1980. Almost done with my Bachelor's Degree.

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8. 1980

I got a ‘portable’ computer for downloading programs to other devices - a Compaq with a 3x4 amber display. Thing was roughly the same size and shape as a sewing machine. After a few weeks of struggling with programs that exceeded the machine’s memory, I got a 20Mb ‘hard card’. No hard drives available. I remember thinking at the time that 20Mb was a humongous amount of computer memory.

I didn’t have to wear a suit back then, although I did a gig in the early 2000s that required wearing a tie and long-sleeved dress shirt - a rarity even then. Back in 1980, however, it was still commonplace to see engineers and scientists in ties.