Epson XT w/8088 cpu. Think it ran at 10MHz on turbo setting. Ran DOS 5.xx and the big upgrade was to DOS 6 then 6.22. Those were the days of manually configuring your Autoexec.bat and Config.sys for as little memory usage as possible on bootup. Had a 5 1/4" floppy and a real HD.....I think it was a couple of MB in size.
The first computer in my family's home, or the first one I bought for myself?
The first in my home was a TI 99/4A, followed shortly thereafter by a Commodore 64.
The first computer I bought for myself was a used 66 MHz 486 DX2 with 16 MB RAM, 500 MB HD, and Windows 3.1 for $400, which was all I could afford at the time. I upgraded to Windows 95, and later to 64 MB RAM (for $200!) and a 133 MHz AMD "overdrive" upgrade (for $120 or so). Then I discovered MP3s and quickly filled up my harddrive, so I upgraded that to 5.1 GB.
It took that tweaked out 486 over two hours encode a 5 minute Fraunhoffer 128 Kbps MP3, and I was limited to mono playback or else it would skip.
My first new computer was one of the legendary Abit BH6/Celeron 300 @ 450 combos. I upgraded the processor to a celeron 566 @ 850 a couple years ago and that motherboard lasted until last April or so.
Now I have the system that's linked below.
The first in my home was a TI 99/4A, followed shortly thereafter by a Commodore 64.
The first computer I bought for myself was a used 66 MHz 486 DX2 with 16 MB RAM, 500 MB HD, and Windows 3.1 for $400, which was all I could afford at the time. I upgraded to Windows 95, and later to 64 MB RAM (for $200!) and a 133 MHz AMD "overdrive" upgrade (for $120 or so). Then I discovered MP3s and quickly filled up my harddrive, so I upgraded that to 5.1 GB.
It took that tweaked out 486 over two hours encode a 5 minute Fraunhoffer 128 Kbps MP3, and I was limited to mono playback or else it would skip.
My first new computer was one of the legendary Abit BH6/Celeron 300 @ 450 combos. I upgraded the processor to a celeron 566 @ 850 a couple years ago and that motherboard lasted until last April or so.
Now I have the system that's linked below.
Actually, I still have it in a closet somewhere.
AMD K6-2 450
64 MB PC100
8 GB HD
8 MB Vram (integrated)
24X CD-Rom
AMD K6-2 450
64 MB PC100
8 GB HD
8 MB Vram (integrated)
24X CD-Rom
Zenmervolt
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Looked a lot like this: http://members.aol.com/suprdave/classiccmp/ps225.htm
Ours was a later model 25 though. Had two of the then-brand-new 1.44 MB floppy drives (no HDD though, ran MS-DOS 4.0 from a diskette) and I think it was an 80286.
ZV
Ours was a later model 25 though. Had two of the then-brand-new 1.44 MB floppy drives (no HDD though, ran MS-DOS 4.0 from a diskette) and I think it was an 80286.
ZV
Lucky bastard. I had the early 1541 DD.
IIRC, they had a whopping 360KB of space though... not 64. Mine was loaded though. I even had a Spartan Apple II emulator for it!
Atari 800XL
It had 64K of memory, and had a 5.25" floppy-disk drive. It also had a ROM cartridge port on top. I had ROM cartridge games like Dig Dug, Joust, Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. I don't have it any more.
My very first computer that I owned and maintained was a Power Mac 8500/120 w/ 16 MB of RAM, 1 or 2 MB VRAM and a 2 GB hard drive. I still have it except the video doesn't work for some reason. I took the motherboard out recently, and it was a pain to get it out of the case.
It had 64K of memory, and had a 5.25" floppy-disk drive. It also had a ROM cartridge port on top. I had ROM cartridge games like Dig Dug, Joust, Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. I don't have it any more.
My very first computer that I owned and maintained was a Power Mac 8500/120 w/ 16 MB of RAM, 1 or 2 MB VRAM and a 2 GB hard drive. I still have it except the video doesn't work for some reason. I took the motherboard out recently, and it was a pain to get it out of the case.
P3 550e
128MB PC133 Mushkin
Plextor 8x4x32
Quantum Fireball 10GB 7200RPM
Voodoo3 3000 16MB
Asus P3V4X
just recently sold the remaining parts...ah the memories!
128MB PC133 Mushkin
Plextor 8x4x32
Quantum Fireball 10GB 7200RPM
Voodoo3 3000 16MB
Asus P3V4X
just recently sold the remaining parts...ah the memories!
Compaq "Laptop" -- 80088 processor (?? hz), 640k ram, monochrome screen. I could play Simcity on it, but it was slow. 
By "laptop," I mean that it was about the size of a small suitcase. Definitely bigger than a pc for LAN parties.
Edit: Just remembered I had an atari before (or around the same time) as this, but I don't remember the specs on it.
Rob
By "laptop," I mean that it was about the size of a small suitcase. Definitely bigger than a pc for LAN parties.
Edit: Just remembered I had an atari before (or around the same time) as this, but I don't remember the specs on it.
