Your first computer in General Questions

Your first computer in General Questions http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r13502975 en Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:42:52 EDT Sun, 06 Dec 2009 02:42:52 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13580139 dylking : MY first computer was an Apple //c, green screen, 300baud modem. Lode Runner and the Infocom games wore that puppy out (and a few cracked games, I must admit). Still have it downstairs, in a box, next to the ][gs :)

OUR first computer was a TI 99/4a. That was my first real introduction to computers.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13580139 Sun, 05 Jun 2005 01:30:55 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13572618 Babar : Timex Sinclair 1000

Ohhh, Daddy!!!

:p

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13572618 Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:36:18 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13572083 Boomerang86 : Never really laid my hands on a 'puter keyboard until about 1981, when my high school started loading up on Apple ]['s (and their black Bell & Howell branded versions); all with 48K RAM and a single sided 180K floppy drive that costs over $400; the computer was over $1K IIRC.

1983 I managed to actually buy my first, a Coleco Adam (and their dreaded proprietary tape drives). This was the first machine I connected to the telephone network with its internal 300K modem. Sold it after a year or so, dabbled with a used C64 (ran my own BBS for a week), T/S 2068, then put it all away for a few years. 1988 my dad got an IBM clone 8088-1 16mHz with a 20MB HDD; played Test Drive 2 on it a few times.

Now it's the '90s and the internet is starting to look very interesting... December 1996 I bought my first true PC of modern vintage, a Monorail 7245 all-in-one with its Cyrix 75mHz chip, Windoze 95, 16MB RAM, 1GB HDD and 33.6k modem. Less than a year later I upgraded to an IBM Aptiva PII 233; others include two Fujitsu notebooks (P133 and PIII 1GHz), A Compaq PC Companion (first portable with Windoze CE 1.0), and my current Sony VAIO P4 2GHz.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13572083 Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:28:25 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13567293 Franz : Custom Built
386
250 MB Hard Drive
RAM (unknown)
3.5" Floppy
5.25" Floppy
Tape Backup Drive
Single Speed CD-ROM
Windows 3.11]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13567293 Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:10:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13565951 chachster : 1st
TRS-80
Cassette Recorder
300 Baud Modem with push button to connect after manualling dialing using the phone.

Now
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1 gig ram
6600GT PCI-E]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13565951 Fri, 03 Jun 2005 08:37:26 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13559653 anon : In 1983 I started mowing lawns to save for a Commodore 64. In 1985, when I had $900, I bought the just-released Commodore 128, with the 1902 Commodore Monitor ($320! component video inputs AND RGB!) and the 1571 5.25" Floppy ($170! Double Sided! 340K!).

The C-128 had three modes: a full C-64 emulator (the 8505 proc in 6505 emu), a native c-128 mode (native 8505), and it had a Z-80 processor for running CP/M. 40 and 80 columns in 128 mode, 40 column composite and 80 col using RGB, which the monitor supported also via a switch. Plus a 1200 baud modem.

Neat.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13559653 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:55:05 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13559600 jeffster1970 : The first computer I had was a Timex Sinclair ZX-81. It had 1kb of memory, with a 16kb memory extension. It used a tape drive for upload/downloading files. It hooked up to a regular TV, 2 colours, black and white.

My second computer was a IBM Generic (AMD, in fact) 80286, 1 meg of memory, 40MB HD, VGA graphics, 3 1/4 and 5 1/2 drives, and a 2400 baud modem! Yee haw! Oh, I also had a soundblaster in it.
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My system is filled to the gills with 512K fast RAM, 8M slow RAM, and a SCSI interface w/ a 49M disk (which has a number of floppy-sized partitions) and a 300M full-height 5.25" disk. Also have the Amiga monitor, which serves as the video output device of my home TV system (no TV set...just a stereo, 2 VCRs to serve as tuners, and the monitor).
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Later, I got the Timex/Sinclair 2068, was able to reuse the modem, and got a mikrodrive...which was a continuous-loop cartridge system with carts about the size of a microcassette. way faster than audiocassette, plus no rewinding. the same i/f also had a parallel i/f, so I was able to attach a DMP100 printer (although didn't use it a whole lot, mainly due to the noise while printing). Also got a cartridge that remapped the video RAM and made the system 64 columns.

first bit of computing hardware I owned was a TI-30 (yes, the red LEDs). one step up, our family owned a Pong. and a step up from that, at one time I owned an Atari VCS, the predecessor to the 2600 (althought that's rarely called a "computer"...I thought it was interesting that if you really wanted to, you could get keypads to plug into the joystick/game controller ports, and a BASIC cartridge).
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Jeopardy! replies REALLY suck!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13555455 Thu, 02 Jun 2005 00:31:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13551690 Chuck22 : In 1979, Alpha Micro AM100.
WD16 processor, 32K ram, 8" floppy drive, removable magnetic platter drive.
CMP/AMOS (Alpha Micro Operating System).
Stood on the floor -- about the size of an end table.
:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13551690 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:32:42 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13551508 SOLdesign : Radio Shack AT
Dual 5 1/4 floppies
no hard drive
dont remember how much mem..
so fine...
damn the 80s were cool]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13551508 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:12:00 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13550629 Coon Dawg : This was my first computing device.

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said by Carl

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A Tandy 1000 EX. It still works!

I am trying to sell it though. :(

Good luck. I have an old 1000HX with dual floppies. I had that thing on three separate eBay sales, one starting at $1.00, and it never sold. I was even including the RGB monitor and the modem. Now it sits in my garage in a box as a spider condo. :( THe relics of a by-gone era!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13549741 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:36:34 EDT Re: Commodore Pet 1977 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13549713 swsamurai :

said by TKJunkMail

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I bought a 4k Commodore Pet computer in 1977.
»www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/pet/
[attachment=1]

MY GOD!!!! I Remember those beasts. The school I went to had several, and someone got hurt trying to steal one. We used them to do our student records on.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13549713 Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:33:29 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13533350 techjoe : IBM PC...Ya know, the good kind with the dual 25lb floppy drives and that mean green monochrome monitor. Was either an 8088 or 8086. Upgraded to an XT, tandy, and off we went through 2/3/4/586. :D
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Having the Timex-Sinclair enabled me to write the program, verify that it ran properly, then make the trek over to the computer lab and enter the debugged program into the computer and print out the assignment.

The graphics on a B&W television were pretty bad, and anything that was to be saved had to be saved on an external cassette deck.

But I did learn Basic. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13531691 Mon, 30 May 2005 10:58:00 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13531141 BullroarerT : was in '77 a Challenger 64, used a B&W TV as video, and a cassette tape recorder as a storage device. My bro still has it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13531141 Mon, 30 May 2005 09:13:18 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13531070 Austinloop : A Heathkit Z80 machine in around 1982. All in one, monitor, keyboard and computer in one box. One five and 1/4 inch floppy, added a second floppy and some memory. No modem. Ran HDOS. Just about everything had to be typed in in basic.

Regards,
Larry]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13531070 Mon, 30 May 2005 08:50:50 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530991 NEP1611 : My first computer was a Packard Bell I bought from Price Club in 1992. It was a 386, 40MB hard drive, 2 MB of RAM, came with a monitor and Windows 3.1. Prodigy was the killer app and it cost about $1,100.

About a month after I bought it the videocard crashed and, to make a long story short, the company sent me a new PC with a 100MB hard drive.

Other than this I didn't have many problems with this computer, but it got obsolete quickly and I traded it in for a custom-built PC with 33 mhZ, which the place sold me with a bad motherboard (no wonder it kept freezing up on me!)

UCLA

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530991 Mon, 30 May 2005 08:28:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530607 anon : well i go back a little ferther then that i had a sinclare 1000 with the 5k add on it had the first steps of dos i program my first clock a charle brown face and learn how to put dot anywere on the montor it was fun then i got the atari i seen the commdor 64 but didnt have 1 my self its nice to think back some times haha:huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530607 Mon, 30 May 2005 05:26:19 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530385 remusrm : mac performa 6116cd with apple 14 inch display with speakers and 14.4 modem and apple writer 1200 printer...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530385 Mon, 30 May 2005 03:11:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530380 email scope : A 386. But it may have been a 286.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530380 Mon, 30 May 2005 03:07:46 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530351 oliphant : TRS-80 color computer (good ole 6809).]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530351 Mon, 30 May 2005 02:54:59 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13530135 NetFixer : I built my first computer from scratch. It was a multiprocessor design with an 8070 for intelligent I/O control and an 8085 as the primary CPU. Initially it used a Teletype KSR-33 for the console and multiple cassette tape drives for storage. The bios and tape O/S were also written by me. Later I upgraded to a CRT monitor, 8" floppies and CPM, then to a 10MB HDD.
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Got the 810 single side single density floppy drive with the Happy Enhancement and Archiver chip later on when I upgraded to the Atari 800 which had a whopping 48K of memory which I think I got upgraded to 64K.

WooHoo!

r_r
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Home built PC once I got a decent paying job - 386 w/ math coprocessor, 16MB RAM and 345 MB HD. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528848 Sun, 29 May 2005 22:14:54 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528709 FTCXtreme : The first computer I had seen was a Packard Bell, when I was 3 or 4 I remember not much. The first I had used was an Apple II, in school back in 97/98. My first computer in the house was a Compaq Presario with Celeron 466, 64MB of RAM( we got 256MB of RAM for free from compaq due to all the computer crashed from the POS) It was the computer for idiots, Everthign was color coated and labeled in big writing, It lasted from Dec. 99 to March 2005 when I screwed it up. I remember when we unpluged it and everythign in the house for Y2K LMAO. My second computer, and current computer was a Pentium 4 1.7 GHZ, 256MB RD RAM, 40 gi HD, ATI Rage 128, which was upgraded to a Radeon 9600 then downgraded to a Geforce 2.

My first actually owned by myself PC, was given to me, by the school because they were throwing them out was a Celeron 700, 64MB of RAM 20 gig HD, All were swaped for FREE*, from other system that were being thrown out, Currently, Pentium 3 1.0 GHZ, 256MB of RAM, Audigy soundblaster 24bit, ATI Radeon 9600(why I downgraded the other to a geforce 2) I also get a Packerd Hell with a Pentium 155, and 16MB of RAM in the closet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528709 Sun, 29 May 2005 21:56:20 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528595 BigSlamu : The first computer that I wrote programs for and used was a Compucolor. Moved up to an Atari 800 shortly after that. First computer that I bought and owned was the Commodore C-64 that I bought in 1982. I originally had only a tape drive because the floppy drive cost more than the computer at that time. Finally picked up a floppy drive in 1984. Commodore was king back in the early eighties. To this day I still think that "Raid Over Moscow" was one of the best games ever.

My first IBM compatible was a 386-20. This was the last computer that I bought assembled. Since then I have built and upgraded more computers than I can count. Currently I run two (2) AMD Athlon 64 3000's with 1 Gig of RAM each and I also have an Athlon XP 2000+ that I use as a game server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528595 Sun, 29 May 2005 21:39:14 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13528381 gnomedex : My first personal computer? NEC READY 9761... a perfect gaming machine: 233MHz PII, 128MB(Maxed) EDO RAM, 7GB HD, 4MB video card, 24x CD-ROM.. etc. Not bad for 1997

My dad had an old epson laptop that is still around somewhere
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It was between the TI-99 and an ATARI-1200XL
Atari 800XL
Atari 65XE
Atari 130XE
Commodore 64 (had 7 days, sold it to a friend and bought a 128
Amiga 500
Commodore XT (first with HD)
IBM PS1

.. after that,it was homebrew.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13527633 Sun, 29 May 2005 19:12:57 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13527199 danag42 : I think it was the Commodore 64. With a tape drive to record programs!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13527199 Sun, 29 May 2005 18:06:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13526930 Paul Sweet : The first computer I programmed was a Control Data 6600 at the University of Texas in the late 1960s. The joys of FORTRAN and batch processing - bringing a shoebox full of punch cards (with no hanging chads!) to the computer center in the evening, and returning the next morning to find a core dump, then spending the rest of the day debugging the @&#% program.

