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Originally Posted by AJ Starr
I'm, pause while I figure it out..., I'm about to turn 55. My first computer, three of them was the TI99'ers. Wanted a PC but couldn't afford it, so got the 99'ers instead. I was a computer professional in the Air Force, having taken computer courses in my college, before you could major in them (the old IBM 360 mainframes). We had to use punch cards to input our programs. First job in the military had HPT (head per track) disks which were about three feet, yes feet, in diameter. I actually got to see one of the OLD drum computers, one of the last in service back in the 70's.
I'm still hooked on computers, and can't wait to get my first eink device. Waiting for just the right one.
Alyson
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I never wanted an e-book reader until I saw the kindle being demonstrated. Just the thought of having 200-plus books in my purse at one time gave me chills. Then when I discovered all the wonderful books available for free, and a couple of other sites even downloaded them to my kindle directly without going thru the computer, I was hooked. I have enough books downloaded to carry me thru until the authors I want, (Bradbury, Asimov, etc) are all available. Sitting in the doctors office the other day, I downloaded two more from Amazon. $1.59 and 80 cents. I won't trash the other ebooks because truthfully, I never researched them. It was love at first site for me. Hope you find one soon.......as DixieGal once said......"you'll wonder why you waited so long!"