I took a computer class in HS and I believe the model we had was the Radio Shack TRS-80.
Wasn't much we could do with them back then or I didn't get much out of it.

Oh I did learn I didnt receive the gift to be a programmer.

Things have come a long way.

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Posted by TigerLunatik

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Posted on 10/19/23 at 8:20 pm to OK Roughneck

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Oh I did learn I didnt receive the gift to be a programmer.

I don't know how they do it. I went to computer trade school and did so well on the math assessment that they put me in the programming curriculum. I finished it, but immediately finished the networking classes as well. Programming is so boring just sitting there all day. I can't stand it.

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Posted by paperwasp

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Posted on 10/20/23 at 8:03 am to OK Roughneck

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the Radio Shack TRS-80

First computer I can really remember using heavily was a TI-99/4A, which was a competitor to the TRS-80.

You had to use a TV as the monitor and a cassette tape player as the drive.

Can't remember what the next one was called, but it was an HP that came with a monochrome touchscreen monitor. Except the touch sensor wasn't under the screen, it just had little holes around the edge of the bezel that sensed where your finger was.