Rob
AT&T 486SX 33mhz, 4mb RAM, 170mb hdd, two floppys, 1mb cirrus logic video onboard via VLB. Added Ensoniq Soundscape (awesome soundcard~!), US Robotics 28.8kbps modem, and a 2x CD-ROM to that ....from a Reveal multimedia kit that I bought for $500. Upgraded to 8mb RAM and an intel 486DX4 100mhz overdrive chip.
First computer I built from scratch was a Cyrix 6x86 P166+, 16MB EDO RAM, 1 gig conner hdd, soundblaster 32 (still have that card somewhere), 6x LG CD-ROM, I forgot the name of the videocard...but it was a Tseng ET6000(?) based board with 2.25 MB multibank RAM on it.....Samsung 15GLi monitor.
Next was....a PII233mhz, 64mb SDRAM, 4.2gb HDD, 24x CD-ROM, SiS6326 4mb agp video.....
Few months after....a PII333mhz, ATI RAGE PRO AIW(8mb), 6.4gig fujitsu hdd, soundblaster AWE64, 128MB RAM. Added SB LIVE Value.
Then.....Celeron 366@578mhz, on a BH6......upgraded to celeron 550@901mhz.
AMD AThlon Tbird 850mhz........then 1ghz tbird.....to xp1800 right now.
First computer I built from scratch was a Cyrix 6x86 P166+, 16MB EDO RAM, 1 gig conner hdd, soundblaster 32 (still have that card somewhere), 6x LG CD-ROM, I forgot the name of the videocard...but it was a Tseng ET6000(?) based board with 2.25 MB multibank RAM on it.....Samsung 15GLi monitor.
Next was....a PII233mhz, 64mb SDRAM, 4.2gb HDD, 24x CD-ROM, SiS6326 4mb agp video.....
Few months after....a PII333mhz, ATI RAGE PRO AIW(8mb), 6.4gig fujitsu hdd, soundblaster AWE64, 128MB RAM. Added SB LIVE Value.
Then.....Celeron 366@578mhz, on a BH6......upgraded to celeron 550@901mhz.
AMD AThlon Tbird 850mhz........then 1ghz tbird.....to xp1800 right now.
- Intel Pentium 200 MMX
- 64MB EDO RAM
- 2GB Western Digital Hard Drive
- 8X Creative CD-ROM
- 1MB Trident PCI Video Card
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Sound Card
- 33.6K US Robotics Internal Modem
- 64MB EDO RAM
- 2GB Western Digital Hard Drive
- 8X Creative CD-ROM
- 1MB Trident PCI Video Card
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 Sound Card
- 33.6K US Robotics Internal Modem
TRS-80 CoCo, 16K ram ... don't know about the CPU. Had a game slot, but no non-volatile storage except a cassette player I jury rigged that sometimes worked.
Tandy 1000 RLX HD
~ 5 MHz AMD Processor
640 KB RAM
40 MB HDD
3.5" Disk Drive
IBM cloned Tandy keyboard (the type that are built like tanks)
15" SVGA monitor
~ 5 MHz AMD Processor
640 KB RAM
40 MB HDD
3.5" Disk Drive
IBM cloned Tandy keyboard (the type that are built like tanks)
15" SVGA monitor
MaxDepth
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I beg to differ. The Vic-20 came out before the 64 and the 128. At the time of release, home users had choices of Radio Shack TRS-80 (b/w), Texas Instruments TI-99, and Apple (I) and IBM AT (but not really for home use).Originally posted by: vegetation
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
AH, so far I win for crappiest computer!
Nope, the crappiest thus far is the Commodore VIC-20. Which, for those who didn't know, was essentially a crippled version of the C64 -- same processor but much less memory, expandability and graphics capability.
You got color (if you had a color tv), midi output, and expandable memory and a modem, besides being be lightweight in mass. It was pretty slick for its day. The C64 improved upon the Vic-20 design and the 128 was the ultimate expression of that chipset (before moving to a completely different platform in the Amiga).
EDIT: How could I forget??? The Atari 2600 had a programming cartridge. Check it out!
AMD 486 DX2 66
4mb Ram
420 mb hd
14 inch monitor
14.4 k modem
Parents bought it for 1200, told them it was for school, first thing I did was install Heretic.... played every night with my friends til 4 in the morning, I thought modem to modem gameplay was mind boggling.
4mb Ram
420 mb hd
14 inch monitor
14.4 k modem
Parents bought it for 1200, told them it was for school, first thing I did was install Heretic.... played every night with my friends til 4 in the morning, I thought modem to modem gameplay was mind boggling.
DrPizza
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TRS-80
Uh, Stats?? It was hooked to a 13 inch color tv. 16 colors if I remember correctly. Oh, and also hooked up to a tape recorder for memory.
Anyone remember the programs that took 10 minutes or so to load into the computer?
Uh, Stats?? It was hooked to a 13 inch color tv. 16 colors if I remember correctly. Oh, and also hooked up to a tape recorder for memory.
Anyone remember the programs that took 10 minutes or so to load into the computer?
TRS-80
later upgraded to a Commodore 128 which is what I was using until I graduated HS in 1992.
later upgraded to a Commodore 128 which is what I was using until I graduated HS in 1992.
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