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My mistake Mark, I meant/was thinking of 'chips'.  But darn sure typed
the whole 'transistor' in there!  Heck, I had transistor radios in the
60's, I know they were in use :)  I bought my first 'chip' in 69 or 70.
I was like 14.  I recall it was pretty expensive, but under $20 at the
time.  It was a Quad, positive input, NAND gate, dual in-line package,
14 pin.  :o)  a 7400N.  I still have it, but no idea if it still works,
ha!  I sorta built my own experimenters socketboard thingie and made all
kinds of neat circuits with it.  I sure wish I still had the books I had
from back then.
The first 'affordable' home type computer I can remember was a kit some
guys were offering in magazine ads.  You sent your payment right to
them.  They called it an Apple Kit.  I guess that was actually Apple
Computers big start then eh?   Ah but I was married with a couple little
bitty kids and one on the way when I got my first actual 'computer'.
Timex/Sinclair 1000!  KMart Blue Light Special!  Was $49.95 now under
the BlueLight is ONLY $29.99!!!   I heard that and bolted for the blue
light.  The wife just stood with the kids n cart laughing at me :)  I
came back with it looking all smug and she says "Boy toys!"  Things have
changed a bit since then :)  Because of THAT 'computer', I had to learn
my first language:  Z80 assembler.  LOL!
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McGrandpa [AGQx]

pop wrote:
> heh - actually, there definitely were no Commodores but transistors
> were invented in the late '40s and integrated into mainframe
> computers during the '50s - I worked for Texas Instruments from
> '59-'70 designing computers using transistors - the integrated
> circuit was invented and developed during this time which reduced
> computers from refrigerator size to microwave oven size (less
> peripherals) - LSI appeared during the '70s and that's when the
> personal computer was born and became (somewhat) affordable for
> affluent home users by the '80s
>
> --
> pop is Mark
> Old age ain't no place for sissies.
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> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:q67Tc.9211$MD.1032@fe1.texas.rr.com...
>> N wrote:
>>> On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 23:56:15 GMT, "Brian" <screw@spammers.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 1984?  Yeah, I remember.  Doom for the Commodore 64 and Radio Shack
>>>> TRS-80. It was great fun ;)
>>>
>>> Do you remember the commercials for Doom back then?
>>>
>>> "You thought George Orwell was just kidding??? Your Doomsday is
>>> now!"
>>>
>>> Ah, the eighties... But even better was when I got my first
>>> Commodore 64 back in 1962. I think Beatles itself composed music to
>>> many C=64 games back then, that's how they started their musical
>>> career anyway.
>>
>> Ya wanna put a different year in there?  There were no 8-bit
>> computers in the 60's.  There actually weren't any transistors yet :)
>>
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>> McGrandpa [AGQx]