I got my first computer 20 years ago. It was a Atari 600XL, which i recieved for my birthday. I remember typing listing from magazines on it, but since i've had no tape or disk drive i've let the computer run all night so i wouldn't lose the program:-) After working all summer i had enough money to buy a tape drive.
The computer also had 2 cartridges with games (ala Atari 2600, one was Star Raiders 2), which i couldn't get to work. I've exchanged the first 600XL thinking it was broken. A few months later i discovered by accident that you had to first insert the cartridge before turning on the machine (*duh*):-)
After 4 years i traded it in for a C64, a decision i still regret to this day. Some years later i bought a 130XE just for the sentimental value:-)
Aaaah...Pov-ray, that brings back memories. Back in '93 putting my trusty 286 to work on a 320x200px image of a chessboard and some cubes. Took 12 hours, you could see every pixel being generated:-)
Aaaah yes...my first computer. I was 12 and desperatly wanted a C64 (all my friends got one). But my parents bought me a Atari 600 XL (doh!). After the innitial disappointment i began to like the little machine; even if there was no software for it to buy in the stores (the Netherlands). Because of this i had to resort to typing listings from magazines, eventualy becoming quite good at basic (at one point i could even compile ZX81 listings to my Atari;-) ) and eventually machinecode.
And my friends where wasting their time with C64 games....PAH !!:-)
IBM will be making the chip for the next Playstation. It's rumoured to use grid computing and it will use parallel and distributed computing over the internet. So will i be able to logon with my PS3 to my local IBM supercomputer ? Smells like a cunning plan....
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I got my first computer 20 years ago. It was a Atari 600XL, which i recieved for my birthday. I remember typing listing from magazines on it, but since i've had no tape or disk drive i've let the computer run all night so i wouldn't lose the program :-) After working all summer i had enough money to buy a tape drive.
:-)
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The computer also had 2 cartridges with games (ala Atari 2600, one was Star Raiders 2), which i couldn't get to work. I've exchanged the first 600XL thinking it was broken. A few months later i discovered by accident that you had to first insert the cartridge before turning on the machine (*duh*)
After 4 years i traded it in for a C64, a decision i still regret to this day. Some years later i bought a 130XE just for the sentimental value
Great times....
Aaaah...Pov-ray, that brings back memories. Back in '93 putting my trusty 286 to work on a 320x200px image of a chessboard and some cubes. Took 12 hours, you could see every pixel being generated :-)
Aaaah yes...my first computer. I was 12 and desperatly wanted a C64 (all my friends got one). But my parents bought me a Atari 600 XL (doh!). After the innitial disappointment i began to like the little machine; even if there was no software for it to buy in the stores (the Netherlands). Because of this i had to resort to typing listings from magazines, eventualy becoming quite good at basic (at one point i could even compile ZX81 listings to my Atari ;-) ) and eventually machinecode.
:-)
And my friends where wasting their time with C64 games....PAH !!
IBM will be making the chip for the next Playstation. It's rumoured to use grid computing and it will use parallel and distributed computing over the internet. So will i be able to logon with my PS3 to my local IBM supercomputer ? Smells like a cunning plan....