SUNIT'Z BLOGz: MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THIS STUFF CALLED COMPUTERS!!

This is a SMALL autobiography of myself, written by myself but for you on how I met my first computer.

My life with the computer started with many ups and downs. If you read this, you will surely feel like laughing (at least at the beginning) :D :D :D but that is not your fault, because even I start smiling at myself when I think of the days, when I first met a computer.

So, I met my first computer in the year 2000. At that time, I had not even seen a computer. My father was planning to buy a computer for his official works, but was fearing the money needed. I used to see on the T.V. in different ads a computer, which consisted only of a T.V. screen (later came to know that it is called monitor) and a keyboard. I told my father, that we already have a T.V. at home, so we should buy only the keyboard, so the budget will go down. He too, not knowing anything about computers, just told me “O.K., I will see”. When I discussed this with my brother, he opposingly said that, what if father works all day, we won’t be able to watch T.V. :D :D

Now, the day of the arrival of the computer arrived. I had school that day, so I asked my father, if I could have a holiday, he was negative in his reply, but said that I could have a half-day leave as the computer would arrive by 12am. I told him O.K. and both my brother and I went to school as usual. In the school, I asked my class teacher, if I could have a half-day leave, she told me to go to the Principal. I went, asked but was not allowed, as I did not have a written request from my parents. But I was tempted to see a computer as soon as possible. When I reached back the class, I lied to my class teacher that I had been allowed, not bothering of the consequences. So, my class teacher allowed me to go home at 12, as she thought that I had been allowed, while my brother did not lie and so was not allowed to go, and had a fight with me later on. (But, I request the readers NOT to follow this part).

Now, when I reached home, the ‘computer’ had arrived, and so had lots of people from the neighborhood to see this much heard strange stuff. I think I forgot to tell that at that time no one in our locality owned a computer, I mean had even seen a computer. I saw all the ‘unopened’ cartoons lying on a table. I asked why were they so, and received a reply that the computer engineer had not arrived yet. I told let’s open it. But no one allowed me nor dared to do so, as all feared that something may go wrong. Some were murmuring regarding that a computer needed an AC room, while we had not any and others.

Now, having nothing to do, I started guessing what might be inside each cartoon. The first one—a big one, must be a TV inside as the picture on the cartoon showed—I guessed. But again the same question arose, why is this TV here, we already have it. One person there commented that it must be compulsory to buy it. The next cartoon—I was told that it contained an inverter and another a battery. I spoke out that some days ago, the budget of a computer was a problem and today extra things, like the TV, inverter, battery—which we already had were bought—good for nothing. Now the next box, which contained a CPU (which I came to know later), what did it contain? Just confusing, everything required the keyboard and the TV were already there. Some said, it must be some kind of electric supply or something else. No one could even think that it was the most important part of a computer.

After some delay, the computer engineer arrived! He started assembling the parts, as if he was playing with them, picked up the keyboard and the mouse as if they were toys. My father told him to be careful. He just smiled, understanding the comment, said “Don’t Worry, Nothing will happen”. After assembling them and connecting them to the power line, did what was much awaited—started the computer. It loaded slowly with a black screen with some white text, I asked him if the computer was black and white, but he told to wait and watch. Then came a colourful screen with “Windows 98” written with a drawing of four squares, known as the Windows Logo.

This way started up the first computer I saw.