I had my first real experience on a TRS-80 model III [...]
I can well remember the first time I ever touched a computer. It was long, long ago... when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and right around the time this thread started. Now the dinosaurs are gone, but we still have this thread!
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P.S. Since we're doing reminiscence and résumés here: Full-flavored fart of median age and good Latin character. Born 1972, Apple ][+ w/64KB in 1982, database programming commercially in 1987, Internet in 1991, Linux in 1993 or 1994 (don't recall), sales manager for the first ISP in Guatemala in 1995, and currently 99.630% ranking in SETI@home. :-)
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com