# If there was no internet, would you own a computer?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 1, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-internet-would-you-own-a-computer/262571 "2004-09-01T13:52:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-internet-would-you-own-a-computer/262571/41 "2004-09-02T04:37:12Z")

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> [@cazzle](#):
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> and without the SDMB I’d be back to living in a world where people who like to read and know things are considered both freaky and geeky.

Oh we’re still freaky and geeky. But now it’s cool. 😉 (And many freaks and geeks are filthy and rich 😉 )

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-internet-would-you-own-a-computer/262571/42 "2004-09-02T13:13:45Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> I wish I knew what happened to my nifty little Timex-Sinclair 1000 - the first computer that was completely mine. The C64 was family community property. Then my dad gave me his old 64 when he moved up to a 128, and I got my first modem - bought with my own money. 1200 baud, baby, bought it at Toys R Us. I remember when the 9600 came out, thinking “There’s no way it can get any faster than this.”

I had a Timex-Sinclair 1000, and it was my first computer, too. I had the 16K memory attachment that had to be taped on so it wouldn’t jiggle and reset the computer. We used an old TV as the monitor. It sucked so bad. I loved it.

Then I got a TI-99/4A, and I was cookin’ with gas, boy. Parsec, all day and all night. And Tunnels of Doom.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-was-no-internet-would-you-own-a-computer/262571/43 "2004-09-02T13:43:13Z")

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Yes. I had an IBM-clone 386 I bought circa 1990 and used for writing; I would probably still have it or something similar.

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