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Re:Ask HN: How old were you when you got your first computer? by davidmathers on Saturday May 09, 2009 @06:16PM (#601506)
Cassette tape was also the format of choice for my Atari 400, but I had the computer for a year before I got the tape drive. So for a year I had to retype my BASIC programs into the 16k of RAM every time the computer got turned off. On the membrane "keyboard".

Cue Monty Python sketch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13JK5kChbRw

I remember wishing I had an Atari 800, which had 64k of RAM and a real keyboard!

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Re:Ask HN: How old were you when you got your first computer? by MoeDrippins on Saturday May 09, 2009 @06:51PM (#601542)
My 400 DID have 64k and a real keyboard (both add-ons).

I was 16, but that was 1982. No intertubes. No printer. No RS-232. Cassette tapes.

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