Post Your First Computer!

[myjaja]

Post the specs and the year of purchase.

Specs:
P2 200mhz
32mb ram
8gb hd(I think)
Windows 95

Purchase date: 1995

 

[pontifex]

486 66mhz
8 mb ram
420 mb hd
windows 3.11

probably around 1993

 

[HendrixFan]

486 (SX/DX?) 50Mhz
4MB RAM (upgraded later to 8MB!!)
530MB HD
Windows 3.1

 

[PrinceofWands]

Commodore 64, cassette tape drive - 1984 (I think).

 

[Kadarin]

Apple ][+

48k RAM, 8Mhz Motorola 6502 cpu, 5.25" floppy

 

[vi edit]

Atari 2600 - 1981

But for a "real" computer it was a Commodore 64 around 1985

 

[FoBoT]

Apple II
8 Mhz
48 Kb RAM
5.25" external floopy drive
8 bit color when hooked to a TV, otherwise green monocolor 12" monitor

got that puppy in 1980 i think

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Commodore 64, cassette tape drive - 1984 (I think).

:thumbsup:

 

[waggy]

my first computer was a timex sinclair 1000

Introduced: July 1982
Price: US $99.95
How many? 500,000 in first 6 months
Weight: 12 ounces
CPU: Zilog Z80A, 3.25MHz
RAM: 2K, 64K max
Display: 22 X 32 text
hooks to TV
Ports: memory, cassette
Peripherals: Cassette recorder
T/S printer
OS: ROM BASIC



in fact i think its in my basement heh

 

[Electric Amish]

8088
Dual 5.25 floppies
DOS 6 on floppy
CGA Monitor

1989-1990...something like that

No hard drive

 

[meltdown75]

C=64 and 1541-II disk drive, about 1988 or so. Got the 1200 baud modem for Christmas in 1989.

First post on a BBS:

"ho ho ho my name is ___ _______. does anyone have any games"

 

[MercenaryForHire]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc

Motorola 65C02 @ 1.023 MHz
128KB RAM
140KB 5.25" FDD
Dad brought it home in 1986, and it's still in my parent's house today.

:heart:

- M4H

 

[BUTCH1]

Commodore VIC-20, 3K ram cassette storage

 

[SonnyDaze]

Commodore 64. Given to me in 1989 by a friend.

I went "PC-compatable" a short time later with a 286. Got it at Sears for $2500 and it was an 8 Mhz processor (IIRC), 40MB HD, 1 MB of RAM, 3.5" FDD and 5.25" FDD. And it was faaaaaast.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Commodore 64, cassette tape drive - 1984 (I think).

:thumbsup:

The system failed and I got rid of it, but I still have the cassettes to the original Temple of Apshai game for it.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Didn't realize there were this many Apple II users here.

Parents still have a IIgs "Woz" signature edition as well.

- M4H

 

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
C=64 and 1541-II disk drive, about 1988 or so. Got the 1200 baud modem for Christmas in 1989.

First post on a BBS:

"ho ho ho my name is ___ _______. does anyone have any games"

ROFL!!!! :laugh:

 

[Riverhound777]

Bit hard to remember since I was 7, but I believe it was:
386
8mb Ram
90mb HDD
DOS
$3k in 1989 from costco.

 

[HN]

Amstrad XT circa 1988.
Too young to know anything about specs. I do remember playing this, though

 

[Vic]

Atari 800
6502 cpu
48KB ram
cartridge rom
tape cassette drive
color TV
1980

 

[Soundmanred]

Atari 800XL w/ 5-1/4" Floppy and cassette drives. I still have everything but the cassette drive. Even the games. I learned to program on Basic with that thing.
Next PC was a Tandy (Radio Shack) 1000TX. It played Space Quest and Kings Quest, so I was happy.

 

[Hannover]

IBM PC Jr - 1984
8088 / 128KB

5 1/4 drive + two cartridge bays

Kings Quest, Lode Runner and Shamus got me started as a gamer : )

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: PrinceofWands
Commodore 64, cassette tape drive - 1984 (I think).

:thumbsup:

Same here, though the timeframe is a little fuzzy. I think it might have been '83 for me. About a year later, I got the blazin' fast 300 baud modem that was available at the time.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred
Atari 800XL w/ 5-1/4" Floppy and cassette drives. I still have everything but the cassette drive. Even the games. I learned to program on Basic with that thing.
Next PC was a Tandy (Radio Shack) 1000TX. It played Space Quest and Kings Quest, so I was happy.

Oh wow... do you still have Star Raiders for the 8-bit Atari? That was one of the best games ever (at the time)!

 

[WolverineGator]

1985 I believe. Dual tape drives and output was to a television screen! Coleco Adam