just love the abacus,

wondering why this echo appears so quiet.

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?
never known anyone with the full real name of moderator before just saying

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Owen Evers wrote to All <=-

just love the abacus,

wondering why this echo appears so quiet.

The real name appears attached to the message - which meets the rulez
if you read them.

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?
never known anyone with the full real name of moderator before just
saying

My first was the little girl across the street when we were eight years
old ...... oh, wait. You meant confusers.

My first computer was an SWTP-1000 built from a sandwich baggie of bits
and pieces using mimeographed instructions. It was programmed using DIP switches and had NO storage.

First store-bought mass market 'puter was a TRaSh-80 Model I. Followed
by a PET 4032 then a PET 8032, CommodeDoor 64, an Amiga 2000 and after
Gould and Ali did in Commodore, an original IBM-PC.

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Hello Owen.

01 Feb 22 12:12, you wrote to All:

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

mine was a vic20... erm.. it wasn't actually mine, it was my grandpa's.. :)

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Hi Daniel!

01 Feb 2022 16:10, from Daniel Path -> Owen Evers:

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

mine was a vic20... erm.. it wasn't actually mine, it was my
grandpa's.. :)

C128D
Still working ;)

CU, Ricsi

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ZX81 (brazilian clone TK82-C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TK82C)

Em 31/01/2022 20:12, Owen Evers escreveu:

just love the abacus,

wondering why this echo appears so quiet.

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?
never known anyone with the full real name of moderator before just saying

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On 01 Feb 2022, Owen Evers said the following...

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

Timex/Sinclair 1000.

Jeff.

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01 Feb 2022 12:12, you wrote to All:

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

ZX81.

Carlos
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On 01 Feb 2022 at 08:53p, Carlos Navarro pondered and said...

01 Feb 2022 12:12, you wrote to All:

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

ZX81.
Carlos

I almost got my self a C5!!did you hear of them in Spain?

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Hello, Owen Evers.
On 01/02/22 12:12 you wrote:

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

HP85


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02 Feb 2022 16:29, you wrote to me:

ZX81.

I almost got my self a C5!!

Wow!

did you hear of them in Spain?

Yes, of course. I suppose I saw some article in local computer mags, at least. They informed about anything Sinclair-related.

Carlos
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Hello Owen,

just love the abacus,

wondering why this echo appears so quiet.

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?
never known anyone with the full real name of moderator before just saying

The Commodore Plus/4
:)



Viele Gruesse
Bernd

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zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

My first was an IBM Aptiva - forget the model number, but it came out in 1996. It had a black chassis and the CD/Floppy/Power button were on an external unit that connected via a SCSI card to the PC. Made getting the floppy and CD to work a bit challenging sometimes (some older versions of MSCDEX didn't work with this configuration). Windows 95 wouldn't recognize the CD drive without the appropriate SCSI driver.

I later ventured off into DOS machines and then went older. I have a breadbin 64 and a breadboard cartridge. I also have an Amiga 4000, IBM PS/2 56SLC (which I am typing this message on), PowerMac G5 dual, and a dell optiplex GX1. I have a Toshiba Tecra 530CDT laptop from 1996 in the mail.

I don't really use many computers newer than 2004. I don't like the modern computers nor the modern operating systems. The newest computer I have is a Raspberry Pi 4 - which I will use with my C64 soon (I plan on making a cartridge port to GPIO port adapter first, then we will see what I come up with next).

How ya gonna do it? PS/2 it!

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Am 01.02.22 schrieb Owen Evers@3:770/100 in CLASSIC_COMPUTER:

Hallo Owen,

zxspectrum my first, whats yours?

My first computer was a Commodore 8296 that I bought from my school
when I was in 5th grade. These old computers (also 4032, 8032 etc.)
were thrown out (around 1991) and I could buy it for 50 DM (~ 25 EUR), together with a 8250 dual-floppy drive and a printer.
The computer has been in perfect condition.

Some years later, I sold it - which I now do regret...

I don't really remember if I already had a C64 for my own by that
time.
A little later (1 or 2 years), I got my first PC: 80386sx-25 with a 52
MB HDD :)

Regards,
Anna

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