Really cool memories, eh? I recall a big clunky 50Mb hard drive a guy had & we were all like, whoa. I learned some Basic in HS but we moved & I didn’t continue with programming. We had a Digital Systems hole-punch TAPE fed computer at that school and I’d hangout after school learning the basics. I started building desktops in Saudi Arabia buying cards, chips, cases & stuff at the Riyadh computer souks (markets). My first was a 386DX4 and it proudly supported a tape backup drive. All software over there was bootleg. I loved it, I miss it and stopped all my servicing & repair later in States after experiencing dealing with some really nasty customers. I stayed in Aerospace cuz fixing machines was easy…but dealing with people was not.
Really cool memories, eh? I recall a big clunky 50Mb hard drive a guy had & we were all like, whoa. I learned some Basic in HS but we moved & I didn’t continue with programming. We had a Digital Systems hole-punch TAPE fed computer at that school and I’d hangout after school learning the basics. I started building desktops in Saudi Arabia buying cards, chips, cases & stuff at the Riyadh computer souks (markets). My first was a 386DX4 and it proudly supported a tape backup drive. All software over there was bootleg. I loved it, I miss it and stopped all my servicing & repair later in States after experiencing dealing with some really nasty customers. I stayed in Aerospace cuz fixing machines was easy…but dealing with people was not.
I see you're younger than I am. Microsoft BASIC came out after I left college.
Yeah, I’m 60.