My first actual computer experience was in school.
There was a guy who would come by once a week after school and setup his all-in-one (Kaypro???) and we could use it.
We'd get to write small BASIC programs during the week and try them out when he showed up.
They had to be small, we had to type fast, and we made sure it worked. No time for debugging.. ;-)
I finally got a Vic-20 a bit later (The C64 had been out long enough for the Vic-20 to really drop in price) and a tape deck.
Only 3 and a half K, but it was AWESOME... Writing my own programs.
I eventually bought a 300 baud modem..
22 column modem fun.. ;-)
Eventually went to a C64 (it was a refurb from DAK, and had a slightly cracked case, but worked and we could afford it).
The first computer I bought (although I was the primary user of the family's Vic-20 and C64) was an SX-64.
Loved that thing. Even used it for word processing (Fleet System 2) in college and Pascal.
(I remember I had missed the part in the Pascal manual that mentioned that variable names could be X (8??) characters long, BUT it only recognized the first 2 characters. Dang, that messed me up till I figured that out.. Remember kids, read the manuals!!)
After a bit tho, I sold my SX-64 for my first Amiga 500.
(Actually I used my first credit card for my Amiga 500, I sold my SX-64 for the monitor and 512k RAM expansion. With the interest rate on that card and how long it took me to pay it off, no telling what I actually paid for that thing.. But it was still worth it.. )
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