Trespassing on Memory Lane

by Jim on 08-Dec-2008

The first computer I owned (er, was given by the parental units), circa 1983-4:

Timex/Sinclair 1000

…and the second computer (the 800XL, not the 800), circa 1985-6:

Atari 800/800XL

Going all the way now:

Here’s the 6502 assembly language cartridge I spent innumerable hours on the Atari with (and that mysteriously disappeared one day, which, ~25 years later, I still have not forgotten because I bought the thing with my own money):

Wikipedia MAC/65 Article

MAC/65 Cartridge

Now, of course, any given LCD monitor with on-screen controls has more computing power than either of these systems. But, that’s the way it goes. :-)

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