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My First Computer Was Basically a Boat Anchor

Posted on February 1, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Before hard drives fit in our pockets and computers updated themselves overnight, my first experience with “home computing” involved cassette tapes, a television screen, and optimism that wildly outpaced performance. Continue reading →

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We all make stupid purchases…

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

As I started to write this, I was thinking about my first “real” computer – a Macintosh IIci. My grandmother sprung for the whole setup, and it ran us about $3,000. It was beautiful – an 80 MB hard drive … Continue reading →

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