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[coraa]

Another poll just for the sake of random curiosity....

Since I know people will ask: define 'computer' however you want to define it. For myself, I define it to exclude game systems (so, not NES, not that I had one) and single-purpose tools (so the Speak-n-Spell doesn't count ;) ).

EDIT: As several people have noted, I should have added an age question; since this was idle curiosity, I didn't think that far. Anyway, for reference, the average age of respondents so far seems to be 27-33, ish.

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[paperclippy.livejournal.com]

I answered the poll, but my numbers aren't quite accurate. The problem is that I don't remember NOT having a computer, and I don't remember NOT knowing how to use it. I have several memories of using said computer from when I was very young, but that doesn't mean they are of the first time I used it, just that I don't remember much of anything before I was 5 or 6. In any case, I marked 3 or younger for the first two based on my assumption that if I don't remember it, I was probably 3 or younger.

For time placement, I can tell you that we had a Commodore 64, and I remember playing Dream House on it, which wikipedia tells me was released in 1984. I also remember playing Ducks Ahoy, which wikipedia says was also released in 1984. I turned 2 in September of '84, so chances are good that I was using computers when I was 3.

[jmpava.livejournal.com]

I'll basically repeat exactly everything said here (except possibly the specific c64 game in question ;-> )

Note, I didn't count the C64 as a personal sole computer, becuase I didn't really count it. That was a hand-me-down 80808. But I might be off in remembering, and it was actually 10-13.

Regardless, we had them uber-early.