Your first ever computer?

Plankton · 02-16-2015, 06:41 AM

Commodore 64 w/the 5.25 floppy

I wrote my first program in basic, where a sprite looped across the screen. It took me two weeks to write and debug it, even with the help of my cousin since she could type as fast as I could read out loud.

A couple of the games available at the time:

Q*bert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Castle Wolfenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

After that, my first job drafting was on the board but eventually went to CAD on a 80286 w/8m of RAM using AutoCad 10 for DOS. I had a 2400 baud modem and would hack into the local community college BBS and grab as much software as possible, sometimes taking 48 to 72 hours to download and compile. I had my first ever 3D experience when I grabbed AME (Advance Modeling Extension) for AutoCad, then I modeled up our solar system in 1:1 scaling, and placed the company I was working for into the model, and if you zoomed into our building, you'd see the rooms, then zoom into the bathroom, and you'd see the toilet, zoom into the toilet, you'd see a fly, zoom into the fly's eye, and you'd see a naked lady. I started programming heavily in Diesel and LISP around that time also.

The Batlord · 02-16-2015, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

I'm in.

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Originally Posted by Ki

I'll bet 40$ for that.

Plankton · 02-16-2015, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Spoiler for Stupid gif:

You do realize you lost right?

Trollheart · 02-16-2015, 08:05 AM

The Batlord · 02-16-2015, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

You do realize you lost right?

No, he got the easy one and then said something about the sky.

Plankton · 02-16-2015, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

No, he got the easy one and then said something about the sky.

So, you're telling me there is no data transferred to a cloud in the sky irl. Man oh man, I am really out of touch with techy stuff.

The Batlord · 02-16-2015, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Dude, even if you'd won, I made the bet about you, not with you, so you'd still get nothing.

Trollheart · 02-16-2015, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

No, he got the easy one and then said something about the sky.

That was obviously a joke. Gleesh!

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Dude, even if you'd won, I made the bet about you, not with you, so you'd still get nothing.

What? WHAT?? Where the hell is my money??

Plankton · 02-16-2015, 12:28 PM

In my mind you clearly understood the syntax TH, but buttlord needs to validate his insecurities so let the baby have his candy.

The Batlord · 02-16-2015, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

In my mind you clearly understood the syntax TH, but buttlord needs to validate his insecurities so let the baby have his candy.

My only insecurity is the size of my penis. It's just so big that a lot of women are scared of it. It sounds great in theory to be sporting a foot-long, but the reality is far more tragic.

02-16-2015, 06:41 AM	#51 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	Commodore 64 w/the 5.25 floppy I wrote my first program in basic, where a sprite looped across the screen. It took me two weeks to write and debug it, even with the help of my cousin since she could type as fast as I could read out loud. A couple of the games available at the time: Q*bert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Castle Wolfenstein - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia After that, my first job drafting was on the board but eventually went to CAD on a 80286 w/8m of RAM using AutoCad 10 for DOS. I had a 2400 baud modem and would hack into the local community college BBS and grab as much software as possible, sometimes taking 48 to 72 hours to download and compile. I had my first ever 3D experience when I grabbed AME (Advance Modeling Extension) for AutoCad, then I modeled up our solar system in 1:1 scaling, and placed the company I was working for into the model, and if you zoomed into our building, you'd see the rooms, then zoom into the bathroom, and you'd see the toilet, zoom into the toilet, you'd see a fly, zoom into the fly's eye, and you'd see a naked lady. I started programming heavily in Diesel and LISP around that time also. __________________ See location...

02-16-2015, 08:05 AM	#54 (permalink)
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02-16-2015, 12:28 PM	#59 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	In my mind you clearly understood the syntax TH, but buttlord needs to validate his insecurities so let the baby have his candy. __________________ See location...