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Kernal on my VIC-20

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 23, 2007 - 1:20pm.

Oh, the hours I spent in front of that wondrous 8-bit beauty.

10 Print "Hello Daniel ";
20 Repeat

I think I got it the Christmas of 1980. I can remember having to go back through code and abbreviate commands because everything had to run in 16K or less. Now THOSE were the days!

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First OS used

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 23, 2007 - 12:34pm.

It was CP/M on a BBC Model B

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CP/M on an Alspa I computer

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 22, 2007 - 5:23pm.

CP/M on an Alspa I computer, 1981, made in Mountain View, CA. A shoebox filled with a 8" floppy, Zilog Z80, 64k RAM.

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My first operating system was...

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 20, 2007 - 11:00pm.

CP/M on a Heathkit H89 with 64k RAM and a 70K hard-sector floppy disk. Anyone remember these? It was great! Wish I had it back.

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1st computer

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 20, 2007 - 11:49am.

Apple IIe, circa 1981. Programed in DOS, 5 1/4" floppies. Boy, that was long ago enough for me! (grin) June

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First operating system

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 19, 2007 - 11:01am.

NEW DOS 80

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Commodore Amiga OS

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 18, 2007 - 6:06pm.

When the Amiga came out it had better sound and graphics than the Mac with a Windows GUI, while the PC was still using DOS windows and a command line interface. The Amiga also had a good command line interface while the Mac didn't.

Today my preferred OS is Mac OSX, but I am very familiar with Window XP, etc.

Russ,
Clarkston, MI

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First Operating system used.

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 17, 2007 - 9:52pm.

Very first was Fortran/Basic on an IBM 360 mainframe w/teletypwriter time share system. No video monitors. Output was ink on paper. 30 BPS acoustic modems in wooden boxes the size of amo boxes. We had a 1Kb account on the tape drive downtown. I was 15 years old and the year was 1970.

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First OS used

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 17, 2007 - 6:54pm.

CP/M - pre-Commodore

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I remember that!

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 18, 2007 - 6:08am.

I used CP/M on my C-128. There weren't too many programs available but one I do remember was a word processor that was really neat. It was cool because after you completed a sentence it "typed" it on the printer like a type writer. Does anyone know what that was called?

I'd like a program like that today.

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Commodore 64/128

Submitted by Smart Computer User on October 17, 2007 - 12:52pm.

Commodore 64/128

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