I started using computers on windows 10 (I am now a proud Kubuntu user)
I remember watching the Berlin Wall coming down on the news. I don't remember the Challenger explosion (edit: though I was alive for it, to be clear). I was out on my own during 9/11, worried as hell about being drafted. Whether or not I am gen-x depends upon which of the dates for its end you choose.
I owned computers before this, but I remember buying my first PC, a 286, at a flea market for $20 with a coffee can full of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.
First computer only had a teletype, no screen. Oh and paper tape memory.
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I saw this on Tumblr and thought of this thread. 😃
My childhood is having Carameldansen be a popular meme, and then having that promptly taken away.
EDIT: I also witnessed the birth and the death of "Vine".
I have no idea about most of theese comments.
First video card upgrade was a 3dfx voodoo 2
I'm the same age as DOOM
I knew about Warren Robinnet before Ready Player One
I don’t remember where I was on 9/11 but I was drinking a lot back then so that doesn’t say much.
TBF, I quit my job when I saw that going down, and moved to the other coast days later.
The first movie I saw was The Muppet Movie. First run in the theatre.
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