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30+ Years of Computing

Paul Lefebvre on February 09, 2018

For fun, here is a list of the computers I've used over the years: Atari 400 (1983): My first computer with 16K of RAM. I learned BASIC on it an...
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Gabriel

I missed the answer to your very question on this post: what do you think the next 30+ years will bring?

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Paul Lefebvre • Edited

I didn't offer an answer as I'm sure it would be wrong. After all, who in 1983 would have predicted where we are today with computers and especially mobile devices? Maybe Alan Kay or some other tech visionary, but not me!

The Expanse TV show (based on the book series) shows handle-held devices similar to smartphones that are just a single pane of glass that operate as a computer to do pretty much anything. Maybe we'll get to a point like that.