[leglug-users] a bit offtopic... first computer, and rare computers u have worked

[Denys (VISP)]

Hi again

It is a bit off-topic, but just interesting. What was your first computer, OS?
When u wrote first program and what language? What it was for?
What is your first experience in networking?

Mine
)DVK-2, smth like this http://www.simo.ru/dvk-3c.jpg, equipped with 2 5' 
floppy, each floppy 360KB (first models), PDP-11 commands based CPU, 10Mhz, 
32KB RAM
OS RT-11SJ & RAFOS

)Then most of my time i spent on UKNC, two CPU(8 & 6Mhz, different 
architectures!), it had 64KB RAM (but for user available only 56KB), second 
CPU 32KB, for user 22KB, ROM 32KB, video ram 96KB (640x288, Black & white, 
wow! :-D ) (3 pages, each 32KB). It was challenge, for some arrays to borrow 
some KB's from video RAM, cause i was not using graphics mode.  Good thing, 
this computer had "C2", which compatible with RS-232 9600, so it was possible 
later (after years) to connect it as terminal, to Linux PC. 
Photos: http://rk86.com/frolov/uknc.htm

)First tasks i did on Focal(rewritten JOSS), just hello world. It was looks 
like:
1.05 C Commands
1.10 T "Hello World !" !
1.20 Q
First serious program i wrote on BASIC for UKNC computer, it was graphical 
editor, which was able to reprogram matrix printer, so it was printing 
images. Sure it was simple, it is impossible to do photoshop in 56KB :-)

)First computer was equipped with "star" topology network. Used it to play 
network games... on text only screens. Hehe.


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