When did you get your first computer?…
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VIC-20
I got my first computer, a Commodore VIC 20, 35 years ago when I was about 15 years old. Computers were still considered expensive hobbyist equipment, and the home computer industry was in its infancy. I learned how to program in BASIC, using my skills to write simple games for my friends to play. I upgraded to the Commodore 64 about a year later. In my last year of high school, I formed the area's first computer club, equipped with…
Before buying a Mac mini in 2005, the last time, I had used an Apple product was when I started the computer lab at my high school with a couple of used Apple IIs (1983). The school let me do it because I had "experience" programming Commodore VIC-20s and Commodore 64s. LOL. I am happy to say I am back to loving computers again after buying that Mac mini ( and a MacBook in 2006 ). I tossed Firefox off…
