I’m a geek from way back

Tonight I was thinking back wondering how long I’ve been making computers do things against their will and that’s when I realized that I am a true geek. I’ve been messing with computers since I was 5 or 6. I’m now in my early 30’s. How time flies but that’s ok. I like being a geek. I’m a geek with social skills.

The first computer I actually touched was an Apple II which first shipped June 1977 with a standard configuration including 4K of memory, two game paddles and a demo cassette with various programs. It originally cost $1,298.00 according to an Apple Computer history website I was reading earlier.

I remember learning a programming language called Logo which allowed you to make this little triangle shape that was called a Turtle do stuff like draw shapes, designs and pictures. It was cool. I was hooked. Computers would be in my blood forever.

My friend Jeff Hall which I’ve since lost contact with had access to an Apple II at his house because his dad was an engineer for a company called Fluor. We played on that thing all the time when his dad wasn’t working.

It wasn’t until sometime in the early 1980’s that I got my very own computer for a Christmas gift from my grand parents but it wasn’t an Apple. It was a Commodore 64K computer which I still own to this date and it still works. Talk about well built electronics. I should hook it up and take some pictures. Yes, actually I’ll do that in the morning.

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