Re: First Computer (WAS Re: Comic: Save the Frogs)

Andrew Carpenter wrote:
> 
> >Our 'first' home computer was a
> >Commodore 128...sigh....  that seemed ages ago.
> 
> Oooh I remember way back when.. my first computer was an Acorn Electron!
> I think EVERYONES first BASIC program is one that scrolls the word "hello"
> across the screen, something which I have recreated here:
> 
> HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO HELL
> O HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO HE ELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
>  HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO HEL
> LO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO H
> ELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO
>  HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO
> HELLO HELLO HEL
> 
> I think you get the picture.. :O)
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> --
> My sig file is on its lunch break

Ehm, well, My first 'computer' was a Texas Instruments TI99-4/A.
Fantastic machine with a tea-warmer built in... =)
Remember the time when 16 kB cost you a fortune? These days 512
K's are onboard in the proc...enfin.
Hmmm, hate to disappoint you there, my first program was something 
that looked a little like an ASCII-pacman... Though the 'ghosts' (
represented by the 'A' character) did not move and were pretty safe to bump
into...
It still must be somewhere on a 10000 years old casette tape in the darkest pits 
of oblivion.

Something like this...

+-------<Score 00100 - @@@>-------+
|* . . .|. . . . . .A. . .|. . . *|
|.+----.|.+------ ------+.|.----+.|
|.|. . . .|. . . . . . .|. . . .|.|
|. .----+. .+---------+. .+----. .|
...wait...

That's not true...
The first thing I made was some Ski-slalom program! You had to move you ('#')
between the flags ('P') to score points...
It went on forever...(And I got bored pretty quick, though my little brother
seemed 
to like it much better) It probably als went to that huge casette in the sky...

Ojosh!ro
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