2026-11-04 23:11 UTC
My first computer was Tandy. 8088 chip, I think. Orange monochrome monitor. No hard drive, 2x 5.25 floppers.
That sounds just like my first PC! I bought it secondhand in 1983 or 84. It was fancy because most monitors were green, and the two floppies meant you didn’t have to remove the program disk to save a file. I remember laboriously typing out the code for Eliza, the first chatbot. I had a daisy wheel printer too - the paper was fan-fold and had sprocket holes down the sides.
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@MrOtingocni@lemmy.world 2026-11-05 11:16
That’s awesome. I remember those printers. Perforated strips everywhere. Businesses had the green and white striped kind.