Your first computer

Ioanni · 12-19-2006, 12:12 PM

Who remembers their first computer. I do I was in grade 5 when I got it. One of the laywers at the building she cleaned gave it to her when he replaced it and she gave it to me cause I loved computers.
Here are the spec from what I remember

Intel Pentium 486
Windows 3.1 Windows for Wrkstation
Floppy Drive
2-16 MB Ram

So if you remember your first computer post your story and the specs.

b1gapl · 12-19-2006, 12:15 PM

Of course I remember my first computer. It was a Pentium 2 300MHz, Windows 95, not sure of the ram i think either 64mb or 128mb, probably onboard graphics, and a 15" monitor. It was able to play Carmageddon 2 and House of the Dead. I remember when my dad bought it, I had the latest and fastest computer on the block. And all my friends would come over to check it out heh. Oh yea it was an IBM.

Nukem · 12-19-2006, 12:33 PM

my first "computer" was a Colecovision Adam. (Circa 1982)

http://oldcomputers.net/adam.html

Oh, and this should have went into the Off topic forum...

talldude123 · 12-19-2006, 12:57 PM

I think we already have a thread about this, but whatever, nice to make a new one

My first one:

Intel 33Mhz (if put in turbo mode), 16Mhz normal.
4MB RAM
250MB HD
Windows 3.1
CD-ROM, 5" floppy, 3" floppy.
AAMMAAZZIINNGG 13" Monitor (that's the brand name, BTW)

WorldIndustries · 12-19-2006, 01:40 PM

Intel Pentium 1 166MHz
96MB EDO Ram
S3VirgeDX graphics
1.6GB Hard Drive

I got it in 1996, and had it until 2001. :amazed:

Camshaft · 12-19-2006, 01:57 PM

got it when I was 12
P3 733Mhz
10gig HDD
a gigabyte mobo
and 15" screen

bobojuice · 12-19-2006, 03:06 PM

First computer was a 486 probably like 33mhz in turbo. Ran dos and i used to play carmen sandiego and castle of dr brain on it. Without a mouse. My dad figured we didnt really need one. That of course was the family computer, but MY first computer was a Pentium II piece of junk. My dad gave it to me when he "upgraded" his to a PIII 500mhz.

Trotter · 12-19-2006, 04:07 PM

***Moved thread***

Tandy ColorComputer2 w/16KB RAM and an external tape drive. No floppy (cost about $300 for the 5 1/2" floppy drive). No hard drive (home computers were regarded as 'toys' and didn't have them).

talldude123 · 12-19-2006, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by WorldIndustries
Intel Pentium 1 166MHz
96MB EDO Ram
S3VirgeDX graphics
1.6GB Hard Drive

I got it in 1996, and had it until 2001. :amazed:

That was my same computer from 1996-2000.

[Post was submitted while I was moving the thread. ~Trotter]

Shannon · 12-19-2006, 04:21 PM

Well, it wasn't mine personally, but I literally do not remember not having a computer in the house. We had an IBM which had a black and yellow monitor and a dot matrix printer, and an Apple II which had the black and green monitor. I wish I knew the specific names of them, but I was quite young, although I think I remember typing my Mission report on that IBM in the fourth grade. Maybe my grandfather knows...

The first one I built was summer/fall of 2001 after I graduated high school. It had a Athlon 1.4 ghz and a 60gb hard drive. It was before the Athlon XPs and the 1400+ style naming scheme.

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