Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage

The original Instapundit? June, 1983:

Yes, that’s right, my first blog really started back in 1983. Well, maybe not, but that was when I officailly became a nerd. The first computer I used was one from the Apple ][ line and boy was it good times. I could make the turtle (a triangle) go up, down, right, and left. Oddly, years later my Physics 335 (Electric Circuits Laboratory II – Digital) class back at UW used the same processor (or some slight variation) as that lovely Apple to build our final project.

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving, we are having our tomorrow (yes, we are an odd family). God bless.

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Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage » Building a Microcomputer on 17 Nov 2006 at 9:04 pm Said:

[...] Both images can be clicked for larger versions. This microcomputer was based around the Motorola 68000 chip (technically it is the 68008) which was originally produced in the early 1980s. I originally thought that this was the chip used in my first computer, which is sort of true, but it was the exact model… still, close enough to be cool I think! And for the really nerdy, here is the circuit diagram: [...]

{Lylium.org} archive » We’re computer geeks… and proud of it. on 31 Oct 2007 at 5:53 am Said:

[...] in computer science because he was so into it). The first computer I remember was an Apple ][ (here I am using it) and progressed through various Apple iterations. But I did finally make the break for PCs when I [...]

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