The Apple Computer Turns 30

The computer that's older than half the people at this site :)

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On this day, in 1977, The Apple II, considered to be the first real personal computer, went on sale.  With its integrated keyboard, built-in BASIC programming language, color monitor and sound card, it set the standard for what people would expect from a PC in the years to come.  The machine, after officially kicking off the PC craze, went on to dominate the education industry, filling classrooms nation-wide with systems.  A lot of people cut their teeth on an Apple II running LOGO, or playing Oregon Trail.

When did you get your first home PC?  Was it an Apple?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We had an Apple ][ in my house.  I remember having to fast ofrward and reverse to the right counter on the cassette to load apps and my father flying off the handle when my sister and I would reset the counter "for fun".

Thanks for making me feel so old.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
First computer I ever used was an Apple (or Macintosh), that was way back in school.  My first home comptuer was a Vic-20.

 
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Jafo has an Apple IIc complete...printer/mouse/ext floppy drive... paid AUS $5 for the lot.

All I need now is some OS floppies ....

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have developed software for 36 years but first home computer I bought was a Vaio about 3 years ago. The early ones would not fit at home. The little ones did not do enough (anybody hear of Varian Mini-computers ). Work always bought me a laptop (or lugable or terminal) never needed one. The phrase that shows my age.

"IBM Vice-Presidents are always buried face down 9 edge leading" Anybody know where that comes from.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I cut my teeth on the old Apple II. And I used to love Oregon Trail. Our first home PC was a COMPAQ.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first machine was a C64, although my high school had a bunch of Apple IIs and TRS-80s. Commodore was the original king of the PCs!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Google Video of me playing Flight Simulator on the Apple ][c last year: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7055863411391274141    
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I learned to read with Reader Rabbit on a ][e way way back in the early 90's
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first machine was a Vic20, which we had for about a week before my father took it back to the store for a C-64.

Load "karateka",8,1

LOL

Man the hours I wasted played Castles of Dr. Creep on that thing....


Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first was a Commodore Pet. Loved waiting 5 minutes for the tape to load the Star Trek game. Oh the days! Bought an Apple Macintosh 128 in college when they came out. Still have it but it just gives me a sad face on boot.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first computer was an c-64 with tape drive,half and hour to load gunship.played for hours though.Graduated to Amigas later.Memories
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Atari, that was when software was well written.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I cut my teeth on the old Apple II. And I used to love Oregon Trail. Our first home PC was a COMPAQ

I remember playing Oregon Trail in like 3rd grade, using the big 5.5" floppies. We'd all race to the disks to see who would get it first.

My first PC was also a Compaq, back in 1999 (I was 16). Oh how I hated that POS...lol.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have developed software for 36 years but first home computer I bought was a Vaio about 3 years ago. The early ones would not fit at home. The little ones did not do enough (anybody hear of Varian Mini-computers ). Work always bought me a laptop (or lugable or terminal) never needed one. The phrase that shows my age.

"IBM Vice-Presidents are always buried face down 9 edge leading" Anybody know where that comes from.


Punch cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My first computer experience was on an IBM 360 Model 20 Mainframe.........It had a card reader/puncher that often ate the punch cards and caused us to redo them.

My first home computer was an IBM clone that ran a GUI called Gem (I think that was the name - my memory is starting to go with age........).
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Punch cards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fortran here....[not my own, obviously] round about '69 or '70.

First 'PC' was a CBM64 20-odd years later....

Jafo hums the tune to 'Commando'....

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We had a Vic-20.  After that, we had an Apple II close called a "Franklin".  They went out of business after Apple sued them into oblivion. 
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When did you get your first home PC? Was it an Apple?


decades ago. A well-used School-District throwaway, Apple 2e with three floppies & two other drives, all external. Had to do a lot of DOS fumbling to run it.