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One Lunatic's history with computers, copy of a comment.
From geekfeminism.org:
My first encounter with a computer was when I was too young to remember it properly: it was my father's office, with the lights off and that yellow sticker by the lightswitch to remind him to turn it off when not in use. There was a giant cabinet in the room, and it had blinking lights and things that moved. It was his computer, and it scared me.
The next computer was a Compaq Portable with a tape drive and a floppy drive. ( Read more... )
My first encounter with a computer was when I was too young to remember it properly: it was my father's office, with the lights off and that yellow sticker by the lightswitch to remind him to turn it off when not in use. There was a giant cabinet in the room, and it had blinking lights and things that moved. It was his computer, and it scared me.
The next computer was a Compaq Portable with a tape drive and a floppy drive. ( Read more... )