[SunRescue] Yay, I don't feel quite so freaking young anymore!
Peter L. Wargo
rescue at sunhelp.org
Sat Mar 10 00:40:32 CST 2001
>I started out at age 9 with a TI-99/4A. GOt it 2 months before they
>quit making them. 8-)
I started out at age 12 doing puch-card programming on IBM as part of a program
for accelerated students. (Big pile o crap, as far as I'm concerned... Another
useless NY state educational gimmick.)
Anyhow, real fun began at age 13 or 14 with a Bell & Howell "Black Apple ][" -
Dad was head math teacher, and got the grant by default. I learned it, and
helped him develop coursework. This was (1981?)
Started UNIX (SunOS 3.x and, oddly enough, UTX) in '87. Long time ago, now...
At 33, I've spent about 2/3 of my life around computers. I still hate 'em. :-)
(But, they pay the bills!)
-Pete, feeling grumpy and old.
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