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In Topic: So What Was Your Very First Home Computer ?
2012-05-26 14:05:30
Crossy, on 2012-05-26 13:25:29, said:
Some year later I bought a real IBM PC-XT at an auction.
I joined the PC world at MSDOS 2 with an amstrad 1512 and stayed with it all the way up to XP (except for a brief and exciting flirtation with OS2 (versions 1.3 up to 4) but am now a confirmed Linux fan. I still have fond memories of OS2 though.
In Topic: So What Was Your Very First Home Computer ?
2012-05-25 21:25:25
Mine was a Nascom 2 It did not even have a case.
The Nascom 1 and 2 were single-board computer kits issued in 1977 and 1979, respectively, based on the Zilog Z80 and including a keyboard and video interface, a serial port that could be used to store data on a tape cassette using the Kansas City standard, and two 8-bit parallel ports. At this time, including a full keyboard and video display interface was uncommon, as most microcomputer kits were then delivered with only a hexadecimal keypad and seven-segment display. To minimize cost, the buyer had to assemble a Nascom by hand-soldering about 3,000 joints on the single circuit board.
I eventually made it to an Amstrad 1512 after brief encounters with a Memotech FDX (my first computer with a floppy drive) followed by a CPM based machine the Bondwell 12 Luggable.