The first microcomputer I owned, in the late 70s, was made by Ohio Scientific Instruments. It had a 6502 processor (same as the Apple II), 16 K memory, and BASIC in ROM, written by a couple programmers who called themselves Microsoft. This interpreter used only 4K or so. I couldn't afford a disk, so I used a cassette recorder for data storage. About 10% of the program would get corrupted by the 300 baud audio interface when loading, so there was a lot of cleanup required before actually running a program.

My first "real" microcomputer (1983) was a Wang PC with dual 5 1/4" 360K floppy drives. It was quicker and more powerful than IBM's first models. It had a 8 MHz Intel 8086 processor, which had a 16 bit data path, while IBM used a 5 MHz 8088, which had only an 8-bit path. The word processing program was based on Wang's dedicated word processor, and was much easier to use than WordStar, which was the program being pushed on the IBM. Unfortunately, the memory card was proprietary and expensive, and the chips were soldered in, so I couldn't afford to upgrade it beyond the initial 128K.

My first Dell (1987) was a PC Limited 286. It wasn't much faster than the Wang, but it had a 40 Megabyte hard drive and 640K memory.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13526930 Sun, 29 May 2005 17:22:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13526530 brad_k : That would be a VIC 20

Load ,8,1]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13526530 Sun, 29 May 2005 16:27:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525966 Outsourced : Cool! I'm the least experienced computer user on BBR

My First computer was a Compaq 7110US, 1.33Ghz AMD, 60GB, 256MB RAM, Windows ME, that I bought on August 17, 2001.

I had never touched or even seen a computer before then.
I still have it and am using it right now.
Going on 4 years later, I've almost figured out how to use the thing. I still don't know how to type. I'll be a 2 finger hunt and peck typist forever.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525966 Sun, 29 May 2005 15:01:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525822 ernstk : I built one of those RCA 1802 Cosmac Elfs in 1977. Gave it to the Boston Computer Museum in 1987. Then built another one.
There is still people building them today, check
»www.cosmacelf.com
There are a couple of emulators for it. One for the Palm. Way cool!
My latest toy is a eNote Linux laptop.
Klaus Ernst NYC]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525822 Sun, 29 May 2005 14:33:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525273 KUppiano : Oh, and my computer history?
o DEC PDP-11/34 RSTS-E (Resource Sharing/Time Sharing Enhanced). I did not own this one. The college did.
o HP25 (Ok not a computer, but you could program it -- and I did, a lot). I eventually traded it for a 25C that would remember what you keyed in when you turned it off.
o Atari 800 w/BASIC cart, Assembler/Editor cart, AtariWriter cart. One floppy disk drive, I/O module.
o TRS/80 Model 100 laptop (40 col x 8 row LCD screen if I remember correctly). It still works.
o Then, into the PC era...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525273 Sun, 29 May 2005 13:00:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525168 Sureshot : Radio Shack CoCo 3 with floppy drive and a bubch of ROM packs. Thats what I learned DOS on. Does anyone remember those pc mags that would have the codes you would spend forever typing up "if x=2 then GOTO blablabla". After spending all that time making it, it wouldn't run. Then you would have to wait for next months mag to come out with the corrections.

I still have my old coco3 (and a 1) floating around in the attec somewhere.
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Our first Windows box was in '97 with a P2 233 running Windows 95.
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said by Hawk

October 1986
Do you remember DOS from IBM? It competed with MS-DOS from Microsoft, just like OS/2 Warp from IBM did before Windows 95. In both cases, it's rather clear which history favored. Though, being available in limited quantities isn't always a bad thing.

Edit: If my memory serves me, that's "Deskmate" on the screen.

DOS from IBM was called PC-DOS, and it was made by Microsoft and OEM'ed with the IBM-PCs. MS-DOS was used by the clones. But PC-DOS and MS-DOS were nearly identical. We used them interchangeably on PCs and clones that we had at work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525106 Sun, 29 May 2005 12:30:01 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13525003 simplykristi : In September 1991, I bought my first computer. It was a custom-made IBM-compatible computer with a 386/16 mhz processor. I had 2 megabytes of ram and a 30 megabyte hard drive. It had a 14-inch VGA monitor. I bought a dot-matrix printer too.

Now I have three P4 3.2 GHZ pcs and a P4 2.0 GHZ pc. Quite a step up. :) I have two 18-inch flat screen monitors and a 19-inch CRT.

Kristi
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TI 99/4A
C-64
Tandy 1000
---> 2nd machine Amiga 1000
Tandy 1000 TX
Storebuilt 386
Homebuilt PCs from there.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524836 Sun, 29 May 2005 11:47:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524820 babwas : My first computer was a Commodore 64. The first computer I bought for my own use is my Dell XPS B733r which I still use.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524820 Sun, 29 May 2005 11:44:40 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524573 PILMAN : I honestly don't know what brand I used. I think my dad built it as he was pretty against brand names. I was 3 years old and I had it in 1988. It just had DOS on there and games like snake and chopper and monkey island. It wasn't an apple I know that for a fact, my dad hated apple. And I can't ask him because he's dead.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524573 Sun, 29 May 2005 10:57:22 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524239 Armada1 :

said by OrigZaphod042

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A good old Vic-20 with a tape drive.
Best game on it ever... Lunar Lander

ME TOO!!!! Although I had the Vic-20 1 year before I got the tape drive. Learned to program a hangman game in BASIC. Was erased everytime I turned machine off. A real good motivator in learning to optimize code!
After that got the IBM PC Jr.
Next was a 386 of some sort.
Then a compaq 486 of some sort
Dell pentium 1 laptop
toshiba pentium 2 laptop
compaq pentium 2 laptop
dell dimension desktop
then it just explodes into the typical too many machine home network
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Best game on it ever... Lunar Lander]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524217 Sun, 29 May 2005 09:39:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524210 seezar : My first was a TRS-80 and then I upgraded to a Tandy 1000HX. It was one of the first machines to come out with a 3.5" disk drive, a full 720K as opposed to 360k on a single floppy, wow :)

Way back then I also got a laser128. It was one of the Apple II clones out on the market. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524210 Sun, 29 May 2005 09:36:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13524181 golden eagle : Tandy 1000
MS-DOS 5.0
Windows 3.1 (upgrade)
Math co-processor :D
640K RAM
20MB HD
Tandy Dot Matrix printer (I can still hear the noise now)
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Plasticman
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You could upgrade to 16K of ram for an additional $300.
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Now, those were the days!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523921 Sun, 29 May 2005 08:04:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523909 goarmy : Ha:

First Computer was a TRS-80 "Tandy" 16k Computer...
Upgraded later to 64k. The games we played were the original Zork and Elisa and Dancing Demon.. Beat that!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523909 Sun, 29 May 2005 07:59:29 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523907 BurntCricket : This has been a nice walk down memory lane >> I also had a "portable" hahahahaha Compaq 8088 20MB(yes MB) HD, a 9" screen 2 5-1/4" floppy drives, 640KB of RAM and a 5Mhz clock.

Oh, why is "portable" so funny ??? Glad you asked,this thing weighed about 40lbs.
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Also had along the way:

Radio shack coco
Tandy HTX or HX (can't recall) 1000
Commodor 128
1 Gateway (when they first came out and were good)
2 Dells (D300 [still working!] and 2200 [current]
1 Mac ibook (G3 500

Tom]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523872 Sun, 29 May 2005 07:46:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523865 goldy : Zx81 kit
Membrane keyboard, z80 chip, and a whopping 2 kilobytes (yeppers that's kilobytes not megabytes)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523865 Sun, 29 May 2005 07:43:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523821 black knight : TI-99. My first Purchased Computer was an IBM Clone-8088Proc with VGA Moniter and Running DOS 6.22.

BK
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First "PC" - a VIC-20, Sort of learned BASIC with it. (circa 1987-88)

First X86 PC - Tandy 1000sx, 486-25sx, 2MB ram, 120MB H.D. 1MB Video, 13" SVGA .31dp Monitor, Keyboard, mouse, Win3.1/DOS 5, No CD, NO Sound. $1000 (circa 1993-94)

Present PC - AMD 2100+(1733Mhz)T-Bred @ 2350Mhz, 512MB Corsair, ATI Radeon 9500Pro(330/320), Dual 80GB WD SE drives, CD-RW, DVD, 19" Trinitron, Surround sound, Force Feedback Controllers. Nice Gaming rig... 2 years old and still going strong!!!

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523726 Sun, 29 May 2005 06:15:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523682 bugle533 : My first computer was the TRS-80. I was 9 years old and got a subscription to a magazine called RAINBOW which had neat basic programs that I would type up and save. One program was a blackjack program that I really enjoyed. I also created my own programs, but nothing real eloborate. It really got me started into computers. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523682 Sun, 29 May 2005 05:37:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523665 brut7 : Timex Sinclare something...

I remember it had a 16 mgb memory pack hanging on the back.
It ran/saved progs on a tape recorder and also I programmed them in from a book/altered them.

Played with it endlessly for like six months till it broke, after that didn't touch another until windows 95 but that was my GFs laptop. Soon after bought a brand new K62-266 based system with win98 and was off to the races.

I was in awe the first time I played Doom.

brut7]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523665 Sun, 29 May 2005 05:27:49 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523613 innoman : My first computer was a Trusty old commodore 64!!

Load"*",8,1

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523613 Sun, 29 May 2005 04:54:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523609 norwegian : an apple 11c, loved the company, they still seem to have an edge in areas, just a pity they went IBM compatible
might still get one if their record stays the way it is]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523609 Sun, 29 May 2005 04:52:36 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523581 martmann : Gateway 2000
486 66MHz DX2
8MB RAM
5.25" and 3.5" floppy
200MB HDD
15" monitor
Mach 32 video card with 2MB
(later added 4MB RAM, a Microsoft Sound Card, and a 2X CD-ROM).

for somewhere around $2,500]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523581 Sun, 29 May 2005 04:38:15 EDT First Computer I Put "Off-line" http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13523463 John Galt : Slightly OT, but what the hell...!

That would be the Cray XMP2 located at the Ames Research Center in Sunnyvale, California. One of two in the world at the time...

Someone had inadvertently connected the cooling pumps to the same circuit that was used for the emergency lighting in the space next to the XMP2. When I turned that off, the Cray went into the "overheat" mode immediately.

People were scrambling...!

;)
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then C/64
then a 99/4A
then on to PC land which one of my earliest had a 10mb Plus Hard Card

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13522552 Sun, 29 May 2005 00:11:58 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13522502 yuniverse : My first was TI 99/4A with 16KB of RAM, i think. That was in 1982 or so. Then I received the original 128K Mac... that was so sweet! Graphic and its GUI was just incomparable to any other PCs (except Xerox workstations or Lisa). Got it for $1700 with ImageWriter because of my Uncle's University 1/2 price discount.

