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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 12 Aug 2014

    Remember floppy disks and DOS prompts? On this day in 1981, IBM unveiled its first personal computer.pic.twitter.com/gVDloL2KDd

    1:08 PM - 12 Aug 2014
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      1. Michael‏ @MichaeIG 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY I still have mine tucked away in a box in my basement! #TimeCapsule

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      1. Norman Evans‏ @Norman_Evans 15 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY happy birthday PC

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      1. P-COCK‏ @dpr1961 13 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY @WLTX "WHAT IS A (FLOPPY DISK)"?

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      1. Tabatha Williams‏ @tgwilliams5850 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY

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      1. J Peterson Comm.‏ @JPetersonComm 12 Aug 2014
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        “@USATODAY: Remember floppy disks and DOS prompts? Today in 1981, IBM unveiled its first PC. pic.twitter.com/LOmXLvmhIk” pretty cool

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      1. Paul Grover‏ @paulsgrover 12 Aug 2014
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        “@USATODAY: Remember floppy disks & DOS prompts? On this day in 1981, IBM unveiled its first personal computer. pic.twitter.com/oq37I9kwIz”

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      1. Gabyj‏ @gabyj1 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY I threw mine away a long time ago. However this dos machine taught me how to program back in the days.

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      1. Gabyj‏ @gabyj1 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY I remember this machine. It was super slow..........only 6MHz.. But back in the days it was like a Rolls Royce.

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      1. Tweets are Evil‏ @CGDoc 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY From Boca Raton, Florida. I had one of the first.

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      1. lostson‏ @lostson_ 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY @TomekAl And we waited few years more for first DOOM :))

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      1. Partfunny‏ @PartFuny 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY @georgeyanev2 wooooooow

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      1. Stephen Byrne‏ @byrne_esteban 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY Who could forget the floppy? Here's a backhanded tribute to the #floppy and other outdated technologies: http://ow.ly/AfQq2 

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      1. Mary Drennon‏ @txsmary 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY my first computer was a commodore, which was discontinued in 1994

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      1. Brian Shields‏ @ItsBrianShields 12 Aug 2014
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        @USATODAY I remember in the mid #80s using a #Sperry computer that ran X-Tree. I still have some of my old floppy disks and games.

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