Your First Computer - CC 48

Apple rolled out a little celebration this week for the 30th anniversary of the Mac. We talked about it here on NetcastStudio some on Waves of Tech, but it’s been interesting to hear people talk about their first experience with a computer and the first computers we all owned.

Discussion Items

• 30th anniversary of the Mac – lack of press coverage
• Early computers
• Rick and Steve’s first computers

• Steve
  • Timex Sinclair ZX81
  • Vic 20
  • Commodore 64/128
  • IBM PC
  • Mac

• Rick
  • Vic 20
  • Commodore 64
  • 386
  • Pentium 125

• Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
• CompuServe, Prodigy
• Operating Systems.  CPM, Windows 1.0
• What’s next for computers?