Your First PC

by **Homestar_Runner** » Thu May 29, 2003 10:21 am

Mine was the IBM Model 5150... It had a blazing 4.77 Mhz processor and 16k of RAM. The graphics were awesome as well... CGA 320x200... Imagine trying to play BF1942 on that beast. My parents bought me a Compaq portable a few years later. They called it portable even though the thing weighed close to 40lbs...

IBM Model 5150

Compaq Portable

by **FarginMofo** » Thu May 29, 2003 10:31 am

Mine was a good old C64.

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=98

by **SilverSurfer** » Thu May 29, 2003 10:57 am

lol my first was a pentium 1 133mhz pacard bell

by **BeCynical** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:05 am

My first home computer was a Power Mac Performa 6230. Used to use Apple IIs in grade school.

by **SHWoff** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:29 am

Acer 1200 - 386 DX16, 40MB HDD, 8MB RAM, 13-inch SVGA - $3,600

by **Camel toe joe** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:30 am

I think mine(actually my fathers) was apple IIe, I hardly used it...later on I got the Commodore 128D which was my computer

by **SHWoff** » Thu May 29, 2003 11:32 am

[i]They called it portable even though the thing weighed close to 40lbs...

Compaq Portable
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LOL. I remember those. We had one at work that we ran protocol analyzer software on. Man, it was a bitch to set up...

by **Cpl. Bingham** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:45 pm

My first was a 486-25mhz with a meg of ram. When my beloved Sierra adventure games started getting a little heftier, I upgraded to 4 megs of ram, and it cost me $285. Moore's Law meant prices pretty much sucked the bone back then.

My school was still using C64's 5 years after this point as well. They did have one Mac, but the only use it got was students playing the mouse tutorial with the guy in the cave.

by **Homestar_Runner** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:54 pm

I remember Logo Writer for the Apple. God that program sucked... But it was the only one available at my school.

by **{CN}Doomfarer** » Thu May 29, 2003 12:55 pm

Mine was an old IBM 80/86 with an amber monitor that didn't support VGA graphics, one of floppy drive (the lame one) and a hard drive that couldn't handle a third of my current music collection... I later upgraded this awesome machine with a top of the line 14.4 modem so I could go play on the different BBS's... I for one do NOT miss the old days...

by **Cowgomoo** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:10 pm

Originally posted by SilverSurfer
lol my first was a pentium 1 133mhz pacard bell

ahahaha...same here..my sis uses it now (i feel sorry for her)

by **Dos Equis** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:44 pm

Here's the 'puter that they use down here in the south.

It's called ABI-something or other

by **Camel toe joe** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:49 pm

Originally posted by Dos Equis
Here's the 'puter that they use down here in the south.

It's called ABI-something or other

abacus I believe

Main Entry: aba·cus
Pronunciation: 'a-b&-k&s, &-'ba-
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural aba·ci /'a-b&-"sI, -"kE; &-'ba-"kI/; or aba·cus·es
Etymology: Latin, from Greek abak-, abax, literally, slab
Date: 14th century
1 : an instrument for performing calculations by sliding counters along rods or in grooves
2 : a slab that forms the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column

by **Wairudo Enjin** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:55 pm

My first computer was also a Commodore 64. I had a lot of fun with that computer. The tape drive SUCKED, however, as it would NEVER save and the reload any of the programs I wrote. :mad:

Once I got the disk drives though, I was able to pirate some sweet games. I still have my complete rig in the basement!

by **ShipWreck** » Thu May 29, 2003 2:58 pm

mine was lightening fast furry of a commador 64

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