CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year ago[META] What are the demographics of this community?message-squaremessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up160file-text
arrow-up160message-square[META] What are the demographics of this community?CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 year agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresudsmcduff@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoXennial here! Had friends with Atari 2600s, first childhood console was an NES, and first home computer was a used Atari 800XL. Oh, and my first school computers in small-town Ontario were Commodore PETs and ICONs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer)).
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoWow, go Ontario Ministry of Education.
minus-squareduncesplayed@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoRIP Bette Stephenson. In the same way that Al Gore invented the Internet, Bette Stephenson invented the ICON. She was a very stubborn politician who would not tolerate anything other than complete success from the project. Passed away 3 years ago.
Xennial here! Had friends with Atari 2600s, first childhood console was an NES, and first home computer was a used Atari 800XL.
Oh, and my first school computers in small-town Ontario were Commodore PETs and ICONs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer)).
Wow, go Ontario Ministry of Education.
RIP Bette Stephenson. In the same way that Al Gore invented the Internet, Bette Stephenson invented the ICON. She was a very stubborn politician who would not tolerate anything other than complete success from the project. Passed away 3 years ago.