What was the first computer you ever got to work on?

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Director in Software4 years ago

Intel Celeron in 90's 
Prior to that pc with 5.25 floppy disk

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Director of IT in Manufacturing4 years ago

TI-99.  I was 5.

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Lead Consulant, Customer Success in Software4 years ago

Timex Sinclair - American Express Special

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Chief Information Technology Officer in IT Services4 years ago

Sinclair Zx81

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Director in Software4 years ago

commodore 64

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no title4 years ago

Best thing ever. It actually had 88 KB of memory with only 64 KB used at a time. I used to program on it... I still have books about programming in Machine Language - back when &#34;ML&#34; meant something else.<br><br>-Ronny (of The Force)

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