Your First Computer

[manwiththedroid]

My first computer:

Packard Bell 486 sx (no math co-processor)

4mb RAM

110mb hard drive

No Modem, No 3.5" floppy, No CD-ROM

Windows 3.1

This computer has never crashed or had any problem whatsoever and is still running to this day. I find it hillarious that my Blackberry Pearl is 17x faster and has 16x more memory and 100x more HDD space (with my 1gb memory card)

Edited February 9, 2007 by TOOLaudiofan

[JodyWatts]

Commodore 64 with Dual 1541 FDD, analog tape drive and a (speedy) 300 baud modem :D

[ccuk]

  Euphoria said:

Commodore 64. I even made couple of programs for it :)

I still have mine... exactly same. I also have the newer one with the cartridge slot which was more boxy looking. (Y)

[Dysphoria]

  patseguin said:

TI994A, soon followed by a Commodore 64 and then an Amiga 500. Euphoria, awesome pics! You still have the system?

Naah.. not any more.. Sold it... Now that I am thinking about it I should have kept it.... It was still working fine, and I had a bunch of games.

[markwolfe Veteran]

Kids! :p

The first one I owned used a 6502 processor. I believe it ran at a whopping 1MHz!

4KB of RAM. More than enough for anybody!

I also used Commodore PET computers at school.

Both used cassette tapes for program storage. w00t!

[Dysphoria]

  ccuk said:

I still have mine... exactly same. I also have the newer one with the cartridge slot which was more boxy looking. (Y)

Yeah I had some good times with it. It got me into programing :)

[tiverradd]

IBM 5150.

For: General Use

Built: 1982 in USA

Keyboard: IBM XT

Processor: Intel 8088 - 4.77MHz

Coprocessor: Socket for 8087

RAM: 256KB RAM Maximum

Display Mode: 320x200 or 640x200 CGA

Display Type: Color CGA

Sound: Integrated PC Buzzer

Ports: Parallel port, 25-pin Serial

Slots: 5x 8-bit ISA

Drives: 2x 5.25" half Height Floppy Drives and Seagate 10MB HDD(optional)

OS: Stock - DOS 3.1

Add-On Parts Installed: AST MegaPlus II

Add-on parts Available: Tape Drive

Price Brand New: $8000

I collect antiquated computers now, but that was my first. Im not old, but I never really got round to buying at the time a up-to-date PC, Im still behind technology now. :laugh:

[DouglasLWarren]

Commodore VIC-20 FTW!! :laugh:

Check out these specs:

Commodore VIC-20

Introduced: June 1980

Released: January 1981

Price: US $299

CPU: MOS 6502, 1MHz

RAM: 5K (3.5K for the user)

Display: 22 X 23 text 176 X 184, 16 colors max

Ports: composite video , joystick, cartridge, user port , serial peripheral port

Peripherals: cassette recorder, printer, modem, external floppy drive

OS: ROM BASIC

http://oldcomputers.net/vic20.html

[tuckeratlarge]

first computer was a Sinclair ZX81

first PC was a Amstrad PC2086 - 640Kb RAM, 8MHz 8086 CPU, 32Mb HDD, 720k floppy, MS-DOS 3.3 from 1989, although I was given it in 1999.

I still have the Manual, Monitor and case of the thing. Oh so sad

[6785077276]

1980s:

ORIC ATMOS 48K (Sold for ?30):DD

1998:>

AMD K6-2

4MB Graphics

4GB Hard Drive

56K Modem

48MB SD-RAM

(Gave this PC away)

2002:>

Intel Pentium 4 2GHz

256MB DDR-RAM (Upgraded to 1GB)

80GB Hard Drive (Added 160GB 2nd HD)

nVidia mx440 (this rocked)

(Used as a backup PC)

2006 May:>

Intel Pentium D 930 3ghz (Overclocked to 4GHz)

300GB + 500GB SATA II HDs

nVidia 7800GT

etc...

2007:>

Currently awaiting e6600 Core 2 Duo + ASUS P5B Deluxe

Hope to upgrade to the 8800GTS 320MB

2050:>

Hope to upgrade to Intel BioCore FX. Has unlimited processing cells based on the latest biotechnology. Can adapt and expand as needed.:DD

Edited February 10, 2007 by bangbang023

[djDaemon]

486DX2 Packard Bell

66MHz CPU

8MB RAM

810MB HDD

4x CDROM

800MB Tape Backup

3.5" Floppy

24-pin Color Dot-Matrix printer

And it cost $3,000 back in 93-94! :laugh:

[khyron]

Mine was the Mattel Aquarius.

  Quote

Aquarius was a very simple early home computer from Mattel in 1983. It featured a Zilog Z80 microprocessor, a rubber chiclet keyboard, 4K of RAM memory, and a subset of Microsoft BASIC in ROM. It connected to a television set and used a cassette tape recorder for secondary data storage. A limited number of peripherals, such as a 40-column thermal printer, a 4-color printer/plotter, and a 300 baud modem, were released for the unit.

