[thelist] Hello World, Hello Stars, Hello Universe

[David Kaufman]

TRS-80 but it wasn't mine. I just used it all day, all summer long, right
there in the Radio Shack.

What's a radio shack, dad?  Slap.

First one actually ~owned~?  Atari 800 with the BASIC cartridge and a
cassette recorder for program "storage".

/dave

On Friday, April 15, 2016, erik mattheis <gozz at gozz.com> wrote:

> OK, first computer?
>
> Me, Apple IIe, purchased in 1984 with paper route money.
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Joel D Canfield (Finding Why) <
> joel at findingwhy.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Bill, your last name looks familiar, like I've seen it somewhere.
> >
> > Wait; don't tell me . . .
> >
> > (My oldest son, now *34*, once asked on our drive to work, "Dad, what was
> > the internet like when you were a kid?" I couldn't slap him, 'cause I was
> > driving, but I did remind him that at 15, the only computer work
> available
> > was on mainframes, and nobody would hire me yet. Internet? What
> internet?)
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:19 PM, Bill Haenel <bhaenel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > So when a lurker hears from a list in which he lurked for years, but
> then
> > > didn't hear from for years, should he just admit it's time to stop
> > lurking
> > > and get on board in case everyone he ever lurked behind finally
> > disappears
> > > for good and never comes back again? Like, is this the universe telling
> > me
> > > "one more chance, buddy"? Jeez.
> > >
> > > Remember when this business was called the "web", and millennials
> mostly
> > > weren't allowed to get near the computer because they might spill their
> > > sippy-cups on the keyboard? Now it's "digital", and maybe my next boss
> > will
> > > be a millennial.
> > >
> > > I'm not dead yet.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bill
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Joel D Canfield (Finding Why) <
> > > joel at findingwhy.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm not Anthony Baratta, but I play him like a piano sometimes.
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Nicole Parrot <nicole at parrot.ca
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > You're too sith for me. You're the master now
> > > > > :)
> > > > >
> > > > > I actually think I "recruited" you through this list, way back then
> > > > >
> > > > > Nic
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2016-04-15 4:10 PM, Anthony Baratta wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> On 4/15/2016 1:01 PM, Nicole Parrot wrote:
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> Woah you're still on this list, Anthony? Small world! Nic
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>
> > > > >> I'm *everywhere*. :-)
> > > > >>
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