128K RAM
no Hard Drive
1- 740K 3.5"(?) Disk Drive
9" B&W monitor built-in]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13522502 Sun, 29 May 2005 00:02:27 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13522307 craiglester : I got in early.. A Sinclair ZX81 - 1 k of ram

I spent a small fortune expanding it to a whopping 16K of
ram! Just for Monster Maze 3D

Still got it too... I cant test it as it needs a PAL tv and I'm stuck here in the USA
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13522307 Sat, 28 May 2005 23:27:04 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521785 eric_n_dfw : Timex Sinclair 1000 (Browser based emulator here: »www.vavasour.ca/jeff/ts1000/ )]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521785 Sat, 28 May 2005 22:08:52 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521633 CableGei : I've owned a lot of computers.... my first was a VIC 20. The first computer that I thought I did anything cool with was an NCR 386SX 16Mhz with 4MB of RAM and 16 color EGA graphics. I used that computer for probably 5 years. I had eventually put a 14.4 modem in it and actually ran Wildcat BBS on it and hosted games and files on it. The original hard drive was only 20 MB. I later upgraded it to 80 MB. Even later, I actually managed to use a parallel port ZIP 100 drive as primary storage. That thing was sweet. I've got an AMD64 3000 with 1GB of RAM now, but it's no where near as cool as that old 386.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521633 Sat, 28 May 2005 21:48:10 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521438 major marco :

said by hoyter

:

first one my parents bought was a 1993/94 packard bell.

AKA the infamous pack junk. Biggest POS after the Trash 80. :o
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the first one I actually bought myself is my current one. Amd 64. 1GB, 450GB sata (200 & 250) watercooling.

I do miss the packard bell navigator software that looked like a house and it had all the software laid out in the rooms to click on.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521294 Sat, 28 May 2005 20:55:38 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521281 major marco :

said by wxboss

:

What was it.

Trash 80.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13521281 Sat, 28 May 2005 20:53:08 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520711 tphill5999 : First Computer I used at work IBM 3033

First Home computer ibm 286 witn 2 meg memory

Current work machine 2 sysplex z990 machines

Current Home machine AMD 3200 XP with 1 gig memory (home Grown)

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520711 Sat, 28 May 2005 19:16:15 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520329 RJ44 : I started out with a clone 386SX/20. I couldn't afford the full 386 model. 40meg HD (huge for the day) 2meg of RAM (twice what anybody else had that I knew). I upgraded that thing piece by piece for nearly 10 years before I finally had to buy another case. At that point there wasn't an original component left and most were on there 3rd or 4th generation lol.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520329 Sat, 28 May 2005 18:12:58 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520292 mig : Vic 20! Had an amazing 3.5k memory. I remember telling my wife back then that I'd never need another computer again. 6 months later I had a Commodore 64, then 128, followed by 8086. My most fun with those was the Commodore 64, great little game machine. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520292 Sat, 28 May 2005 18:05:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520281 Endy : Tandy 1000SL, baby! I still have it, and as far as the last time I turned it on, it still worked.

10MB hard drive. Wow. o.o]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520281 Sat, 28 May 2005 18:04:06 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520170 haytham : I had the same exact machine, Packard bell legend 660. Paid $2300 with the epson action dot matrix printer.

Before that a commadore vic 20 from a yard sale with a tape drive and 20 games for $20... ended up ebaying the games a few years ago for $20.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13520170 Sat, 28 May 2005 17:45:08 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519779 TripleA89 : My First Computer was a...

Packard Bell Multimedia R500

200MHz Intel Pentium Processor with
MMX Technology and 32 KB of Internal Cache

4.3 GB Hard Drive, 32 MB EDO RAM

56 Kbps Modem, 24x CD-ROM Drive

2 USB Ports, 14.4 Kbps Fax

64-Bit Graphics/Video Accelerator
with 2MB EDO Video Memory

(Top of the line back then, sadly cost us $2500 !)

R500

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519779 Sat, 28 May 2005 16:49:45 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519716 theeinstein : Apple IIe with a Color monitor...ooooh
next was a Packard Bell 486 sx33 with 4mb of ram
bumped that up to a dx2 66 with 4 extra mb or ram
hmm I had a pentium 66 in there somewhere.. hah
after that was a Pentium 90..
then went to a 200mmx and a pentium 133 laptop
on and on..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519716 Sat, 28 May 2005 16:39:38 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519494 tspo60 : bought from fingerhut cy 233 4.7 hd 32 mgs pc100]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519494 Sat, 28 May 2005 16:07:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519253 wxboss :

said by BayouBum26

:

BTW I'm 79 and still programming

:) More Power to ya!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519253 Sat, 28 May 2005 15:22:57 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519171 spravrm : Now we are going to get REAL OLD. My first computer ie: a real computer was an IBM 1403. This was the first one I ever used (DID program ie wire a 604 earlier). We wrote AUTOCODER. It only had 4k of memory and I remember writing a program to look at new programs to calculate whether it would fit in the 4k.

My first real PC was a ATARI 400. Got it around 1978 ( I remember that because we had seen the original Star Wars movie) and the ATARI had a star wars game Cartridge. It also only had 4k of memory (as I recall). ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519171 Sat, 28 May 2005 15:07:33 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519121 thefett : ahhh
Apple //gs
1 - 5.25 drive
1 - 3.5 drive (high tech stuff)
512k memory.. too expensive for the parents to upgrade to the 1 meg

first games on it love.. below the root, might and magic 2, and ultima 4??: quest of the avatar

in fact still have it set up... my 4 yr old is playin the same things i was back in the day :) ahhhh nostalgia ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13519121 Sat, 28 May 2005 14:58:07 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518944 raccettura : IBM 5150

And I'm 21 now. Damn proud of it too.

Learned BASIC Programming at age 9 on that sucker.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518944 Sat, 28 May 2005 14:33:31 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518905 Jackl : It was an XT, 4MB ram, no sound, orange/white monitor, 5 1/4" floppies DOS 4.something]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518905 Sat, 28 May 2005 14:27:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518827 kdepasquale : First it was a Commodore 64 - my family had 3-4 fo those, then I got a Mac Plus from my sister. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518827 Sat, 28 May 2005 14:11:33 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518617 ablack6596 : Apple LC 640. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518617 Sat, 28 May 2005 13:33:05 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518373 Coccorito : Oh i have a still 20/30 C64 tapes

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518373 Sat, 28 May 2005 12:50:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518346 Coccorito : It was Commodore 64 :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518346 Sat, 28 May 2005 12:44:43 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518108 shadowshack : TI99, then a Commodore 64.
My first purchase as an adult was a Commodore 128D.
Then I got the MAC bug and bought a MACII Ci for about $3500.00. I GAVE that away to someone so she could use it to check her email.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13518108 Sat, 28 May 2005 12:04:33 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517944 BayouBum26 : That looks similar to the ASR 33 access terminal to a IBM 360-30 that I used at 30 baud. But it does not have the
baudot tape hanging in it.

The first one I "OWNED" was designed and wire wraped by me on cards from R/S. CPU a Z80 running at 1/2 speed. Keyboard was a surplus that I had to multiplex to ascii. Display was 4 seven segment hex displays. Memory 2k static. Bootstrap from hex thumbwheel switches. Output surplus ASR 33 thru 15 MA interface. When it finally WORKED I built a Timex Sinclair kit. $80 I think.

Present system:
ASUS 8N7X-X
AMD 2800+
1 GIG Kingston dual channel 333
200 GIGs on 2 MAXTORS
Built by me

Networked to:
"HAL 9000"
Dell Dimension XPS P133c
32 MEG MEMORY
10 gig HD
Windows 98 SE
"BLUEBIRD"
Another ASUS
AMD 2500+
500 meg PC 2700
Windows XP Home

BTW I'm 79 and still programming

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517944 Sat, 28 May 2005 11:35:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517846 anon : mine was a TIME computers, 500mhz - K6-2 with 3DNOW // 128SDRAM

I went from that straight to a toshiba notebook, satellite p20 102 / P4 / 1GB DDRAM / nVidia GeForce FX5700 with 128mb DDRAM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517846 Sat, 28 May 2005 11:18:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517840 BlackIceXP : My first computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer 2. With the serially connected tape drive, 2 non-centering joysticks, and a 300 baud modem that plugged into the cartridge slot.

These were the days. hehe. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517840 Sat, 28 May 2005 11:17:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517758 Rob : My real first computer (that got me into computers) was a HP Pavilion in 1995.

uhh let's see:

75Mhz
16mb of ram (upgraded to 40mb)
1.3GB hard drive
28.8K modem (later updated to 56K)
Windows 95

Later I bought a 20GB hard drive ($200 bucks!) and put it in there.
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How about a Tandy 2000

big B
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»www.old-computers.com/museum/com···=1&c=982
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517610 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:35:31 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517592 whizkid3 : Maybe I'm a little bit old, but it was the 'ENIAC'!
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517592 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:32:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517591 AlBester : 1976 - an 1802 cpu with 256 bytes of RAM. I/O was through 8 switches and 8 LEDs.

Dad and I bought a Heathkit H-89 around 1980, and I assembled it. That was fun.

The first name-brand computer that I bought for myself was the TRS-80 Model I.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517591 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:32:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517556 backfeed : Wow!!, This goes back a ways....A vic 20 was the first, then I used Compaq Deskpro 286's at work...Windows??? whats that??..then MY first PC was a 486-33 with a whoppin 8 (count em) 8 Megs of ram!!!... Seems like an eternity ago now...
:)
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dialup?, what's that?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517556 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:25:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517546 djaltus : Mine was an Atari, circa 1986. Still have it and still works, along with some 20-year old disks and carts.

-Atari 800XL with PAL ANTIC and NTSC GTIA, so I could play European stuff. Later on I added the Wizztronics 256kB RAM upgrade and a BASIC Rev. C chip, as well as performed the SuperVideo XL 2.1 video circuit upgrade. Recently I installed Steve Tucker's WarpOS upgrade and got the MyIDE+Flash cartridge.

-Two Atari 1050 disk drives, one with the Happy 1050 upgrade, the other with the US Doubler upgrade

-Atari 1010 data recorder

-Atari 1030 modem

-Teknika MJ-10 color luma-chroma video monitor

-Two Atari CX24 joysticks (7800 style, not the square ones)

I still have this setup in mint condition. I have it hooked up and play Cavelord and Jumpman on it occasionally. I also have it hooked up to another PC via a SIO2PC interface and use APE to load games from the PC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517546 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:23:01 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517540 somewhatleet : PI 133 MHZ
1 gb hd

it had a turbo button on the front.
thats all i can remember.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517540 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:21:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517524 JohnInSJ : First computer I bought: Osbourne 1 (1979) - $1800 for »www.old-computers.com/museum/com···=1&c=181

It was wonderful. I was the envy of the CS Dept. back then.

Is that a sewing machine?
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517524 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:19:28 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517494 anon : So much memory...

286 IBM Compatible (it meant someting a the time)
33mhz
8meg hd
640k ram
14' monochrome monitor
2400 baud modem
5.25 floppy drive
no sound card, pc speaker only :D

i used DOS, i still have Windows 3.0 in it's original package... never opened it!

It was great a the time...
and now i have a AMD64 3200+, 1gig ram, 120gig hd and it's still not enough... what a world!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517494 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:13:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517475 ropeguru : I started out with the good ole Radio Shack color computer. Then upgrade to a Commodore Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 then into the PC's.

