16 Apr
2005
16 Apr
'05
03:59
On Friday 15 April 2005 19:13, James Knott wrote:
Anders Johansson wrote:
Thank you all for your stories. For once I'm actually glad I wasn't born earlier :)
Actually, the '70s were a very interesting time in personal computers. The first "popular" hobbiest computer was the Altair 8800, which came out in Jan 1975. The IMSAI was a better built clone of the Altair. Back in those days, we struggled with finding suitable I/O hardware, often buying surplus teletypes etc. Back then, we knew our computers inside out, including software and learned *A LOT*!!!
Gee, sounds interesting. *I* wish that I had been born 10 years earlier. Didn't "discover" computers until 1978. I was 12 then.