What was your first computer?

seign · 11-18-2008, 11:06 AM

When I was little, my father brought home an Apple II that I rarely ever used. Then he hooked me up with a Commodore 64c which I used to play video games on. My first internet hook-up was a top-of-the-line Power Mac 6500 running OS 7.5 with an amazing 32 megs of ram, a blazing 300 mhz processor, and a whopping 3 gigs of hard drive space. I started with a 28k modem but as soon as comcast started offering broadband, I was one of the first to use it.

agenda suicide · 11-18-2008, 11:13 AM

we talking about first personal computer here, or one your family had?

Banana · 11-18-2008, 11:15 AM

Some old Mac

T&T · 11-18-2008, 11:21 AM

BFM 186 (1984?)
8 mHz processor
256 KB ram
no hard drive, two 5.25" diskettes (1.25 MB each)

seign · 11-18-2008, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by agenda suicide

we talking about first personal computer here, or one your family had?

either/or

Piggy · 11-18-2008, 11:36 AM

My first personal computer is this Dell Dimension E510... it aint too bad.. i could go for something better.

The first family computer that I remember having was this old as hell HP computer with windows 98. The only thing I remember about it is that it had like 10-20 gigs of hardrive space

Skradgee · 11-18-2008, 11:42 AM

Texas Instruments something-or-other...everything was built into the keyboard. You had to hook it up to a TV and use that as a monitor. There were some cartridges you could get for it to play games and things like that, but otherwise all it would do when you turn it on was let you do Basic programming. Programs were saved by hooking up a cassette recorder to the main box and recording the sounds that sound like the noises a modem makes.

memories_unwind · 11-18-2008, 11:50 AM

Commodore Amiga 500

Thaniel Buckner · 11-18-2008, 12:01 PM

the first one we had in the house was a Compaq Presario CDS 520

4 MB Ram
420 MB HDD
14.4k modem
Intel 486DX at 33mhz

we got it right before hurricane andrew, so...summer of 92. it was a shitty computer back then i remember thinking.

sppunk · 11-18-2008, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skradgee

Texas Instruments something-or-other...everything was built into the keyboard. You had to hook it up to a TV and use that as a monitor. There were some cartridges you could get for it to play games and things like that, but otherwise all it would do when you turn it on was let you do Basic programming. Programs were saved by hooking up a cassette recorder to the main box and recording the sounds that sound like the noises a modem makes.

haha yes! They were marketed as "word processors" for a good while, too.

Kahlo · 11-18-2008, 12:10 PM

I can't really remember. Pretty sure it was wndows 3.1 and driven by steam

Mo · 11-18-2008, 12:20 PM

Some old Macintosh PowerPC.

mistle · 11-18-2008, 12:23 PM

Pizza Club · 11-18-2008, 12:26 PM

It was a Tandy. 75Mhz I believe. 386DX2.

ChaosEffect · 11-18-2008, 12:45 PM

Some old big ass ugly pc. My 1st personal computer was an E machine. It was a good buy since it was cheap, price wise.

topleybird · 11-18-2008, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skradgee

Texas Instruments something-or-other...

Yup yup, same here:

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alpiner. Rabbit Trail. Motherfucking CAR WARS. Hunt the Wumpus. Parsec.

mxzombie · 11-18-2008, 01:20 PM

My parents had an IBM computer in our basement when I lived in long island, but I was too young to remember anything other than the fact that my sister would go on prodigy all the time.
the first computer I had any experience using was a Packard Bell desktop that we got in 1993 when we moved to florida. Had that baby up through middle school I think.

agenda suicide · 11-18-2008, 01:21 PM

I asked my sister what our first comp was and she said "hell if I know. Ibm. commodore 64. It ran dos." I just remember popping in huge floppys and playing some sweet games.
First personal computer was iBook g4. 512 ram 40 gig hd. The processor is whatever was standard in aug 04. Its still alive and kickin beautifully.

Debaser · 11-18-2008, 01:30 PM

My dad's first computer was a commodore 64. I remember games like jumpman and lode runner.
Then we got a commodore Amiga 500. Sierra games, LucasArts, Ports of Call, Elite....we had a ridic amount of pirated games, it was just so easy to copy games back then.

The first computer I personally bought was a top-end Gateway computer at a blazing speed of 800 mhz. it was close to $3000. christ.

duovamp · 11-18-2008, 01:36 PM

We had an old Packard-Bell, which was my first compt0r with a CD drive... I played Oregon Trail II on it! Before that we had some Apple piece of crap.

wHATcOLOR · 11-18-2008, 01:48 PM

i don't know and I DONT CARE

duovamp · 11-18-2008, 01:52 PM

I'm sensing a lot of tension coming from you lately. You doin' alright?

sickbadthing · 11-18-2008, 01:53 PM

sickbadthing · 11-18-2008, 01:54 PM

wHATcOLOR · 11-18-2008, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by duovamp

I'm sensing a lot of tension coming from you lately. You doin' alright?

