Where did you get started?
Monday, July 30, 2001 by Draginol | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
So how the heck did you get into computers in the first place?
When did the illness begin?
For me, I started off playing video games on my dad's Apple II (which now lives in our basement). And got my own C-64 for Christmas. It was all down hill from there...
When did the illness begin?
For me, I started off playing video games on my dad's Apple II (which now lives in our basement). And got my own C-64 for Christmas. It was all down hill from there...
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skinner7892
Reply #22 Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:47 PM
Reply #22 Tuesday, July 31, 2001 10:47 PM
It goes back when I was about 6/7 y.o. when I got an Atari 2600. Shortly after I got a Timex Sinclair, which thought me my first lines of Basic. Then, when I was about 10, I got the ancestor of the PC generation (thanks to my dad) : an 8088 PC XT, 4.77MHz, 512KB RAM, 2x360KB 5 1/4" floppy (no HD and no mouse) with DOS 2.x. Oh, let's not forget my mamooth CGA monitor that goes with it! I was really the king of the hill ! Let's not forget that at the time, most of my friends had only Vic20 and Texas Instrument! After that, I switched for a 286, 386, 486, and so on.
I'm now 28 and I love computing better than ever I'm working in the IT business as a technical specialist for a telecom company down here in Montreal. I'm about to complete my MCSE 2000 along with my Network+ and A+ (then I'll head for Cisco certs). A long road since my childhood but how fun it was!
Let's not forget that at the time, most of my friends had only Vic20 and Texas Instrument! After that, I switched for a 286, 386, 486, and so on.I'm now 28 and I love computing better than ever
I'm working in the IT business as a technical specialist for a telecom company down here in Montreal. I'm about to complete my MCSE 2000 along with my Network+ and A+ (then I'll head for Cisco certs). A long road since my childhood but how fun it was!
Phar0e
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:12 AM
Reply #23 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 12:12 AM
BoXXi, your story and mine are quite similiar. Although previously I worked within a couple of apps on work computers, I've only had my own for about 3 years.
I very shortly discovered Litestep and using that practically forced me to figure out what I was doing on the computer.
Lucky for me
I very shortly discovered Litestep and using that practically forced me to figure out what I was doing on the computer.
Lucky for me
Einstein
Reply #24 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 1:49 AM
Reply #24 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 1:49 AM
It's nice to know that I wasn't the only geek in the late 70's. I got very good at Combat and Break-out on the Atari 2600. My favorite was River Raid, but that was years later.
My first real computer was the Timex Sinclair, and then I got a "Trash 80". But it wasn't until the Commodore Vic20 that I found my calling in life. That was a beautiful 8 color 40x24 screen (know what I mean?) But then in 1985 or so I got a C64 with a tape drive. I was in heaven. I had that computer until 1991 when its video chip died while I was playing Castle Wolfenstein.
My dad built his 8088 but didn't let me touch it.
I went to college to learn CAD and solids modeling, but gave it up when I learned C and Unix. I did that until 1999. I got my first taste of the web using Mosaic v1.0 in 1994. By 1995 I knew what the future held for me, Web Development.
Now I wonder if that was a bad move. I've been unemployed for over a month now, and although I interview at least 2 times a week, my phone isn't ringing (not even from recruiters). So I may have to go back to my old C programming experience, but I'll have to learn C++ just to get my foot in the door. What an odd world we live in.
Power to the geeks!!! We know who really runs the world.
My first real computer was the Timex Sinclair, and then I got a "Trash 80". But it wasn't until the Commodore Vic20 that I found my calling in life. That was a beautiful 8 color 40x24 screen (know what I mean?) But then in 1985 or so I got a C64 with a tape drive. I was in heaven. I had that computer until 1991 when its video chip died while I was playing Castle Wolfenstein.
My dad built his 8088 but didn't let me touch it.
I went to college to learn CAD and solids modeling, but gave it up when I learned C and Unix. I did that until 1999. I got my first taste of the web using Mosaic v1.0 in 1994. By 1995 I knew what the future held for me, Web Development.
Now I wonder if that was a bad move. I've been unemployed for over a month now, and although I interview at least 2 times a week, my phone isn't ringing (not even from recruiters). So I may have to go back to my old C programming experience, but I'll have to learn C++ just to get my foot in the door. What an odd world we live in.
Power to the geeks!!! We know who really runs the world.
Tarkus
Reply #25 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 1:54 AM
Reply #25 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 1:54 AM
I started out on an Atari VCS (wasn't even a 2600 yet). Thought the 400 and 800 were cool, but too pricey.
When the 800XL came out, I jumped on it. Had a 300 baud modem, but no storage at first, so I was basically typing in programs from Compute! magazine for entertainment.
Later got a 130XE and upgraded it to one whole meg of memory. Added an MIO 1 MB RAM board and four DD/DS drives and had quite a BBS there for awhile.
Later I got a 1040ST, then a 1040STE, then a Falcon, and finally my current Compaq PC.
It's been quite a ride!
When the 800XL came out, I jumped on it. Had a 300 baud modem, but no storage at first, so I was basically typing in programs from Compute! magazine for entertainment.
Later got a 130XE and upgraded it to one whole meg of memory.
Added an MIO 1 MB RAM board and four DD/DS drives and had quite a BBS there for awhile.Later I got a 1040ST, then a 1040STE, then a Falcon, and finally my current Compaq PC.
It's been quite a ride!
zathrus
Reply #26 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 6:15 AM
Reply #26 Wednesday, August 1, 2001 6:15 AM
Back in Std-1 (3rd grade, I think), we had a 48k zx-spectrum in the class. I discovered that I was more intrested in that than with the other dude in the class. Man, that thing had a tape drive, way cool. So from then on it was a forgone conclusion, I guess.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, July 31, 2001 9:56 PM
I also completed an MCSE course after 6 months, but it was for Win95, so that was a waste of time!
Oh well...........
BoXXi turns to page 65 of "Windows ME for total and utter complete idiots".