Programmer Scott Leblanc’s 10- month-old son tries his hand on the early Commodore PET computer that helped inspire his father’s choice of career. This personal computer was considered state-of-the-art in its heyday. Its luminescent green phosphor text-only screen would seem outrageously archaic to today’s graphical interface generation, but helped played a crucial role in launching the modern technological age and nurtured a nascent love of logic in Mr. Leblanc’s early school years.
Programmer Scott Leblanc’s 10- month-old son tries his hand on the early Commodore PET computer that helped inspire his father’s choice of career. This personal computer was considered state-of-the-art in its heyday. Its luminescent green phosphor text-only screen would seem outrageously archaic to today’s graphical interface generation, but helped played a crucial role in launching the modern technological age and nurtured a nascent love of logic in Mr. Leblanc’s early school years.
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