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What was your first PC

What did you start your computing life with??

December 15, 2004 7:33:53 AM from JoeUser ForumsJoeUser Forums
Allright, I think I'll start one of these get to know your community threads.
What was the first PC you owned or worked on? 286, 386, Pentium I, II, III etc.
Mine was a Radio Shack TRS80 Model 4 (basic language computer) my company bought for me to do survey closures, roadway design applications and some basic drainage programs. I believe it was 1983 or late 82.
There been a whole lot of others since. Currently I use a Pentium IV Laptop. What a ride it's been.
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Reply #1 December 15, 2004 7:46:53 AM
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Oldest....CBM64

Newest....Amstrad CPC6128.....

Not much difference, really....

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Reply #2 December 15, 2004 7:57:31 AM
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You know, I might still have a commmodore 64 in a box in the garage. My wife wouldn't let me throw it out because of all the great games
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Reply #3 December 15, 2004 8:03:02 AM
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Lantec, you might hang on to that. Im due for a replacement at work. Im sure my boss will be interested.
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Reply #4 December 15, 2004 8:07:56 AM
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In between there's a complete Apple 11e  [paid $5 for it all] .... but I sorely need the OS disks....
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Reply #5 December 15, 2004 8:13:10 AM
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My very first computer was a Radio Shack Coco (Color Computer), but that hardly counts since I was about 16 or 17 and never really used it a lot other than for playing. My first real computer that I used daily was a Macintosh Classic. Kept it for about 7 years before I bought a 486 in 1994 or so.
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Reply #6 December 15, 2004 8:40:34 AM
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Sinclair ZX81
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Reply #7 December 15, 2004 9:26:01 AM
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WOM 's was and 8088 with 1 meg of ram and a 20 meg hard drive.

Thought I was on top of the world.
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Reply #8 December 15, 2004 12:50:50 PM
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Apple II/e
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Reply #9 December 15, 2004 1:21:06 PM
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My first was a Commodore Vic20 with a blazing fast 300 baud modem (think that this was about 1982?).
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Reply #10 December 15, 2004 1:43:13 PM
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Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
You could plug game cartridges into it, program in Basic (had to save on cassette tape), and use your TV for a monitor.
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Reply #11 December 15, 2004 1:55:37 PM
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My first PC was an Atari 800XL.

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Reply #12 December 15, 2004 2:11:12 PM
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In between there's a complete Apple 11e


I have my IIc up and running in my lab. It's amazing to me how my kids like to play the simpler games on it.

My first computer was an Apple II (with the Radio Shack cassette deck as the storage medium).
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Reply #13 December 15, 2004 2:27:23 PM
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And all this time I thought the site was full of Kids. Pass the grecian formula
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Reply #14 December 15, 2004 2:35:03 PM
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Timex Sinclair 1000 with the 16k expansion
heres a Link
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Reply #15 December 15, 2004 2:38:07 PM
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The first computer I used was a Apple IIe.
The first I owned was a AMD powered 386 I believe.

I now run a AMD Athlon 2000+ setup. I've had plenty of Intel setups but from now on it's AMD.
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Reply #16 December 15, 2004 2:47:06 PM
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First computer: Pc XT. It was adready 10 years old or so and it was free.

I built a 486 33 mhz SX computer a few years later. 4 mb RAM was almost $90 and it was a amazing deal then.
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Reply #17 December 15, 2004 3:04:12 PM
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My first IBM clone was an XT the display model at Sears which I talked the sales lady down to $114.00 !

But I started on Atari computers and programmed them in machine language.

I also built some IBM pc's, two 286's from scratch, starting with motherboards and cases. The last one I built had an ABIT motherboard.

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Reply #18 December 15, 2004 3:04:14 PM
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My First computer was a atari 800 XL. then an atari ST, NOW i have a HP Pavilion a420n, with 1.5 gig of ram - 200 gig hard drive - G force 128 mig vidio card - and pentium processer, dvd burner- cd rw drive- and so on, what a difference from the to now.
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Reply #19 December 15, 2004 3:15:48 PM
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Mine was a 386 Tandy. I think back then it was paying AOL $12.00 to be online for an hour. I had the Tandy without a phone jack the phone jacks came out with the 486 models. Lol,tis sickening when you think about how much money a person would put out for a program back then that was on a diskette or the paper thin floppies. The only big programs I could afford for it was Crayola Crayons Art Studio and Leisure Suit Larry.

PS-- "Thanks for the memories you've given me"
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Reply #20 December 15, 2004 3:38:02 PM
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First Computer was an Apple IIe Baby! My Aunt gave it to me after she had it for a few years. But I did own a Commodore 64 before it, but that didn't do much compared to the Apple IIe.

My First REAL Computer that I got all by myself was a 486 SX-33 w/ 4MB RAM and a 340MB HD & a 1 MB VLB Video Card! It came with a Sound Card and CD-ROM! That was the best PC ever! So many fond memories.

My Latest PC is My P4-2.6GHz (OC to 2.7GHz @832FSB)
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Reply #21 December 15, 2004 3:40:32 PM
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the first one puter I purchesed was a laser 128 with a okidata 120f printer, i bought that back 85,or 86. now I have amd 2200+, I am munch happier with this new one
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Reply #22 December 15, 2004 3:53:14 PM
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ZX Spectrum Was first, but that was mainly a gaming machine.
First PC had to be the AST, with about 200mb HDD space and about 133mhz CPU. Was around £1300 then in USA money... about $2500
My PC now is a AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Geforce FX 5600 256mb DDR, 738mb DDR RAM.
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Reply #23 December 15, 2004 4:10:37 PM
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My first one is nothing compared to yours. I waited to get a reeeeeeeeeeeally good one, that was (back then) a Gateway 4DX2-66V. Cost me $2,000+!!! 'Twas 66MHz (w/ turbo on) and 8 mb ram, 1mb video, sound blaster,Win 3.11, 444mb hd. I thought it was blazing then! Now I have a Gateway Performance 500 with a 500MHz PIII, 384 MB RAM, 256 MB GeForce FX 5200, SoundBlaster Live! Value, and DVD/CD burner.
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Reply #24 December 15, 2004 5:27:01 PM
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Osborne ... the first "portable" computer.
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Reply #25 December 15, 2004 5:51:45 PM
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Radio Shack Color Computer. I installed a pilot light, a new keypad, and piggybacked a memory kit to expand from 16 to 32 K. yep, that's K.
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