Every technology user remembers that first program, or first device which for them, really made a difference. Tonight, we discussed memories of these “firsts” including:

  • Windows 98
  • Braille ‘N Speak
  • DOS 3.3 .. and even earlier.
  • Windows 3.1/95/98
  • Early Apple products such as the Apple IIe
  • Versa-braille
  • ICQ and old-style text chat
  • 300/100/2400 baud modems and the communication they made possible
  • Bulletin board systems
  • Infocom and other text adventures
  • Access to entire CD collections (mp3)
  • Kurzweil reading machine
  • Various clocks and calculators

And much much more.

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