How and When did you start using a computer?

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I started on my own as soon as I discovered them. the rest is history.

Now Im the one that "understands" computers out of my whole family.

To be precise, the age of 5, I was already learning how to play games on the computer. At 8 was when I started going on the internet, haha. Around 10 or so was when I was introduced to online-communities such as forums. Beyond 15 was when I got extremely interested with networks and the more complex aspects of computers.

I started with Doom. A long, long time ago. D:

I don't remember exactly when I first used a computer but I do remember what I was doing. Playing Zoombinis :f6:

At about age 6, using a card punch

to punch pretty patterns in hollerith cards


Actually using a computer to program and play (including multi-user games) had to wait until 1979, when I was introduced to PLATO, empire, and moria

good times, good times

At about age 6, using a card punch


good times, good times

holy hell. My dad talked about these but I thought he was joking...

Card punches. I've seen these about a couple weeks ago in my VB class, haha. Looked pretty amazing.

Yeah, I too learned on Punch cards. FORTRAN.
First personal computer was home-made, circa 1983. If I recall, 8088 motherboard, 256k memory board, floppy interface board, serial port board, all hand soldered. 360k floppy drive, monochrome 80x25 crt monitor. Most items, even including case, power supply, keyboard, etc cost $150 - $250 each, which was a lot at the time.

I started using computers at the age of...7.

I got internet at 8.

Started going on forums and such at 10.

I started with Doom. A long, long time ago. D:

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me too! but for some reason when doom came out on the n64 i was too scared to play it o.o

No idea. My elementary school was in Seattle, WA. So of course everyone's parents worked at M$. School was filled with Macs. Learned to type at School. I remember playing Zoo Tycoon and such at home, on my Dad's purrty computer in 1st or so Grade. Didn't turn into an internet hoar until Middle school, when I moved, was lonely, and was introduced to MapleStory.... I blame Maple for everything wrong in my life. :[

Er.. couldn't quite remember.
I think I was 6 when I started. Started typing. Lol.
It was only when Im 11 that I had access to the Internet.

Computer since I was like 7, I used to always make birthday cards for fun
Used the internet around 10ish for flash games and general fun
Semi gaming around 12
Found maple at 13
SO MANY THINGS INBETWEEN AND DISGRACE AND BEING PULLED OUTA THE CLOSET
Forums at 15, when I joined AiJMS. Then got more srs with forums with kMS, then this forum, and now my home is GTF/EF/SP
Now here I am.

I started playing the computer when I was about 8, I played Trolls Awesomely fun game.. It was on Dos oh oh andd I played Commander Keen, I then didn't really do much on the computer until I was about 11 thats when I discovered Neopets and we actually had a computer that could handle the internet. xD

Thirteen. I did it exclusively for homework assignments... and sometimes to play Math Blaster :3. We had a bad computer so I didn't start doing leisure activities on it until I was fifteen / sixteen when I started to play MS.