My first PC was an 8088 made of random parts we managed to scrounge together. After an 8088 with a herc monochrome screen, everything was an upgrade and these days I'm fully "you damn kids don't know how good you got it" when it comes to computers. :P
(I'm not even that old...Maybe a little...)
(I'm not even that old...Maybe a little...)
heh, I still love BASIC, so much that my next book is going to be an introduction to FreeBASIC.
My first computer computer was a TRS-80 coco with the extended color basic. The extended basic was on a completely different level than for example c-64 basic, you could do graphics using the sort of commands that would later become the standard.
My first computer computer was a TRS-80 coco with the extended color basic. The extended basic was on a completely different level than for example c-64 basic, you could do graphics using the sort of commands that would later become the standard.
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That sounds about right!
Later on I got a 5MB hard drive that was so big and heavy you could use it as a weapon of war, and you had to manually calibrate the interleave to get the fastest performance out of it.
Later on I got a 5MB hard drive that was so big and heavy you could use it as a weapon of war, and you had to manually calibrate the interleave to get the fastest performance out of it.
No kidding! Ugh, I ended up taking every painful step along the way. Herc monochrome, then CGA, then EGA (and btw not all EGA is EGA, there's a super EGA that'll not display on your EGA monitor and will show garbage), and finally VGA. Jumping right from CGA to VGA would be mind blowing.