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My first computer was an Tandy 1000EX (in... 1986?), and this article is spot-on. The sound and graphics were miles ahead of my friends with IBM and Apple PCs a

My first computer was an Tandy 1000EX (in... 1986?), and this article is spot-on. The sound and graphics were miles ahead of my friends with IBM and Apple PCs at home (but not quite as good as the Commodores). And, as the article points out, they didn't keep up with standards. I made the mistake of going with nostalgia and "upgrading" to a Tandy 1000TX in 1992 when I headed off to college, and everyone else was running Windows (my old Tandy could run Windows 3.0, but not 3.1). I ended up needing to do my homework on my roommate's Wang (another dinosaur) PC. Still nostalgic for my first Tandy 1000, but I regretted my decision to get the second one, and ultimately sold it a year later to buy a no-name 486 PC.

tstrimple 4y ago
This was my first computer too! But I didn't get my until '95 (I was 12) as a hand-me-down from an uncle. It's the computer that I learned how to learn on. I learned DOS by myself from a DOS For Dummies book which let me figure out how to install and play games on the computer. I also picked up Basic which started my adventures in computer programming. This single opportunity set me down the path of learning and making a living from technology for the rest of my life. I've no idea what I would be doing today if I never received that computer.
HideousKojima 4y ago
My parents had a Tandy when I was young, so from about '90-'96 (we got a Windows 95 desktop around that time). I distinctly remember my first video game, Donald's Alphabet Chase (starring Donald Duck) but didn't discover until years later that it was developed by Westwood, of Command and Conquer fame. We also had a typewriter as our printer, which had a single line preview/edit mode when using as a typewriter, and a daisywheel printer sort of mechanism when printing from the PC.

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My first computer was an Tandy 1000EX (in... 1986?), and this article is spot-on. The sound and graphics were miles ahead of my friends with IBM and Apple PCs a

by mosburger 4y ago

tstrimple 4y ago
This was my first computer too! But I didn't get my until '95 (I was 12) as a hand-me-down from an uncle. It's the computer that I learned how to learn on. I learned DOS by myself from a DOS For Dummies book which let me figure out how to install and play games on the computer. I also picked up Basic which started my adventures in computer programming. This single opportunity set me down the path of learning and making a living from technology for the rest of my life. I've no idea what I would be doing today if I never received that computer.
HideousKojima 4y ago
My parents had a Tandy when I was young, so from about '90-'96 (we got a Windows 95 desktop around that time). I distinctly remember my first video game, Donald's Alphabet Chase (starring Donald Duck) but didn't discover until years later that it was developed by Westwood, of Command and Conquer fame. We also had a typewriter as our printer, which had a single line preview/edit mode when using as a typewriter, and a daisywheel printer sort of mechanism when printing from the PC.