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[–] 19 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

My age in fond memories:

Commodore PET/CBM 4032

Acorn Atom

I don't have long for this world...

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Me too... my first code was for Commodore PET. Then I got an Amiga. Sad day when Commodore folded.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    On the Amiga's 40th birthday I brought the old Amiga 500 out of storage to the dinner table and we had cake. Just realized I should do the same with the Atari ST, for more cake. I think my family tolerates me because of the cake.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    What is that Acorn? I don't remember the BBC having an "Acorn Bus Extension", and it looks too narrow to be a Master...

    (nm, I found it online: Acorn Atom. I've never seen one in real life.)

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yes, it was a nice little machine, the first computer I used at home. I shared it with some friends because our parents couldn't afford it unless we pooled our money. Each of us would have it for a week then take it to the next kid's house. In those days you had the option of buying it prebuilt or (cheaper) as a kit, and I still remember how excited I was when my dad and I came out of the electronics shop with a bag full of circuit boards, chips and keys that would magically become a computer when soldered together.

    The Acorn story is really amazing: a tiny hobbyist company that got a break when the BBC commissioned the BBC micro from them, that went on to invent the ARM chips that are in billions of phones and other devices now.

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