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.)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.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.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.)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.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.)Now most of you think it was my dick pic, but it wasen't.  I think she thought the computer was nerdy?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.I don't think we ever liked each other, but boy was she attractive.She's now some big wig at a computer company, and consultes on computing.I only bought it for word processing.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.I felt like I was cheating.Got my degrees.  Had a nervous breakdown.  The world seemed grey,  and depressing.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.)I wish I kept it now though.(I miss my dog, and computer.  My girlfriend not so much, but she was stunning.  Way out of my league.)