Your first Computer

Trooper · 11-08-2006, 12:47 AM

I was chatting about this with a friend and we where just amazed in how much technology and the price of computers. My families first PC was a Packard Bell. Intel 133
32megs ram in 4 sims
2 gig hd but for an extra 200bucks my dad got the extra 2 gig.
It had the best 15" monitor

And our first game was the flight sim with windows 3.1 and navigator

My dad paid $2500 for that beast. 4 months after we got it the monitor turned green just like the Packard Bell monitors where known to do.

Any one else remember your first machines?

Black_V!per · 11-08-2006, 12:52 AM

Apple iMac G3 with 64Megs of ram 5Gig Hdd and an Intel 400Mhz proc... I was like 9 when i got it, and i hate the mouse.

My dad's old commodore 64 was the first computer that I saw though, but i was practically a baby.

boudreux · 11-08-2006, 01:01 AM

It was a no-name box put together by our neighbor. An old "eight-eighty". I played 5.25 floppies of Larry vs. Bird, and Conflict. Try playing Conflict now, and it's still awesome. I have the floppy framed in my office. My first real computer was a Compaq Presario 486. I played lots of Streetfighter on that, with all 8 3.5 disks that it came with

Those were the days. Anyone else waste a lot of time on Online BBS's?

**sordavie** · 11-08-2006, 01:02 AM

My first computer was a Zenith 286. I think the cpu ran at 8mhz It had no hard drives and two 5.25" floppy drives. You'd have to boot the computer from a floppy disk, and run your program off another. The monitor was 12", yellow on black. The next was a 386, with a 40MB HD and 2MB RAM. My dad and I upgraded it years later to a 486, running at 40mhz, with a 500MB HD and 16MB RAM and a 1xCD-ROM drive.

RocketPunch · 11-08-2006, 01:39 AM

Atari 600 XL, and I got a disc drive for it.

marstein · 11-08-2006, 02:51 AM

Commodore 65 with self-build adapter for cassette tape recorder.
Later floppy drive.

Then the Atari ST with HD!

PC only with a usable CPU; i.e. 386 & System V Unix.

Beatnik · 11-08-2006, 03:32 AM

I think my first "computer" was a Texas Instruments 9000. It was more a game machine, but I think I remember doing simple programs on it.

The one after that was a big upgrade to a Tandy 1000 (I think), with a 40 meg hard drive, a 286 processor, two 20 meg partitions (one for my dad, one for me) and I think a couple megs of RAM. I had a lot of games and still couldn't imagine filling the 20 megs up.

I ran a tiny BBS called Deathtongue (bonus points to who knows what that's named after) and wasted countless hours playing Global War on various WWIV BBSes. Good times.

**CingularDuality** · 11-08-2006, 05:17 AM

Commodore VIC-20

phaze · 11-08-2006, 11:46 AM

Spectrum ZX81

Z80A Microprocessor clocked at 3.25MHz.
1K RAM
8K ROM containing BASIC.
A single ULA for all I/O functions.
3.5mm cassette tape interface for loading/saving programs.
UHF output for display on a TV set.
9v DC power supply

That thing powered a great little flight sim.

Those were the days

DigitalAssassin · 11-08-2006, 12:08 PM

Tandy Color Computer with the huge external floppy when it was available. Until then, the good 'old cassette to play Taxi Cab.

**TG_Bubba** · 11-08-2006, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CingularDuality

Commodore VIC-20

Same here.

**Dick Blonov** · 11-08-2006, 12:28 PM

1978: TRS-80 color computer. Paid 780$ CDN

DB

**kin3** · 11-08-2006, 12:54 PM

Commodore 64 then a Packard Bell 25 Intel 25
16megs ram. 20 mb hard drive I think. Played CIV 1 on it.

Then moved to a Dell 133 for Age of Empires I think. This baby really rocked in its day.

**Wimpinator** · 11-08-2006, 01:45 PM

Commodore 64. I upgraded by adding a cassette tape drive and then later to a 5 1/4" floppy. The next machine was an 8088 with a 5 1/4" floppy and a monochrome monitor. After that we got a 286 with 4 megs of ram. I spent HOURs on BBS's on that old 286.

**gunjunkie** · 11-08-2006, 02:26 PM

Sinclair ZX-80, Sinclair Spectrum 48k, C64 with 1651 DD, Amiga, PCs of various descriptions.