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What were your first computers???
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Kebabselector
macrumors 68030
Same here, bought one on ebay for £5 a few years back (my old one expired around 1984). Not got round to testing it yet.
Amstrad, of some sort.. tape deck, green screen, of the likes:
Was brilliant. I used to play this game called Cauldron (loaded off a cassette tape). Took what, a good few minutes to load it of the cassette. Great times though! You were this witch that flew along on a broom stick etc!
There was a few other games I had for it, but I can't remember what. I'll see if my old man still has the unit floating around somewhere.
Was brilliant. I used to play this game called Cauldron (loaded off a cassette tape). Took what, a good few minutes to load it of the cassette. Great times though! You were this witch that flew along on a broom stick etc!
There was a few other games I had for it, but I can't remember what. I'll see if my old man still has the unit floating around somewhere.
bagelche
macrumors 6502
Atari 800XL, tape drive for my rudimentary programs, and a centipede cartridge.
Then 8088 clone w/ 2 360k floppies. boot DOS, switch disks, load WordPerfect, joy. I heart reveal codes. Switching off turbo because 10Mhz just too fast for playing Bouncing Babies--4.77 all the way.
I remember buying my first 286 motherboard--speed! I was out of college before I finally lost the 360k floppy drive, the last holdover in the perpetual upgrade--a pentium machine at that point.
Then 8088 clone w/ 2 360k floppies. boot DOS, switch disks, load WordPerfect, joy. I heart reveal codes. Switching off turbo because 10Mhz just too fast for playing Bouncing Babies--4.77 all the way.
I remember buying my first 286 motherboard--speed! I was out of college before I finally lost the 360k floppy drive, the last holdover in the perpetual upgrade--a pentium machine at that point.
dXTC
macrumors 68020
First used: Apple IIe in high school (circa 1985).
First purchased, 1993: Quantex 486DX-33, 4 MB RAM, 400 Gb hard drive in a baby AT case. It had an OPTi MAD16 FM sound card and a Sony CD-ROM; this was before ATAPI became the standard optical drive connector. I upgraded it with more RAM, a Pentium-83 "Overdrive" CPU which I later transplanted to another computer, and a Turtle Beach Monterey sampler/soundcard (my first piece of serious music production hardware). I used it for years-- even after getting a more powerful PC-- until the soldered-on CMOS battery leaked and dissolved several circuit traces. I salvaged a lot of the bits and pieces; the Pentium-83 is now inside an AST Advantage 575, the Monterey is carefully packaged in case I ever find a suitable older computer to put it in, and I have the old Cirrus Logic VL-Bus video card in a box somewhere (mainly for nostalgia).
First purchased, 1993: Quantex 486DX-33, 4 MB RAM, 400 Gb hard drive in a baby AT case. It had an OPTi MAD16 FM sound card and a Sony CD-ROM; this was before ATAPI became the standard optical drive connector. I upgraded it with more RAM, a Pentium-83 "Overdrive" CPU which I later transplanted to another computer, and a Turtle Beach Monterey sampler/soundcard (my first piece of serious music production hardware). I used it for years-- even after getting a more powerful PC-- until the soldered-on CMOS battery leaked and dissolved several circuit traces. I salvaged a lot of the bits and pieces; the Pentium-83 is now inside an AST Advantage 575, the Monterey is carefully packaged in case I ever find a suitable older computer to put it in, and I have the old Cirrus Logic VL-Bus video card in a box somewhere (mainly for nostalgia).
Really cool stories, thanks..!
In fact, I still play some great IIGS games on my Mac via Bernie II The Rescue (on my iBook G3) or Sweet 16 (on my iMac). To be honest, I haven't seen up to these days a better Arkanoid port than that of the IIGS...simply fantastic work by Taito!
Not to mention the IIGS's sound capabilities...still unsurpassed for a personal computer, in my opinion...what a GREAT machine back then.
And yep, I also had my fair share of fun with the Amiga 500, the Sinclair Spectrum (TK90x in Brazil) and MSX (Expert in Brazil), all of them owned by relatives or friends...ah, the good times..! 😉
In fact, I still play some great IIGS games on my Mac via Bernie II The Rescue (on my iBook G3) or Sweet 16 (on my iMac). To be honest, I haven't seen up to these days a better Arkanoid port than that of the IIGS...simply fantastic work by Taito!
Not to mention the IIGS's sound capabilities...still unsurpassed for a personal computer, in my opinion...what a GREAT machine back then.
And yep, I also had my fair share of fun with the Amiga 500, the Sinclair Spectrum (TK90x in Brazil) and MSX (Expert in Brazil), all of them owned by relatives or friends...ah, the good times..! 😉
Vic 20: 1 MHz processor with 3.5K of free memory.