At school I was messing with Apple ][e's.. BTW.. That was High School.. :-)
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FWD#: 223611]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517475 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:11:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517427 tonyreo : Sinclair ZX80, Anyone remember them?
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517427 Sat, 28 May 2005 10:01:55 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517407 jsimmons : AN Ithaca Intersystems - home-built. Z80 processor, S100 Bus, 64 K (Thats K not Meg). 2 Shugart x 600 K floppy drives. Used an old Dec VT100 terminal for monitor. Paper Tiger dot matrix printer. Software: CP/M operating system with Morrow Designs BIOS. Ran Ashton Tate dBaseII, Wordstar, MS Basic, and Pascal. It was a killer machine for its day (circa 1981-1982).

Eventually added a 5 Meg hard drive.

If I can dig up a pic, I'll add it. (BTW, I still have it).
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." - Albert Einstein ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517407 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:58:27 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517335 wvcaver : COCO COLOR with 2 180 k disk drives and tape player]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517335 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:46:18 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517294 jnasc770 : My First was an Osbourne OCC-1. when i was 11 i actually used my inheritence from my grandfather and had to beg my parents for months before they decided i would'nt shut up until i got it.. And the dang thing weighted about as much as me at the time. I think it was like $1800 USD back then...and it lasted about 2 years til i traded it for a CR80 dirt bike.... Man i think i'am having a flash back now.... Man i feel old now.....:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517294 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:36:42 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517288 Carl : A Tandy 1000 EX. It still works!

I am trying to sell it though. :(
--
Carl Smith, formerly known as crstec.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517288 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:35:43 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517258 DaDogs : First computer I ever used? The mainframe at NSA circa 1976. In those days passwords were only three letters. :)

First computer I ever owned? C-64.
--
»www.freeantennas.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517258 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:27:20 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517238 kennydillon : Commodore 64. Was actually my ex-wifes computer from High School. This was the first computer that I actually owned. This was from like around 1990.

KENNY
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517238 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:23:37 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517232 evernerf : My first computer was a used radio shack color computer when I was 12. My dad had brought it home the night before we went to the 1982 worlds fair in knoxville. Whoever he bought it from had removed the "chicklet" keyboard (remember those?) and mounted a standard keyboard inside the case. It came with several carts and a cassette player with several programs on cassette. It used 2 joysticks that weren't spring loaded and had 1 button. My favorite was donkey "king". My sister and I played every day on it for probably the next 2 years.

As far as I know he still has it in the attic and it would probably still work today. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517232 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:21:29 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517226 Alcohol : Windows 95
32MB RAM
200Mhz (i think)

It cost $1500]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517226 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:20:19 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517223 exocet_cm : I don't remember the model, but the manufacturer is Packard Bell. I was 9 years old (1994). Had a 3" floppy, and 5" floppy (the real floppy), and a CD drive running windows 3.1.

I learned DOS on that machine, it was cool.
--
Jesus Rocks!
Future New Orleans Baptist student :)
Missionary work in Brasil is awesome!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517223 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:19:28 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517216 MikegotOOL : First comp:
33Mhz Compaq Presario
2MB RAM
280MB HD
Win 3.1
It was the 1337'est thing on the planent]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517216 Sat, 28 May 2005 09:17:55 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517121 DaveUSNret : Hmm......... OLD memories........ First "office computer" I used was a Xerox 860, two - 5 1/4" floopy drives one with the software (such as it was) and the other for data storage. The "computer" weight about 80 lbs and was in a 3 foot tall tower! Heat output was so high we had to have a fan under the desk to keep from overheating our legs!

First home machine was a TRS-80 CoCo-II, no disc drive just a cassette to hold data.
--
Dave E Most computer problems are caused by a loose nut between the chair and the keyboard. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517121 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:56:50 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517099 Doctor Four : A Timex-Sinclair is what I also had, only all I had was the
computer itself, and a rented TV to hook it up to. But later
I got a Commodore 64 and 1541 disk drive (once the price had
gone down to $199 from $599).

If there was one thing the C64 was good at, it was playing
games.

A few useful sites for finding C64 games I have bookmarked:
»arnold.c64.org/
»www.c64.com/
»www.lemon64.com/

One of the best emulators to run the games on a PC is
CCS64. It's shareware, though free to use (but registering
unlocks additional features): »www.computerbrains.com/ccs64/
--
"Kayura or Badamon, whichever you are, you should know that I will never give up this battle. By the will of the Ancient, I shall succeed!" - Shuten (Anubis) from the Ronin Warriors. To RIAA/MPAA - You can sue but you can't catch everyone!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517099 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:50:28 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517081 ddg4005 : My first PC was a Zenith Heathkit 8088. Back in '83 my uncle sent us this then magnificent peace of engineering as he owned a computer business (selling, building, etc). It was stacked with a 4.77MHz processor (I think), 48K of RAM, and two external 5.25 floppy drives (ahhh the memories). I used mostly for playing Space Odyssey, Horses, and later on Galactic Warrior (something like that). And Adventure, a text-based adventure game (precursor to today's RPGs I imagine).

Damn that brings back memories :D.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517081 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:44:07 EDT Re: Commodore Pet 1977 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517067 cprgolds :
said by TKJunkMail :

I bought a 4k Commodore Pet computer in 1977.

I, too, bought an 8K Commodore PET the same year. I ran a BBS system for several years on a later PET, first with a modified 110 baud acoustic modem and then with a "fast" 300 baud modem, followed by 2400m 9600, and 14400 modems.

It was my first computer at home, although I had used an IBM 1401, System/3, and System 360 and various CDC machines at school and work.

The thing that amazes me most is the way prices have dropped.

I can remember blank floppies selling for $50 for a box of 10. 5 MB hard drives listing for $2400. $1000 dot matrix printers. 32 MB of RAM on a whole array of chips of $700.

I never cease to be amazed when I buy something like a 128 MB transflash card that is the size of my fingernail for $30.

We have come a long way and its been fun!

;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517067 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:41:13 EDT Commodore Pet 1977 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517011 TKJunkMail : I bought a 4k Commodore Pet computer in 1977.
»www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/pet/
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13517011 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:29:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516966 duffGeiger : Commodore VIC-20
Introduced: June 1980
Released: January 1981
Price: US $299
CPU: 1MHz
RAM: 5K (3.5K for the user)
Display: 22 X 23 text
176 X 184, 16 colors max
Ports: composite video
joystick, cartridge, user port
serial peripheral port
Peripherals: cassette recorder
printer, modem
external floppy drive
OS: ROM BASIC

I was about 10 or 11 when my parents bought it.

It either came with a book with a few BASIC programs in it or I bought one but I remember coding (copying out of the book) for about 3 hours one day and then the whole thing just died.

Less than a year later (I think) I purchase a calculator for school that had more RAM than my computer and I remember being amazed by that. Kids. ;)
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516966 Sat, 28 May 2005 08:17:46 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516922 zipjay : TANDY 1000 RLX
AMD 80286 @ 6MHz
512k RAM
128k VRAM
1.44MB Floppy
NO Harddrive

i still use the keyboard that came with it thats what im using to type this with..
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516922 Sat, 28 May 2005 07:54:57 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516872 anon : Commodore VIC-20

'»oldcomputers.net/vic20.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516872 Sat, 28 May 2005 07:30:19 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516844 starcaptor : First computer was in 1995
Top of the Line Micron Home MPC Pro - $3499+ shipping
P133, 16 megs RAM, 1.2 gig HD, 4x CDROM, 14.4 modem, Diamond Steapth graphics with 2 megs vram, Vibra 16 soundcard. in a full tower case, running Windows 95 OSR1. (17 inch CRT)

Second comp (when sister took the Micron to college...)
Home built comp ($2800)
P2/266 ---CPU and mobo together cost $799!!
64 megs SDRAM, 4.3 gig UltraWide SCSI HD, 16x SCSI CDROM, 4/2/6 Yamaha CD Burner , All powered by infamous Adaptec 2940UW card, Diamond Viper V330 (still got spanked by the Monster 3d in Quake 2), Sound Blaster AWE 64. (new 17 inch CRT)
my OWN first actual comp (i didnt share).

Third comp (old mobo broke) was a TBird 1.4 ghz, same generation perihperals (no more SCSI, blech), Fourth comp (current), Athlon 64, same generaiton perihperals (storage focused, 4 HDs)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516844 Sat, 28 May 2005 07:15:45 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516774 oldnslow : Wow,

I borrowed a VIC-20.

When it came time to give it back, I went out and bought a Commodore 64 with all the bells and whistles.

Peek, poke, games, Zork (in a class by itself), and bit copy programs? I've been eaten by a Grue too many times. The C64 power supply had a habit of overheating and causing various glitches. When the screen got "funky" you knew it was time to shut down.

Followed up with a "real" computer from the local computer show, a Greentree 286-12 with a 10 meg hard drive. It was built like a battleship and weighed almost a much. I burned it up by running it in an overheated attic...I was recuperating from a heart attack and couldn't feel the heat. Windows was nothing more than a task switcher, but looked cool. I can still hear the Panasonic dot matrix printer making he-haw noises as it switched directions...

The 286 was followed by a used 386-16, and a home-brew 486-DX100 running windows 3.1 (in my original 286 case). Speed tests put it in Pentium 75 territory. My first Pentium was a 133, then a succession of home-brew Intel and AMD's. Somewhere in between, we got Internet In A Box, and there was no turning back. My most essential appliances are (in order) a refrigerator, a microwave oven, and a computer with the internet.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516774 Sat, 28 May 2005 06:32:42 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516711 WLiley : "nostalgic waxing"? :)

This attachment says it all, for me -
When300baudw···bomb.zip 5,222 bytes
(When300baudwasthebomb.rtf)
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516711 Sat, 28 May 2005 05:52:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516517 koolman2 :
said by Nsane_iceman :

... with 40Gb 72,000.
Wow, I want that hard drive! Too bad it'd be loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear! ;)
--
A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516517 Sat, 28 May 2005 03:43:53 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516505 Nsane_iceman : 3,000ish..
95 or 96...

Sony PCV-130

200MHZ PII /w MMX
Came with 32mb SDRAM now has 128mb SDRAM 133mhz.
4Gb HDD (not sure on RPMs) now with 40Gb 72,000.
16 MB ATI All-in wonder with Coax in and front panel with S-video and Video / R/L audio in. Now with a Geforce 32 mb.
24x or maybe 10x CD Drive. Now has a 8x/10x(?)/32x CD Burner.
Floppy and Zip drives.
17" Sony CRT with built in speakers.
Windows 95 then 98 then 98SE now has XP.

Still works today for my 13 and 10 year old brother AIMing and Firefoxing..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516505 Sat, 28 May 2005 03:36:40 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516494 LaurieDB :
said by Newegg :

I'm still using my first PC.

