Monday poll: first computer system you used

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By popular request, a new poll is up: What was the first computer system you used? As usual, it's hard to list everything, so use the comments section if your first system isn't on the list. Use the comments as well to describe the context of the happy memories from those (probably) simpler times.

And yes, it's a multiple choice poll this time, so you can only choose one, even if you used your VIC-20 to hack into a DataGeneral mini from which you launched DOS attacks on the school mainframe, or whatever.
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Missing choice (Score: 1)

by fnj@pipedot.org on 2014-09-22 23:56 (#2SSS)

So in this poll, it's like the MITS Altair 8800 never happened in 1975? And none of the 8080/Z-80 CP/M systems mattered?

Re: Missing choice (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2014-09-23 00:02 (#2SST)

...and "mainframes" covers all the different computers pre ~1975, like the CDC 6600 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_Data_Corporation#CDC_6600:_defining_supercomputing , earlier/smaller IBMs, etc, etc?

Re: Missing choice (Score: 2, Funny)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-09-23 08:52 (#2STH)

I'm sympathetic, but this poll was already getting pretty long. Here, you can have a refund of your purchase price!

Yay for the CDC 6500! (Score: 1)

by fnj@pipedot.org on 2014-09-23 13:36 (#2STZ)

No problem. Turns out I am an idiot anyway. I see it says "used", not "acquired". I voted. Mainframes edge to within 1 of a tie!