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I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
I started using PCs way back in 1982.  Back then, PCs were called "Home Computers". My first Home Computer was an Atari 800.  I loved it!  But it wasn't the same thing as my younger (by 11 years) cousin's Home Computer (a Texas Instruments 99/4A).  In 1983, TI stopped producing the 99/4A.  As a result, most of the 99/4A's hardware, as well as the computer itself, were deeply discounted.  I was able to get a whole new TI system for nearly the same amount of the cost of Atari's floppy disk drive for the 800!  About this time, is when I sold my Atari & went with a TI...
 
At this point in time, all of my computer storage was still via a slow & tedious cassette tape recorder.  Of course, in the times ahead, I eventually upgraded my TI with dual floppies (very slow, but much faster & much more capable than a cassette!), a 300 baud modem (extremely slow by today's standards), & a dot matrix printer (also fairly slow). Stll no HDD. (mainly because there wasn't a HDD controller for my beloved TI).  Eventually, there was an HDD controller available, years later.  By then though, I'd already moved on to the more popular "IBM clone" world.
 
Back then, in 1982, IBM had yet to introduce its "Personal"  Computer, but would do so in the near future (1983).  IBM's main business was still with the Mini & the larger Main Frame Computers.  In 1983, when IBM introduced its "Peronal" Computer, it was an open architecture machine, but it was very pricey.  So much so that a "clone" market was spawned.
 
In 1986, I bought one of these clones at a close-out price of $400.  It came complete with dual floppies, a green screen monochrome monitor with a Hercules compatable video card (a big deal at the time), 512k MB system RAM, & Hyunday's version of MS-DOS 3.2. This was my first PC...  (still no HDD & no Color).  Both of these were still yet to come.
 
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