> What did YOU start on?
>
Well, technically my first was in the Electronics Shop class senior year
in high school 1963. We had to build a "computer" (from descrete
components, not chips) that would add, subtract, multiply and divide. If I
remember, 3 rows of LED lights for the binary registers and as many switches
for input. And it worked. My first desktop calculator!
Then several custom computers in the military for aircraft electronics
troubleshooting.
IBM 360 in college (punch cards).
Field Service Technician on DEC PDP systems and other similar systems,
many 808x series computers, then installed bunches of the first IBM PCs ever
made on Air Force bases.
Home - Athalon 1.2ghz; Work - P4 2.4ghz, 1gig memory, 256meg video, 21"
monitor.
Oh, and several older, slow laptops as Timing/Scoring Chief :-)
Rick Brown
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