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August 20, 2008, 05:40 PM
Quote from: gsteemso on August 20, 2008, 01:55 PM
If my math is right Andrew got his first computer at the age of 11, which means Lance got his at 12 or probably 13. I wonder if everyone here got their first machine around that age? If so, do I get to feel extra geeky for getting access to Dad's at the young age of 8? ;¬)
Yep, got my first computer for Christmas 1982, when I was twelve. Upgraded to a C64 in 1984, and an Amiga 500 in 1987.
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airship

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August 21, 2008, 12:25 AM
My daughter got her first computer - a Vic-20 - when she was 10. When I was 10, computers were as big as barns. :)

I played with my first computer - a dual IBM 360 - at Iowa State University when I was 18. I built my first personal computer when I was 27.
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Golan Klinger

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August 21, 2008, 07:17 AM
I got my first computer (PET 2001) at age 8. It wasn't entirely mine though as it was intended for the entire family to use. It just so happened that I was the only one that gravitated towards it and I became a little possessive. A few years later my parents righted a terrible wrong by buying a new computer for me specifically. 28 years later my pallor is a testament to the gravity of that decision.
Call me Golan; my parents did.

airship

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September 02, 2008, 01:03 AM
Quote from: Golan Klinger on August 21, 2008, 07:17 AM
28 years later my pallor is a testament to the gravity of that decision.

Pallor? Just look at your picture up there! You're as dark as an 8 ball, man!  :O
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September 05, 2008, 08:34 AM
The first computer I ever saw was a ballistics computer, and that was in the 1960s when I was in the US Navy.  It was used to aim the guns on a World War II era destroyer and did an excellent job of it.  We could open fire at nine miles with better than 85 percent accuracy. 
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RobertB

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September 05, 2008, 09:00 AM
Quote from: BigDumbDinosaur on September 05, 2008, 08:34 AM
The first computer I ever saw was a ballistics computer, and that was in the 1960s when I was in the US Navy.  It was used to aim the guns on a World War II era destroyer and did an excellent job of it.
That reminds me of the Torpedo Distance Computer (TDC) used in World War II American submarines.  A fine example of one is in the USS Pampanito in San Francisco.  It was used to track an enemy target when a captain would find one on his periscope.

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