First computer?

[PG29 red0 Jr]

Was approx 1998. I got the first Pentium 2 system Gateway sold, the G6-233. It was heavily advertised as having "MMX technology". Solid system, but did not give me a lot of longevity because while I could upgrade the cpu to a 450, I could not overcome the limitation of the 66Mhz front side bus. It shipped with a great game, Red Line Racer

I think that is the exact one my family got. I too remember red line racer.

I remember upgrading the ram to try and make it run Nascar 99' better for my Dad who bought a steering wheel and pedal set.

"If this worthless computer cost me $2500, it better damn well play Nascar!"

 

[djacobox372]

I think he has mistaken Pentium "x86" with it Pentium 386, no ordinary 386 went past 66mhz for sure, and 32mb of ram is akin to a core i7 with 128gb RAM nowadays.

My 2nd computer was an AMD 386 40mhz--I think that's where the 386 topped out.

 

[Jack Reacheround]

Some kind of old ass Mac.

 

[Phlog]

Had an Amstrad CPC 464, green screen and tape deck. Upgraded to a 086 pc after that.

 

[My Spot]

A Packerd Bell in 94.

Intel 486 66mhz
16mb RAM
500mb HD
9k or 14k modem

Like $1600 from Circuit City.

 

[Lint]

My 2nd computer was an AMD 386 40mhz--I think that's where the 386 topped out.

I think too, but then IBM bought usage rights and made 386s cpus up to 486 speeds and sold it as 486SLC tho.

I had a C64, then a XT, then compy 386, that was the golden era os ms-dos gaming: jill of the jungle, scorched earth, prince of persia on vga, and all that 320x200x8 glory dos4gw could afford us..

 

[computer fogie]

Timex motherfucks!

That was my first PC too. 2k of memory. I paid $100 for the first one, then gave it away. I paid $50 for the second one. I also had the awesome 16k RAM pack. Sixteen kilobytes, imagine the power!

 

[Swoliosis]

All in one Apple PowerPC with a 28.8 kbps external modem

 

[Andy Capp]

I did a thread earlier on your first tape, CD, etc... but do you remember your first computer?

My parents bought me a C64 when I was a kid that was awesome. But, I bought my first computer for myself when I went to grad. school. It was Pentium 386 266 Mhz CPU with something like a 2 GB hard drive, 32 MB of RAM, and a 4 MB video card. I'm pretty sure most of that is correct. I thought I'd never fill the hard drive back then. It also came with VGA, 14" CRT monitor. Cost about $2k too.

First computer at home was a Texas Instruments TI-99/4a but the first one I ever used was this,

 

[Swoliosis]

Same!! Then got upgraded to a Sony Vaio. Goddamn dial-up internet, playing Diablo 1&2, Oregon Trail, looking at the Hustler Website, AOL free-trial floppy disk, Napster/Limewire, Garbage ass Windows ‘98-2000 & Media Player.

I remember stretching that AOL trial for like 3 years before saying fuck it and paying for DSL

 

[ralphc1]

1991 Phillips - Magnavox Headstart 500 CD. One of the first computers with a CD ROM. 80386SX processor. 2MB of memory and a gigantic 80 MB hard drive.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Commodore 64, Paper Boy for the win!

 

[djacobox372]

We've come a long way, my current 8tb harddrive would have cost roughly 1 trillion dollars back when I bought my first 20mb harddrive.

 

[therealdope]

First computer at home was a Texas Instruments TI-99/4a but the first one I ever used was this,

I actually put together PDP-8s as a summer job.

 

[Chesten_Hesten]

That was my first PC too. 2k of memory. I paid $100 for the first one, then gave it away. I paid $50 for the second one. I also had the awesome 16k RAM pack. Sixteen kilobytes, imagine the power!

I'm trying to remember what they were good for.

As I recollect it connected to the TV and was capable of letting the user code some lame-o basic programs, not much else?

 

[Batjester]

C64 baby!!!


1st one I bought on my own was a damn E-Machine

 

[therealdope]

I'm trying to remember what they were good for.

As I recollect it connected to the TV and was capable of letting the user code some lame-o basic programs, not much else?

the physicists that developed the geometry and math of modern CT scanners worked for Ford. They did a lot of the reconstruction at home using Timex sinclairs. No joke.

 

[Aerosol]

I did a thread earlier on your first tape, CD, etc... but do you remember your first computer?

My parents bought me a C64 when I was a kid that was awesome. But, I bought my first computer for myself when I went to grad. school. It was Pentium 386 266 Mhz CPU with something like a 2 GB hard drive, 32 MB of RAM, and a 4 MB video card. I'm pretty sure most of that is correct. I thought I'd never fill the hard drive back then. It also came with VGA, 14" CRT monitor. Cost about $2k too.

AMSTRAD
1987

 

[Andy Capp]

Do you remember RUN magazine that used to include the coding for games and other programs within it? The games were all underwhelming, but the fun was in something coming to life after typing out 2, 3, or 4 pages of coding. Good times.

You say that like BYTE never existed.

 

[Andy Capp]

I think the first PC I've had at home was a 486 that runs dos 4.0 I remember playing games such as Prince of Persia and Prehistorik.

Most of all, I remember playing around with autoexec.bat because some games require high count of system memory.

But 640K ought to be enough for anybody, right?