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What were your first computers???
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My first family computer was an 8088 - we overclocked it from 6 to 8 Mhz. Don't remember the other specs on it (as I was a toddler). Obviously running some version of DOS.
First computer that I bought was a used toshiba laptop - 20 Mhz 386.
And my first mac was a 700 Mhz iBook for college.
First computer that I bought was a used toshiba laptop - 20 Mhz 386.
And my first mac was a 700 Mhz iBook for college.
- Apple //e - Apple DOS 3.3
- Commodore 128D - Commodore BASIC, CP/M, GEOS
- PC-XT+ Clone from Tandy (upgraded with NEC V30 80186 clone processor!) - MS-DOS 3.3-6.x
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My Dad didn't want a computer, so it wasn't until around 1999, a friend of the family then built us our first computer to get us into computing, and it later crashed for good in early 03. specs on that thing I dunno but it was a dinosaur.
Our first computer was a 486 clone of some sort on Windows 3.1 in 1993. Pretty good specs for the time. This iMac I'm using now is the first computer I bought with my own money. 
My first was a Commodore 64 when I was about 14 or so. I was crazy jealous a few years later when one of my Commodore using friends upgraded to an Amiga. I love those things. My next computer was a 386 I used in college.
First computer programmed: IBM 1620, Cass Technical High School, Detroit, MI, 1971. Punch card input.
Second computer programmed: IBM 360/67, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1972. Punch card input.
First computer owned (and built, from a wirewrap kit, based on a Radio-Electronics article): Mark-8, 1974. Front panel input.
First computer designed/built from scratch: MOS Technology 6502-based system, wirewrapped for an early gas pump project. 1975. Don't think the Steves had ever seen a 6502 when we got ours - it was a prototype with a glued-on lid. Went to the factory and met with Chuck Peddle. Trivia fact: there's a empty in one corner of the original 6502 silicon. It was there to accommodate an electrical outlet on the designer's wall. The pencil drawing took-up the entire wall, but he needed to be able to use the electrical outlet, so...
Second computer programmed: IBM 360/67, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1972. Punch card input.
First computer owned (and built, from a wirewrap kit, based on a Radio-Electronics article): Mark-8, 1974. Front panel input.
First computer designed/built from scratch: MOS Technology 6502-based system, wirewrapped for an early gas pump project. 1975. Don't think the Steves had ever seen a 6502 when we got ours - it was a prototype with a glued-on lid. Went to the factory and met with Chuck Peddle. Trivia fact: there's a empty in one corner of the original 6502 silicon. It was there to accommodate an electrical outlet on the designer's wall. The pencil drawing took-up the entire wall, but he needed to be able to use the electrical outlet, so...
For me I started for with a
TRS-80 computer, then moved on to an IBM-PC At some point I also acquired a Mac SE, technically was a hand me down from my then father-in-law.
I didn't get completely serious with the Mac until the Bondi-Blue iMac came out and then I was hooked
TRS-80 computer, then moved on to an IBM-PC At some point I also acquired a Mac SE, technically was a hand me down from my then father-in-law.
I didn't get completely serious with the Mac until the Bondi-Blue iMac came out and then I was hooked
My first computer. I do have some regrets, as when I bought my first Mac (Classic) there was no way to transfer my data files (except those I could print out and re-enter) and no way to transfer my games.
so many commodore users out there..
10 poke 53281,0
20 poke 646,7
30 print "Hello Macrumors! ";
40 goto 30
run
10 poke 53281,0
20 poke 646,7
30 print "Hello Macrumors! ";
40 goto 30
run
C64, cassette drive, a very slow 9:9 dot-matrix printer. Later upgraded my cassette drive with a 5 1/4 inch single-sided floppy drive.
It got me through high school and my first 2 years of college. The Tandy 1000 I bought to replace it was a piece of junk.
It got me through high school and my first 2 years of college. The Tandy 1000 I bought to replace it was a piece of junk.
My first computer was an AST Pentium 60 MHz PC from Circuit City. Was just before my sophomore year at university. Had a whopping 540 MB hard drive, 8 MB RAM, 1 MB video card, and a CD-ROM drive!
First family computers that I remember:
Vic-20
Commodore 64
The first computer that I purchased with my own money:
2006 iMac Core Duo 2ghz
All of my other Macs, before that, were purchased for me.
Vic-20
Commodore 64
The first computer that I purchased with my own money:
2006 iMac Core Duo 2ghz
All of my other Macs, before that, were purchased for me.
First family computer (which was mostly mine anyway) was a no-brand-name 386SX/33 with 1MB of RAM and a 40MB hard disk in 1993. I upgraded that thing a few times with an additional 1MB RAM, a 1MB videocard in place of the old 256KB one and so on. While the original motherboard was traded in on a Cyrix 486 later on, the original case lasted until around 1999 when I finally got rid of Pentium 166 with AT supply for a PII 350 with ATX supply.
i think the poke 646 was to change the color of the cursor and the poke 53281 was to change the color of the background screen.