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First time using a computer
I was introduced to computers with the Apple II in elementary school. It had a green monochrome screen and 5.25 inch floppy discs. I remember playing Oregon Trail and Number Munchers. The Apple II series was made from 1977 until 1993, but I am not sure which version of the Apple II we used at the time, because they all look the same to a 7-year-old. (Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pratyeka) -
My first video game system
My older brother and I got our first video game system for Christmas in 1989. The Nintendo Entertainment System came with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt. The 8-bit system was released in North America in 1986. (Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evan-Amos) -
Surfed the Internet for the first time
My high school had one computer with a dial-up connection, and the teacher had to sit next to us to be allowed to use it. It was painfully slow compared to today's standards. (Photo credit: https://www.flickr.com/people/70092085@N00) -
My first computer
I bought my first computer for my sophomore year at Mary Washington College after saving up all summer working. It was a 1.33 MHz Packard Bell with a 1.2Gb hard drive. It cost $1,200 with a monitor and printer. Back then we programmed in Ada95, used Novell for the network administration, and there were Sun Microsystems terminals in the computer science labs. Another computer lab in Trinkle had a mix of PCs that did not even require a password to use.
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First smartphone
My first smartphone was an iPhone 4. I needed to be able to check my email/social media when I was out covering events for the newspaper I worked for, and I needed Google maps for driving. I was a late adopter, and my reporters teased me for having a flip phone for so long before this. (Photo credit: Taylor Shomaker / Wikipedia) -
Sources
Source: wikipedia.com Photo sources:
Apple II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe#/media/File:Iie-system.jpg
Nintendo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System#/media/File:NES-Console-Set.jpg
AOL disk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#/media/File:Nostalgia_(7539894906).jpg
Packard Bell: http://pbplanet.info/wiki/images/6/65/Platinum-I-ad.jpg
iPhone 4: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4#/media/File:IPhone_4_Black.jpg
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