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[cem_devecioglu]

http://www.milliyet.com.tr/content/galeri/yeni/goster.asp?prm=0,7055475&id=16&galeriid=3660#galeriStart

things have changed ..

[vauxfan2k]

it was BBC micro's and Archimedes (Acorn) that we had in school, oh and the very first MAC.   Ill just go get my pension now......  

[cem_devecioglu]

it was BBC micro's and Archimedes (Acorn) that we had in school, oh and the very first MAC.   Ill just go get my pension now......  

 

[Andyb]

what about the first ones for the public  was it the zx and then the spectrum

[Debs.]

it was BBC micro's and Archimedes (Acorn) that we had in school, oh and the very first MAC.   Ill just go get my pension now......  

We had Charles Babbage`s 'difference engine' as our school computer; yes, I`m 'that' old!

[cem_devecioglu]

mmm..not sure what they are..I used some historical models but they were different..

[nick v6]

what about the first ones for the public  was it the zx and then the spectrum

the spectrum was a zx
i had 3 of them
and the old comadore 64

plus an old atari

[HolyCount]

Can't remember what ours was called ( in polite company), but it was shared between several schools, came in two tiers on a trolley and could only, add, subtract and multiply --- oh and spat the answer out on a punch card!

[Bandit127]

Times sure have changed.

At that age, we had one teletype to share for the whole school. The punched paper tape used to be sent off to the local Unigate dairy to be run on their mainframe. The paper output would come back 2 weeks later.

What a way to debug code!

I am 46 BTW.

A Teletype:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ASR-33_2.jpg

[vauxfan2k]

I still have my commodore Amiga A600, works perfect still.

Also have nearly every retro gaming console made, have boxes and boxes of them and their games.  

[cem_devecioglu]

I still have my commodore Amiga A600, works perfect still.

Also have nearly every retro gaming console made, have boxes and boxes of them and their games.  

these machines were a legend at the time..

[nick v6]

do you remember the games that had to load off cassette tapes
with those dreadful sounds
and the flashing lines around the screen that use to put kids with epilepsy in hospital

[vauxfan2k]

thats the spectrum lol

[cem_devecioglu]

Times sure have changed.

At that age, we had one teletype to share for the whole school. The punched paper tape used to be sent off to the local Unigate dairy to be run on their mainframe. The paper output would come back 2 weeks later.

What a way to debug code!

I am 46 BTW.

I have seen programmiing with punch cards.. But obviously the program codes were not like today.. otherwise you need an army

[cem_devecioglu]

do you remember the games that had to load off cassette tapes
with those dreadful sounds
and the flashing lines around the screen that use to put kids with epilepsy in hospital

 

been there, done that..

I remember I lost many programmes with those tapes.. :-/