Same here. I never thought I'd actually have to purchase my own machine until about 4 years ago. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516494 Sat, 28 May 2005 03:31:06 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516380 anon : my first computer was a homebrew in about 1979. in those days , basically you couldn't buy one. you had to build it.

it was a S100 bus, Z80 cpu, and went from 16 to 32 to 48 to 64 K (as in K not M) of static memory. one, then 3, floppy drives. 8 in. (not 5 1/4 in.) floppy drives. it ran CP/M as an o/s.

and it got me through graduate school.

cost me about US$5,000 at that time in 79. i had to put my car up for security to get the loan to buy the parts.

it was housed in an old mainframe printer power supply box. and supplied by old mainframe power supplies that weighed about 200 pounds total. (yeah -- that was somewhat overkill, but i'd not known how much current it would need.) there was a salvage yard for univac power supplies a few miles away at the time, so i got my power and boxes for projects there.

it had an 18 slot motherboard, all hand soldered up. there was no sound card. the first 'console' device was a real live honest to god 110 baud teletype, which also served as the printer.

later it got a real live glass tty for a console and one of the first epson mx-80 printers. and one of the very first hayes smart modems -- 300 baud only.

sure was neat! geez. i sure was proud of that box!

john]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516380 Sat, 28 May 2005 02:51:06 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516373 shrtckt1 : I had a TI-99/4A also. I remember it had 16K (32K w/the extended basic cartridge). I also had to record data on a cassette player - before I got a RS232 box & floppy drive. Back then - the Apple was the computer to have (if you could afford one). That reminds me of when we had to write programs on reader cards in 8th grade, because there was not enough computers to go around for our computer math class!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516373 Sat, 28 May 2005 02:48:52 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516213 kensavage : TRS 80 and I still have it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516213 Sat, 28 May 2005 02:09:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516172 steevio : Ahhhhhh.......
Once upon a time,in a far, far away land, there lived a puterprince by the name of Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K......and they all lived happily ever after........

Circa 1982
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516172 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:59:43 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516160 nbicomputers : does anybody remember the morrow? they called it portable(oh my aching back) it ran os2 built in screen.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516160 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:56:45 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516089 aztecnology : My first was an Apple IIc with a color 12" monitor. I can remember playing lemonade stand and carmen sandiego...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516089 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:42:42 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516054 puffdragon9s :
Commodore Vic 20 :) God bless it's tape cassette recorder
to save files.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516054 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:36:55 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516021 GeeTek1 : Color Computer original with 4 Kb Ram and cassette recorder cables. Would run out of RAM memory while learning to write BASIC code. Finally upgraded C-64 with a 5 1/4" floppy drive. What a luxury with tons of memory. All those games ! Still using the Commodore 64 now, even writing this post ! :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13516021 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:29:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515942 anon : Heh....

RCA Cosmac Elf with 128 bytes of ram and hex keypad with 2 digit hex display and a single output led.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515942 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:16:27 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515918 cbyrd : Vic 20 with the super bad tape drive :)

Later upgraded to a C128 with a 5 1/4 floppy, 1200 baud modem and an epic fastload cartridge! Like a dummy I sold it about 10 years ago for 300 bucks (yes I had enough software and hardware to justify that price and then some...all legit). I really wish I had kept it. Maybe I'll give the guy a call and see if he still has it.
--
I like to break stuff]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515918 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:14:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515890 Bryanhoop : 1st: Mac Classic (I played Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, and Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego for hours! I also hypercarded a lot and went online with 6400 baud modem to check our public library's card catalog).

~1993, 2nd: Packard Bell 166Mhz Pentium I running windows 3.1 and finally getting "online" with AOL. I would spend hours taking tours online using AOL which probably just took me to all their affiliate's sites. This machine crashed all of the time. I remember playing some mouse game and ski game a lot. Oh yeah, I just remembered that this windows 3.1 had some weird ass precursor to the win95 gui that was impossible to navigate through (and I think they called it navigator or something like that). It had a weird picture of an office that you clicked around on things to get to different areas of the gui. Could someone tell me more about this thing?

~1998, 3rd: Top of the line Dell XPS 450MHz Pentium II, 192 megs RAM, 12 Gig HD, running win98 Gold. I tweaked the hell out of this machine and I made it scream.

2004, 4th: Dell 2400, 2.66 Ghz Pentium 4, 768 Megs Ram, 256 MB GeForce FX 5200 PCI video, 60 gig HD + 12 Gig HD from prior system, Win XP

2004, 5th: HP ZT3000, 1.7 Ghz Pentium M, 512 Megs Ram, 60 Gig HD, ATI radeon 64 MB 9200, winxp]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515890 Sat, 28 May 2005 01:08:48 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515651 HappyBunny : First computer I ever worked on was a Macintosh Plus with 1.5 MB of RAM and an external 40 MB hardrive.

First one I bought was a Mac LCII with a whopping 4 MB of RAM and a 40 MB internal drive--whoo hoo!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515651 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:35:48 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515609 scareg : Sinclair Mk4 512 bytes ram (yes that is bytes as in 1/2k) direct programming via hex keypad on top.

Then a Sinclair ZX 80 followed by a ZX 81 then a Spectrum.

Acorn Atom then a BBC Micro 32k

First PC 386 SX33 then 486DX 40, 486DX2 66, 486DX2 80 Overclocked to DX2 100, Pentium 133, Pentium 233, Athlon 600, Athlon 1133, Athlon 1600+, Athlon 2800.

Current Athlon64 3400+]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515609 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:30:46 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515511 ape : 1.ZX spectrum
»users.ox.ac.uk/~uzdm0006/scans/speccy/

2. Comodore 64
used to tape games and programs of a radio broadcast

3. Amiga 500
BBS times

4. Pentium and AMD
internet times]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515511 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:17:49 EDT TRASH 80 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515435 xdeadhead : TRASH-80]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515435 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:07:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515425 anon : Osborne #2
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515425 Sat, 28 May 2005 00:05:36 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515101 insomx : lol]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515101 Fri, 27 May 2005 23:19:08 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515060 CtrlAltDel :
said by insomx :

Why is it in the garbage? Does it work?

It was a joke picture taken when I told someone I was buying a new computer and throwing the old one away. I still have it but it hasn't been turned on in over 20 years. Maybe it will be worth something as an antique someday.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13515060 Fri, 27 May 2005 23:14:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514996 ifarrell : 1) Sinclair ZX80
2) Sinclair ZX81
3) Sinclair Spectrum
4) Commodore 64
5) Atari ST
6) Commodore Amiga]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514996 Fri, 27 May 2005 23:04:30 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514860 CPM : I think it was my wang always stays up. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514860 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:46:19 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514847 CPM : Mine also was the atari 400. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514847 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:45:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514738 Delawaredrew : It was an Atari 512, yes that Atari company, in about 1985 it was a good midi capable machine and was easily connected to my casio keyboard. I thinkit was comparable to a Com 64. My current calculator is more powerful.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514738 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:30:33 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514737 minglis9031 : custom built(my first to build)
486/25mhz
8mb of ram
200mb hard drive
1mb pci video card
quad cd rom
5 1/4 floppy
3 1/2 floppy
Windows 3.11
24k usr external modem]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514737 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:30:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514615 Jeep07 : Tandy 1000 with 2 5.25" drives. Had a color monitor that worked awesome for kingsquest, spacequest and loadrunner, mid 80's.

The PC I really cut my teeth on came a bit later though and it was a Packard Bell 486 DX2 50 with 8mb ram. This was in about 92-93 timeframe.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514615 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:15:57 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514610 Leinie : 1995
Acer 486 DX4100
510mb HD]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514610 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:15:30 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514565 dfrandin : Wow! A trip down memory-lane... My first computer was a homebrew S100-bus system, w/ Z80 processor, 64kb ram, and 2 8" floppy drives. The i/o was one of the old skyblue ADS crt terminals, and a 300baud modem. It ran CP/m 2.2 .. I used that from about '84 until I built an 8088/Turbo XT w/10gb 5.25" Fullheight hard drive, and 640k in '87.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514565 Fri, 27 May 2005 22:09:26 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514238 David : Apple IIe all the way.. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514238 Fri, 27 May 2005 21:28:39 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514151 wxboss :
said by N10Cities :

said by wxboss :

Bought an Amiga 500 years later

God I loved (and still do!) the Amiga! That thing was so far ahead of it's time (multitasking OS, GUI, stereo sound, excellent graphics - in 1988!!). I shudder to think what the Amiga would be like now if Commode-door hadn't dropped the ball.... :huh:

It was a nice machine. Didn't they come out with an Amiga 1000 or something along those lines? I thought there were two different versions before it disappeared.

I remember the Amigas having an almost cult like following back then. There were quite a few loyal fans, but unfortunately it never really caught on. Almost like the Atari 1040s. I wanted one of those in a bad way :) but they didn't last too long either. Once the IBMs AT/XT/PS and their clones started catching on, it seemed like a lot of other manufacturers began to fade away.

It was a real fun time to be into computers. I think geeks were actually geekier back then than they are now....perish the thought :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514151 Fri, 27 May 2005 21:15:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514137 insomx : Why is it in the garbage? Does it work?
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»monctonhigh.ca]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13514137 Fri, 27 May 2005 21:13:46 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513820 Randy_E : That would be the Commodore 64 back in '82. First game was Fort Apocalypse, played using the cassette drive. Wish there was a site that maintains video game commercials from yesteryear - especially the Commodore ones.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513820 Fri, 27 May 2005 20:30:49 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513794 rexbinary : Apple //e :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513794 Fri, 27 May 2005 20:26:42 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513670 reslor1 : Does anyone remember Wang computers?
I believe there slogan was "My Wang never goes down!"
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513670 Fri, 27 May 2005 20:11:19 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513418 swsamurai : My First computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000. Loved that little thing. Complete with the membrane style keyboard. The first computer I ever worked on, however, was Punch Card system, no monitor, just stack of cards.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513418 Fri, 27 May 2005 19:35:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513320 Luvfishin : Commodore 128, 300 baud...perish the thought...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513320 Fri, 27 May 2005 19:23:39 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513273 uhlsla : Commodore VIC-20 as a Junior High grad present, and after that was a TRS-80 and many others after that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13513273 Fri, 27 May 2005 19:17:04 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512867 CtrlAltDel : This one's from around 1978. Hook it up to your TV, program it and save it on audio cassette. The good old days. :hmm:

Timex Sinclair 1000
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512867 Fri, 27 May 2005 18:22:59 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512434 anon : Mine was an Radio Shack Micro Color Computer AKA the MC-10
With 4k of ram, and I eventually bought the 16k module for it.

»personal.nbnet.nb.ca/mclays/trsmc10.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512434 Fri, 27 May 2005 17:26:13 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512174 jman0 : An Atari 800xl it came with 64k ram. Decided to upgrade to a whopping 256k which I had to actually desolder and solder in sockets for the ram. I remember saying to myself what will I do with all that memory???? By the way the floppy drive, I think it was like 150k cost about 350.00 back then.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512174 Fri, 27 May 2005 16:49:11 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512122 Omega :
compaq from 2000
600mhz amd athlon
30Gb HD
128MB RAM
16MB vid card.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13512122 Fri, 27 May 2005 16:39:50 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13511771 insomx : Commo 64. Fun games :) Still works!
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it was a commadore computer ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13511451 Fri, 27 May 2005 15:20:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13511223 tehsleeper : Commodore 64 playing fight simulator which took 45 minutes to load. And Mail Order Monsters. With a 32 oz. plastic cup of ice water on the power supply. And notching the 5.25" inch disks so i could flip 'em over and use the other side.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13511223 Fri, 27 May 2005 14:51:09 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510924 Drex_CS : Compaq Portable II
US$3499 - $4999
Intel 80286 @ 6 or 8MHz
256K - 640K
internal 9-inch monitor
monochrome, 80 X 25 text
MS-DOS 3.2

That thing was a beast... i'm not sure all the specs we had for it back then specifically.. i was only 2 when we got it, but i remember our next computer was a compaq as well.. purchased in 1994 :/ funny how replacing your computer ever 5 years now seems slow... 2 years more like it. (6 months if you want to be the best :D)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510924 Fri, 27 May 2005 14:11:44 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510773 Jigsaw : My very first real sort of computer was a ti994a.I think we paid something like a 1000 bucks for it to.It had a screaming fast Tape drive :).
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Still have the machine, still use it occasionally. After I retired it, my father used it in his classroom for many years as a game-playing reward for good kids. It even survived years of use that way.

