RCA Cosmac ELF 1802 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_ELF>, built from a kit from Popular Electronics. Hex keyboard and display. 256k RAM 1979. Too much fun for a 17yr old.
> On 2/25/07, Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My first computer was an IBM 1130. I think it had 16 k of memory and it > > took up a whole room. > > > > colin.fletcher wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I was n heaven when I bumped my Tandy 100 to 32K from the stock 28K > > > > > > 300 baud modem too as well as gobs of cassette tape storage. > > > > > > Had my first car phone around that time too - couldn't use it many > > places > > > but it was cool to have, > > > > > > Used a number of programmable HP computers too - I guess they had way > > more > > > computing power than the Gemini stuff. > > > > > > I should of thought of duct taping my HP41CX (still use it) to the > > Motorola > > > brick thing I had at the time - almost a SmartPhone. > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > > [mailto: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com>] On > > Behalf > > > Of cobun7 > > > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 5:03 PM > > > To: [email protected] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [Treo] Re: Comparative computing > > > > > > That room is still viewed as part of the NASA tour. > > > I started on a Sinclair 2000 with 2k of RAM. I did grades on it with a > > > tape recorder that saved files. I couldnt understand what I would use > > > 8k for but I went for it anyway. Always a sucker for useless memory! > > > > > > I was told that a 133Mhz computer was 10 times faster than what was in > > > a Mercury capsule. > > > > > > Nick > > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:treo%40yahoogroups.com > com, "Betsy > > > Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Absolutely. The Gemini computers had 4k ram... nice history here: > > > > http://www.hq . > > > <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html > > > < http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html>> > > > nasa.gov/office/pao/History/computers/contents.html > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
