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1. First was a 'dumb' terminal

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 11:31 AM

Apr 2025

connected to a DEC server. Plus a Compaq ‘portable’ computer roughly the size, shape & weight of a sewing machine. It had an Intel 286 processor.

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First was a 'dumb' terminal EYESORE 9001 Apr 2025 #1

Don't remember the machine but what a pain it was to use. dreamland Apr 2025 #2

eww, keypunching. gah. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #4

A clone. I hadn't thought of that term in a long time! CrispyQ Apr 2025 #3

Mainframe with big boxes of punched cards, even for simple programs. Silent Type Apr 2025 #5

GE 635 in 1968 lapfog_1 Apr 2025 #6

Color this tech impressed. cayugafalls Apr 2025 #8

the company that bought it didn't know what to do with it lapfog_1 Apr 2025 #10

you could get those side panels in any color(s) you wanted lapfog_1 Apr 2025 #11

ohh , ohhh, the holy grail of computing. AllaN01Bear Apr 2025 #16

IBM 360 Model 20. The year was 1965. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #7

In the newsroom, mid-late 90's... FirstLight Apr 2025 #9

Commodore's Amiga Earl_from_PA Apr 2025 #13

Two types of computers LogDog75 Apr 2025 #12

I joined out HS science club just to access the TRS computer Torchlight Apr 2025 #14

Not 100% Sure, To Be Honest ProfessorGAC Apr 2025 #15