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Title: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: SippinTea on April 18, 2008, 06:04:14 AM

Mine was an Apple IIE. :)

:beret:

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: MelodyB on April 18, 2008, 06:07:01 AM

Mine was an Apple as well...but I dont know what version. I was in Kindergarden.

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Scott on April 18, 2008, 03:23:39 PM

The IBM 1130

(http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/1130/images/4513PH02.jpg)

Before PC Networking became popular in the Mid to late 1990's, main frame systems was king. The IBM 1130 was a great system to learn on. Our Vo Tech had one in our computer class, we all had to learn to use and fix it

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: MelodyB on April 18, 2008, 04:03:35 PM

Where is the screen? And the GP bookmark?

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Backseat Radio on April 18, 2008, 04:13:36 PM

I vagely remember using some kind of apple computer in 3rd grade to play word munchers. That would have been around 1989.

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Scott on April 18, 2008, 04:14:20 PM

Quote from: MelodyB on April 18, 2008, 04:03:35 PM
Where is the screen? And the GP bookmark?

Screen? All was printed on Green Bar paper, you could however run cables to a green screen terminal or connect via direct phone modem link.

This system was out of date when I learned on it. Our disks were larger than a hub cap.

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Tricia Lea on April 18, 2008, 04:14:48 PM

Middle school in about 84 comodore 64 computers

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: MelodyB on April 18, 2008, 04:19:21 PM

WORD MUNCHERS!!

We had Number munchers too!

Scott...I was kidding... ;)

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Backseat Radio on April 18, 2008, 08:13:44 PM

Word munchers was fun, especially trying not to get eaten by them trolls and the cartoon's they had between games. do they still put that game out?

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Ashlee on April 19, 2008, 04:23:42 AM

At one time I had a Tandy computer. I believe it was an apple and ran on a dos operating system. I'm so glad I upgraded. I couldn't use it to type up my reports for school because the smallest font I could use was too big. I think I was in high school before we got rid of it. Maybe 9th grade.

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Post by: Babs on April 19, 2008, 05:08:09 AM

i got this computer as a graduation gift lol

Radio Shack TRS-80 (Model I)

(http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i286/auntbeezer/godplacepics/trs80-i.jpg)

Catalog:     26-1001
Released: August 1977
Price: US $599.95 (with monitor)
How Many:   200,000 (1977-1981)
CPU:     Zilog Z-80A, 1.77 MHz
RAM:     4K, 16K max*
Ports:     Cassette I/O, video, Expansion connector*
Display:     12-inch monochrome monitor, 64 X 16 text
Expansion:   External Expansion Interface*
Storage:   Cassette storage*
OS:     BASIC in ROM*
* Additional capabilties with Expansion Interface

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Post by: MelodyB on April 19, 2008, 05:23:53 AM

Oh my. :o

OH WOW!!! It has a "Cassette I/O, video, Expansion connector"!!!!! YAY!!

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Babs on April 19, 2008, 05:36:13 AM

Quote from: MelodyB on April 19, 2008, 05:23:53 AM
Oh my. :o

OH WOW!!! It has a "Cassette I/O, video, Expansion connector"!!!!! YAY!!

yes and we thought we were something lol

Title: Re: What is the oldest computer you worked or played on?
Post by: Newsman on May 07, 2008, 08:31:53 AM

Mz Ethyl,

That was the top of the line when I started college in the early 80's, one of our guys ' father worked at Texas INstruments. I remember either when or just before the Commodore 64 came out.

Lady SippinTea

Until about three years ago, I was using a mid-90's PC for word processing and playing golf..the printer attached to it was wayyy older..I first saw the printer in 1989 as an ABC Datawire printer. the video card finally gave out on the comp, but the printer was still working..I have it stored in the alcove in my office, alng iwith much scarier stuff! I could even still locally buy ribbons for that printer (Citizen 120D) as of when the comp went belly-up! :thumbsup2:

John :waving:

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