First Computers (was Re: [SunRescue] Yay, I don't feel...)

[Matthew Haas]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
> > my dad's work (I can picture the Sun screensaver to this day). My first
> > machine was a Commodore 128, I still own it... And about 60 or more other
> > machines...
>
> I started out at age 9 with a TI-99/4A.  GOt it 2 months before they
> quit making them. 8-)
>

While we're on this trend- what was everyone's first computer? Do you
still own it?? Still use it?

My very first computer was a Commodore VIC-20... I was too young at the
time to truly appreciate it... I had a game cartridge of some number/math
game that I remember playing endlessly.

Then I got an XT that I played with for a few years and then got upgraded
to a 386SX (kept the CGA monitor from the XT)..

I got bored with 4 colors and a mono PC speaker, so I left and played with
the 8-bit Atari machines for a couple years (XE Game Machine, then
upgraded to the 130XE! 128K of RAM!!)... I could really play Star Raiders
with this setup :) And I still own all my Ataris :)