snaah opened this issue on Nov 14, 2006 · 54 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Wed, 15 November 2006 at 5:41 PM
My first-ever computer was a $35,000,000 IBM 370 -- or rather -- the IBM main frame belonged to the university. They'd kindly let me borrow the machine on occasion.
It was great -- a $35M machine so that I could sit around and play Star Trek. Some of you might remember the old Trek with dots for sector grid points and an "E" to represent the Enterprise. Asterisks (*) for stars. I think that I've seen an updated, colorized version with gasp graphics added in -- but that was a few years ago.
The first PC that I ever used was an Apple IIe, with a very brief foray on an Apple III. That machine didn't last long in the market. IIRC, there was some sort of a problem with the Apple III. The 1st PC that I ever owned was an Amiga 500. For its time, it was an amazing machine. I was disappointed to see the Amiga go.