>Speaking of obsolete computers, here is the first computer I ever
>owned ('82) which my mother-in-law gave me from her lab. The story
>that goes along with the pictures (at the site below) is pretty much
>what I used it for: to teach my kid how to become really annoying when
>he was nine:
>
>http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/zx81.html
>
>Yes, the awesome Sinclair ZX-81, on which you could either compute or
>display, take your choice.
Damn. They don't have my first computer, a 1981 Vector Graphic Z-80 CP/M machine. The company was started by a woman named Lore Harp, who, after Vector collapsed, went on to develop a device that allowed women to pee while standing up.
Doug