Posted by SFTVratings on 02/06/07 14:37

Low Life #3 wrote:
> "SFTVratings" <SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> : Low Life #3 wrote:
> : > "SFTVratings" <SFTVratings_troy@yahoo.com>
> : >
> : > : Cool. I had a computer in 1986 (commodore=128), but no modem, no
> : > : printer.. My parents made me buy one piece at a time, so in 1985 was
> : > : the computer. 1986 was the disk drive. .....
> : >
> : > your *parents*? > please.
> :
> : Yes. I was only 14 in 1986. How much money did you have at age 14?
>
> ok, off the hook.. a child prodigy


Good. Given how loooong ago it was, most of the posters of this forum
(35 and younger) would have only been children or teens. And not
enough money to buy a ~$300 computer. They had to rely on the
generosity of their parents.

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