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Commodore Amiga 1200, Commodore 1802 display, Amiga mouse, Competition Pro joystick, Hitachi Super Woofer 3D boombox. Image NOT sponsored by Coca Cola.
The IBM 5100 portable PC was released in 1975 for $20,000 ( oldcomputers.net/ibm5100.html . The 5100 is the grandfather of the 5150 ( oldcomputers.net/ibm5150.htm )
My first personal computer... Timex Sinclair 1000
Programs were loaded/saved via cassette tape. I learned how to write programs in BASIC.
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We have Linux! We managed to put Linux onto our old computer without too much trouble. Reading, uploading and description of this photo were all done on Linux. We are now spending more time on this old computer than our brand new computer.
It's so old that it's an event when it's on. So much of an event that I had to put spinning warning lights beside it to show how important it truly was.
Not the first computer I ever used (I think that would be my brother's KIM1), but this was the first computer we had in the house (see below).
Home-made computer Top Trump-style cards from... oooh guess the year... this is pre-ZX Spectrum and the Apple /// should be a clue.
The only one of these I ever used was the PET, though I think my brother-in-law had a Nascom and I have vague recollections of someone having a UK101. I remember I really wanted an Acorn System 1 for some mad reason.