On 12/13/05, Kevin Sonney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I may have you all beat with my TRS-80 Model 1. Oh yeah, Cassette and > everything. To top it off in terms of geekery, Dad (who is an EE) > *BUILT* the expansion interface from a kit he ordered from a magazine. > Took us from the built-in 4K to a whopping 16K, and allowed us to > connect a printer *AND* floppy drives.
No, I think I've even got you beat, Kevin. Our first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000 (with the 16KB expansion pack). http://www.pawel.tpi.pl/t1000.html It had a membrane keyboard with BASIC built in and each key was a different BASIC instruction (i.e. you couldn't type programs in letter by letter as it wouldn't work). Before that, though, in school, I did some programming on a TI 99/4A. That was actually my very first introduction to computer graphics as I programmed a little guy that was about 16x16 pixels to wave at people. I also took summer classes learning to program on Apple II+'s but that was a couple of years later. Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
