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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago (5 children)

As an Old, I started with an Apple ][ and learned BASIC. We did get the classic B&W Macintosh computers when I was 12-13.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

Yep, this study would have to divide things up by age. As a fellow member of the Oregon Trail generation, all my early computers were also Apple ][ and b&w macs. But then eventually by young adulthood it all turned into PCs.

I enjoyed a stint with Solaris in college (that’s SUN Solaris thankyouverymuch) which I consider my true intro to Linux/posix/whatever-ix.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I started on a Pr1me 550 type II learning BASIC myself. Apple ][s came out about 4 years later. Then I used them. Windows SA now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

My youth was at least partly misspent hacking z80 assembler on an Amstrad CPC664. Not as many regrets as one might assume. I miss when (8-bit) assembler was simple enough to hand-code without playing "surf the reference manual".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I learned basic on an old trash 80 from radio shack in the late 70's. I really miss mucking around with it.

Edit: Now I use Linux.

[–] Dyskolos 1 points 6 days ago

Back when it was "does more,costs less" 😁