What was your first computer?

2007-07-29 07:48:09

#1

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6546|San Diego, CA, USA

My first computer my family owned was a Tandy 1000 TL (286 with a 3.5 inch floppy drive and NO Hard drive, 64k of RAM with a CGA Monitor - 16 colors). It booted from a flash chip on the motherboard.

We also had a Dot Matrix Printer that was 54 dots/inch resolution.

https://stupidjuice.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/tandy_1000_tl.jpg

2007-07-29 07:52:52

#2

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6562|Area 51

Probably something not fast.

2007-07-29 07:55:28

#3

Ayumiz: J-10 whore; +103|6731|Singapore

well wonder what i used my first computer for. I remember, i played outrun and aladdin. Both 2d games

2007-07-29 07:56:33

#4

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6195|Winland

My first computer was an ld IBM Aptiva 2153-E47. Still have the chassy standing here^^

Specs:
CPU: AMD K6-2, 500MHz.
RAM: 64MB 100MHz SDRAM.
HDD: 9.9GB Quantum Fireball, ATA33.
Motherboard/Chipset: IBM OEM board, SIS 530-Based.
Graphics: SiS530 integrated, 4/8MB. 3D accelleration!!!
PSU: IBM OEM 100W.
Screen (I'm actually using that screen NOW!!!): IBM C72, 15" CRT, Max res: 1280x1024@60Hz, Runs best at 1152x864@75Hz.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2007-07-29 07:57:31

#5

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|6579|SE London

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/BBC_Micro.jpeg

BBC Micro Model B with 32K ROM.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2007-07-29 08:08:31)

2007-07-29 08:00:56

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6520|...

I had to put in a cart to be able to program basic ... and saved my programs to a cassette tape.

https://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4930/atari400vh9.jpg

Last edited by jsnipy (2007-07-29 08:01:12)

2007-07-29 08:02:10

#7

Shakez: Member; +39|6167

400 MHz, something with 32 MB Ram but a Geforce 4 Ti

2007-07-29 08:02:21

#8

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6679|Disaster Free Zone

IDK, l but it had 8" floppy drive

2007-07-29 08:51:07

#9

$niperkiller: Member; +4|6430|NH

pentium
32mb ram

good times playin test drive: offroad 2

2007-07-29 08:52:25

#10

Vilham: Say wat!?; +580|6764|UK

https://www.computermuseum.li/Testpage/Compaq-PC.gif

2007-07-29 08:52:51

#11

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|6565|NYC / Hamburg

some ancient mac built around '93 (no idea what model, I was too small to care and my parents can't remember). It was loads of fun until I killed it with a glass of apple juice.

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-07-29 08:54:51

#12

Smithereener: Member; +138|6313|California

A Royal brand or whatever.

It had... integrated graphics for sure.
Pentium II (When we opened it up, we saw the casing of it. It's really nice looking.)
And a whopping 32MB of RAM.
Blaaazing fast.

2007-07-29 08:57:11

#13

Penetrator: Certified Twat; +296|6505|Bournemouth, South England

ZX Spectrum+, and then a +3. Sheer brilliant uber computing power.

The +3 had a built in (double sided) disk drive, way ahead of its time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zx_spectrum <--------Check this shit out.

https://img175.imageshack.us/img175/1457/sinclairspectrumplus3lagc6.jpg

Last edited by Penetrator (2007-07-29 09:05:20)

2007-07-29 08:58:08

#14

White-Fusion: Fuck; +616|6549|Scotland

10 gig hard drive
No idea about ram
no graphics card
15" CRT
dial up internets

played rainbow six - rogue spear on that on dial up only 3 years ago.

managed to beat the guy in 2nd place in world in a match

(No i didnt kill him once then hide for the rest of the match)

2007-07-29 08:58:15

#15

dc_involved: Member; +13|6528

https://newton.sunderland.ac.uk/~specfreak/MySpeccies/ZX-Spectrum-128k+2a.jpg

2007-07-29 08:58:39

#16

elite.mafia: Banned; +122|6451|USA

One of these things.

https://www.remix64.com/images/r64/amiga_c64_ami_2.jpg

Smurf Hunter ftw.

2007-07-29 09:02:40

#17

xBlackPantherx: Grow up, or die; +142|6340|California

Apple II e

https://www.greylizard.net/images/mycomputers/comapple2e.jpg

EDIT: Still works and I like using it for some of the old ass games like Hard Hat Mack and Starship.

EDIT EDIT: 10 KB of ram and no memory.

Last edited by xBlackPantherx (2007-07-29 09:04:45)

2007-07-29 09:05:12

#18

link52787: Member; +29|6519

mine was custom built.

133mhz Transmeta cpu
64mb ram
I don't remember the mobo but it had an integrated graphics
Windows 95.

2007-07-29 09:14:14

#19

zeidmaan: Member; +234|6412|Vienna

Commodore 64 was my first computer
Than I took a giant leap to Pentium 100Mhz, 32MB ram and 1.7 GB hard disk with win 95 !!!!

I was the only kid in my neighborhood and school that had one. Need for Speed, C&C, and Doom were the first games

2007-07-29 09:15:16

#20

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6576|Columbus, OH

Date: 1995
Gateway 2000
Pentium 133MHz
Max mem 128 EDO RAM
2 GB hard drive
8X CD-ROM player (da shEEt back in the day)
Sound Blaster sound card
33.6 modem (fastest modem before 56k modems came out)
Windows 95A
It cost over $2000.00 I thought I was spending too much but nowadays I blow more on computer hardware then $2000.00

Last edited by loubot (2007-07-29 09:16:29)

2007-07-29 09:45:00

#21

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6491|N. Ireland

Bertster7 wrote:
BBC Micro Model B with 32K ROM.

Same! Although I don't know if the model was the same. I loved that system!

2007-07-29 10:26:13

#22

SexyCabbage: One Shot, One Kill ... Always; +68|6477|Kentucky

I forget the name of it as i threw it away a long time ago. It was a gateway, and it was one of those where the moniter and computer were all on BIG unit.

2007-07-29 10:31:06

#23

FoReVeRTS!: Member; +0|6121|Paris,FRA/Ottawa,CAN

486, circa 1995. It had 16mb of RAM and a lousy grfx card, which I remember coundn't run FS95. Still have it, actually, although I converted it to a P1.

2007-07-29 10:39:28

#24

TheEternalPessimist: Wibble; +412|6617|Mhz

Pentium 3 850Mhz
512MB SD=RAM 266Mhz
Matrox Millenium something or other graphics card (that thing was fucking amazing in its day, I sold it for £60 when it was 4 years old it was that good).

Upgraded the CPU to a 1Ghz P3 and stuck in 1GB of RAM and a MSI geforce fx5900, I gave it to my little cousin for her to do her school work on, little babes face lit up when I told her she was getting a PC, shes still using it now, runs XP and all the stuff she uses like a dream.

2007-07-29 10:44:19

#25

BigmacK: Back from the Dead.; +628|6748|Chicago.

A Micron Millenia.

https://www.integra-ltd.com/micron400.jpg

That Pentium II was awesome.

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