What are the specs of your first computer?

[cypriot]

First I had a commodore but I guess it doesn't count as computer..

I only remember the processor of first one..
it was an intel 8086 that my father bought, I didn't use it much,

My first computer, that was actually mine, was an intel 286, 20MB, 2 MB ram with Dos

there was a program called parrot, a dos based program which repeated every word you say heh.. it was really magical at that times

 

[jd103]

My first computer was a Packard Bell I bought in 93 when stationed in Korea.

Intel 486- 33MHz SX CPU
4 MB Ram
250 MB harddrive
1 MB onboard video
3.5 Floppy
5.25 Floppy
2.8K modem
14" monitor
all this for only $1700

When I came back to the US in 94 I bought a Creative upgrade kit for like $500. It had a 4x CD drive, sound card and speakers

 

[DurocShark]

Why do ya'll say the Commodore and Atari computers don't count?

They spanked the Intel systems all the way up to the 386. That's when PCs finally became interesting. At least to me.

Sure they had low processor speeds, but with the right software <cough>Geos<cough> the C= computers could outwork the existing Windoze machines. Only Macs had better desktop publishing capabilities. And the Hercules anc CGA graphics were nothing to get excited over, but the 128 with the 64k video ram (had to solder the chips for the original 128, the 128d came with it standard) was getting close to VGA capabilities.

Plus the games kicked butt over anything the PCs had. I still boot up my C= emulator to run Turrican every so often.

 

[element]

First computer what? bought or used?

First I ever used was a commodore PET in school. Later on I used a friends C 64 once in a while, first one ever bought by parents was an 8088 with 384k of ram later expanded to 640k. Then I got a 486 DX33 with 8 Megs of ram. Then a Celeron something or other overclocked to 550, and now an athlon xp 2400+. So in order of usage:

Commodore PET
C64
8088 IBM clone
486 DX33
Celery
Athlon XP 2400+

 

[IgoByte]

The first one I, personally, purchased was a Dell Dimension: PII400, 128MB RAM, 8.4GB HDD (I think), Fire GL1 video card, 2X CDRW Drive (don't recall brand), then soon thereafter 8X TDK VeloCD

The first one I extensively used: Xi PII266, 32MB RAM, 3.2GB HDD, #9 4MB video card (I don't recall the model of the card anymore), CD-Rom Drive, Optiquest 19" monitor

BTW, I think I still have the receipt for the above Dimension.

 

[PlatinumGold]

my first PC was a Sanyo IBM (semi compatible). it ran MS DOS but wouldn't run PC DOS.

8086 processor, 128 kb ram / rom 2 5 1/4 floppies.

hahaha.

so, what do i win?

 

[Apathetic]

Apple IIe with 64K of RAM running at a whopping 1Mhz. I had dual floppy drives, too (trust me, it was a big deal back then.... No, honest, it was!)

Dave

 

[Apathetic]

Cassette drives were EVIL EVIL EVIL! When I first started using the original Apple IIs, I had to deal with those things. Anyone else remember having to mess with the volume to get a progam to load correctly?

Dave

 

[tooltime]

cpq 386 dos 3.1

 

[tooltime]

i had wordperfect for dos... something like ver 5.1

 

[MrPickins]

I had an old IBM built pc with a 286, no hd (i ran dos off a boot disk), 2 large floppy drives not sure what else...

It had a green monochrome crt built in.

I never really did much with it, as I was 6 at the time. I did teach myself how to work with files in dos.

 

[i3rYs0n]

My grandmother went and bought a brand knew apple IIle (i think the le was right). It came with a color monitor and about 150 games preloaded (fun stuff). Also the computer came with a custom built desk stand with slide out table tops (for keyboard + printer below that), and a left or right hand slide out table for mouse (slid out from keyboard table).

other than that my tv is currently using the desk right now.

Bryson

 

[brigden]

486 DX 33MHz
4MB RAM
500MB HDD

Windows 3.1

Cost in 1993? $3,000 CAD.

 

[syee]

IBM XT (8088) clone
640K RAM
2 5 1/4 FDD and no hard drive
Good 'ol CGA monitor

errr...that's all I can remember...was 10 at the time we got it.

 

[Alex]

it was an old p2-300
64mb RAM
4MB video...
15" monitor...
a 4GB HD a 2.5GB hd
32X CD-ROM

man it smoked doom2 ..like 100fps

 

[TwinkleToes77]

Originally posted by: jacob0401
386...dunno what else...i was in 1st - 2nd grade or so

you must be a youngin.??


Our first was a 386 dunno what else but i was in 9th grade.

 

[alkemyst]

I am just happy prices came down.....

1986 was my apple //e with a printer and some other stuff, $2600 or so

1987 was the PS/2 Model 80 (386/20 with monitor) for around $20k 8 MCA slots, 6 drive bays and 4MB of RAM , I think a 320MB SCSI HD came with it. They were built like a tank and toolless...the model 95 was even better, I had one of those after using the Model 80 (upped to a cyrix 486drx2/50 or something) and it had 64MB RAM, AMD 586 running at 150MHz (50x3) and about 4 GB of HD space and a 2.88 HD (which before CD-R was so much better)....I later added a CDROM...I also did a P133 about the same time and then jumped on the Cel 300@450 (mine went 464) bandwagon ....no looking back since (850E@1GHz, Celeron 1.1A@1.42GHz, and then PIII-S 1.4@1.5GHz) everytime I actually bought for less than the one I replaced originally cost.

 

[randumb]

An old Acer 386, that cost three times as much as my current computer did.

 

[KenGr]

IBM PC Jr, memory expansion card for additional 256K (allowing RAMDISK to be used), external 2nd 360k floppy

A real screaming machine.

 

[charlie21]

TRS-80 Color Computer 2.

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Apple 2GS - family computer

had an 8mg had drive
something like 64kb ram possibly
no clue about the mhz or processor that was in it

 

[charlie21]

Originally posted by: Apathetic
Cassette drives were EVIL EVIL EVIL! When I first started using the original Apple IIs, I had to deal with those things. Anyone else remember having to mess with the volume to get a progam to load correctly?

Dave

Yep. Also typing in CLOAD and hitting enter on the keyboard and pressing play on the cassette drive at the same time. That's pretty old school.

 

[LAUST]

Commodore 64

 

[MournSanity]

One of those really old ones with black and yellow graphics on the monitor. It was one of those ones used for business stuff. I have no idea what it is or what the specs were, but it had a HUGE floppy disk drive for storage.

 

[OpTiX]

Commodore 64