Paul (Goto 10)

The Atari 400 was my first computer. What was yours?

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My First Atari Computer: The Atari 400

A unique design with a terrible keyboard

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming
Feb 27 at 2:22amWeb
Show threadWeeGemFeb 27
@lefebvre Mine was the ZX Spectrum 48K, which I absolutely loved.
Show threadMike StoneFeb 27
@lefebvre A Dell 486SX/33 tower. My parents thought that computers were a passing fad, and would never buy me one. They were profoundly disappointed that I would waste so much money when I saved up and bought one myself. You could just feel the disappointment and frustration oozing from their pores for weeks afterwards.
Show threadToughest Bastard on the FediFeb 27
@mike @lefebvre
Mine was a Trash80.
Show threadMike StoneFeb 27

@TTFKA_Tay0 I remember seeing those. They were one of the computers my parents refused to get for me.

@lefebvre

Show threadToughest Bastard on the FediFeb 27
@mike @lefebvre
I think going IBM PC family paid off in the end.
Show threadapgarciaFeb 27
@lefebvre I used a bunch of those at school. Oh man I hated that keyboard. So much better if I could grab an 800...
Show thread🚲 murphFeb 27
@lefebvre A VIC-20.
Show threadMordoc 🇨🇦 (VA6STM)Feb 27
@lefebvre Atari 130XE. Got me through an undergrad degree... and I learned Basic on that thing. Played a lot of Sublogic Flight Sim on that thing too...
Show threadAlex WhiteFeb 27
@lefebvre the 400 was the first computer I learned to program! But my actual first computer was a Macintosh Performa.
Show threadJiří Fiala Total LandscapingFeb 27
@lefebvre a C64 that I still have :)
Show threadsparekontoFeb 27
@lefebvre Vic20 , then CBM64 - I also owned Atari 400 and Atari 800. First computer I programmed basic was Spectrum ZX81 at school 8th grade (1982/83).
Show threadeMPe @ Feb 27
@lefebvre Commodore C64c, my father bought it in Baltona in Poland, with datasette and mono monitor. I've played games mostly but also did some basic programming. Great days
Show threadNicolaIntiniFeb 27
@lefebvre
The first computer I put my hands on was a sharp Mz80k
The firs I owned was an Apple IIe. It is still in my home and working. All the software I wrote is now on the hard disk of my Mac, ready to be run also on emulator.
Show threadIan RobinsonFeb 27
@lefebvre Commodore Vic-20. Quickly followed by a Sinclair ZX-Spectrum 16.
Show threaddetached sporkFeb 27
@ianRobinson @lefebvre TRS-80 from Radioshack. With COLOR BASIC lmaooo
Show threadIan RobinsonFeb 27
@detachedspork @lefebvre Good times!
Show threadrobFeb 27
@lefebvre ZX Spectrum.
Show threadJohn KeoghFeb 27
@lefebvre Vic 20
Show threadBill JeffriesFeb 27
@lefebvre C64!!
Show threadQuien SabeFeb 27
@lefebvre An original Macintosh.
Show threadAndreas Feb 27
@lefebvre commodore 128
Show threadKlaus Vink SlottFeb 27
@lefebvre
Mine was a NewBrain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy_NewBrain
Grundy NewBrain - Wikipedia

Show threadスラくジムンダールFeb 27
@lefebvre A Packard Bell 486
Show threadÁlvaro GonzálezFeb 27

@lefebvre cpc464

I still remember preemptive timers with BASIC *every* instruction

Show threadDan HattonFeb 27
@lefebvre Atari 800XL.
Show threadDarren WheatleyFeb 27
@lefebvre @ianRobinson ZX-81
Show threadMurray 🇪🇺 Feb 27
@lefebvre
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48 Kb