Old farts = Old computers

[mattpegher]

Since we seem to have a fair contigency of old farts, anyone else here ever own a commodore 64. If not what was the first personnal computer you owned

 

[Apathetic]

The first one I owned was an Apple IIe.

Dave

 

[Number1]

Commodore VIC 20

 

[MovingTarget]

The oldest PC I've ever owned was a 386. Commodores were before my time.

 

[mattpegher]

added a poll

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Pretty much a repost of this thread.

My first computer i owned was a 8088 HeathKit.

 

[OVerLoRDI]

I wasn't born yet. Sad I missed that era.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Since we seem to have a fair contigency of old farts, anyone else here ever own a commodore 64. If not what was the first personnal computer you owned

Vic 20, then C64, then C128, then Amiga 2000, then on to the world of PCs. I still have the C128 and Amiga connected and on my desk, with the C64 in my closet and the Vic 20 is in my attic, I believe.

 

[SKORPI0]

Been using computer since mid '70s during college. Had a IBM PC compatible and Apple II+ early '80s. Followed by a Commodore 64 & Amiga 500 in storage in the garage, monitors dead long time ago. I've accumulated too many computer computer stuff/magazines over those years, kept some of them. Had to throw some things that could be termed "collectibles" these days.

 

[stahlhart]

I still own mine. Actually own about ten of them now, a couple VIC-20s, a 128, three 1702s, a 1701 and mabye a dozen or so disk drives of varying models. And probably close to 1,000 5-1/4" floppies, either blank or written to, and some carts.

 

[Gillbot]

Ti99/4a

 

[lxskllr]

Atari800 was my first computer, and a 486DX50 was my first x86.

 

[cKGunslinger]

Commodore VIC 20

this.

 

[shortylickens]

Repost.
We have this thread several times a year.

Also, Empac, with a green monitor.
Good times.

 

[mattpegher]

Repost.
We have this thread several times a year.

Also, Empac, with a green monitor.
Good times.

I know but when you start reminding us how old we are, we get nostalgic.

 

[DaveSimmons]

C=64 was my third computer, after the TRS-80 and Atari 800.

I even did a bit of coding on it, for Adventure International, Simulations Canada and KrenTek

Oooh, awesome graphics!

 

[ultimatebob]

I went from a Commodore 64 (with a cassette drive and B&W TV!), to a IBM PS/2 Model 50Z with a 8MB memory expansion board. That was a insane amount of memory back then in 1989.. that was like having 32 GB of memory in your gaming rig back then.

 

[SpunkyJones]

Atari 400 was my first. Dam I loved Star Raiders.

 

[etrigan420]

We were "po' folk", so although I am of the right age to have had one, I had to go to my friends house to experience the awesomeness that was Dr. J vs. Larry Bird.

Another friend had an IBM PCJr (IIRC). Lode Runner was the shizzle.

First computer I ever had was one I purchased in...shit...'95?

 

[midwestfisherman]

286

 

[Arkaign]

Atari 400 for our family, though I also picked up a VIC-20 and 2600 from garage sales when I was young. I am 34 now, so according to the release date I would have been 5 when the C64 first came out.

 

[Arkaign]

I remember the VIC-20 being terrible at the time, but it's pretty impressive what dedicated programmers can accomplish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO0GuYTPRDk

I know it looks awful by almost any standard, but that looked FAR better than any VIC-20 games of the era.

 

[bobdole369]

i had a VIC-20 first. Played Pirates Cove and programmed BASIC. Then had a series of C-64's and a C-128. (had the rare 1581 too). I also had a ROM burner for the C-64, but it didn't work (picked up from an estate sale and missing the program ROM.) There was a terminal program that let you run 80 columns on C-64 (novaterm I want to say).

 

[Cyco]

Ti99/4a

Same.

 

[SamQuint]

Yep Commodore 64 here. Still got it. However the monitors I had for it finally died.