[LAU] [OT] first computer ?

[Rui Nuno Capela]

Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> For no reason beyond boredom I decided to pester this list with an OT 
> topic or two. So, without further delay:
> 
> What was your first computer ?
> 

that i owned? a sinclair zx-spectrum.

> 
> And for extra points:
> 
> What was the first music/sound software you used that really hooked you 
> into this making-music-with-computers fad ?
> 

the earliest music hw/sw that i remember to commit some money was a 8bit 
sample-based drum-machine/sound-module attached to the expansion slot of 
an amstrad 464, with dedicated, cassette based, sequencer software. 
cheetah something iirc. this was mid-80s.

by that time i was already missing midi computer control, as for my 
first synth, a kawai k3, which i still own and love :) just a few years 
later, along with the pc democratization and soundblaster bundling, i 
got it with cakewalk alright--Linus was still in the closet at the time :)

cheers
-- 
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc at rncbc.org