*sigh* Atari made the best computers back in the day. Shame their management was so foolish.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510600 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:35:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510568 Wily_One : First computer I owned:
Apple ][+
1.024 MHz CPU
48KB RAM - upgraded to 64KB with the Language Card
5.25" (140KB) floppy drive - upgraded to dual floppies, woo!
I had an actual color monitor - no TV with RF modulator for this guy!

State of the art, circa 1979!

First computer I worked on in my occupation:
Burroughs B800 (minicomputer)
no video output
keyboard input, printed output (on greenbar paper!)
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510568 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:31:51 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510444 Bender_2k : An IBM PS/1, 80286, 1 MB RAM, 20 MB HD, integrated screen (why I dunno), 3.5" floppy, 2400 baud modem (used to take me onto the Toronto FreeNet back in the day). Runs some proprietary operating system from IBM (4 windows of choicse on bootup...kinda odd), but runs Windows 3.1 now.

Oh, and circa 1990 for $2000 or so.

And yes, still runs like a champ, but doesn't get much use now a days.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510444 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:17:41 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510434 pablo4 : Colecovision adam

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510434 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:16:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510388 anon : My first Computer was a Pentium 6 just released this year at clock speeds of 6.10 GHz and Bus speeds of 4.82 Ghz.

Specs include Digital Light Projection HPZ - Hyper Threading Zentec Technology.

Super fast - I got this from Intel directly as my uncle is assistant VP on board of directors.

Awesome Machine running Windows Longhorn. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510388 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:12:48 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510386 Wily_One : Never heard of that. The keyboard was built into the case of the Apple II, II+, IIe and IIc. (When the IIGS came out, it used a detached ADB keyboard.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510386 Fri, 27 May 2005 13:12:32 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510211 PC Telecom : Apple II+ Oh baby. Complete with the keyboards that used a telephone wire.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510211 Fri, 27 May 2005 12:52:05 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510190 2kmaro : Do "programmable" calculators count? They accept user input, they process the data and they provide output. They would seem to meet the requirements for being a "computer".

In that case, predating my TRS-80 Model I computer I would have to say my first computer was a Texas Instruments SR-52 and later a TI-59. Both could be attached to a thermal printer for a written output (yes, it would even do text). Both were about $300 in their day. The TI-59 even allowed you to save and load programs from chewing-gum sized magnetic strips. Without realizing it (I know I didn't realize it), users of those machines were programming in an assembly language:

STO 08
RCL 10
ADD
all from buttons on the calculator.
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said by Willy :

About 1986. Tandy 1000 with 128K memory and 2 5 1/4" floppy drives.

Doubled the memory to 256K for $200 then added a 20MB hard card for $800.

Tandy was super proprietary. You wanted to expand the system you had to buy Tandy and you paid through the nose.

It's the first and last Tandy.

My parents bought the same model for me around December of 86. I upgraded the memory by 128K to 384K.

I remember trying to upgrade the modem from 300 baud to I think was a 1200 baud model and could never get it to work.

it came with some king of a dot matrix printer that did not even have a form feed button.

It still sits in my basement, the floppy drive broke on it and can not even boot it anymore.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13510062 Fri, 27 May 2005 12:35:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509999 anon : My first was the VIC-20 with its mega amount of memory (4k). Much like the others I added the 16k memory cartridge and typed in many programs from my magazine subscription to Computes Gazette.

Next was the 128 and then an Amiga 500. I gave them away each time I upgraded. I really miss those things.

I switched to an Intel based system when the 486 was hitting the market.

My current system is something I threw together. P4-3.2, 1Gb memory, 320Gb hard drive, ATi x800 - you know, the basics.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509999 Fri, 27 May 2005 12:26:43 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509794 captokita : - My first PC was the TI99/4A from Texas Instruments -

Me too D4man, I loved that thing. It had a cartridge slot on it and I had some cool games for it. I remember Hunt the Wumpus. LOL!

I learned a lot of BASIC on it. The tape drive was cool in that you could play audio tapes over the tv while you played games like football.

My first PC was a Packard Bell 300CD. Whopping 66mhz pentium, 8MB RAM, 540MB HD, Win 3.11. Still runs today.

My first computer used in school was an Applw IIe - Also, an Acorn computer. Does anybody remember those? Had better color than the AppleII, at least it seemed that way in school, and ran Logo. Ah logo....... repeat 4 [fw 50 rt 90] or something like that. It ran in basic as well, but I did a lot of programming in Logo. Learned Pascal in high school on them.

»www.old-computers.com/museum/com···t=1&c=29

That's what the Acorn looked like.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509794 Fri, 27 May 2005 12:00:10 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509725 shdesigns : Heathkit H-8:

Had 56k of RAM
2 MHz clock (overclocked to 3Mhz)
Two 96k SSSD Hard-sectored floppy drives
CP/M
H-19 terminal.

Yes, that is 'k=kilo' and 'M=mega'. Funny how clock speeds are 1000x faster and RAM sizes have grown even more. But, we were happy with it as it did what we needed.

I still have it ;), threw out the terminal though.
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Embedded Systems Consultant, shenion on #ATU
»shdesigns.org
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1) TRS-80 Model I (Z-80 / 1.77 MHz)
2) IIGS (65C816 / 2.8 MHz)
3) Macintosh IIsi (68030 / 20 MHz)
4) Power Macintosh 8100/100 (PPC 601 /100 Mhz)
5) Generic PC (Pentium / 90 MHz)
6) Power Macintosh G3/233 DT (PPC 750 / 233 MHz)
7) Dell Dimension XPS T450 (P3 / 450 MHz)
8) Power Macintosh G4/1.0 DP MDD (2 x PPC 7455 / 1.0 GHz)
9) Dell Dimension 8400 (P4 / 3.4 GHz)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509668 Fri, 27 May 2005 11:44:12 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509549 rms01 : It was like »cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi···ohosting this, only it had a 100 mhz processor.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509549 Fri, 27 May 2005 11:32:25 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509500 cooperaaaron : What if..... Atari would have done things right ???? With the extertainment world at its feet, how big would they have gotten ????

What if... the Amiga gotten big ???

What if... there was no Microsoft ???

What if.........:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509500 Fri, 27 May 2005 11:27:08 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509425 d4man : My first PC was the TI99/4A from Texas Instruments. It had the tape recorder plugged into the back of it to save programs. I remember typing ALL DAY LONG a bunch of BASIC code just to make a stupid little guy dance on the screen. Pretty soon after that my dad bought me a Commodore 64 with the 1541 disk drive and a dot matrix printer. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509425 Fri, 27 May 2005 11:19:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509380 anon : At the time (around the time the Apple 2 came out), I couldn't afford a premade computer, so I wire-wrapped my own: Zilog Z8000 CPU (free sample when it was still in "beta"), 16K RAM, 512x480 monochrome display, home-brew OS with BASIC interpreter (hand-assembled and burned into EPROM, and it ran correctly the first time!).

How I miss those old home-brew days. :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509380 Fri, 27 May 2005 11:14:39 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509254 mystery905 : - Commodore VIC-20 with 4KB RAM, cassette tape storage, hooked up to a b/w television
- TI-99/4A with 16K RAM, cassette tape storage, hooked up to a b/w television
- Atari 800XL, with 1050 floppy drive (130K direct storage!), 300 kbps modem, letter quality then 9 pin dot matrix printer using the P:R Connection, hooked up to a colour television

then went into the world of IBM compatible PC's:

- 8086 10-Mhz XT compatible, with 512K RAM, 5 1/4" floppy, and 10MB hard drive, Atari amber 'tri-mode' monitor (CGA/EGA/MGA compatible)

numerous upgrades and replacements......

now I have:

- AMD Athlon XP Mobile Barton 2500 o/c to 3000 levels, 512MB RAM, 3 1/2" floppy, 160GB Maxtor IDE hard drive, MSI KT3 ULTRA2 mb, Nvidia GF4 Ti4200 128MB graphics card VIVO, 17" IBM flat CRT, Vortex PCI Sound card, LG 4163B DVD/CD writer/rewriter.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509254 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:58:50 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509183 AMDUSER : It was a old Northgate 286 with:
5 1/4 floppy disk drive-
No cd-rom /rw
100 MB HD
Maybe 4 Megs RAM
CGA graphics card
14' CGA monitor

It ran MS-DOS with some cheapo graphical shell that had menu support.
Best experiences: Playing tetris, and turning off the turbo (math co-processor) to slow down the pieces when they were coming down. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509183 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:48:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509147 DanB : TRS-80 Model III w TRS-DOS and CP/M. Came barebones for about $999 then we added more RAM and four 5.25 floppy drives (2 internal & 2 external). I think the drives were about $500 each.

I taught myself BASIC on that machine and eventually coded my first business application on it. Ran my repair shop off it doing billing and inventory control. I'd have all 4 disks working pulling code and database info.

I still have the beast in storage but I don't think it boots any more.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509147 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:44:28 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509063 pweegar : My first puter was a Commodore Vic-20. With a cassatte player, hooked up to my color TV. Loved that little guy... Moved on to a comm. 64. Played lots of games and got my first real taste of programming. Learned how to peek and poke memory. Would go into the local kmart and poke their demo so it would lock up..lol..

Firdt IBM compatible was a Sanyo 555. 2 51/4" floppies, and a color monitor! Compatible to the point it had an 8088 processor, but wouldn't run IBM softeware. Came bundled with Wordstar, Calcstar, etc. Cost $2,000. I had a friend who owned a small computer store. After I got it home I found that the keyboard had several keys mapped to DOS commands, including the format command. Yep, I formatted the boot diskette!!!! Thank goodness my friend copied a new diskette for me.

Then I joined the US Army and while in the service sold the Sanyo and bought a shiny new Atari 512 ST, with monitor. Played lo0ts of games. First game was Phantasy I.

Have owned many pc's since.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13509063 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:33:47 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508972 TheWickerMan : Showing my age here....

The first one I ever used was a TRS-80 Model III in junior high. 32K RAM, dual 5 1/4" floppy drives, built-in monochrome monitor, and a dot matrix printer. I learned programming and a few cool tricks on that one, including a fake "self-destruct" message that I set up to run when someone booted from a disc I had left behind. I found out a couple years later that someone actually fell for it. They told me it went something like this:

Someone put in the disc they found on the cart, and booted it up. The message "SELF-DESTRUCT FUNCTION ENGAGED" and a countdown appeared on the screen.

(To the teacher) "Oh my god! What do I do? What do I do?"

(Teacher, not falling for it) "Just hit break."

"It's not doing anything!" (I had set the program up to disable the break key.)

Countdown hits zero, and "HA HA HA" fills the screen.

Christmas '82, I got a TRS-80 Color Computer. 16K RAM, and a cassette recorder for saving programs. I stayed up half the night playing with that thing. The following Christmas, I got the memory upgraded to 64K. Sometime after that, I bought a low-end dot matrix printer for about $100, and a floppy drive for $300 (They had just come down from $350. Lucky me.) Never got a modem for it, but somehow my great-aunt still thought I was somehow using it to hack into other computers, like she had heard about kids doing in a lot of the news stories that were circulating around that time. At some point, I replaced it with a CoCo 3, which I still have in storage above my garage. As far as I know, it still works, although I haven't used it in over a decade.

