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Quote cast with the first machine you wrote a line of code on

philomath • developer • optimist • 
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The machine was quite a beast, even at 25lbs it was considered the first portable computer. It ran CPM OS and I coded in BASIC. I recently learned about the Osborne Effect, which is still a thing:

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The machine was quite a beast, even at 25lbs it was considered the first portable computer. It ran CPM OS and I coded in BASIC. I recently learned about the Osborne Effect, which is still a thing:

https://www.studiored.com/blog/design/how-i-started-a-social-phenomenon-the-osborne-effect/

Sick. I played with these. Years later, I met the designer who did the logotype and packaging!