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Quemado

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2. I bought my first computer in 1994.

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2019, 02:32 PM

Aug 2019

I was 39 years old. Except for the dumb terminals I used at work, I knew nothing about personal computers. Fortunately, there was a young man who lived next door who showed me how to use a computer. It took a few days and weeks, but I ultimately learned how to use one. This was in the time of Windows 3.1 and DOS.

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Computers in the mid 90s [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 OP

I laughed at your story (not at you or brother of course)...we had the same reaction ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #1

I bought my first computer in 1994. Quemado Aug 2019 #2

I took a computer class murielm99 Aug 2019 #3

LOLOL! elleng Aug 2019 #4

My first was a little appleII c. I enjoyed it immensly. Now I have 2 shraby Aug 2019 #6

'89. Office I worked in bought a Mac. Probably a 4" screen. 3Hotdogs Aug 2019 #5

My sister tried to do something on her daughter's computer but did not know how to work it. keithbvadu2 Aug 2019 #7

I got my first computer in 1991. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #8

We had a Commodore 64, sometime before Nov 1984 Maeve Aug 2019 #9

I think I bought my Commodore 64 in 84 blaze Aug 2019 #10