First computer used was my brothers Sinclar ZX80 which was traded up to a ZX81 a year later. Then our parents got a VideoGenie and then finally I got my own computer, a Memotech MTX512 in 1984.
I have a box of LEGO (just about all technical set stuff) on my desk here at work. Gives me something to do between compiles and something for coworkers to play with while talking at my desk. It always raises nostalgic smiles from other visitors.
These are pictures from my collection. Some of these (HP + ACT) I no longer have, and some are labeled wrong like the Acorn Atom (should be the Acorn Cambridge Workstation) and the Casio PB-100 (which refers to a picture of a pocket calculator)
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First computer used was my brothers Sinclar ZX80 which was traded up to a ZX81 a year later. Then our parents got a VideoGenie and then finally I got my own computer, a Memotech MTX512 in 1984.
Australia already has one.
http://www.fiaa.com.au/
Got to love how the articles says:
'...says Gordon Bell, one of the developers.'
He has quite a history: http://research.microsoft.com/~gbell/bio.htm
I have a box of LEGO (just about all technical set stuff) on my desk here at work. Gives me something to do between compiles and something for coworkers to play with while talking at my desk. It always raises nostalgic smiles from other visitors.
These are pictures from my collection. Some of these (HP + ACT) I no longer have, and some are labeled wrong like the Acorn Atom (should be the Acorn Cambridge Workstation) and the Casio PB-100 (which refers to a picture of a pocket calculator)