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Pie · 03-18-2010, 08:11 AM

August 1981. I was 6 years old.

My father bought one of the original IBM PCs, serial number < 100. It would be a collector's item today, had it survived unmodded. I was programming it by mid-October. BASICA!

But that same chassis, with significant enhancements, got me all the way through high school.

A 20MB RLL Hard Drive!
256 KB RAM!!
A CGA monitor!!!

03-18-2010, 08:11 AM	#12
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	August 1981. I was 6 years old. My father bought one of the original IBM PCs, serial number < 100. It would be a collector's item today, had it survived unmodded. I was programming it by mid-October. BASICA! But that same chassis, with significant enhancements, got me all the way through high school. A 20MB RLL Hard Drive! 256 KB RAM!! A CGA monitor!!! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.