Re:Ask HN: How old were you when you got your first computer?
by zandorg on Saturday May 09, 2009 @04:15PM
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Ditto, the family bought Sharp MZ-700 when I was 7 (c.1985), and only I became interested in it.
I upgraded to a Commodore 64 in about 1988, after my aunt didn't want it, and then a disk drive 2 years later with freezer cartridge. I had a lot of fun. The 16-bit machines (I had an Amiga/Atari ST) were fun, but it took until I got a 486 PC with 16mb RAM (1996) to actually make good use of a computer. Mainly web design work and email.
I upgraded to a Commodore 64 in about 1988, after my aunt didn't want it, and then a disk drive 2 years later with freezer cartridge. I had a lot of fun. The 16-bit machines (I had an Amiga/Atari ST) were fun, but it took until I got a 486 PC with 16mb RAM (1996) to actually make good use of a computer. Mainly web design work and email.