A story about myself: My first experiences with a computer (Part 1: pre-stage & OS)
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Published: 2019-07-28 13:37:54

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title: A story about myself: My first experiences with a computer (Part 1: pre-stage & OS)
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description: My first interaction with computer
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Even though I am a super newbie, I relatively got familiar with computer and cording and web from an early age.

I always regret that I never consider seriously about learning about those when I was younger. Loving all kind of craft was my nature, however, I couldn't think programming is also a kind of craft, back then.

That is the reason [I care so much about teaching kids code](https://dev.to/voidjuneau/useful-links-for-code-newbies-who-want-to-study-more-than-coding-5fik), especially for girls, in the first place.

I usually don't and really hate regret past. I didn't want there are more girls like me exist.

(I cried too much until right till here, so I will not say more about it.)

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0. Toddler

    My dad's favourite repertory: "I had to bought hundreds of keyboards because you used to pee on those."

    My dad was and is an electronics engineer. So, circuit boards always bring me a bit of nostalgia for me.

1. First Operating Systems

    0. First-ever OS: MS-DOS

        Even though I'm still not good at Linux, using command-lines were relatively easy for me.

        When they talk about problems caused by MS-DOC's legacy, at [MS Insider Dev tour](https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2019/05/16/announcing-the-insider-dev-tour-2019/)'s keynote about Windows Terminal, It was a bit tragically funny.

        ![Fatal error 3: Downgrade to MS-DOS to solve this.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcROCpDkCYIE77IDdnu2BcP5OP8tvJBZeYoB45PQD4B-xrXlWcU5hA)

    1. First GUI: Mac OS

        There was a friend of mine who lived right next door to mine, though out from kindergarten to middle school. His dad was a captain of Antarctica exploration team.

        My own dad used MS-DOS until the mid 90s, so my first experience with GUI was via my friend's dad. I'm not sure about the version, but I think it was either 6 or 7. I remember I used to play with a graphic tool on it.

        ![Screenshot of System Software 6](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5b/Macintosh_system_6.0.8.png)

    2. First Microsoft Windows: 95

        I had to double-check this with my dad before bought this sticker for my MacBook, since I wanted to have one I actually used.

        ![My MacBook with windows 50 sticker on it](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/9jy2j155xqdhopudue5v.jpg)

        **BTW, Give me a recommendation for a *white or metallic* MacBook 13" cover that doesn't get dirty like mine, if there are any.**

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Honestly, I regret a bit that I decided to write this post, since I can't act as if I am an ignorant 18-year old girl any more. I dug up my own grave. This post is genuinely revealing my age.

However, Part 2 preview: *My high school ex used to call me* 
> "an elvish girl from VT(Virtual Terminal) village".

LOL

I know my experiences aren't close to standard, by all mean. so I really want to hear others.
*Please share your experiences on the comment!*