What a great story! So many memories came up for me reading this article. I learned to use computers in the mid-1980s, on an IBM similar to the one pictured at the top. The first thing I had to learn was to type! I played a sort of video/typing tutor program that was similar to an old Atari game. I would sit at the computer for hours playing that so I would learn how to type properly.
It was many years later when I finally enrolled in college, and majored in Automated Office Management. The primary operating system then was DOS 6, and all of the software was made for DOS. Back then, you could only run one application at a time - running multiple applications was unheard of, and when Windows 95 came out, I couldn't believe someone could run more than one app at a time.
Needless to say, as far as Windows was concerned, I felt it was making computers way too easy for the common person to use. I believed the mystery should be preserved, and keep computers complicated using command line only. I would exit Windows and use DOS anytime I could.
I also had a Commodore 64 as a kid, and had one of the first Pong games. What fun!
I remember seeing the first 66MHz computers, thinking they were blazing fast with 14.4 modems and 32MB of RAM.
It was many years later when I finally enrolled in college, and majored in Automated Office Management. The primary operating system then was DOS 6, and all of the software was made for DOS. Back then, you could only run one application at a time - running multiple applications was unheard of, and when Windows 95 came out, I couldn't believe someone could run more than one app at a time.
Needless to say, as far as Windows was concerned, I felt it was making computers way too easy for the common person to use. I believed the mystery should be preserved, and keep computers complicated using command line only. I would exit Windows and use DOS anytime I could.
I also had a Commodore 64 as a kid, and had one of the first Pong games. What fun!
I remember seeing the first 66MHz computers, thinking they were blazing fast with 14.4 modems and 32MB of RAM.
Life was grand when technology was brand new...