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Originally Posted by roddierod
You not saying that your first computer was an Abacus or some form of Babbage's difference engine?
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Neither. I saw someone post a picture of it last year, I think. It stood about six inches tall and about 9 inches long. There were tabs on the side and pulling/pushing them executed some sort of program put together with these plastic racks. The big deal then was solving the problem of talking to two aliens; one told the truth the other lies.
I never really figured out how to use it. I guess that's why I became a hardware guy.
Ooh! Ooh! Dr. J! Dr. J!!
Tell 'em about vector monitors!