manwiththedroid Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JodyWatts Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Commodore 64 with Dual 1541 FDD, analog tape drive and a (speedy) 300 baud modem :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccuk Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted February 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted February 9, 2007 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysphoria Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiverradd Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DouglasLWarren Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuckeratlarge Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6785077276 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djDaemon Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khyron Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Mine was the Mattel Aquarius. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfbrotherltd Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 IBM 2390 486 SX 25MHZ 8MB of Ram 129MB Hard Drive Windows 3.11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobra Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Tandy 1000EX running MS-DOS 2.1No 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 TI994A, soon followed by a Commodore 64 and then an Amiga 500. I had exactly the same computers in exactly the same order! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted February 9, 2007 Subscriber² Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geranium_Z__NL Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NienorGT Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devilotX Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike E Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I dont remember the model...But it was an IBM that was made like 1992-ish it had 3.1 on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elONEam Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomcat2821 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashG Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crs Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Commadore 128 with 64 support. Very classy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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