Atari ST in daily use since 1985 [video]
I bought my 1040st, and a dot matrix printer, with most of my first year's student loan. (Almost all of it.)<p>I was so embarrassed I told no one, even my girlfriend at first.  It was a big expensive secret.  My car was a Chevette, with a bad tranny.  Anyone in their right mind would have bought a better car.<p>Not one teacher could differentiate type written papers, from dot matrix.  Besides the fear of public speaking, I always worried a teacher would find out I didn't write my paper on a twpewritter.<p>I tried to get my girlfriend to like it, but it was a big No.  I remember drawing, in Paint, a penis.  I even got it to vibrate. (It was not easy back then.)<p>She thought it was cute, and we had sexy time, but she didn't like the machine.   I could just tell she didn't like my computer.<p>In retrospect--maybe she thought I should spend that kind of money on her?.  I remember thinking, I'm a glad about equal rights.  After all she was from a wealthy family,  and I was poor.  (sorry about reminiscing.)<p>Now most of you think it was my dick pic, but it wasen't.  I think she thought the computer was nerdy?<p>She wasn't happy with my Bullmastiff either, but I loved my dog.  She didn't like it when my dog had her period.  She once said to me, "It's the dog, or me?".   I didn't say anything, but my Elsa was my family.  It was no decision to be made.  I would have died for that dog.<p>I don't think we ever liked each other, but boy was she attractive.<p>She's now some big wig at a computer company, and consultes on computing.<p>I only bought it for word processing.<p>I wasen't a computer guy.  I just knew at the time college was a joke, and if I was going to write all those useless papers; I wasen't going to do it on a IBM, with Whitout.<p>I felt like I was cheating.<p>Got my degrees.  Had a nervous breakdown.  The world seemed grey,  and depressing.<p>I got tired of looking at that horrid beige idle computer on my desk one day, and tossed it all. (I'm color blind, but thought that beige was horrid.)<p>I wish I kept it now though.<p>(I miss my dog, and computer.  My girlfriend not so much, but she was stunning.  Way out of my league.)