I bought my first PC 10 years ago. It was a Packard Bell (I didn't know any better) with Win 3.1 (95 wasn't out quite yet), a 14.4 modem, 60 mhz Pentium processor, 420 mb hard drive, 8 mb RAM, and a 2X CD-ROM. Also picked up a color printer (you had to manually switch between the black and color cartridges) for about $300. The printer dropped in price by $100 a couple weeks after I bought it. I was not happy about that.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508972 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:23:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508910 Sumeet : Sinclair Spectrum 48K ======> 1983

Speccy forever!!!!!!!!!!

»www.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508910 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:14:37 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508901 Thran : I had an old 386 with a soundblaster 8. it ran dosshell and we got it from radio shack. if memory serves it was a tandy sensation]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508901 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:13:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508896 BigDaddy05 : The first computer I used was an IBM 1620 »www.columbia.edu/acis/history/1620.html. The first one I owned was a RCA Cosmac 1801 development system with 256 Bytes RAM and cassette interface.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508896 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:12:26 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508867 rollinraver : looking through here, i see a few commodore 64's, but what about vic-20's??? that one was great. with the "cassette" tapes you pushed play on and just waited for the program to load. ROFL it was great. ahhh, the good old days...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508867 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:09:04 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508839 fegul : I had an Apple IIe as a kid (complete with green monitor!) I loved that thing, and it's what got me so interested in computers.
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All the "kids" out there with their 3Ghz 1GB RAM machines have no idea what it was like in the early eighties - 20Mhz machines "smoked" and RAM was VERY expensive - but back then everything was raw code and ASCII graphics(no GUI) - Windows 1 was NOT as functional as it is now and was NOT a OS but a program you added to a DOS based system.
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10 poke 53280,0
20 poke 53281,0
30 poke 53280,1
40 poke 53281,1
50 goto 10

...walking away victorious in your coding death match...Look on peons, all must bow to my greatness... ;)

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Gentoo - It'll put hair on your chest and a beer in your hand - and that's just the ladies...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508801 Fri, 27 May 2005 10:01:37 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508720 orbit5 : The very first one was something called " A Computer in a Book" and it was literally a printed circuit board with leds and a kepad bound in a 3 ring binder with the manual. Strickly HexDex.
Next step up was an Atari 800 with the $525.00 floppy drive. (no cassette tapes for me!) I also got a 300 baud SUPRA modem that looked like it was built in someone's garage.
Oh the joy of typing in those endless basic programs from
Compute magazine and then run them and watch the cursor blink and blink cause you screwed up somewhere in the 4 pages of typewitten code that you copied by hand.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508720 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:50:47 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508566 nathill : Atari 400. Dot-matrix printer. Word processing. 300 baud modem.
Booted in seconds. Never crashed. Worked 100% of the time. No viruses. No spyware.
That's how I choose to remember it......]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508566 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:29:38 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508539 Andrew J : Texas Instruments TI-99/4A and I still have it.
»oldcomputers.net/ti994a.html
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First owned IMSAI 8080 »www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/imsai/ ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508487 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:14:10 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508457 mattmill : My first exposure to a computer was a friend's dad worked for the National Institute of Health in DC. He would bring home a terminal that we would hook the rotary dial phone up to the rubber cradle and play Star Trek on a roll of thermal paper. I remember how mad my friend's dad got one weekend when we used a whole roll of paper and he needed to do "real work" This was in the late 70's.

The first computer that I owned was a TI-99/4A with a cassette deck for storage. My friend and I would spend hours writing games in BASIC that were like those Atari 2600 space invaders type.

Wow, just thinking about all that and I went into Photography and he is an IT exec at a major US corp. I guess he took it more serious than me.

matt]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508457 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:07:41 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508454 yengec : A pong/tennis style video game console - I was only 3-4 years old, can't remember
Atari 2600 Video Game Console
Atari 800XL
Atari 130XE
Atari 1040STe
Intel 486 based 66MHz PC
Intel Pentium based 133MHz PC
AMD Based 450MHz PC
Intel Based 266MHz Notebook
AMD Based 1400MHz PC
Intel Based 400MHz Notebook
Intel Based 1200MHz Notebook
AMD Based 1800MHz (64 3000+) PC
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The Kim-1 6502 processor computer..

»www.old-computers.com/museum/com···=1&c=149

Yes it is just a board, but the ENTIRE computer was on this board, and it worked!!

1K of static ram!!!

I built the power supplies for it!!

I think I still have it somewhere...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508447 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:05:10 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508446 anon : Commodore Vic-20 with a tape drive first here, got a 16k ram expansion shortly after (3.5K just didn't leave much room for code, but it is amazing how much you could squeeze in there). Saved most of my programs on tape, still have some of the in a box.

Switched to a Commodore 128 later (although I am sure a Commodore 64 came along in the middle somewhere, but not for long)

I tell you, that 1 Mhz VIC-20 booted up and shutdown faster than my 3.0Ghz Intel today!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508446 Fri, 27 May 2005 09:05:04 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508363 MDColson : My first 'real' PC (excluding commodore which I also had) was a Zeos 386 with a 2400bps modem and a vga display. It was running the Geoworks operating system...

edit: Oh yeah, and it had a soundblaster sound card!

MDColson
»www.mdcolson.com

Geoworks
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508363 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:51:01 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508357 cork1958 : An IBM clone from 1997 with a 486DX cpu, 16MB memory, Windows 95, 3.02gb hd. Still in use today and runs just as good as the day I bought it. Has Windows 98SE on it now and 80MB memory. Cost $1300 then. I have since acquired 4 other systems for a total of less than that altogether!!
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it works but i think my 2nd floppy died too so it is somewhat useless now. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508336 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:47:01 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508329 CCafe : 8088 640K 2 5 1/4" FD no HD (it came later after a FD died) Makes you kinda long after the days when no heat sink or fan were required to run you cpu!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508329 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:46:18 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508298 ld2950 : A commodore Vic 20 then I graduated to a c64 and from that to a c128..Then a friend gave me an 8086 no name puter...The first computer I built was a 486/66 with an amd processor and I have benn hooked on amd ever since..:D
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I have to confess, I typed in every program in the manual. Perhaps even sadder: It's all still out in my garage, and probably more likely to boot than my old 486DX2 box.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508241 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:31:54 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508226 nokiatech : My first machine (other than a word processor my mother had) was a packard bell 60mhz pentium. It was a total POS. Ran windows 95. Don't remember any other specs. It had a 14.4k modem which was BLAZING at the time. I rocked on AOL with it. :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508226 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:29:27 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508115 anon : An old XT, I Loved it had dos 3.1 and a sales software package that still can NOT be beat ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508115 Fri, 27 May 2005 08:07:32 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508079 smoky_129 : commodore vic-20 :)

»oldcomputers.net/vic20.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13508079 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:55:54 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507988 moonpuppy : Atari 1200XL and 1010 cassette recorder. :D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507988 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:38:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507972 N10Cities :
said by wxboss :

Bought an Amiga 500 years later

God I loved (and still do!) the Amiga! That thing was so far ahead of it's time (multitasking OS, GUI, stereo sound, excellent graphics - in 1988!!). I shudder to think what the Amiga would be like now if Commode-door hadn't dropped the ball.... :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507972 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:34:01 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507932 N10Cities : The first computer I ever used was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model III (64kbyte RAM and 2 - 5 1/4 floppy drives!) in school. First machine I ever got at home was a TI-994A (they had just stopped production, so Mom got it cheap). First machine I ever bought myself was a Commodore 64.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507932 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:23:02 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507922 cupx2 : my first hmmm

has got to be this...
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Now my video card has more RAM than my first hard drive had storage space.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507912 Fri, 27 May 2005 07:18:22 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507842 spidey3 : Not technically "mine", but the first I ever worked on:

»www.columbia.edu/acis/history/pdp10.html
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507750 Fri, 27 May 2005 06:23:50 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507730 brydry : My step-father bought me a TI99/4?. A cool little machine in its day. Came with a cassette drive and a modem. I taught myself basic on that thing and even wrote a silly little game for it, and moon landing simulator... spent hours and hours on that program. My step father still has it and it still works.

The first machine I bought myself was whitebox made at a local shop. Pentium MMX 233mhz plus turbo boost, 2md video card, 32mb edo ram, 6.4gb hdd running win95. This machine could do it all. It had 2 edo ram slots, 2 sdram slots (yes, they could all be used at the same time) isa slots, pci slots and the m-b and bios even supported usb. Eventually it had 32mb edo ram, 128mb sdarm, 13.6 gb hdd and a 16mb video card. Still have that hdd, actually just gave it to my neighbor and works great like a wd caviar drive is supposed to.
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upgraded to a Pet 2001 when they came out. still have it along with printers and disk drives. all still work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507521 Fri, 27 May 2005 04:38:34 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507509 adelphiasux : TRS 80 (coco II)

I have an Apple II GS with all the original boxes and manuals sitting next to me though.. Anyone want it? LOL

bannanacomm:
»www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/SFN/ipcom/bancom.exe

»www.google.com/search?sourceid=n···nnanaCOM]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507509 Fri, 27 May 2005 04:32:33 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507409 ghostlisting : I remember in my teens, our family computer was a Packard Bell 486 with a 25 mhz processor . That machine cost our family over $2000. It had 4MB of ram,a 210 MB hard drive, and a bitchin 2400 baud modem. My brother and I used doublespace to get that puppy up to 420MB, but then the machine ran so %*()*@#%*(% slow it was terrible. Oh, and I spent half of my life on AOL going "A/S/L/pic?" ROTFLMAO. I had an AOL marathon that lasted for 15 or 16 hours.

I almost forgot, we actually had two of these machines..... The first one when I was playing a computer game, the mouse started smoking....?!! so we sent it back, and packard bell sent us another machine.

We thought we were in heaven once the AOL 4 disks came in the mail!!@UIO@# sdhjkg he he he!!!

One more thing..... Does anyone remember BannanaCOM??? That was hands down, the coolest comm program out there... I loved that program to pieces!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh bring back bannanaCOM!!!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507409 Fri, 27 May 2005 03:35:36 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507399 Mashiki : Vic 20 with tape drive. We even got the 16k RAM expansion cartridge so we could get that little bit of extra memory.

How I will never forget waiting for the commadore book to come in as a kid, and getting a new program to write out and record onto tape.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507399 Fri, 27 May 2005 03:30:09 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507365 oldhand : An IBM-610 that I bought for $50 in 1969 when a client company closed its doors. It was built sometime in the 1950s and used paper tape for entering the "program."

I had to get rid of it 2-years later. When I proposed to my future wife, she gave me a choice -- her or the computer. I made the wrong choice!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507365 Fri, 27 May 2005 03:18:27 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507342 outtatimeiii : Mine was a IBM 3270PC, a business class IBM XT pretty much. It was decked out from the factory, AMD D8088 4.77MHz, 640KB RAM, and CGA adapter was stock. It also got a 32MB Miniscribe hard disk in 1987. It also got a 1200 baud internal modem when they were cutting edge.

Of course, it was already way obsolete by the time I was old enough to use it LOL. It still served 10 years (yes, 10 LOL) as my primary computer. Who needed Windows 3.1 or 95 when you had MS-DOS 3.30, a BBS client, WordPerfect, Lotus 123, good games, etc :D.

I finally got a new computer in 1999, a K6-2 400 running Win98. Thats where my Windows hating began LOL.

The IBM still runs to this day, hard drive and all, which surprises a lot of people. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507342 Fri, 27 May 2005 03:09:56 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507284 anon : :)My first computer was a sinclair ZX81
1k memory no screen no disc was done with a tape recorder ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507284 Fri, 27 May 2005 02:54:57 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507249 MrClean132 : an 8086 XT, with DOS something.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507249 Fri, 27 May 2005 02:41:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507242 JollyStomper : Atari 800 w/the BASIC cartridge and some other kewl games (Defender, Pac Man, River Raid, etc...)

It's still at my Moms' house. It still works great...
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»www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/qx10/
My First Laptop
»www.xs4all.nl/~fjkraan/comp/px8/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507214 Fri, 27 May 2005 02:30:08 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507099 cosmicvoid : SWTPC (SouthWest Technical Prod Corp) 6800 running at 1 MHz !!, with 8 KB of ram. 1975.
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said by 53059959 :

man this is like the 20th lets discuss old computers thread ive seen lol. you guys are old

Wait a minute, let me get my bifocals, i don't think I'm reading this right.

:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13507095 Fri, 27 May 2005 02:05:48 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506960 Feanacar : Altair 8800

I go back a wee bit...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506960 Fri, 27 May 2005 01:34:30 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506926 Jay_Are : IBM PS/1 25MHZ with Windows 3.1, played countless hours of Microprose F-15 Strike Eagle III and Sim City 2000 on this bad boy.
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said by 53059959 :

man this is like the 20th lets discuss old computers thread ive seen lol. you guys are old

You'll have to lean closer and speak louder into my ear trumpet.
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I can't resist posting the first computer (just the interface) I ever used.
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Ron]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506838 Fri, 27 May 2005 01:08:24 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506806 cow116 :

this is my first computer that is truely mine and i dotn have to share. pentium 4 3.06ghz 533fsb, 2GB Ram (4x 512MB dual channel ddr 400) power color ati 9600xt ultra edition, sound blaster audigy 2 zs gamer edition, 2x western digital 80 gig hdds(one sata one eide) abit is7-e mobo. NEC dvd rom, samsung 48/24/48 cd burner. onboard nic on is7-e and a 3com 10/100 nic for redundant networking.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506806 Fri, 27 May 2005 01:02:23 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506763 Anonymous_ : my first computer was an (DELL) Intel pentium 1 166MHz it had a CD-ROM drive and a 3.5" floppy Running Windows 98SE it had a ATI Mach64 VT(64bit) i got it for free :D this was in 1999 128MB SDRAM

for internet i went to the Los Angeles Public Library it was a lot faster (high Speed at the time)

2 PC

Intel cleron (Northwood)2.0Ghz
64MB GPU

160GB hard drive
40Gb hard drive

3th computer

AMD athlon XP 2000+ (UNLOCKED to 2.4GHz 400 FSB
Nvidia FX5200 64bit 128MB
200GB
and 160GB (160GB for software installers) hard drive
i am planning on gettin two 40GB sata for it (raid)

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The Tandy has it's monster 20MB HDD which cost $700 back in the day... :)

-JR
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Next computer was Packard Bell pentium 75mhz with windows 3.1 and skifree was the game of choice. Then we got the upgrade cd to windows 95 this time i was about 9 years old.

Next computer was a pentium 2 350mhz with windows 98. At this time the thing was blazing fast and over 2 grand. It played doom 2 and quake 2 like a champ and schooled my buddy's pentium mmx 233.

Finally last year i built my "new computer" otherwise between 98-2004 i had to use the p2.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506634 Fri, 27 May 2005 00:37:07 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506602 coxta :
said by CurtesyFlush :

A Timex-Sinclair with a Radio Shack cassette drive and video out to a 10" Hitachi B&W TV I had salvaged out of an old pay for TV chair from an airport.

It was great to write and run BASIC routines on when I was a noob with the language.

Same here. I bought mine at what is now called Riteaid. I eventually bought an IBM PC with 128kb on the mother board and two floppy drives. At the time of purchase, I bought a 6-pack plus card (to give a total of 640 kb) and a Hayes 2400 baud modem.

The operating system at that time was a choice between 1.1 DOS or CPM-86.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506602 Fri, 27 May 2005 00:30:15 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506572 Tsume : My first computer had a 486DX processor by AMD, that's all I can really remember. After that I had a 75MHz Pentium, and then a 233 or 266MHz [cant remember] cheapo upgrade thingie by a no-name brand or something... then a K6/2 500MHz one, and then newer stuff.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506572 Fri, 27 May 2005 00:25:45 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506502 ravencajun : this thing
»www.cedmagic.com/history/osborne-1.html
1981: Osborne Portable Computer

The Osborne Computer was the brainchild of Adam Osborne, a well-known publisher of technical books in the early days of the personal computer. He wanted a computer with a built-in screen that could fit under an airplane seat, and the Osborne just met those criteria in 1981, albeit via a rather small 5-inch CRT. The screen displayed 52 characters, but could be shifted left/right to display longer lines of text. The Osborne was introduced at the West Coast Computer Faire in April 1981, and was also notable for being the first machine to come bundled with a suite of software that included BASIC, WordStar, and SuperCalc. The unit retailed for $1795 and had brisk sales of about 10,000 machines a month.

Other companies, most notably Compaq, jumped into the portable computer business, prompting Osborne to release the Osborne Executive model in 1983 (at which time the original was named Osborne 1). This unit had a 7-inch CRT and the same Z80 processor as the original, but an optional 8088 CPU card allowed it to run the MS-DOS operating system. But Osborne Computer Corp. was unable to manage itself effectively in its rapidly changing market from 1981 to 1983, and OCC declared bankruptcy on September 13, 1983.

My husband got 2 of those things. They were the hot item back then a truly portable pc. The screen on those things were so tiny you would go blind. I still had a lot of the floppies from it and cleaned house about a year ago and threw them out.

We had several other of the old systems from early 80s up to the HP Pavillions that I now use.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506502 Fri, 27 May 2005 00:16:25 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506417 MJimLay : This Thing...
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506417 Fri, 27 May 2005 00:04:37 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506324 theman23 : Got mine in 1997. It had a Cyrix (what the hell were my parents thinking?) 300mhz processor, 32 megs of RAM, 2 gig Hard Drive and 13" Monitor. Cost ~$500.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506324 Thu, 26 May 2005 23:54:03 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506169 Anti_Cyrix : In '95, for about $2k:
133 mhz pentium
16 meg EDO ram
1mb video by S3
sound blaster compatible sound card
6X cd rom drive
1.2 Gig WD HD
3.5" floppy
No modem (later bought a 33.6k)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506169 Thu, 26 May 2005 23:37:09 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13506024 CurtesyFlush :
said by 2kmaro :

Amazing how far we've come in 25 or 26 years.

I recall buying a 40mb HDD for my 386DX-40 and wondering how the hell I was ever going to fill that thing up with 1's and 0's.
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Later had Model III, 2 Radio Shack Color Computers, then later a Tandy 3000 and then moved off of Radio Shack/Tandy brand into generic desktops.

Amazing how far we've come in 25 or 26 years.
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Second computer an upgrade to a Mac SE; this time with a hard drive, woot!

Been using PCs ever since because of compatibilities with work.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505570 Thu, 26 May 2005 22:31:48 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505447 Newegg : I'm still using my first PC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505447 Thu, 26 May 2005 22:21:59 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505298 Hawk :
October 1986

CPU: not specified
RAM: 0.25 MB
HD: none
COST: $799

Radio Shack was a leader in PC compatible systems back then. (In fact, you probably have memories of using a Tandy TRS-80 at some point.) This is the 1000-EX. It supported MS-DOS, the popular text-based operating-system which the graphics-based Windows system was built upon.

Do you remember DOS from IBM? It competed with MS-DOS from Microsoft, just like OS/2 Warp from IBM did before Windows 95. In both cases, it's rather clear which history favored. Though, being available in limited quantities isn't always a bad thing.

Edit: If my memory serves me, that's "Deskmate" on the screen.
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My computing exposure and history is as follows (don't expect me to remember the dates)....
Com 64

Eventually went to the Commodore 128

Played Lemonade Stand on Apple IIs in school

Dad got a Atari 800 with a Cassette drive (while he bought it for legitimate purposes, the first games he bought got me hooked on PCs for good

Bought an Apple IIC (also bought a 3 1/2 drive..man that was cool- my favorite pc up to this point)

Bought an Amiga 500 years later

Bought some type of scaled down Compaq which served its purpose well

Currently have an Compaq AMD XP 2000+ (plan to hold on to this one for a while)

I still think some of my best experiences were using the Commodore and eventually the Apple to log on and surf to local BBSs! ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505214 Thu, 26 May 2005 21:53:44 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13505067 Owlbet : Started out in the early 80s doing manual accounting, then in 1983, my employer upgraded the accounting to computerized. I did accounts receivable on a TRS-80. I don't think it ever crashed although my boss at the time was forever restoring from a floppy as I was forever overwriting something...lol. I've never gone back to manual accounting. I got my first home PC for Christmas 1999, but it died of Klez and motherboard failure in May 2002. It was an HP that was replaced with my current computer, a Dimension 4500S Dell. When the HP died, I took anything that looked like a motor and proceeded to remove the copper. I was going to take apart the hard drive to see what it looks like, but lost interest. I still have the hard drive around here and run into it every once in a while. The monitor, keyboard, speakers & original mouse were given away. :D
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»oldcomputers.net/sorcerer.html
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Texas Instruments Pro PC (8088), 5MB disk,
DEC (Digital Equipment) PC (25MHz 486)
Many more since then -

Currently running 7 computers + 2 laptops.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503950 Thu, 26 May 2005 19:19:16 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503828 runnoft : Apple IIe, a graduation present in 1986.
Then an IBM 286, an office hand-me-down in the early 1990s.
The first computer I purchased, a Micron Pentium 200, around 1995. It was almost $3000. Eesh.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503828 Thu, 26 May 2005 19:04:52 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503759 CurtesyFlush : A Timex-Sinclair with a Radio Shack cassette drive and video out to a 10" Hitachi B&W TV I had salvaged out of an old pay for TV chair from an airport.

It was great to write and run BASIC routines on when I was a noob with the language.
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Doubled the memory to 256K for $200 then added a 20MB hard card for $800.

Tandy was super proprietary. You wanted to expand the system you had to buy Tandy and you paid through the nose.

It's the first and last Tandy.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503398 Thu, 26 May 2005 18:09:20 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503187 DanHo : My first computer was a Commodore 64. The first computer that I actually purchased myself was a Mac PowerPC.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503187 Thu, 26 May 2005 17:44:35 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503163 Epyon9283 : My first was an AT&T 8500 plus. 286, 2mb ram, 21mb hdd. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503163 Thu, 26 May 2005 17:42:38 EDT Re: Your first computer http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13503128 Weirdal : when I was 4 I think (1994) my family got a computer, I remember it had windows 3.1 and that a couple years later I was addicted to the game 'mouse' on it

I dont remember anything else though, we didnt have it long :p
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3.5 mhz processor (stock was 1 mhz)
2 - 5.25" diskette drives
1 - 3.5" diskette drive
80 column video card
"language" card (with 16 KB of RAM)
128 KB RAM card
Grappler printer card
Epson MX-80 F/T printer with a 256 KB buffer inside it.
Apple color monitor
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The 233 MHz Pentium CPU, 32 MB of RAM and 3GB HD didn't last as long as they predicted :)

I still have the machine out in the garage.
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64K and 300 baud modems...those were the days:D

Okay, list your first rig and any fond memories you might have of it.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13502975 Thu, 26 May 2005 17:23:42 EDT