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My first computer

My first computer in the 1980's, an Acorn Electron.. Had no memory at all, to load up programs it 'listened' to a cassette tape and loaded from there. It was very basic and you could write programs from a magazine, it took ages to write them in, miss a dot and it wouldnt work, very frustrating.. I bought an interface that plugged into the back, two cartridges that gave you simple word processing and a very basic spreadsheet, good fun though...

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Anne Whiteway 10 Aug 2014

Interesting. Oh, how technology has progressed. Thanks for sharing this picture.

Artist Reply: Thank you for visiting Anne, love to see you here..

Karen Helsing 25 Oct 2011

Very well done. Reminds me of some of my first efforts to learn how to operate a computer. I was having difficulty learning how to compose a computer program!

Artist Reply: Thanks Karen, you never stop learning with computers do you..?

Sharon Gonzalez 25 Oct 2011

ANTIQUE, GEOFF. THIS IS THE WAY TO REALLY LEARN. DOS???? MY FIRST HAD DOS AND WINDOWS. YES, IN FORMATTING HTML YOU MISS ONE DOT AND IT DOESN'T WORK. I LEARNED A LOT AND BET YOU DID TOO. OF COURSE, NOW NOT NEEDED. HA. GREAT PHOTO AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Artist Reply: It had DOS, but I cant remember it being windows... Yes, I did learn a lot and I still am, you never stop learning with computers..!

Nira Dabush 25 Oct 2011

AND YOU STILL HAVE IT???... NICE SHOT MY FRIEND. GOOD NIGHT.

Artist Reply: No, went a long time ago...good morning.

Izabella Pavlushko 25 Oct 2011

WOW! I have never seen first computers. SUPER !!! It is really interesting for me to see it. Thanks for sharing, dear Goeff Where is it now?

Artist Reply: Thank you for your nice comment Bella.... I gave it on, I expect it has been scrapped by now..