Random query for the readership
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Well peterchen's reply probably just knocked it out of contention for Jordon's family newsletter. ;) I can't tell which is earlier but I have two early memories from my childhood in Zimbabwe. One is at the Paul Barn preschool (kindergarten). They had some rabbits in a hutch, chickens in another cage and some guinea pigs running around. I had my little brown suitcase with my name on it and I had one of those safe-to-spill-on brown overalls also with my name on. And a little brown hat. I was walking to the carpark to be picked up on a bicycle by the garden boy. The other memory is sitting on the same bicycle, being pedalled home by the garden boy and my ankle getting caught in the front-wheel. I don't remember the pain much but I remember lying down at home afterwards with my swollen ankle on a big, orange cushion. I don't have a very good memory though, just flashes and snippets from before I was about 12. My sister however can remember almost everything from when she was 3 years old. She tells me stories about our childhood and I just have to believe her :| regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
-- modified at 5:26 Wednesday 5th April, 2006
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
My father had an Amiga, but I didn't really fool around with it. So I guess the earliest memory I had to myself was an IBM PS/2's 512k. I hated removing stuff from autoexec.bat and other files, just to free enough memory for Wolfenstein or something :-D http://www.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/gamez/nice_games-1125322477_i_8051_full.jpg[^]
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
I remember my first "girlfriend" in pre-school, Barbara. She was a very pretty little girl who actually remembered me when we met again in high school around 13 or 14 years later. Unfortunately, the flame had gone out for her. Not for me! I still can remember the little things we did together, like share lunch and nap on the same mat, around 55 years ago. I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Cool, how old were you when you went to SA? :) Paul
Where a pointless picture of song titles once resided only blank space now remains.
I was born in Durban and out of 26 years of my life 21 of them were spent in SA (5 in Zim and now the last 5 months in Ireland.) regards, Paul Watson Ireland Feed Henry!
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
My first computer was a 386 16 MHz
[old fogey]Young wippersnappers.... why I rember my first computer I saved up for (delivering papers in 3 feet of snow, of course, and a few other odd jobs) was an Apple ][+, brand spankin' new upgrade to the Apple ][ with the a whopping 48k of memory (including the extra 16k upgrade), and a processor at 4mhz. But that was quite an upgrade from the first computer I programmed, my friend's TRS-80 Model I with 16k of memory (including the 8k advanced upgrade), 2mhz Z-80 processor and a cassette tape interface! Now where did I put my cane??[/old fogey] :rolleyes:;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 23:05 Tuesday 4th April, 2006
Hmmm, my first computer was a Sinclair ZX-81 when I was 11 (1982), i had a 16k RAM pack for it that if you breathed too heavy nearby would thow a hissy fit and crash the computer losing whatever you had been doing since it last crashed, or, if you were very lucky, since it had been switched on. This was made worse by the fact that I didn't have a compatible tape recorder to save what I had been doing. From the ZX-81 I went on to get a much more refined and stable Commodore 64. Those were the days :laugh: Jason Brown C# Developer
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Luis Alonso Ramos wrote:
My first computer was a 386 16 MHz
[old fogey]Young wippersnappers.... why I rember my first computer I saved up for (delivering papers in 3 feet of snow, of course, and a few other odd jobs) was an Apple ][+, brand spankin' new upgrade to the Apple ][ with the a whopping 48k of memory (including the extra 16k upgrade), and a processor at 4mhz. But that was quite an upgrade from the first computer I programmed, my friend's TRS-80 Model I with 16k of memory (including the 8k advanced upgrade), 2mhz Z-80 processor and a cassette tape interface! Now where did I put my cane??[/old fogey] :rolleyes:;P _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) -- modified at 23:05 Tuesday 4th April, 2006
48k of memory? Sheer luxury!! My first computer was a Commodore PET (with the original old ROM!) which had 8k of memory and the cassette tape interface. The amazing thing, when I think about it now, is that with only 8k (which was for both program AND data) there were great programs available- word processors, spreadsheets, and some great games. Can't fit much of a program in 8k these days! By the way, I still have that Commodore PET, and yes, it still works!! Gary
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My first computer was a 386 16 MHz (yes, sixteen megaherts) with 1 MB (megabyte) of RAM and 40 MB (not giga or tera, but megabytes) of hard disk space... and I'm relatively young! OT but interesting question to Chris M., what's the average age of members here?
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
Not much here: My CP Blog!
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My first computer had 6 mhz (but it had 12mhz with turbo), a 10mB hard drive, and 1 mB of onboard memory. I also remember a awful ribbon cable printer. My dad printed all of the graphics from printshop 1.0 off and made this decent sized stack of paper that was all attached. Brett A. Whittington Application Developer
bwhittington wrote:
but it had 12mhz with turbo
Yeah, I remember that Turbo button. I wonder why it was there in the first place. Would anyone in their mind turn it off? "Today I want my PC to be slower, I'll turn off the turbo" :doh:
Luis Alonso Ramos Intelectix Chihuahua, Mexico
Not much here: My CP Blog!
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
Earliest memory. In programming between 1958 and 1960 came up with the idea to use mylar tape for the paper tape on (I think) an IBM 1640 computer so it would work on sea trails with the high moisture we had on board. Still programming full time at 70+ dave caulfield
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In a blatant attempt to create a Lounge thread that gets mentioned in Jordon's newsletter, I pose the question: What is your earliest memory? Mine: Burning my hand on the stove. I thought "ooo, pretty red color" and then "ow!!!" I don't know how old I was, probably between 3 and 4. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ
