Computer icon

[vivdunstan]

Picked one, though I initially considered all of an Apple II (first computer I ever used), Commodore 64 (my favourite childhood computer), Apple Mac and a Sun workstation. Went off piste in the end, with a still from a 1967 muppets TV skit.

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[a_cubed]

I can't remember if an Apple ][ or a Sinclair ZX80 or a Commodore PET was the first computer I used. First one I had regular access to was a VIC-20 at home, but I had some access to the ZX80s/81s and then BBC Micros at school. I still remember being taught to use word processors/spreadsheets on Wordstar and related spreadsheet software on the BBC. I may have played with a PET from my mother's school and definitely played Apple Panic on an Apple ][ owned by a scout leader, but I think that was after I'd used a ZX80/1 at school.

[vivdunstan]

I recently sent a message of thanks to my primary 7 teacher in Hawick, who I was pleased to see is still alive and doing well. She replied, and specifically remembered me being “red hot at maths and on the computer”. I used to ask her if I could use the BBC micro at breaks to type in and try BASIC programs for things like fractals, graphic effects etc. She remembered :)