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tinrobot

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1. That language was the gateway for my lifelong association with computers.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Tue Apr 22, 2025, 11:22 AM

Apr 2025

My father worked for General Electric, the company that made the computer where BASIC was first developed. We had a TTY connected to the company mainframe in the house. Being a young nerd, I gravitated towards it, so he tossed me a BASIC manual and I was off.

That was 1972. I got my first job in 1977 programming the Altair 8800 using Microsoft's first product (Tiny BASIC). Wound up getting my degree in computers, then eventually did animation and computer graphics for most of my career.

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Birth of BASIC and Time Sharing at Dartmouth [View all] LiberalArkie Apr 2025 OP

That language was the gateway for my lifelong association with computers. tinrobot Apr 2025 #1

Although I used some timeshare with 33 teletypes, I really grew with the Radio Shack model 1 and 3 LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #2

This is great, thanks for bringing this to DU. Here are my 2 cents as well Ranting Randy Apr 2025 #3