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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: Intarsia92 on August 06, 2011, 05:35:54 pm
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KayPro II, Not a question, but thought I'd post a picture of my first computer just for the fun of it. I got it from a friend who had a Tech. writing business when he upgraded. It served the purpose for creating a tool inventory spread sheet and a few letters that I wrote, but that's all I used it for. It didn't have graphics capability or such. I just tossed the box of 5" Floppies I had, which reminded me of the computer.
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How long ago was that Al? You probably have more computing power in you wrist watch!
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Wow Al what I dino Man, you just see things like that anymore I trust you gave it to the Smithsion......lol
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about a zillon years ago a friend(?) gave me a IBM 880, without the power cord--went to the electronics store to see about the cord and the salesman said the cord was worth more than the computer--bought the cord anyway and ran a food inventory program I made up at a night school class--good old DOS--Richard aka thumbs--by the way the food program maxed out the computer
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Long, long ago from a galaxy far, far away. LOL ;)
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I got the computer in 1987 and shortly after he gave me three more to give to friends. They were all happy to receive them. At the time I thought it was a great substitute for having to write everything longhand. LOL
See attached for Tech Info.
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I am sooooo happy they came out with the windows operating system, I would never have mastered DOS, my stepson gave me my first pc and tried to teach it to me, never gonna happen! ;D
Gabby
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My first computer was a Commodore 64.
After I got my first real job back in 1988. Not too soon after I purchased my first real IBM based pc. Dual 5 1/4" floppies, Amber screen. I thought that was the top of the line. Then a few months after that I found in a newspaper ad an 8086 computer with one 5 1/4" floppy drive and 20 megabyte hard drive.
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Oh what a wonderful trip down memory Lane!
My first was a TI99/4A!
~~~GB~~~
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(http://www.stevedgood.com/trs80.jpg)
I bought a TRS-80 model I in 1981. I had been going to the local Radio Shack and sitting in front of the computer until they ran me out. I actually taught myself to program at Radio Shack. One weekend I went with my father in law to the local horse race track. I won a trifacta of about $900. I knew exactly what that money would buy. I think it was $600 with a monochrome monitor and 4K of ram. It saved programs on a cassette recorder. I loved that computer and it started a 30 year passion of computers. I lost count of the number of computers I have owned but it's some where 50+
From that to my setup today is quite a step. Multiple computers and several terabytes of storage.
(http://www.stevedgood.com/setup.jpg)
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With that setup Steve it's no wonder you can turn out a new pattern nearly every day. Have you got it programmed to do it for you yet? LOL
Gabby
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Hey steve Can I use that system for a day heck just an hour or two I have an Online Game (World of Warcraft) that I would love to play on it lol
@ Gabby heck Gabby he has it programed to make his coffee and breakfest for him while his wife sleeps, However it has to be so much eaiser to turn out a pattern useing that system for sure with all that Terrobytes of storage...
Great system set up though Steve.
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Of course Steve has to call the Electric Supplier for the neighborhood every time he powers down to warn them of a power surge and then when he powers back up he causes a huge voltage drop in the area!
But I am guessing it is NEVER totally powered down...right Steve?
~~~GB~~~
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GB I think that's called a brown out! LOL
G
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Actually your close GB. I have to use power from two different rooms to have everything powered up at one time. The room stays about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than the rest of the house and has to have an extra AC because the central air can't keep up. I have a bit of an addictive personality. :) I have a tendency to take my hobbies to an extreme.
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Hate to have your electric bill! :o
Gabby
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Steve...
I looked at that photo and my background in 'facilities maintenance' took over and I immediately thought...
"That room sure must get warm"
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"I sure hope he has several circuits running from the 'box' to service that load'!
~~~GB~~~
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My dad had a computer like yours in the 80's. One of my favorite photos of me as a kid is of me and him using it when I was 2 or 3. I think about the power difference when I hand my smart phone to my 4 year-old.
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The cable TV box in the room is the biggest heat generator. Those things are a sin how much current they draw. The older ones with the first DVR's built in draw about as much current as a refrigerator. If you turn them off they lose their menu database and take about 20 minutes to populate the menu when you turn them back on.
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My first computer was a Commodore 64 when they didn't have floppy drives or hard drives even available yet. type in the program, then when you turned it off you lost the program. Most of the programs that came with it also had syntax errors.
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Wow, Stan. That's a beautiful set up there. I can't imagine having anything like it, but then I wouldn't know what to do with all that anyway.
My first computer was the Compaq "lugable" It looked very much like the Kaypro, which I also wanted. The Compaq had two floppy drives, no hard drive and weighed 46 pounds. I remember how I much I considered whether I needed 48 or 64 kb of ram! Finally bought it with 64 and paid close to $3,500. I later bought a couple of 20 mb hard drives that fit into slots for $600 each. I really liked it and used it alot for my business at the time tracking inventory, doing budgeting, writing proposals, etc. BTW, my first word processing program was "WordStar", which came on a 5 1/4" disc and had room to save my work onto that same disc. Oh, and I got on line with a 1,200 baud modem.