My First Computer

...4K on a TRS-80 with Level I BASIC...

My first computer. Siigh.

Kept that thing going, with upgrades, 'til I finally got a PC-AT. Still have two TRS-80s in the catacombs. Bet I could cobble one out of the two of them, but I don't know if any of the disk drives still work.

I knew those machines inside and out. (Of course, there wasn't that much to know...!) A favorite moment: being horrified at breaking a leggie off a chip, then soldering on a tiny piece of wire in its place, and plugging it in... and it worked! Try doing that on your modern computer!