What was your first computer?

refractory · Post by **refractory** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:05 am

Mine was a commodore 64. Had Q-Link with my 2400 baud modem!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:07 am

Timex Sinclair 1000 with a 16K ram expansion module. Then I moved up to the Commodore Vic-20 and then the Commodore 64. I then got out of the computer scene for a few years and around the summer of '94, I bought a 486 SX33 and have had a progressively better PC ever since then

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:10 am

Old Atari, probably the 800XL (not sure if I had an earlier one). Complete with a BLAZING FAST 300 baud modem. For the few things I could use it with at that young age, it was cool to see stuff download AS FAST AS you could read it...

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:11 am

I had an apple thing when I was 12

then I got a p75 when I was older

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:12 am

When I had my vic-20, I had a 300 baud modem and my very first experience with the internet. Dialed into compuserve around 1984. Quite a new experience back then to use a home computer connected to another computer and be able to talk to someone else via keyboard

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:14 am

pentium 75mhz
8mb ram
cirus logic on board PCI video card
14.4k modem/crappy sound card, all in one card.
4x CD rom drive.
1 gig hard rive
windows 3.1 with free windows 95 upgrade by mail
Packard bell

sitting right next to me.. upgraded to:
133mhz
2 gig hard drive
72mb ram
no modem or sound card
USB
network card 10/100
zip drive (no cd rom anymore)
same video (on board)
running windows 2000.. its my printer server

I'm going to put winows 2000 advanced server on it later

edit:

just yesterday i saw the reciept for this comptuer.. we bought it as a package deal with a monitor, computer, and printer
comptuer was 1600
15 inch monitor was 250
printer was like 350 i think (cannon BJC-4000)
181 dollars tax

quite teh expensive!

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:16 am

the first system i ever used was my folks' (original) IBM PC. a little bit later, i got an apple ][c when they first came out. i was 14 at the time.

anybody remember Broderbund's Lode Runner? or the original Zork? or the original Ultima or Wizardry? those were really cool games!

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:19 am

I think that was the computer I got at best buy in like 1994 or 1995

eddiec · Post by **eddiec** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:20 am

This piece of crap was a 486 before I "upgraded" to a 300 w/ 96 meg o' ram. I have the need for speed, but my family has the need for feed. I hate being so self-sacrificing!
*Pats self on back; dislocates shoulder.*

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:23 am

Originally posted by ~Annalysa~
I think that was the computer I got at best buy in like 1994 or 1995

yup, got it at best buy also in like 94 or 95... i think it was 95

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:24 am

Originally posted by Faust
the first system i ever used was my folks' (original) IBM PC. a little bit later, i got an apple ][c when they first came out. i was 14 at the time.

anybody remember Broderbund's Lode Runner? or the original Zork? or the original Ultima or Wizardry? those were really cool games!

I used to play those all the time on the Apple IIs we had at high school! Lode Runner was fun, but I really loved all those infocom games like Zork I, II, & III, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, & Ultima I, II, & III...everything played off of a floppy - no hard drives back then

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:31 am

I used to play those all the time on the Apple IIs we had at high school! Lode Runner was fun, but I really loved all those infocom games like Zork I, II, & III, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, & Ultima I, II, & III...everything played off of a floppy - no hard drives back then

heck yeah! remember those RAM cards used for duping copy-protected games? just load the entire disk into a RAMcard, and copy all day long! or what about Beagle Brothers? ring any bells?

(*sigh*) "maaaaammories"... err, i mean "meeeemories"

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:34 am

Originally posted by MMC
pentium 75mhz
8mb ram
cirus logic on board PCI video card
14.4k modem/crappy sound card, all in one card.
4x CD rom drive.
1 gig hard rive
windows 3.1 with free windows 95 upgrade by mail
Packard bell

almost same
except P60
540mb HDD
and no Win 95 up.

before that we had an Amiga...

drdoug99 · Post by **drdoug99** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:35 am

ENIAC was my first computer

Paft · Post by **Paft** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:39 am

Tandy 1000.

*waits for laughter to stop*

Ya, ya. I know. I got some fun outta it tho! Zork!!

Never did beat it.

TEH WIN · Post by **TEH WIN** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:39 am

i tell you i love my little packard bell...

CoolJ · Post by **CoolJ** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:41 am

PI 60Mhz
64MB ram - I still got it. What a beast!

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:42 am

Magnavox oddesy. I think my cell phone has more power than that thing....lol.

kneemeister · Post by **kneemeister** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:53 am

First was the Atari 800xl, tape drive and 300bps modem, it shure beat walking to the Computer Center, fighting for a terminal, loading the FORTRAN and waiting in the printer room for the output. Now I could sit in the dorm room, dial in and by the time I got to the Print room the Output was already in the bin.- Gee, I miss batch run programing, not.
Second was a Laser 128, a clone of the Apple IIc, great little machine, used it last two years of college. Dad tossed both of these last year, Never leave anything for Dad to find, if its not his its junk.

Third 486 SX33

And afterthat, I cant count, The one I have now I have had the longest in a long time, almost 9 mos.

CiscoKid · Post by **CiscoKid** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 1:56 am

First REAL computer was a Commodore V20, then a Commodore 64. NO PC FOR YEARS then in 96, had a few hndred to blow so I got a 486DX at 66 Mhz before upgrading it to a P75

Zmoney · Post by **Zmoney** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 2:20 am

Originally posted by BIGJIMSLATE
was cool to see stuff download AS FAST AS you could read it...

ROFL....thats insane...

