I was about 13 and my first PC was a Commodore 64.
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I was about 13 and my first PC was a Commodore 64.
A TRS-80 Model III
Commodore 64... Then an Amiga 500. THEN, a Pentium 120. Those were the days :)
Apple][e
but my Own first pc was
P90
16MB RAM (which was $400!!!)
40MB Hard Drive
Total cost was $3800!!!
Well if I'm going to be my normal pedantic self I'd have to say a Binatone Pong machine similar to this:
(On the left)...
http://www.geocities.com/s_h_3/pong/p-binatones.jpg
Its actually older than me and I still own it. Apart from that I have an Atari ST circa 1986 which I had upgraded to the powerhouse that is 1 whole MEGABYTE of RAM. Awesome. :D
Me and my 1337 PIC programming sk1llz will soon make this Pong game obsolete.
Commodore 64
Pentium 50 MHz
then ~ 120 MHz
566 MHz
Current one: 1.4 GHz
My first computer was a Commodore 64 and my first PC a 8086 Bondwell with a hardisk of 10MB and 640 kb of memory (yes with the memory extension)
I wrote Assembly on the commodore (with final cartridge II) and Aztec C on the PC
Sinclair ZX Spectrum+
I LOVE how excited the dad is in the picture.. he's pointing at the screen like "Look out! here it comes!" LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by wossname
But...That is the normal reaction from playing Binatone Pong. *stern glare*
I dont know how we ever contained ourselves...
everyday after school.. running home.. and spending HOURS in front of a tv watch a small white dot bounce around.... http://www.vbforums.com/
Sinclair ZX81 - including 16k RAM pack with obligatory bit of blue-tak to stop it moving around and crashing the damn thing.
I had a pong game too (pre 1980 I think) but my uncle built it for us as he is an electronics specialist. :D
But as far as a typical type system it was a IBM clone 8086 with a 8087 math co-processor chip, 10 MB hd, 5.25" floppy. Alos had about the same time or so a TI-99 4A I think it was.
TI-99!! this thing?
http://www.heydon.org/kevan/collecti...9_4a-large.jpg
Yes, that was it. It was cool lol.
I taught myself Extended BASIC on that thing during one summer of 1981 or 1982 I think it was.
I must be getting old. :(
You are an old fart, Rob.
Old.
Fart.
Old Fart.
Oh my, yes.
Rob .. out with it.. how old r you?
I turned 11 in 81....
I'm only 7417103138858435 ticks.
Rob was programming before my counter was even initialized. :lol:
My first computer - a 4004 CPU with 1k of 2102 memory. (This was in the early 70s, before home computers were available.) My first computer that I didn't design entirely by myself - a Godbout 8080 S-100 CPU board (around 1977 or 1978). (My old Z-80 computer still runs.)
I'm old but younger then dirt :lol:
Oldest computer: Timex Sinclair 1000 .... the 1000 stood for the 1k memory it had.... oh yeah, and a cassette "drive"
First Computer used: Apple ][e ... Apple BASIC and LOGO
First computer owned: I.B.M. P.C. -- yes.. a genuwhine, ohweginal .... it was the model B, with the 640k upgrade.... we further upgraded it with a 32MB hard drive, a mouse and a Hayes 2400Baud modem.... 16 colors on an old b/w TV screen..... ahh, those were the days....
-tg
Here is mine-damn thing took up most of the basement
Tandy 1000 SL
80/86 (I forget the processor speed)
64k of ram
20 MB hard drive (upgraded to 30 MB - somewehere in the neighborhood of $400 :eek: )
I think that was 1987
I don't know exactly. But I remember *upgrading* to a 1GB hard drive, and the guy we bought it off saying "You'll never fill 1GB mate" :lol: :lol:
Like many others, Commodore 64. Unless you count the "Basic Programming" cartridge for the Atari 2600. But you probably shouldn't.
But the first computer I ever used was an industrial strength teletype. Built like a tank. And every line of output text sounded like a mob hit. I remember playing "Oregon Trail" over carrier signal. Reams and reams of greenbar were expended.
An Apple II with a 5-digit serial number.
Apple][c when I was 2 years old! Learned how to read thanks to that computer... at 2! No wonder I'm so smart now.
:p
Then when I was 6, the Amiga 500. And it still works, even to this day!!! (Let's see those computer companies that make Microsoft based comps make a long lasting computer like that.) Only we must have 1000's of disks for it now. Like 3 big boxes full. Most of the software and badass games are deteriating over time though unfortunately. But many of them still work. Plus I can always get more off of eBay. :bigyello:
Then when I was about 15, we got our first computer that had Windows 95 on there. Pentium 100 MHz, 128 Meg ram, and a 4 gig harddrive. It only lasted 3 years though.
When we got our Apple II it was unusual enough that our local paper sent out a photographer for a small story.
I didn't get my first computer until 97. I was 11 years old then. It was a compaq presario: Pentium 2 - 300mhz, 64mb of ram, 4mb ati rage 3d video, 7gb harddrive, it came with windows 95. It costed ~2000 dollars.
Me, too, but I don't remember it being silver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Static
1. Pentium 90 Mhz with 600MB ATA harddrive and 16 MB memory <was not able to support java so had to scratch it, secondhand pc>
I remember having this computer that I couldnt do anything except play tetris on, it was probably DOS now that I think about it. Anybody got any ideas what piece of junk this might be? My parents had it at their work too..
I never had a first computer. I went straight to my second computer.
I think it was this Tandy Color Computer II:
http://www.ornitron.com/machine/imag...omputer_II.jpg
Then some kind of Apple Computer with a black and green screen I think, then this Macintosh:
http://oldcomputers.net/pics/macintosh.jpg
Atari ST
My mum owns one of those pong machines...oh the joy, you could play tennis, Squash, football and it even had a light gun to shoot little squares with :lol:
And you'd never burn a calorie :D
Probably this one:
http://www.vankuyen.net/machines/ful...981_ibm-pc.jpg