Your First Computer

  • Roadgeek
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    		 Who here remembers there very first computer?

    For me, the first computer I ever saw was my aunt's Gateway 2000, which I believe was in the summer of 1995.

    Specs:
    Intel Pentium 1
    1GB Hard Drive
    16MB RAM
    MS-DOS 6.22/Windows 3.11 (She upgraded to Windows 95 in early 1996)

    But the first computer my family ever owned was a Packard Bell Legend 822CDTW Mini-Tower computer, which was purchased in December 1995.

    Specs:
    Intel Pentium 1
    1GB Hard Drive
    16MB RAM
    Windows 95
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    		 286/12mhz, no idea what the RAM was. But it had a Turbo button and 2400 Baud modem. I was state of the art.
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  • Shazbot
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    		 In late 1999 i bought my first:

    - Pentium 3 600mhz
    - 128mb of 133mhz RAM
    - Nvidia TNT2 video card
    - Sound Blaster Live! Gold
    - 17gb fujitsu harddrive
    - 16x CD/CDRW
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  • pepsiru1es92
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    		 We had a Compaq Presario cds500 series
    386
    4MB of RAM
    500MB Hard Drive
    Windows 3.1
    3 1/2 inch Floppy
    (12x?)CD-ROM
    My dad threw it away 6 years ago, so I don't know much more than that.
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    		 I forgot to add, the computer had both kind of drives. 5 1/4" floppy and 3 1/2" disk drive.
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  • One Louder
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    		 I don't know the specs but it was a 1980 TRS-80 Color Computer aka Coco

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  • Roadgeek
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    One_Louder wrote:
    I don't know the specs but it was a 1980 TRS-80 Color Computer aka Coco


    :shock::shock: That could qualify as "Super Retroputing"! :P
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  • Saruman_w
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    		 I can't remember the specs of the computer my family had when I was a kid, but I remember it was a PC Brand desktop with Windows 3.1. When I was in middle school I used it every so often to connect to AOL, it seemed to have been the only way to avoid that fucking BSOD in AOL 5.0 while on Windows 98. Piece of shit.
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  • Dyzfunk7ional
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    		 I bought my first one in '02... its a Gateway Intel Pentium (4)/2GB Ram. Now is an updated clone.

    I remember the first Mac in mid 80's and then the apple 2 series... I was in awe when they first arrived at school.
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  • DCPuppyGirl
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    		 The first computer I remember my family having was a Tandy 1000. We had some cool games for it.

    Never underestimate your own abilities.
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  • RetroxBunny
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    Roadgeek wrote:
    One_Louder wrote:
    I don't know the specs but it was a 1980 TRS-80 Color Computer aka Coco


    :shock::shock: That could qualify as "Super Retroputing"! :P


    I agree...:shock:

    Our first computer was a Windows 95.
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  • chrisno51
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    		 The first computer we got when I was very young, had windows 3.1 I do not know the spectrums of the computer though. No internet was even thought of at that point needless to say. I remember playing old games on it such as Reader Rabbit and others.
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  • VHSer
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    		 Apple II.
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    		 commy64 and apple
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  • areyouakegger
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    		 Mine was a Packard Bell.
    I can't think of anything worth putting as a signature.
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  • Mezase Master
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    		 Ours was a Windows 98 in 1998, but before that we just used the Macintosh at my grandparents' house.
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    		 i had an emachines model computer that ran with windows 95 software. i didn't have many games for it back then, but there were a few ones like python, skifree, and air hockey. and good ol' dial-up internet
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  • 1983bowtiebeater
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    		 My first was a MEAD Notebook

    Circa Third Grade 1999

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  • 1983bowtiebeater
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    		 as you can see from the spelling, I didn't pay too much attention in school...and that I somehow saw retrojunk at some point in 1999 before it ever existed...The Truth is Out There
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    This is just so incredibly offensive, I had to speak up. Another perfect example of why I left this shit-hole of a site. Pure, disgusting, immaturity. Please, people who are actually attracted to this garbage must be so incredib
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  • piercedsphynx
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    		 My first computer was an IBM PS/1 Consultant, complete with keyboard, mouse and 13" CRT VGA monitor! I still remember that flip-down cover on the front to access the 3.5" floppy. NO CD-ROM, NO sound card, NO speakers yet! Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.0. Ahhh.... The good ol' days...


    "Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do." :shock:
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