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Heather Turiello @heatherturiello.bsky.social

Pshaw. I’m THIS old. Behold my first personal computer.

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feb 4, 2025, 6:15 pm • 15 0

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davep-mn.bsky.social @davep-mn.bsky.social

There it is! Mine, too.

feb 5, 2025, 2:13 am • 0 0 • view
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Ellemnopas @ellemnopas.bsky.social

Mine was a Commodore 64. Lol

feb 5, 2025, 2:34 am • 3 0 • view
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patcg@patcg.bsky.social @patcg.bsky.social

At the time a Commodore 64 was all I could afford.

feb 5, 2025, 8:47 am • 1 0 • view
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Ellemnopas @ellemnopas.bsky.social

It was nuts. Then I got a computer were it was all DOS. I used windows 98 at work but really have had Macs the minute they came out. Even the bubble colored ones. Now I refurbish MacBooks. For me.

feb 5, 2025, 8:51 am • 1 0 • view
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patcg@patcg.bsky.social @patcg.bsky.social

Now I prefer Linux & Chromebooks.

feb 5, 2025, 9:00 am • 1 0 • view
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Ellemnopas @ellemnopas.bsky.social

Linux is ok but I’m a Mac person. I do hate this new iPhone I got though. I liked my little SE2 and like a home button. I got a 15 and am ready to use it as a rock. I’ve only had a week and can’t get used to it. I guess I was just used to my old one.

feb 5, 2025, 9:07 am • 1 0 • view
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uhd2160p.bsky.social @uhd2160p.bsky.social

The 8 bit Amiga! I had an Atari 400 with upgraded RAM and an 810 disk drive with Happy Ehancement and.

feb 5, 2025, 4:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Heather Turiello @heatherturiello.bsky.social

We started with the cassette tapes. We had 8K memory cartridge as well. Added a floppy drive and printer. Remember having to insert a BASIC cartridge? I wrote two programs. A biorhythm and a game where beavers swimming upstream had to avoid logs. It always broke when they hit a log, though.

feb 5, 2025, 4:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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uhd2160p.bsky.social @uhd2160p.bsky.social

I remember the Atari Spanish language learning course on tape. I learnt how to use wildcards from the Atari 810 disk manual and wanted the 830 serial interface and a modem for BBSs. I played a lot of games.

feb 5, 2025, 6:10 pm • 1 0 • view
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Irie Brotha @iriebro.bsky.social

Mine too. I "graduated" to an IBM PCjr. I was also a PC-DOS(w/Stacker) and OS/2 fanboy. I know of Gary Kildall. I have a hat that says: "1998 - Year of the Linux Desktop," that I got from Comdex, where I shook Linus Torvald's hand. Linux User #91388.

feb 5, 2025, 5:48 pm • 0 0 • view