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My first computer was a Commodore 64 hooked up to an old TV
My parents bought it so I could use it for my homework in high school. We didn't think about getting on the internet until one of my sister's friends who also got a Commodore 64 got a modem and starting finding local Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) to get on. So then we had to follow suit and we got a 300 baud modem and used dial up to connect to the world. This is the late 1980's, so I'm just AMAZED how much has changed with the internet in just the past 20 years.
If you ever visit Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska, they have a full Commodore Computer set up as part of the collection, monitor, printer, 5 1/4 inch disk drive, and keyboard/computer.
I still have that computer out in the garage, along with lots of computer games that I had purchased including the original gold box Dungeons and Dragons series and Might and Magic games. I spent HOURS playing those when not working on homework.
It's also the system I learned BASIC programming on, and those lessons have helped as I've taught myself basic HTML coding.
When I got married, my husband and I upgraded to a Commodore 128. I lost that in the divorce :(
The history of Commodore Computers
It was my first computer - and I learned BASIC programming on it, and even wrote a few programs on it. I used to be very active in Dungeons and Dragons, and so I used to have lots of fun converting the dice tables from "Dragon" magazine articles that I liked into computer programs.
Commodore, the commonly used name for Commodore International, was a US electronics company based in West Chester, Pennsylvania which was a vital player in the home/personal computer field in the 1980s. The company is also known under the name of its R&D operation, Commodore Business Machines (CBM). Commodore developed and marketed the world's best-selling desktop computer, the Commodore 64 (1982). The company declared bankruptcy in 1994, but since then, there have been several attempts to revive its Amiga systems. The company revived in 2005 after a few mergers with Yeahronimo Media Ventures Inc., SATXS Communications BV, & Tulip Computers.
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awelldressedbullet wrote...
Ahhh another blast from the past, I went from these to a Tandy TRS? and then finally a Tandy 1000, remember when a color monitor meant the text was in orange? LOL OK, I'm off to look at our 8-Track player - Kathy
Posted September 17, 2007
