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[META] What are the demographics of this community? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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Am I the only Zoomer? I see a lot of "I remember"-type responses, so I have to wonder.

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[–] sudsmcduff@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Xennial here! Had friends with Atari 2600s, first childhood console was an NES, and first home computer was a used Atari 800XL.

Oh, and my first school computers in small-town Ontario were Commodore PETs and ICONs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICON_(microcomputer)).

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, go Ontario Ministry of Education.

[–] duncesplayed@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

RIP Bette Stephenson. In the same way that Al Gore invented the Internet, Bette Stephenson invented the ICON. She was a very stubborn politician who would not tolerate anything other than complete success from the project. Passed away 3 years ago.