No tape drive for the first few months. I would type in programs from magazines, and then leave it on overnight so it would still be there. Eventually got the tape drive...
Fell in love with text adventures with some Scott Adams text adventures on cartridge.
Next C-64: that I used with the tape drive for about a year. Some games took 30 minutes to load! Then I got the nasty 1541 floppy.
Next C-128: Didn't end up being much more than a C-64.
Next Amiga 1000: this was absolutely mind blowing for its day. I still have it.
Next: The end of the Commodore run; my first x86 machine, a 486. From local clone shop. Chose parts got it partially assembled. Been on this road since.
No tape drive for the first few months. I would type in programs from magazines, and then leave it on overnight so it would still be there. Eventually got the tape drive...
Fell in love with text adventures with some Scott Adams text adventures on cartridge.
Next C-64: that I used with the tape drive for about a year. Some games took 30 minutes to load! Then I got the nasty 1541 floppy.
Next C-128: Didn't end up being much more than a C-64.
Next Amiga 1000: this was absolutely mind blowing for its day. I still have it.
Next: The end of the Commodore run; my first x86 machine, a 486. From local clone shop. Chose parts got it partially assembled. Been on this road since.
Cynicalone
macrumors 68040
christ347
macrumors newbie
My first computer (PC) was Intel 100 MHz CPU (Not MMX), 32 MB of RAM, 4XCD-ROM Drive, Soundcard, speaker, 1MB of Cirrus Logic Display Card, 1.44 MB FDD and 1.2 MB FDD both, i had purchased it when i was in college around in 1980's while doing my graduation. I have learnt a lot of things from it.
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Synchromesh
macrumors 6502a
A 100MHz Intel consumer CPU even in 1989 was out of the question. According to wiki the first 486DX4 capable of 100MHz showed up in early 1994. So you are thinking mid-90s, not 80s.
Mousse
macrumors 601
The Pickett N600-ES Speed Rule. My dad gave it to me when I started Jr High. He had used it while he was in high school.
As for my first digital computer: The Tandy TSR-80.
As for my first digital computer: The Tandy TSR-80.
CylonGlitch
macrumors 68030
My first computer :
The original Compaq Suitcase computer!
4.77MHz,
256k RAM
Dual 5.25" 360k floppies
7" green CRT display
that's about it.
Loved that little machine. Purchased it the DAY it was released, it had a serial number UNDER 1000.
The original Compaq Suitcase computer!
4.77MHz,
256k RAM
Dual 5.25" 360k floppies
7" green CRT display
that's about it.
Loved that little machine. Purchased it the DAY it was released, it had a serial number UNDER 1000.
roadbloc
macrumors G3
2004-2006: 2nd Hand Toshiba Satellite, Pentium II, 64mb RAM, Windows 98. I liked it.
2006-2009: 2nd Hand eMachines, Pentium 4, 1GB RAM, Windows Vista. I hated it.
2009-?: Apple MacBook, Late 2008 model, 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard. It's great.
2010-?: Pile of rubbish Gaming Rig that I am going to improve. Bought it for £25 when I sold my PS2. It can only play Minesweeper atm, but I'm gonna get a new motherboard for it.
2006-2009: 2nd Hand eMachines, Pentium 4, 1GB RAM, Windows Vista. I hated it.
2009-?: Apple MacBook, Late 2008 model, 2GB RAM, Snow Leopard. It's great.
2010-?: Pile of rubbish Gaming Rig that I am going to improve. Bought it for £25 when I sold my PS2. It can only play Minesweeper atm, but I'm gonna get a new motherboard for it.
My first was a TRS80 used in elementary school for typing class, in middle school it was Oregon Trail on an apple ][e, my pop got me a used TI99/4a by high school along with about 50 console games and the books for basic and extended basic. Eventually i had Zaxxon on cassette for the ti.
ZX81 (plus wobbly random-crash-if-it-moved-too-much RAM pack)
Dragon 32
Some sort of random Amstrad
All 3 above when I was a kid...
Then Viglen Pentium 90 with Windows 3.1, 8MB RAM and 340KB HDD
Crossed over to the light in 2005 with 12" Powerbook G4...
Dragon 32
Some sort of random Amstrad
All 3 above when I was a kid...
Then Viglen Pentium 90 with Windows 3.1, 8MB RAM and 340KB HDD
Crossed over to the light in 2005 with 12" Powerbook G4...
charlesbronsen
macrumors 6502a
600mhz celery (celeron).
Though my first experience was a commedore64, man I miss playing that winter Olympics game.
Though my first experience was a commedore64, man I miss playing that winter Olympics game.