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And now that I think about it, about three years before all of that (I
was 9 I think), my dad gave me a Heathkit that I wired up logic
circuits to answer pre-set questions on cardboard with holes for the
light bulbs. I hardily recommend that to all new programmers --
building logic circuits by hand gives a good framework for
understanding how computers think.<br>
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Aaron<br>
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Mine was either the Trash-80, or the Vic-20; I don't remember which
came first. The TRS was at school, and the Commodore at home. The
Vic-20 had 5K RAM, and I fondly remember when we got a 16K expander
cartridge (along with the inevitable 'What will I do with all that
memory?') The first thing I remember writing was a scrolling adventure,
where I created an Olde English font pixel by pixel by hacking directly
into its core memory. (I'm sure I wrote practice stuff before that, but
this is what, 30 years ago?)<br>
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My father later gave me a CCP/M with a washing machine 8" floppy drive
from his office; the computer may have been older than the others, but
I really have no idea anymore. I wrote a text-based Star Wars game,
complete with X-Wing fighters and light sabers using DataStar on that
computer.<br>
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Aaron<br>
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Robert Wohleb wrote:
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type="cite">I started programming on my first computer; a Tandy 1000
from Radio Shack. Assembly was so much easier on the 8088 processor.
Ahh, the good ol' days.<br>
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~Rob<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Karoly
Negyesi <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:karoly@negyesi.net">karoly@negyesi.net</a>></span>
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was RET. I forgot the rest. It was so long ago.<br>
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On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Victor Kane<<a
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> Here in Buenos Aires I had a shiny silver Timex-Sinclar 2000, and
went in<br>
> and had them put in a "double-boot" ROM and switch, so I could
bring it up<br>
> in ZX Spectrum or TS 2000 mode!<br>
><br>
> Z80 Assembler!!!<br>
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