(Wikipedia, with more info here.)

Anybody ever have one of these? I know they sold terribly.

[wolfbrotherltd]

IBM 2390

486 SX 25MHZ

8MB of Ram

129MB Hard Drive

Windows 3.11

[MrCobra]

  Kusanku said:

Tandy 1000EX running MS-DOS 2.1

No HD just a 5-1/4 floppy. I added a 720K 3-1/2 external floppy, topped off the RAM at 640K and though I was in heaven.

Can you believe the price they charged for that memory expansion card? Crazy.

[Southern Patriot]

  patseguin said:

TI994A, soon followed by a Commodore 64 and then an Amiga 500.

I had exactly the same computers in exactly the same order!

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

The first PC in the family:

1983

Sirius Victor I

CPU: Intel 8088, running at 4.77 MHz

RAM: 512 kBytes

HD: 10 MBytes

5.25" Floppy drive

Graphics: 800 x 400 monochrome

OS: MS-DOS 2.11

The first computer I owned:

1993

CPU: Intel 486 DX 33

RAM: 8 MBytes

HD: 170 MByte (made by Conner, god-awfully slow)

3.5" and 5.25" Floppy drives

Graphics: Oak Technologies VGA card with 512 kBytes VRAM

Monitor: 14" fixed frequency, most it was capable of was 800 x 600 at 56 Hz

OS: MS-DOS 6.0 + Windows for Workgroups 3.1, later OS/2 2.1

[TruckWEB]

1) Commodore 64 with tape drive and later a 1541 5.25 floppy.

2) Atari 520 STE with built-in 360K 3.5 floppy. Motorola 68000 8Mhz, 512K, Great gfx and sound!!

But since Atari did not last long and everybody else where using IBM compatible.... my next PC was:

3) Tandy 1000TL (80286 8Mhz with 768K memory, 720K 3.5 floppy and internal HardCard of 20 Megs).

Remember the Tandy? Had better Gfx, 16 colors in 320x200 instead of the 4 colors of CGA and had 3 beepers and a digital audio channel. In the opening scene of Sierra Space Quest 3, you could hear Roger say "Where Am I?", that was cool and long before the Adlib sound card.

4) In 1992, with school, I upgraded to a clone, 80386DX-33 with 4 megs RAM, 120 Megs Conner HD, ATI Vga WonderXL 512K, a little later I had a Sound Blaster and a US Robotic 14.4K modem.

After that, I had the chance to work part time in a computer store, so I was able to upgrade my PC with each major jump for little money. I when from 486SLC2 to real i486DX, DX2, DX4, Pentium 75 and so on....

Those where good times. Seems like it was more fun back then.

Edited February 9, 2007 by TruckWEB

[Geranium_Z__NL]

my very first..

Pentium 3 550 MHZ

(it said pentium 3)

256 mb SD ram (all slots were full after that)

20 gb

CD 52X

and (i got it free when it was new) Geforce TI4200

before that.. i always was @ my mums pc... and the first one of those was 133 mhz, 32mb, 2 gb, and 8mb Video

[NienorGT]

My Father brought a 486DX in '94 he got screwed up because Pentium was out, he got only 4MB RAM, no CD-ROM and no sound card. :no:

I got my really first PC at me in Xmas 2003 it was a used IBM Netfinity 3500 small server with Dual 333MHz Pentium2, 256MB PC-66 ECC, 4 and 9 GB UW SCSI and a Voodoo3 PCI Card. It was awsome :D I still have it, and I'm sure it still work fine.

[devilotX]

E- Machine, Celly 500 with 64mb of ram running Windows 98 baby!

that machine is still running, it has 256 now running windows 2000 in my cousin's bedroom so she can chat and send emails

[Mike E]

I dont remember the model...But it was an IBM that was made like 1992-ish it had 3.1 on it

[elONEam]

I was too young to know the specs, but it was definitely made by Vtech. I was about 5 and it ran Windows 3.1. I still have the processor on my desk, it was sitting around for several years, but we got rid of it a year or two ago.

[tomcat2821]

my first computer 12 years ago was a 8088 with Dos 2 something can't remember the name.

Then upgarded to a 286, 386, 486 then pent I, pent II, Pent III then Pent 4 can't remember exact times I upgraded

But I don't miss those floppy days at all

I remember when I had that 8088 and logging on to those BBS's that that was cool with that 2400 baud modem

[CrashG]

Commodore Amiga A500 w/a 250Mb HDD, 4Mb ram. It still works, I still have it setup & play it every now and then. Scorched Tanks and Deluxe Galaga!

First IBM pc was some 486DX2, 16Mb, 420Mb HDD. Win 3.11 that I soon upgraded to a AMD 233mhz, 32Mb, 1.2gb HDD. Win 95, Diamond Stealth II w/3Dfx VooDoo2.

[crs]

Commadore 128 with 64 support. Very classy