The first "computer" I bought was a Timex Sinclair, $75 at K-mart.

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RobVG — 3/2/2002 11:01:35 AM (archived)

The next was a Coleco Adam. It had a cassette tape drive and came with a letter quality, loud as a jackhammer, daisy-wheel printer.

I never lost any work on it but my roommate Sven did. Boy was he pissed.

Not quite a "goes around comes around" situation but close….because I laughed.

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!@#&!$!!!!!!! - RobVG - 2/27/2002 11:42:52 AM
- Re: !@#&!$!!!!!!! - Tom Brosz - 2/27/2002 1:01:31 PM
  - Re: !@#&!$!!!!!!! - RobVG - 2/27/2002 1:09:55 PM
    - My very first time to use a computer was in 1982... - Larry J - 2/28/2002 8:17:13 PM
      - The first "computer" I bought was a Timex Sinclair, $75 at K-mart. - RobVG - 3/2/2002 11:01:35 AM
        
        TI-99/4 - Fox - 3/2/2002 6:29:16 PM
        
        Looks like you got the better deal Fox. - RobVG - 3/3/2002 5:09:33 PM
        
        I've still got my Osborne in the closet... - Tom Brosz - 3/3/2002 3:42:22 PM
        
        That's still immensely cool. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/3/2002 5:09:57 PM
    - Re: Check your temp directory . . . - D. Spires - 2/27/2002 2:15:27 PM
      - Also... - SDG - 2/28/2002 5:27:15 PM
      - Been there, done that, said the same thing - RNE - 2/28/2002 1:51:12 PM
        
        Re: Grammer . . . - D. Spires - 2/28/2002 2:21:09 PM
        
        There's a good spell checker for words like "Grammar" too... ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/28/2002 5:41:19 PM
        
        The sound you heard was my hand being smacked! Geeeezzzze N/T (n/t) - RNE - 2/28/2002 6:33:29 PM
        
        ROFL! so is mine. - RNE - 2/28/2002 4:05:00 PM
        
        Well......... - RobVG - 2/28/2002 11:41:00 AM

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