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What Was Your First Computer?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-never-forget-your-first dept.

michaelmichael writes "News.com.com is running a special report, asking readers to tell everyone what their first computer was. This was prompted by another article commemorating the 60th anniversary of ENIAC." I started on a trash 80 in like 5th grade. And although I did a lot of programming and games on 8086s, it wasn't until I got a 286 in middle school that I really considered a machine "Mine".

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  1. I've heard by snuf23 · · Score: 0, Troll

    They even have C, C++, Perl and UNIX shells on Windows now. I think you can also use Java, PHP,
    Who'd have thunk!
    Maybe even on Macs too!

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    Sometimes my arms bend back.