I learned BASIC on a TRS-80 model IV at school and a Timex Sinclair 1000 at home. I remember drooling over my uncle's VIC-20 and playing moon lander. Luckily, my piano teacher's boyfriend kept his Apple ][+ at her house, and I got to use while my sister practiced. Later, we had a//c at home. The ][ series were great _learning_ machines--taught me the fundamentals of the DOS and disk storage, 6502 assembly, and more. Didn't see too many people doing that with the 64's or early macs. Still, _any_ computer was cool back then... Amiga, TI-94/A, old PETs at school, Tandy's PC Jr clone... I wasn't particular in those days. I recall the//c with 12" monochrome monitor and Epson fx-80 printer came to about $1600, which is probably around $3500 in 2007 dollars. Personal computing power has gotten CHEAP. I swore off Apple products after the ]['s were abandoned. I returned when the OS went 'nix.
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I learned BASIC on a TRS-80 model IV at school and a Timex Sinclair 1000 at home. I remember drooling over my uncle's VIC-20 and playing moon lander. Luckily, my piano teacher's boyfriend kept his Apple ][+ at her house, and I got to use while my sister practiced. Later, we had a //c at home. The ][ series were great _learning_ machines--taught me the fundamentals of the DOS and disk storage, 6502 assembly, and more. Didn't see too many people doing that with the 64's or early macs. Still, _any_ computer was cool back then... Amiga, TI-94/A, old PETs at school, Tandy's PC Jr clone... I wasn't particular in those days. I recall the //c with 12" monochrome monitor and Epson fx-80 printer came to about $1600, which is probably around $3500 in 2007 dollars. Personal computing power has gotten CHEAP. I swore off Apple products after the ]['s were abandoned. I returned when the OS went 'nix.