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I had a Toshiba MSX (in the UK) as my first computer. My parents bought me that, convinced by the salesman's hype, when everyone else was buying Spectrums and C
by sp8 8y ago
I had a Toshiba MSX (in the UK) as my first computer. My parents bought me that, convinced by the salesman's hype, when everyone else was buying Spectrums and Commodores. At the time it was a pain because not all the good games came out on MSX, but I loved that thing. It taught me BASIC, got me interested in computer-based music (BASIC programmes with endless PLAY statements) and got me into computing rather than just using a computer. I'll always have a soft spot for MSX.
- rixrax 8y agoPretty much same story here. I got Spectravideo SVI-738 with integrated disk drive. Being able to run CP/M on it didn’t really do much when everyone else were having C64s and playing Pirates. :)
- cassianoleal 8y agoSame but having grown up in Brazil I had a Gradiente Expert [1]. It was a really nice computer console with 2 cartridge slots which were most of the time occupied by a 5"1/4 floppy drive and sometimes a Data-corder [2][3] (to load software - games - off cassette tapes). It was fun to start loading the tape, then going to play in the garden for 30min-1h as it read the tape, just to come back and see that it had failed and then try again - and play more in the garden. I also learned BASIC, some assembly which was required to add cheats to games before they loaded, and even used to do simple animations from basic geometric shapes. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradiente_Expert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradiente_Expert [2] https://youtu.be/SZtkQp1mbQg?t=41 https://youtu.be/SZtkQp1mbQg?t=41 [3] http://files.datassette.org/tech/data_corder_dr1.pdf http://files.datassette.org/tech/data_corder_dr1.pdf