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What was your First Computer?

Started by geekchk 2 years ago 2 Comments

What was your first computer?

Tags: computer, family, geek, nostalgia, pc, tech, technology

1.	Commodore 64 (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 22 votes 430 pts
2.	Apple IIe An upgraded Apple II plus Add a comment	Vote! 12 votes 234 pts
3.	IBM PC, Intel 8088 256K, CGA monitor, dual 5 1/4" 360K floppy drives. Add a comment	Vote! 11 votes 212 pts
4.	A computer whose manufacture no longer exists. I think it was progen. It had a removable hard drive. Ahhh memories..... [show more] I think it was progen. It had a removable hard drive. Ahhh memories.. [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 10 votes 197 pts
5.	486 / 66 Mhz My first PC with a Roland General Midi board to run X-Wing vs. TIE-Fighter in all its accoustic beauty... 6 Comments	Vote! 9 votes 179 pts
6.	Apple II Plus (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 9 votes 174 pts
7.	Commodore Vic-20 (No description provided) 11 Comments	Vote! 8 votes 160 pts
8.	TRS-80 Tandy-Radio Shack My first computer used a television hookup for a display and a cassette recorder to load programs. Unlike now, we had a choice of ... [show more] My first computer used a television hookup for a display and a cassette recorder to load programs. Unlike now, we had a choice of 16 colors, and the pixels seemed as big as my fist. It taught me the fundamentals of BASIC programming, though. There was no other way to enter programs other than to type them out, usually from magazines. [show less] 3 Comments	Vote! 8 votes 154 pts
9.	Pentium 133 Bad boy was over $3k. 5 Comments	Vote! 7 votes 140 pts
10.	Dell (No description provided) 2 Comments	Vote! 7 votes 140 pts
11.	Slide Rule "When I was your age, we had to carry our digits carved out of stone tablets, uphill in the snow, both ways!" Add a comment	Vote! 7 votes 134 pts
12.	Tandy 1000TL With Deskmate, awww yeah! Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 120 pts
13.	Atari ahhh, life without a hard drive. Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 119 pts
14.	Mac Plus The 1986 original. Smiling. Warmly rounded. Approachably sized. A happy biscuit beige, in a world of hard metallic grey ugly b... [show more] The 1986 original. Smiling. Warmly rounded. Approachably sized. A happy biscuit beige, in a world of hard metallic grey ugly boxes. But floppy-based (ugh). Interminable booting, sudden attacks of frantic floppy-swapping at application launch, sometimes descending into an infinite regression. later came the joy of adding a 20MB hard drive, and then later the dizzying upgrade to a $1300 140MB "eRodime" monster. not to mention the screaming power of the 16MHz 68020 accelerator card, and the whopping 2MB of $350-apiece RAM SIMMs. [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 6 votes 113 pts
15.	Sinclair ZX-81 (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 100 pts
16.	Commodore 128 with a Commodore 1571 floppy disk unit Add a comment	Vote! 5 votes 99 pts
17.	Texas Instruments TI99/4A (No description provided) 12 Comments	Vote! 5 votes 97 pts
18.	Sinclair ZX Spectrum (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 4 votes 80 pts
19.	Macintosh SE30 The funny thing about it : When they released the Motorola 68030 processor they upgraded all Macintosh by naming them with a "X" a... [show more] The funny thing about it : When they released the Motorola 68030 processor they upgraded all Macintosh by naming them with a "X" at the end of the name. .. but not for this one, they use 30. 8P [show less] 1 Comment	Vote! 4 votes 78 pts
20.	IBM PS/1 - (1990) This was top of the line in 1990, and my parents spent around $3,000 on it. 386mhz, 2MB RAM, 80MB HDD. Came with Windows 3.0, whic... [show more] This was top of the line in 1990, and my parents spent around $3,000 on it. 386mhz, 2MB RAM, 80MB HDD. Came with Windows 3.0, which was just introduced that year. 2400 baud modem included! [show less] Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 60 pts
21.	Apple II GS And games like HyperStudio, Wavy Navy, and the Oregon Trail rocked! Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 60 pts
22.	Amstrad CPC 464 (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 60 pts
23.	Kaypro II http://www.old-compu...ter.asp?c=550 Damn, I'm old. Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 58 pts
24.	Apple IIc (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 3 votes 58 pts
25.	Timex/Sinclair (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
26.	Compaq something or the other i bought it of work for 150 eur when they changed to Dell. the kids still use it (from my ex) but I bought myself an iMac now. Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
27.	Hewlett Packard Pavilion 8175 Pentium MMX About 255 or so pentium speed. Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 40 pts
28.	Tk95 Brasilian zx-spectrum clon Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
29.	Amiga 1200 (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
30.	Oric Atmos (No description provided) Add a comment	Vote! 2 votes 39 pts
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brundlefly 2 years ago

Wow. Lots of oldschool computer users here. It's nice to see that.

geekchk 1 year ago

Computer are so cool.

Topic Details

This topic was started by geekchk on May 20th, 2006. 171 grupies have voted on one or more of the 55 answers.

Tags: computer, family, geek, nostalgia, pc, tech, technology

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Commodore 64

Apple IIe

IBM PC, Intel 8088

A computer whose manufacture no longer exists.

486 / 66 Mhz

Apple II Plus

Commodore Vic-20

TRS-80 Tandy-Radio Shack

Pentium 133

Dell

Slide Rule

Tandy 1000TL

Atari

Mac Plus

Sinclair ZX-81

Commodore 128

Texas Instruments TI99/4A

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Macintosh SE30

IBM PS/1 - (1990)

Apple II GS

Amstrad CPC 464

Kaypro II

Apple IIc

Timex/Sinclair

Compaq something or the other

Hewlett Packard Pavilion 8175 Pentium MMX

Tk95

Amiga 1200

Oric Atmos

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