the command line!!

Once you get addicted t the command line there is no going back to gui

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2002-10-02 08:58am

Ok,YB, just show our age, why don't you?

Let's see, Apple II back in 5th grade. That would be... 23 years ago.

Since then I've worked with IIe, IBM PS2, C64, Atari's computer, Mac, misc. IBM, blah, blah, blah.

I learned Pascal in high school. Programed the school fight song and they used it for several years in the library during PTA meetings and such... that is until computers got faster and better.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2002-10-02 09:20am

Dalton wrote:My first computer experience was Oregon Trail on the old Apple ][e.

True story, Oregon Trail was written by one of my middle school teachers. I started with the good ol' Apple ][ way back when, and figured out how to put the things into a counting loop.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-02 09:21am

My first computer experience was Oregon Trail on the old Apple ][e.

Damn same here! So much fun running around and shooting stuff
And damn those Wagon Wheels!

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-10-02 09:23am

The good ol' XT, had it until a few years ago, then got an AMD 466mhz comp. Big difference.

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-02 09:26am

Yeha, Oregon Trail...Apple ][ and IBMs...

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-02 09:33am

Of course I don't mention was the fact after the six time I had die in-route I cracked up the Apple II and started messing around, Resulting in my First ever overclock

Yep thats right fokes, at the tender age of Tweleve I had overclocked my first computer, The Apple II

Post by **haas mark** » 2002-10-02 09:34am

overclock...? (And I'm supposed to be a CS major!)

Ted · Post by **Ted** » 2002-10-02 09:43am

means he over clocked the processor speed from what ever it was. I forget the Apple 2's clocking.
As of 4 years ago, my old chool still had Apple 2's in the classrooms.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-02 10:35am

Acutal Overclocking refers to any computer part run over spec

For example, did you know ther is a way to overclock Floppy drives?

Yes there is, one of the reasons I went through so many of those things is its a no going back sort of deal

greenmm · Post by **greenmm** » 2002-10-02 12:19pm

Dalton wrote:My first computer experience was Oregon Trail on the old Apple ][e.

Ah, yes, the good old days of AppleBASIC, playing OT on II+'s and IIe's, and line numbers being required for programs.

First computers I used were Apple II+/e's, Commodore VIC-20/64's, and a brief sit-down at a friend's TI computer (the old membrane keyboard). First computer I actually owned was the Colecovision ADAM...

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