Mga
ginamit kong computers..
Texas Instrument
TI
99/4A
Dito nag-umpisa ang curiosity ko sa computers.
Pero never had a chance to actually own one. Tried
to use it from one of the libraries back then pero
eng-eng pa ako noon. then came out...
IBM
PC Jr
Medyo gigil na akong magkaroon ng computer
nong nabasa ko tungkol dito. Kasi nga sobrang mahal
ang IBM PCs noon. Minsan nag-inquire kami ni erpat
kung magkano, bigla na lang kaming lumabas ng store!
Hindi bale na lang! Pero I used the Computer Lab doon
sa Eastfield Community College to mess around,.trying
to learning the BASIC Language. Then lumipat naman
ako sa Jersey City & that when I started using...
Commodore
64
This is where it all started. I think
around 1984-1985 when I stopped dreaming of getting
an IBM PC Jr and decided to invest some money to buy
this awesome computer at Toys r’ Us. Yep. I
bought it at Toys r Us.
Well you have to understand, the Commodore 64 is actually
an arcade machine with a keyboard attached to it.
Imagine the possibility of endless game play!
I had spent a lot of time just trying to program the
c-64 with some codes published in the computer magazines.
I can still remember the command “Poke xxxx,xxx”,
“Peek xxxxx,xxx” and a lot of data with
checksums. Sprites (movable blocks graphics), sound
chip capable of playing 9 octaves, colorful screen
resolution, etc…etc..
Couple of my jersey friends, Angel Rojas & Dave
(forgot your lastname man!-sorry!) setup our own BBS
(Bulletin Board System) mine namely – Syntax
BBS
Back then you can only have a 1-1 connection, unless
you have multiple lines at your house. Spent a lot
of hours tweaking & chatting with users who wants
to get in the BBS.
Commodore 128
Basically just a cosmetic upgrade for
the c-64.
then came the..
Commodore
AMIGA 500!
Now this is the best pc that I ever
used! The Commodore Amiga had been doing the GUI (Graphical
User Interface) way before Windows started their own.
Bought my Amiga from J&R Music & Computer
World at New York. Now that’s a step-up from
Toy’s R Us!
I hooked-up with Andy Santos from New York via those
BBS thingys. We were both surprised when we learn
that we are both pinoy. Oh yea..he sold me his A500
HD8+, an external harddrive with extra memory attached
to the side. I think that 8+ means there’s an
8 megs of additional external memory available. I’m
not sure how big is the hard drive, I think it’s
20 megs or so.
-to be continued-
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