First computers or pre PC computer history

[KathyLauren]

The built in tape drive was witchcraft
...
where a 2 megabyte hard drive was cutting edge.

What I would have given for 2 megs of disk!  Or even *any* disk.  When I first got my H11, it had 8 K of memory and *no* disk, not even a floppy.  It used punched paper tape for storage.  You wouldn't believe how that affects your program development cycle!  You made sure your programs worked right the first time, second max.

I did eventually max it out at 56 K of memory, added a 64 K 5.25" floppy, a dual 8" (2x 256K) floppy, and eventually, a 14" disk platter that held 10 megs.

[Sephirah]

Show off! Spectrum 128k where I had the 48K, Amiga 600 when I had the 500 lol! Spoilt cow ha ha!

Haha, I got my 600 off a car boot sale, for like 20 quid. The 500 had the full keyboard. The 600 was like an Amiga laptop.

[EllenW]

I pre-date PC's. The first computer I used was my high school's main frame. The Terminal was a telex machine. We typed in our program into the telex machine and produced a tape. We then dialed up the main frame and ran the tape to load the program and the data. Kept our fingers crossed that there were no typos.

FYI, this class helped me get my first full time job with Maersk Line. Where the terminals weighed about 60 pounds.

Ellen