Your Very First Computer..

What was the first computer you had, and hell what was the one after that?
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What kind of OS did it have?

Around what year was it?

How old were you?

Did you ever think socks with sandals was a good idea?

What happened to it?

My first computer was a Commodore 64

It had whatever operating system came with it..

1992(ish)

I was 5(ish)

I honestly never thought socks with sandals was a good idea.

My uncle took it back..then we got the Tandy 1000.

I actually still have the Tandy 1000, I use it to play Battle Chess when I'm bored.



This is what the Tandy looked like...kinda.

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We had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in the house back in 1982 very long time ago.

I had an Atari 800 -

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It ran Atari BASIC (off of a cartridge), I had it in 1981.

Second computer I had was an Apple IIc -

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I still have the Apple IIc, and it still works.

Right here, baby. We had it goin' on!

One state of the art TRS-80.

We had two, actually.

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hooray for green or orange monochrome, big ass floppy's and no mice...

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NAME VIC 20
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR May 1981
END OF PRODUCTION January 1985
BUILT IN LANGUAGE CBM Basic V2
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 4 function keys, 66 keys
CPU Commodore Semiconductor Group 6502A
SPEED 1.0227 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR VIC-I (6560) for sound and graphics.
RAM 5 KB (3583 bytes free), expandable up to 32 KB
VRAM Screen memory shared with regular RAM
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 23 rows x 22 columns
GRAPHIC MODES 184 x 176
COLORS 8 character colors, 16 background/border colors
SOUND 3 voices / 3 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT 40.3 x 20.4 x 7.2 cm / 1,8 Kg
I/O PORTS 1 joystick port, 1 user port, 1 serial port, 1 cartrige port, Composite video output, tape interface
POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit, 18 Watts
PRICE $299.95 (1981, U.S.A.)

I was 4 or 5 and got a Dragon 32 in 81/82 - think my brother has all three of them.

Second comuter was an Atari ST, think we got it in about 90 - I have this here and it still works.

trs 80 single floppy

I'm fairly sure our first one was a 386, not sure about any other specs though.

Mine was an actual modern PC. This was around 1998 when i was 15. It had a Cyrix 366mhz i think I can't remeber much else, it might have had 128mb Ram when i go it, but i bought another 64mb at some point. It was running Windows 95. I got it from Costco, can't remember the price but it was a good deal and was a Christmas present.

What was the first computer you had, and hell what was the one after that? What kind of OS did it have? Around what year was it?

I have no idea

How old were you?

I was a kid

Did you ever think socks with sandals was a good idea?

I don't think sandals of any kind are a good idea with or without socks

What happened to it?

It ended up in the garage from there I don't know, I think the garage leprechauns must've run off with it

Coleco Adam

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Introduced: June 1983
Released: October 1983
Discontinued: January 1985
Price: US $600
CPU: Zilog Z80-A @ 3.58MHz
RAM: 80K, 64K available to user
Display: TV (RF) & composite video
36 X 24 text, 16 colors
256 X 192 graphics
Ports: cartridge, video, AdamNet
Expansion: 3 internal expansion slots
Peripherals: Daisy-wheel printer (required)
Storage: 1 or 2 internal cassette drives
External floppy drive available
OS: BASIC, loaded from cassette

Cassette drives make me

Pretty sexy screwy...pretty damn sexy.

The original Sinclair Spectrum and then i advanced to the tape drive version !

I had a color computer 1 and 2, TSR-80, and Apple IIe. All around the same time back in 1983-85. Couldn't really say which I had first. Belonged to a local computer club and BBS. Stripped parts and piggybacked chips all the time.

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Originally posted by rocknthefreeworld

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NAME VIC 20
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR May 1981
END OF PRODUCTION January 1985
BUILT IN LANGUAGE CBM Basic V2
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 4 function keys, 66 keys
CPU Commodore Semiconductor Group 6502A
SPEED 1.0227 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR VIC-I (6560) for sound and graphics.
RAM 5 KB (3583 bytes free), expandable up to 32 KB
VRAM Screen memory shared with regular RAM
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 23 rows x 22 columns
GRAPHIC MODES 184 x 176
COLORS 8 character colors, 16 background/border colors
SOUND 3 voices / 3 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT 40.3 x 20.4 x 7.2 cm / 1,8 Kg
I/O PORTS 1 joystick port, 1 user port, 1 serial port, 1 cartrige port, Composite video output, tape interface
POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit, 18 Watts
PRICE $299.95 (1981, U.S.A.)

Same here I used to play Pirates Cove, cartridge for it...plug it in and enter the code to start the game..sys32592
(beer)

First computer was a Vic 20 when i was about 11/12, then had the Spectrum + 48k when i was 14, then my first PC a Tulip 8086 with DOS 3.30 on 3 floppies lol, brilliant

1982.....I think you guys are all old as fuck. My first computer was an Acer, modern PC. 1997 or so. Pentium with I think 128MB ram, 28.8 bbps modem and probably 20gb hard drive. It was a Walmart special.

AOL 3.0 warez scene like whoa.