Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

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Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #15 – March 30, 2005, 12:43:28 AM

8088 that my brother built for me, within a week i fried that sob, i was walking around in my socks and decided to go poking around in the case. Man i loved bbs's'

I remeber the screeching of my BLAZING fast (24 when i first got into computing)96 k dial up modem

Had a program called banna grove it took your bbs's and remebered them for you

only susposted to be a 30 day trial thing .........man stuff was easier to "borrow" back then being that there were no security issues

Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #16 – March 30, 2005, 01:52:23 AM

Commodore 64 exactly like the one Baxo posted, that is untill I stepped up to my apple llc :hick:

Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #17 – March 30, 2005, 08:50:53 AM

Commodore 64 with the external tape drive....ah, the memories.

First serious machine: Apple Macintosh Performa 450. Pizza box style, whopping 64MB RAM, and a blazing 25MHz Motorola 601 processor, hooked to a 14" color monitor that displayed a mind-boggling 256 colors. Yes, this was a Photoshop lover's dream. Still have it, still works fine for the most part....debating on whether I want to spend $18 on the CMOS battery to keep it from crashing though. :)

Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #18 – March 30, 2005, 12:58:56 PM

Was the acer PIII with 64 Ram, cdrom and 10 gigs HD. Still very Good......

Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #19 – March 30, 2005, 01:39:12 PM

Packard Bell 401CD
75MHz
16MB of RAM
850MB Hard Drive
14.4 Modem
Windows 3.1
Prodigy Internet (text based did rule)
"Upgraded" to AOL 1.0.

Just got rid of that box a few weeks ago. Had it since 1994. It was a reliable, proprietary POS, but it got the job done for several years.

Re: Your first computer, or "My, how times have changed"

Reply #20 – March 30, 2005, 02:16:09 PM

My first computer is my current computer. 866 PIII 20g 256 and a basic sound card and CD burner (2000 pro at first, but ped out on me, so I reformated with '98). The only decent thing in it is the video card I got for Autocad use.

but the ol' 20G took a nose dive last month, so I have my first upgrade to an 80G, and run XP home ed. (now I'm legit....... at least with windows)