What was your first encounter with a computer?

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02-01-2021, 09:21 PM

Engineering day at my Dad's university.. probably 1964. They had a mainframe with spinny tape drives. AND a robot that looked like a big mouse ! It was awesome. Later I got to play 'Pong" on a mainframe at Amherst College thanks to an uncle who was a professor there.. I was perhaps 7.

Oh, and I took apart my mom's wind up alarm clock when I was about 3. Almost got it working again. Probably should not have used a hammer.

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What was your first encounter with a computer? - by lost in space - 02-01-2021, 09:14 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by jonny - 02-01-2021, 09:17 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by cbelt3 - 02-01-2021, 09:21 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by NewtonMP2100 - 02-01-2021, 09:25 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by macphanatic - 02-01-2021, 09:31 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by jdc - 02-01-2021, 09:35 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by hal - 02-01-2021, 09:36 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Ombligo - 02-01-2021, 09:49 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by neophyte - 02-01-2021, 09:56 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Will Collier - 02-01-2021, 09:56 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by raz - 02-01-2021, 09:57 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by ztirffritz - 02-01-2021, 10:01 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by JoeH - 02-01-2021, 10:08 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Markintosh - 02-01-2021, 10:26 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Lizabeth - 02-01-2021, 10:38 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by MrNoBody - 02-01-2021, 10:59 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by NewtonMP2100 - 02-02-2021, 01:50 AM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Buck - 02-02-2021, 03:55 AM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by space-time - 02-02-2021, 04:26 AM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by MrNoBody - 02-02-2021, 01:13 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by wolfcry911 - 02-02-2021, 01:15 PM

Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by Will Collier - 02-02-2021, 02:50 PM

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Re: What was your first encounter with a computer? - by raz - 02-02-2021, 03:39 PM

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