August · Post by **August** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 4:14 am

My first computer is my P2 375. Iv'e had it for a while now.
I getting my bf P3 1gig verry soon. He of corse gets the new one. And his son can have this one.

Dunster · Post by **Dunster** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:07 am

Originally posted by refractory
Mine was a commodore 64. Had Q-Link with my 2400 baud modem!

That is exactly the same computer I had. I was actually jealous of the people who had Commodore 128s

I remember dialing into bulletin boards and thinking it was sooooo cool. I even made my own bbs. I remember thinking of ways to get my parents to add a second phone line so I could run it.

arkie · Post by **arkie** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:34 am

My first:

1997, IBM Aptiva, 32 RAM, 4.3 HD --------- and I was 61.

US Grant · Post by **US Grant** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:42 am

Originally posted by MMC
i tell you i love my little packard bell...

ah yes, packard bell, those were the days, I still have mine somewhere, still worked a few months ago, heh all the parts are so old and proprietary ive never had any use for them so i never took any parts out

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:47 am

Atari 800XL. And the swank cassette drive that you could get with it. I think I was 12.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:53 am

Originally posted by Noevo
Atari 800XL. And the swank cassette drive that you could get with it. I think I was 12.

Jeez...HOW MANY PEOPLE here had 800XL's, or other similar Atari models?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 11:06 am

IBM model 70 20mhz 386

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 12:59 pm

My first computer was a Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer.
My best friend had a Vic-20 and we'd rewrite each others programs (Basic) so we could run them on our own machines.

6809E CPU @.89 mhz
4k ram
16k cartridge slot for games and programming editors etc.
TV instead of a monitor 256x192 4 color display
300 Baud modem for the BB's (no internet back then)
Built in 2k rom for Basic
No manual for over a year (boy that was fun !!)
No drives, not even a floppy for a year or so.
Upgraded it to 16k ram and 4k rom for Extended Basic and Disk controller when I got the floppy drive.

If I poked memory location 65495 with a 0, I could make that CPU smoke @ 1.78mhz

Only for math calculations though

21 years old and still running like a brand new PC

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 1:01 pm

First computing Device (that's what i'll call it lol)

Comadore 64, I barely remember it though, i was HELLA young and it was my neighbors

It had a tape loading thing, we played some games, that's all i used it for.

Oh and he also had an Atari we played with.

Then my next REAL computer that we owned in our house was a Packard Bell 386sx 16Mhz with 1MB of ram and a 20MB hard drive, it had Windows 3.0 yes 3.0 but would hardly run cause of the ram. I learned all about it though and when we got it upgraded to 4MB of RAM that's when i knew computer hardware and stuff was my future

Then our next one was a 486sx 25Mhz with 8MB of RAM and a larger hdd no cdrom though. That is the computer i did my FIRST upgrade on, i put in sound card and a cdrom drive! THAT WAS NEATO.

Then our next real computer was a state of the art Pentium 75Mhz 16MB RAM, 800MB hdd, Windows 3.1 computer, we got it when the first P75's came out, and THAT is the computer that brought me into 3D gaming, cause it had Decent ShareWare on it which got me into that type of gaming.

then it kept goin from there... i could write a book on it all lol

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 1:05 pm

commodore 64.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:16 pm

486 DX 33 Mhz
4 Megs of Memory
1 meg video card
330 mb Hard drive
1 3 1/2 inch floppy
1 5 1/4 inch floppy
Keyboard, microsoft mouse
14" CTX Monitor

Windows 3.1/Dos 6.0

ace · Post by **ace** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:44 pm

486 packard hell 66mhx with 8mb ram. still have it an it runs 3.1 like a charm.

funky · Post by **funky** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:45 pm

I think it was 4 years ago, a amd k-5 333mhz with 64 mbs of ram.

fastspaz · Post by **fastspaz** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 8:43 pm

25mhz 486sx
5inch floppy and a regular floppy disk drive
no sound card, or video card
no modem
0.3 gig hard drive (300,000,000)
2 megs of memory
it was great.

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 8:54 pm

MY FIRST COMPUTER WAS AN AMD!!!

...and gawd how that thing sucked...

Compaq presario 860CDS
AM486(r) Processor @ 50mhz
8mb RAM
325 MB Conner Hard Disk
SoundBlaster 16 with SCSI
2x SCSI CD-ROM
Integrated Cirrus Logic 1MB Video
Windows 3.1 with Xerox TabWorks
NEC MultiSync 3V Monitior

This wasn't the first computer I used, however, at my school we had 3 Vic-20's ... cartrige and tape based games

Jesse23 · Post by **Jesse23** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:03 pm

Acer Aspire
266 mhz
32 megs ram (upgraded to 256)
4 Meg vid card (voodoo 3)
56k Modem
8 gig hd

Banshee · Post by **Banshee** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:13 pm

packard bell (the one i'm tryin to fix up):

P 233mhz
2GB hd
32mb ram
onboard/crap audio & video
crap-o cd rom
floppy
Win 95

ExarKun · Post by **ExarKun** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 11:48 pm

I had a Trash 80 from Tandy and an very rare Hitachi MB-6890

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Wed Jan 16, 2002 12:46 am

On Topic.
The first was a Commodore VIC 20.

Off Topic. (sorry, got carried away with the moment)

followed much later by an Ipex 386 (new)

an Osbourne 486 (secondhand ex .Gov) that has gone to the grandkids.

Now we have an Acer Aspire P2 minitower,
an Acer P2 laptop
and an AMD Duron my son built from scratch,
all competing for space in one small ex-bedroom-now-study with the bookcases, printer, fax machine, filing cabinet and whatever else inhuman that needs a home.
(Son walks out

)

Croc.

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