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My very first (family) computer was an Apple IIe much like this one when I was about 7 or 8 years old:
I also had an Atari 600XL that my uncle gave to me when I was a kid...
I don't know if this counts but I'm throwing it in there for fun... This was the Japanese version of the NES called FAMICOM which I had instead of the American Nintendo.
Some PC Computer that ran a 386SX (yeah the piece of crap without the co-processor!) I don't remember the brand but I remember I upgraded by adding an Soundblaster card and I think a whopping 1MB of RAM to play Jordan in Flight
NEC Powermate 486SX which I had for a long time and upgraded that all the way to a Pentium Overdrive!!!
The rest is history...
I also had an Atari 600XL that my uncle gave to me when I was a kid...
I don't know if this counts but I'm throwing it in there for fun... This was the Japanese version of the NES called FAMICOM which I had instead of the American Nintendo.
Some PC Computer that ran a 386SX (yeah the piece of crap without the co-processor!) I don't remember the brand but I remember I upgraded by adding an Soundblaster card and I think a whopping 1MB of RAM to play Jordan in Flight
NEC Powermate 486SX which I had for a long time and upgraded that all the way to a Pentium Overdrive!!!
The rest is history...
My first computer didn't come until the i generation:
It's a first-generation tray-loading iMac (1998). It doesn't get much use anymore, but it still works well. There was one period 4 years ago when it wouldn't turn on, but it came out of its coma after a day.
It's a first-generation tray-loading iMac (1998). It doesn't get much use anymore, but it still works well. There was one period 4 years ago when it wouldn't turn on, but it came out of its coma after a day.
All 80386 CPU's lacked an FPU. The SX denotes the external 16-bit data bus, as opposed to the DX, which had the full 32-bit external data bus.
My father had one of those. It sparked my interest in PC's, and two years later I bought my own Tandy 1000TL. I logged a lot of hours on that bugger playing old Sierra games and Starflight when I was in High School!
I modded the heck out of the 1000sx....added the floating point unit, overclocked the CPU, max'd the RAM, added a HUGE 30MB (yes "M") hard drive, 14.4 modem....it served my needs for 4 or 5 years...until my next PC - from Midwest Micro (anyone remember them?).
We had an old IBM which was brand new state of the art at the time. It was before some of you were born. But it made so much freakin noise when it read the floppies, because you could't afford a hard drive in those days, let alone they were not for home use even if you could afford it.
It had a black and green monitor, because the color monitor was way too expensive when they were available. RAM upgrades were really expensive too.
Oh and there was no such thing as a mouse.
It had a black and green monitor, because the color monitor was way too expensive when they were available. RAM upgrades were really expensive too.
Oh and there was no such thing as a mouse.
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Not mine but my seven year old's first computers...
Bought the G3 last crimbo and just ordered the Amiga today
Bought the G3 last crimbo and just ordered the Amiga today
I ran across this site quite a while ago. Very nostalgic
http://www.old-computers.com
My first was a 386dx 33Mhz (?) if I remember correctly. DOS only! Had something like 1 or 2 MB of RAM.
Wow - how times have changed!
I ran across this site quite a while ago. Very nostalgic
http://www.old-computers.com
My first was a 386dx 33Mhz (?) if I remember correctly. DOS only! Had something like 1 or 2 MB of RAM.
Wow - how times have changed!
Probably more like 512K or 640K of RAM.....because no one will ever need more than 640K of RAM (a Bill Gates quote from back in the DOS days)
I think its up in my attic somewhere i will try and snap a pic. its a 166 mhz sony vaio desktop. i paid 1300 dollars for it at the time. can you imagine. 1300 dollars for 166 mhz. what really sucked at the time is 2 weeks after i bought it they released all newer chips with mmx technology. what also sucked times 2 was this was my first discovery that not all computers came with a monitor. so I had to borrow one until i got my own.
My friend was so jealous how fast it was he had his mom buy the same computer that very week.
My friend was so jealous how fast it was he had his mom buy the same computer that very week.
Does this count? MS-DOS yeah! Still got this at home in the loft, must get it down and see if it still works soon
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That's amazing. I bet you played a lot of Genesis games on it. How much did it cost you?
My first computer
It never crashed, the batteries lasted forever, no Spam,Junk or viruses, eminently portable, great picture (depending on how good your eyes were)
not compatible with anything else, cost pennies to buy and the CPU was you!
very popular in its day, every company had one or more, don't laugh I can remember seeing my first one at school, yes I am as old as God's dog and after fighting Microsoft Windows for twenty years I seriously considered going back to the 'Abacus', thank god I was saved by my wonderful Mac Pro.
It never crashed, the batteries lasted forever, no Spam,Junk or viruses, eminently portable, great picture (depending on how good your eyes were)
not compatible with anything else, cost pennies to buy and the CPU was you!
very popular in its day, every company had one or more, don't laugh I can remember seeing my first one at school, yes I am as old as God's dog and after fighting Microsoft Windows for twenty years I seriously considered going back to the 'Abacus', thank god I was saved by my wonderful Mac Pro.
