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What was your first computer? - 01-13-2012, 02:21 PM

I think this would be interesting. So what was you first computer? Post with a pic if you can find one :)

This was my first computer running Windows 3.1 :P


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01-13-2012, 02:24 PM

some clone

486 DX 33mhz
8 meg ram
110 meg hard drive
SBlaster 16 sound card
5.25 Floppy
3.25 Floppy
2x cd rom drive.
14" Viewsonic Monitor
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Commodore 64
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01-13-2012, 02:26 PM

We had a 286 CompuAdd when I was growing up.

Went from that to a P2 400 Dell with 128MB of RAM and an 8.6GIG HD. Also had ZIP drive, 3.5" and DVD player. Later added a CD-RW.

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I just realized the kids generation will never know what floppies are. or Zip disks.

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01-13-2012, 02:29 PM

We never had a computer in our house growing up. It wasn't until I was about 18 or 19 and moved out.
By that time I think it was up to like 200mhz and 64mb of RAM.
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What are you talking about I don't know those things


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personal/home: commodore 64 early 80s iirc

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01-13-2012, 02:35 PM

Not mine, but when I was first introduced to computers, it was a 286 running DOS. Most kids probably don't even know what that is.

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My first computer was a home-built 2MHz Z80 with 4KB of memory, built on a wire wrap board. I built an I/O board with 16 switches for setting an address, and eight for data. I wrote a (very) small operating system and a BASIC interpreter. I had a cassette recorder for mass storage.
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01-13-2012, 02:55 PM

386 with a math co-processor IBM clone DOS... cant remember the details

Learned on an 8088....


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my dad taught me how to type on a telex LOL.

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Tandy color computer with 4k memory and a .86mhz 6809 processor and cassette tape drive for storage plugged into a 12" color television, 1981.

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