Elliot B. Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 1996 - 1996: For six months, I had a VERY old computer with Windows 3.11. It only had one game on it, Gorrilaz. It involved throwing bananas at each other but it wasn't as easy as it sounds though, because you had to guess the angle and velocity). 1997 - 1998: Had a Packard Bell computer. Cost ?799, and was a Pentium I 233 MHz and had 16 Mb RAM. It came with MDK and FIFA 97. It rocked at that time. It was that computer that I got my first glimpse of the Internet :) 1999 - 2001> Got my new computer at Christmas 1999, and I've still got it. Bought it with a Pentium III 450 MHz, 128 Mb RAM, Sound Blaster and a 16 Mb Voodoo Banhsee. Since then, I've upgraded to a Hercules GeForce II MX 200, and a SoundBlaster Live!. Also, I got blueyonder broadband in May, and a meaty subwoofer in June :) Christmas 2001> Upgrading to an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4 GHz, and 256 Mb PC133 SDRAM... And I'm only 15 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackhbob Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 T-birds are dead.... buy the 1.53 ghz Athlon XP.... Very nice. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpfreak Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 My first computer was the IBM 8088. Top of the line in the good ol' days :) Here's the specs: CPU: Intel 8088, 4.77 MHz Memory: 16K, expandable to 64K on system board, up to 640K via add-in boards. Operating System: IBM PC-DOS (Microsoft MS-DOS) Input/Output: Cassette port; optional internal 5 1/4" single-sided 160K floppy disk drives (later double-sided 360K) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooey Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 Hmm.. Elite. I've got the PC version kicking around on CD somewhere. I wonder if it still works? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KornDogg Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 #1 - TI 99-4A, No HDD - All tapes and carts - Unknown memory #2 - 8086 PC, 20 MB HDD, 1MB RAM #3 - 286 w/287 math co-processor 2 40 MB HDD's, 5 1/4" FDD & 3 1/2" FDD #4 - 486DX2 - 640MB HDD, upgraded the above machine, added CD-ROM, 16MB RAM (extreme at the time) #5 - PII 233 - 64 MB RAM, 6 GB HDD, 4MB Riva 128 #5.5 - Upgraded above machine to 9GB HDD, 192 MB RAM, nVidia TNT & DVD-ROM drive. #6 - AMD Athlon 1 GHz, 512 MB RAM, GeForce 256, 18 GB Ultra160 10K RPM #7 - AMD Athlon MP 1.2 (x2), 1024 MB RAM, 36 GB Ultra160 15K RPM, GeForce 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 First PC: Intel 486DX @ 66MHz 8MB RAM 450MB hard drive 2x CD-ROM 15" monitor Mozart sound card 28.8 modem Started w/ 3.1, then upgraded to 95 Second PC: Intel Pentium @ 200MHz 32MB RAM (later upped to 64MB) 10GB hard drive 12x CD-ROM 4x8x CD-R 17" monitor Sound Blaster 16 Cable modem Started w/ 95, then 98, then 98SE Current PC: Intel Pentium III @ 667MHz 384MB RAM Two 10 gig WD hard drives (soon to be one 100gb after xmas) 52x CD-ROM 16x10x40x CD-RW 17" monitor Sound Blaster LIVE! X-Gamer Cable modem Started w/ 98SE, then 2000, now XP Pro And I have a spare Pentium II @ 233MHz w/ 80 megs of RAM and a 2 gig hard drive (and my monitor from the 486) I use as a Linux box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 My first computer was : Intel 386 @ 24 MHz 4 MB RAM 2 ? 100 MB Hard Drives Windows 3.1 Trident 512K Video Card 13" Monitor I upgraded it to the following before I bought my current one : Intel 486 DX4-S @ 100 MHz 16 MB RAM 2 ? 100 MB Hard Drives Trident 1 MB Video Card 2 ? External CD-ROM Aztech Sound Card Windows 3.1 (Windows 95 wouldn't work) 13" Monitor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 The first PC, I had 7 years ago! The first PC was upgraded 3 years ago! My Current PC (Before upgrading it a year ago) : Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz 64 MB PC100 SDRAM Samsung 6.8 GB Hard Drive @ 5400 RPM PCTel HSP56 Micromodem 8 MB SiS 620 AGP Video Card C-Media 8738AM Sound Card Davicom 9102 FAst Ethernet Controller 17" Hansol E17CL Monitor 40? BCD E520C CD-ROM Canon BJC-1000 Windows 98 SE My Current PC : Pentium 3 @ 500 MHz 192 MB PC133 SDRAM Fujitsu 30.7 GB Hard Drive @ 5400 RPM PCTel HSP56 Micromodem 8 MB SiS 620 AGP Video Card C-Media 8738AM Sound Card DAvicom 9102 Fast Ethernet Controller 17" Hansol E17CL Monitor 40? BCD E520C CD-ROM 8?4?32 HP CD-Writer Plus 9100b Canon BJC-1000 UMAX Astra 2100U USB Scanner Logitech QuickCam Pro Windows 98 SE (Used to have ME, but went back to 98 SE) Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 My first computer (circa 1980): Xerox Alto 64KB RAM 3.5MB removable disk (about 2#'s and 18" diameter) Three button mouse bit mapped b/w monitor mounted portrait style Attached by a 3MHz Ethernet to a Raven laser printer and a 300MB fileserver. Alto OS Bravo and BravoX word processor I programmed in BCPL This is where Apple stole the Mac GUI that they in turn accuse Microsoft of stealing from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahodes1 Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 My 1st PC: REALLY SLOW, probly around 8 MHz lol NO HD a couple of K of RAM DOS in the BIOS (no joke it was a Tandy, DOS was in the BIOS) that PC was the best :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted November 1, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 1, 2001 My first PC (If I remember it correctly) 486 Intel Mainboard: Unknown HDD: 500MB (I guess) 4MB EDO Ram 4x CD-ROM OS: Windows3.11 with MS-DOS6.22 :D A few month later I went to put 4MB more ram so that I can play DOOM II :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 1, 2001 Share Posted November 1, 2001 Ah, back during the old good time of Windows 3.1! :) That OS was the most stable that I have ever used, even more stable than 95, 98, and ME! I'll see if XP has that good stability in about a week from now! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshalus Veteran Posted November 2, 2001 Veteran Share Posted November 2, 2001 First PC: IBM 486SX 33Mhz w/ 4MB of RAM Windows 3.1 2X CDROM, Sound Blaster 16 250MB Hard Drive, DoubleSpaced up to 400MB Second PC: Acer Laptop from School that I used for 3 years at home P1 100MHz, 24MB of RAM (high roller) 6X CD-ROM, 810MB Hard Drive Windows NT 4.0 & Windows 98 Third PC (current): Custom Built P2 333Mhz 256MB of Ram 40GB of Hard Drive Space, Windows XP 12/8/32X CDRW, Zip 100, Cable Modem Voodoo 3 soon to be AMD 1800+, 1GB RAM, GeForce 3 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 I'll probably upgrade my video card soon (preferably to a GeForce 2) . The processor can wait for another 4 years or when all the essential programs require at least a 600 MHz processor or more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quboid Posted November 3, 2001 Share Posted November 3, 2001 Ah, Gorillas. I think that game came with DOS. I've got it along with QBasic 4.5, but QB doesn't work in Win2k. I now have a variation on my calculator :) My first computer? A lovely BBC Micro 2 (32Kb, 2Mhz). I got it for ?20 from a teacher at school. It came with no software or anything so everything I did on it had to be written by me first. I had no experience with any programming before that - it taught be a lot, setting the ground works for what should be a long and very profitable career. Geniunely the best ?20 I've ever spent. As soon as I had the money I co-built (ie. I got in the way) a PC with my brother. I couldn't afford a monitor (!) so I attached the BBC up with a home made network cable and a telnet program written in BBC assembly. We ended up with two BBCs attached to this 486DX4 100 keyboard/monitorless server. Of course the server ran Linux - I had a Linux machine before a Win machine which is fairly unusual. I've never really got a new machine since then. It's been more of a progressive modernisation adding second hand parts (recently first hand parts - the luxury!) until now the only thing that's lasted since the original is the keyboard (even it wasn't there right from the start - it took about 4 months to get a keyboard and monitor!). Baptism of fire maybe, but it taught me a lot more useful stuff than 12 years of school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmuncher Posted November 4, 2001 Share Posted November 4, 2001 1st Comp: Compaq Pesario 944 CDS 486DX4 90Mhz (fast eh?) 8MB ram upgraded to 16MB for around 120$ lol... 512MB HD, couldnt upgrade it, cuz the BIOS was limited to 512MB... (non flashiable POS) 4x CD drive.. stillworks, and i still use it :) 9600bps modem(first got on the net in '94) upgraded to a 14.4 then to a 28.8 1MB onboard graphics card.. hey it could do 800x600 at 16bit colour depth Some small monitor by compaq i tihnk its a 14inch 10mbs ethernet/coaxial cable card PS i still use this comp... seriuosly 2nd comp P2 450 256MB ram 8MB Nivia Riva 128/128ZX graphics card IBM monitor 4xDVD drive 4x4x32 cdrom drive 56k modem 10/100 fast ethernet card USB quick cam... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfster Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 Had to be my Commadore 64. Tape drive and 5.25 floppy. Oh, so I wanted to get "on the edge". I paid over $600. for a 300baud :o modem to connect to CompuServ way back in the early '80s. That was an expensive lesson...but it lead me into a fairly lucrative career. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Phatty Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 I still have the free magazine that came with my first personal computer: It was Byte Magazine, and the cover read "486DX2, Fastest Computer on the Planet". I checked, and I still have my Commador 64 as well :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neowin_hipster Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 None other than the Commodore 64. Man I loved that 320*200 resolution (or something like that). :lick: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvorgold Posted November 7, 2001 Share Posted November 7, 2001 hmm dont really remember anymore... it was a comp with very lil ram for sure, and about a gig or less of hard drive space, and it had windows 3.0 on it, it would take like 10 min for a while for only paint brush to load up geesh, slow, my 2nd comp was alot better...although it wasnt that much diff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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