Computer Chat Your first pc?

[Ramsesx]

Memories come back as I read about bbs in the vB 4.1 thread. The first pc I ever bought was a Compaq 486 DX2 80 with windows 3.11, the internet connection was made by a 28k robotics modem via compuserve. If I compare this with today it's like the difference between a Ford Lizzy and a Buggati Veyron. What was your first pc?

[Trevor Hannant]

PC? Pentium II 350Mhz with 512Mb RAM using Win98.

[beishe8]

Ks only(640) instead of Ms and Gs

[Yves R.]

i486 DX2-66 / DOS 6 / Win 3.11

[toon79]

ZX Spectrum 128 KB memory...

[Trevor Hannant]

ZX Spectrum 128 KB memory...

If you're talking computers as a whole rather than PCs as per the title of the thread, I had a Commodore 64 then an Amiga 128...

[Ryan Ashbrook]

PC? Pentium II 350Mhz with 512Mb RAM using Win98.

This only mine was a Pentium III and 384 MB.

I think the Mhz was the same, though.

[Trevor Hannant]

This only mine was a Pentium III and 384 MB.

I think the Mhz was the same, though.

Mine was bought in Oct '98. I moved employer in 2006 and my desktop there:

PentiumII 400Mhz, 512Mb RAM using Windows NT6.

Scary...

[Steve Machol]

Here was my first computer: http://oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html

Kaypro II
Released:1982
Price:US $1595.
Weight:26 lbs
CPU:Zilog Z80, 2.5 MHz
RAM:64K
Display:9" green phosphor screen.
24 X 80 text only
Ports:Serial port
Parallel port
Storage:Two internal 5-1/4"
SS-DD 195K drives
OS:CP/M, SBASIC

[Zachery]

First computer i owned was a i386 running windows 3.1.1 IIRC, no clue how much ram or anything else it had. God that thing was aweful.

[MRGTB]

ZX Spectrum 128 KB memory...

Same as you I think, that was my first also. Later followed by either an Amiga 500 or an Amstrad CPC 464

But mine had a green screen monitor, not colour.

[punchbowl]

interesting it says "professional computer" yet PET stood for "Personal Electronic Transactor" - catchy!

[Wayne Luke]

First PC that I ever had was a Commodore Vic20 with 4K of RAM and 16K of ROM. We had a tape drive for it because a hard drive was too expensive. My first Windows machine was a Pentium with 64 Megabytes of RAM.

In between, I had a variety of Apple products from an Apple IIe to a Mac Performa running System 9.

[MRGTB]

The Amiga hold some fond memories for me, I had some fun with that computer, I owned two of them over time. And Amiga 500 and 600 (if memory serves me right). And you had to love the OS "Workbench" it used. After that I got an Atari ST 1024

[UncleMike]

My first computer was a Tandy 1000EX. $800.00
Intel 8088
MS-DOS
256 K RAM
1 Floppy drive (51/4" 360 K) on right side
1 Parallel port Video - color CGA
It was state of the art at the time.

I later moved up to a Tandy 1000 SX. $1100.00
Intel 8088 dual-speed 7.16/4.77mhz
MS-DOS 3.2, (Deskmate II)
640K RAM
2 floppies 51/4" 360K
1 Parallel port 1 serial port Video -color CGA
1 joystick & light pen port
Three voice sound and speaker
90 key - keyboard
Another "high end" computer of the day!
It's amazing how prices have dropped and features have gone up over the years.