IM not sure. its hard to tell

duovamp · 11-18-2008, 01:56 PM

Hope things are going okay.

Ol' Couch Ass · 11-18-2008, 01:58 PM

My first computer was your mom but I had to provide the hard drive. OH SHIT I BURNED YOU GOOD!

wHATcOLOR · 11-18-2008, 01:59 PM

tha;nks

sickbadthing · 11-18-2008, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ol' Couch Ass

My first computer was your mom but I had to provide the hard drive. OH SHIT I BURNED YOU GOOD!

Stealing from Kahlo's joke bag?

topleybird · 11-18-2008, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sickbadthing

Total gateway toy to the Tiger handheld games that came later

Although this thing was built like the brick it resembles and outlasted them all

I salute you Merlin

11-18-2008, 11:06 AM	#1
seign Apocalyptic Poster Location: MD Posts: 2,728	What was your first computer? When I was little, my father brought home an Apple II that I rarely ever used. Then he hooked me up with a Commodore 64c which I used to play video games on. My first internet hook-up was a top-of-the-line Power Mac 6500 running OS 7.5 with an amazing 32 megs of ram, a blazing 300 mhz processor, and a whopping 3 gigs of hard drive space. I started with a 28k modem but as soon as comcast started offering broadband, I was one of the first to use it.

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agenda suicide cunt cookies Posts: 7,122	we talking about first personal computer here, or one your family had?

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Banana 4 THE MARE Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 5,766	Some old Mac

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T&T Minion of Satan Location: montreal Posts: 6,546	BFM 186 (1984?) 8 mHz processor 256 KB ram no hard drive, two 5.25" diskettes (1.25 MB each)

11-18-2008, 11:36 AM	#6
Piggy Ownz Location: No, you can't do that. Posts: 907	My first personal computer is this Dell Dimension E510... it aint too bad.. i could go for something better. The first family computer that I remember having was this old as hell HP computer with windows 98. The only thing I remember about it is that it had like 10-20 gigs of hardrive space

11-18-2008, 11:42 AM	#7
Skradgee Boardcaster Location: reporting live Posts: 2,915	Texas Instruments something-or-other...everything was built into the keyboard. You had to hook it up to a TV and use that as a monitor. There were some cartridges you could get for it to play games and things like that, but otherwise all it would do when you turn it on was let you do Basic programming. Programs were saved by hooking up a cassette recorder to the main box and recording the sounds that sound like the noises a modem makes.

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memories_unwind František`s mate Location: Cologne Posts: 1,004	Commodore Amiga 500

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Thaniel Buckner Minion of Satan Location: kicksville Posts: 7,060	the first one we had in the house was a Compaq Presario CDS 520 4 MB Ram 420 MB HDD 14.4k modem Intel 486DX at 33mhz we got it right before hurricane andrew, so...summer of 92. it was a shitty computer back then i remember thinking.

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Kahlo Beffen separatist. Location: Lovephoria Posts: 16,323	I can't really remember. Pretty sure it was wndows 3.1 and driven by steam

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Mo Shalom y'all Location: Wien Posts: 20,262	Some old Macintosh PowerPC.

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Pizza Club Apocalyptic Poster Location: you sound like a casual fan. Posts: 3,204	It was a Tandy. 75Mhz I believe. 386DX2.

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ChaosEffect Apocalyptic Poster Location: Rockin out over Endor Space Posts: 1,378	Some old big ass ugly pc. My 1st personal computer was an E machine. It was a good buy since it was cheap, price wise.

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mxzombie Socialphobic Location: ¿guat zap? Posts: 14,759	My parents had an IBM computer in our basement when I lived in long island, but I was too young to remember anything other than the fact that my sister would go on prodigy all the time. the first computer I had any experience using was a Packard Bell desktop that we got in 1993 when we moved to florida. Had that baby up through middle school I think.

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agenda suicide cunt cookies Posts: 7,122	I asked my sister what our first comp was and she said "hell if I know. Ibm. commodore 64. It ran dos." I just remember popping in huge floppys and playing some sweet games. First personal computer was iBook g4. 512 ram 40 gig hd. The processor is whatever was standard in aug 04. Its still alive and kickin beautifully.

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Debaser i've moved to twitter Location: @SactoMacto Posts: 12,211	My dad's first computer was a commodore 64. I remember games like jumpman and lode runner. Then we got a commodore Amiga 500. Sierra games, LucasArts, Ports of Call, Elite....we had a ridic amount of pirated games, it was just so easy to copy games back then. The first computer I personally bought was a top-end Gateway computer at a blazing speed of 800 mhz. it was close to $3000. christ.

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