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No way my parents would have allowed that. And the pretext for the computer was primarily for homework. But also I had always had an interest in computers, and would spend as many study halls as possible in the computer lab, and was taking the only programming course offered (Turbo Pascal). Eventually two of the other lab assistants and I discussed forming a computer club, and one of my best friends and 2 of the juniors who were also lab assistants successfully proposed it to the student body. We eventually got a grant to put a couple computers in the library, convert one of the typing labs into computers, and put mini-labs in the English classrooms for essays, then helped wire all the CAT cables to the Novell network. Good times. Got to get out of class to do it, but I always started my Algebra I/II homework in class while sitting in the back and listening to my Discman. That nerdy young attractive female teacher knew I was reading ahead anyway, so it was OK if I missed a few classes.

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11 hours ago 7 points (+0 / -0 / ) 1 child

Ive never paid for M$ Office

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KyleIsThisTall on scored.co

11 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / ) 1 child

I did in the mid-90s when our family pooled our money together to buy a Pentium Pro. Yes, we all had to pitch in our savings, around $500 each, and we all had to agree on it. Of course the 3 children did. But I was the only one to pay my own money to upgrade it. Had to get that 3dfx graphics card! And the USB card. And the ZIP100 drive. And a 10GB PATA EIDE HDD.

11 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / ) 2 children

Should have pirated it

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7 hours ago 1 point (+0 / -0 / ) 1 child

That was harder to do in the 90s. No BitTorrent.

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You had astalavista