On 2016-03-04 09:14, Per Jessen wrote:
the beginning (in fact Personal Computers before the IBM PC), so I learned to use 8" floppies, 5" floppies, 3" floppies, zyps, cd's... up to spinning Hard drives, usb sticks and ssd. Yes, been there, done that. First programmable calculator HP25C, followed by writing COMAL on an RC7000 with 32k core memory,
I began computer with scientific calculators and use PC nearly since paper-punch and teletype: (aka Data General Nova 1200): http://datamuseum.dk/wiki/RC/RC7000. The toggle-switches on the front were for boot-strapping it. That was in the late 70s. Thanks for the trip down memory lane :-)
I started with the Texas Instrument TI-57, in high school, I think. 50 programmable steps. I managed to do a small lunar landing simulation on it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-57 The LED version, I never saw the LCD one. Later I got a TI-58 hand me down from my cousin. The battery charge in this thing lasted about 2 hours, dangerous for exams. And the keyboard in the two TI I had developed a repeat feature on keypresses, causing math errors that I blame for some failed exams. I finally got a Casio FX-850P which I still use. This one has Basic. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)