After my having 3 Sinclair computers, I moved on to Atari ST, for a week... before I switched it for an Amiga. At the time, Atari and Amiga were the big names in home computing, while those with more funds might have gone with a Mac or a PC.
What did you use?
#Computer #Atari #Amiga #RetroGaming #Linux
Sinclair Spectrum or Commodore 64?
My first computer was a Sinclair ZX81. I had it about a year before I switched to a Sinclair Spectrum and a couple of years later I moved on to Sinclair QL.
Some friends of mine had a Commodore 64. They were more expensive, better hardware, but less accessible when it came to programming, IMHO, at least using Basic. So my friends did more gaming and I did more programming.
Did you have any of these? Which camp were you in?
@cloudhands , that is how I started as well. There was a UK magazine, available in Iceland, that was called Sinclair programs. I would type in programs from that magazine into my ZX81 or Spectrum. Then I would spend time finding typos and bugs... You better be accurate! Learned a lot from that.
One issue with the ZX81 was the RAM pack. After typing for hours, I might push the machine slightly and it would reset... The joy... You might ask why one would not save all the time, but saving on diskette just takes a while.
Roland Häder🇩🇪 mag das.
dazfuller
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Edward
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •I had a Commodore 128 back then.
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j.downs
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •After my 8-bit Atari, I had no personal computer while at college. Was too busy with class work, and there was no broad access to the internet in those days. On the rare occasion I needed a computer, I used one in a dorm lab or drove home to the Atari. Bought my first Mac in ‘93, just before graduation.
#atari #classicmac #retrocomputing
rodlux
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Aleš Časar
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Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •Leeloo
Als Antwort auf Jon S. von Tetzchner • • •I went from a 1MHz C64 to a 2.4 GHz PC.
My mother had this "you already have one computer" response every time I wanted to upgrade, so I didn't get to upgrade until I moved out.
lerudd
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