What was your first computer?

[JoGloMorKat]

I too had an Atari 800. I remember spending hours typing in programs that came in computer magazines then saving them to the cassett tape.

I had this game D-Day 1941 that took like 2 hours to load from the tape. Such a pain in the butt.

 

[Blondie]

It was an IBM Aptiva.

 

[Grog]

We've come a long way in a short time.

Yes we have... The new issue of PC Gamer lists a 1996 top of the line gaming machine as having the following specs:

Pentium 166MHZ CPU
16 MB RAM
1.6 GB Hard Drive
2MB-4MB Super VGA video card
8X CD-ROM Drive
28.8K Modem

Hard to believe that was only eight years ago.

 

[geffric]

IBM PC with 2 floppy drives.. back when only dinosaurs had PC's. Amber monitor.. 512 mg ..had to beg at work to get my own PC.. they told me I didn't like to share.. LOL

 

[hercamore]

IBM Pc Jr which we still have in the basement, LOL

Anyone want it?



herc..

 

[Stepharoonie!]

A Commador 64 baby! Took 3 days of typing out a code to make a 6 second firework show on the computer Woe to the person who typed ONE LETTER or NUMBER wrong SOMEWHERE in that code!!

 

[wishuponastarforever]

We had the original Apple MacIntosch.
We had to laugh when we visited the Smithsonian (Science Building, I think), there it sat as an early example. We used it for years

 

[CindysGusGus]

Had a commodore 64 also with a cassette tape drive

 

[Pixie_Dust]

A Kaypro. It had 64K of memory. That is not a typo!

 

[crazelion]

I remember it was Texas Insturments with a tape drive. I was five years old at the time.

Next Computer was a Commerdere 64.

Has it been that along 20 year and more computer experience.

 

[floridaminnie]

Originally posted by Meriweather
Commodore 64

That was ours also.

 

[Galahad]

Another TRS-80, model 1 with a cassette recorder and no monitor (had to use a 12 inch B & W TV.).

 

[Poohlovr]

Don't remember the model number, but, it was the TI. Had to hook it up to our television.

A few programs (on tape) were available,but not many.

I remember trying to program a Star Trek game into it...key by key. I worked on that for hours. Guess what? The program has an error. I know, cause I kept trying over and over and over.....

 

[edcrbnsoul]

No model I've always made my own took a class after I got married made the first one I owned a 300 mhz with a 1GB hard drive and a 28k modem upgraded later to a 56k for that blazing speed.

 

[Beanie]

I remember my parents having a Tandy something or another? LOL It was really old!

 

[nativetxn]

Commodore 64. 1981. I think it had 16K ram. So funny to remember that