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  • julsajet
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    We had a Colecovision games console (when everyone else had Ataris) that upgraded to an ADAM computer hooked up to the TV.

    We thought it was great when the computer was added because we could play games off the tape drive. The graphics on the tape games were heaps better than the cartridges.

    Aah I remember waiting around 2-3 mins for the game to load, playing for another minute or two and then waiting 2-3 mins for the next level to load. Best was Buck Rogers 21st Century.

    I remember Mum upgrading the memory to 50K. Cant remember what it had at first.

    I think Mum finally threw it out last year.

    Juls

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  • Justin_Boyle
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    I dont remember what the first computer was. Was a piece of crud though. Probably a 286 or something along those lines. The first computer I remember was when I was about 8 or 9 and it was a Pentium 120. Had a huge 16mb memory 1gb hd and a 1mb videocard.

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  • Javaphile
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    Commodore PET 4016. 40 column wide screen and 16k of RAM.


    Java "Fun with Cassettes" phile

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  • blanyon
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    Tandy 1000, single floppy and really bad games but we did it to death.

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  • Lovey
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    My first computer was a Microbee, coz dad wanted me to have the same computers that I was using at school.
    I dont remember the exact specs, but I think it had 64k RAM and a single 5.25 disk drive. I had the orange screen, which was something different from the standard green blinky cursor, but not as easy on the eyes either.

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  • Dennis
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    Originally posted by 2E23202E4C0 link=1244365994/30#30 date=1244619566
    Originally posted by 07262D2D2A30430 link=1244365994/27#27 date=1244600920
    I think there were quite few companies who followed this procedure without giving a thought to what they would actually do with the tapes if the building burnt down!
    You use the word "were" i would suggest there are many still operating that way now.
    Too true!

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  • bolb
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    Originally posted by 07262D2D2A30430 link=1244365994/27#27 date=1244600920
    I think there were quite few companies who followed this procedure without giving a thought to what they would actually do with the tapes if the building burnt down!
    You use the word "were" i would suggest there are many still operating that way now.

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  • Senator
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    My first computer was an Amstrad 6128, it was the "flash" one with built in floppy and colour screen (the first ones were green screen only). I remember thinking how awesome the games looked *(barbarian where you got to chop the guys head off) and some olympics style games.



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  • Justin_Boyle
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    We still use tapes for backup.  It is common place because they are so reliable and relatively cheap.  The thing with tapes is that they are a fair bit tougher than hard disks and you are less likely to lose information.  Drop a hard drive and it is toast.

    P.S. our IT guys told us that accounting firms who lose their server and dont have a good backup generally go under in 3 months. It is also expensive for the client as they generally have to pay their new accountant to do the same work again.

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  • Dennis
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    Originally posted by 092D242427271D092D312F2D420 link=1244365994/26#26 date=1244596072
    1 back up to take home is case of fire
    I think there were quite few companies who followed this procedure without giving a thought to what they would actually do with the tapes if the building burnt down! ;D

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  • Koffee_Kosmo
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    Originally posted by 252F3A2D2D223630430 link=1244365994/25#25 date=1244595803
    Load from a floppy disk? - luxury!

    I remember having to load software from cassette tapes. You have to FF to the right place and then copying the file to memory used to take ages
    At a place I worked
    Tapes were used for back up
    2 back ups were made
    1 back up to take home is case of fire

    KK

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  • flynnaus
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    Load from a floppy disk? - luxury!

    I remember having to load software from cassette tapes. You have to FF to the right place and then copying the file to memory used to take ages

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  • Koffee_Kosmo
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    My first computer that I purchased & used was the Atari ST 520
    I have kept it in pristine (as new) condition including the box and instruction books as a collectors item

    KK

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  • PiccoloLatte
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    Amiga 500, and dot matrix printer - In about 1990 IIRC.

    You could hard boot from 3.5" floppy - Or boot a windows disk, then eject it and load your other program disk onto the desktop (wonderboy in monsterland anyone ;D )

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  • flynnaus
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    My first computer I bought was an IBM-compatible 286 back in 1990. I could have bought a 386 but they were around $3K at the time. I remember turning it on and getting....nothing. No OS loaded - my previous experience had been with Apple IIes and Microbees.

    Back in my Uni days in the mid-70s, I learned to program in BASIC on a mainframe. We were only trainee teachers so no FORTRAN for us. We didnt have terminal accounts so everything had to be coded on punchcardsand stuck in a tray for batch processing. You come back the next day (if you are lucky with such a high MTBF rate on the old mainframes) with fingers crossed that you hadnt made a typo and have to re-type. There was only one punch card machine to be shared among 30 or so of us and not many would type. So you would be waiting for your turn while the person at the machine would be going hunt-peck..hunt-peck..etc...until ...<expletive deleted> and they would have to start over again.

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