It was a Tandy, I think an 8086. Had 2 floppies,weeeee, a 3.5 and 5.25, no hd.....I asked the guy what the "moose" was for, he laughed at me...said it was a mouse. Anyway, cost me around $2200 without a monitor. I could have put my kids thru college with the money I have wasted.
first computer that was of actual use..
intel 486-33mhz, 4 meg ram, 130MB maxtor hard drive, trident video card, impression plus 14" monitor (this was in 94 ,and that dang monitor still works which amazes me since it was a cheapo monitor..
intel 486-33mhz, 4 meg ram, 130MB maxtor hard drive, trident video card, impression plus 14" monitor (this was in 94 ,and that dang monitor still works which amazes me since it was a cheapo monitor..
386DX40 AMD power with 32MB RAM, 40MB hard disk, 512KB oakleigh VGA, 6x cd, 3.5" floppy, 14" VGA.
cost around 1800 US$.
cost around 1800 US$.
Compaq Presario 4808 - $2000 in 1998 from Best Buy
200Mhz PII, 4.3GB Quantum 5.25" HD, 64MB RAM, 32X CD-ROM, Winmodem, Intel BX board, 2 USB ports
After a while it sucked pretty bad
, so I cannibalized it
200Mhz PII, 4.3GB Quantum 5.25" HD, 64MB RAM, 32X CD-ROM, Winmodem, Intel BX board, 2 USB ports
After a while it sucked pretty bad
, so I cannibalized it 
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A C64 with a cassette tape drive. I'm sure how much it cost, but I got it from Toys "R" Us of all places.
We had an IBM 8086 PC AT. It was high-end with a 10 MB hard drive and DOS 2.0. We used Volkswriter and Lotus. I got one of the first Microsoft flight simulators for it.
It cost over $2500. I can't even remember how much RAM....but I do remember needing to use the RAMdisk to have enough room to play games and such.
It cost over $2500. I can't even remember how much RAM....but I do remember needing to use the RAMdisk to have enough room to play games and such.
First PC September 1988 £200
Amstrad 1512.
what a dog, but I loved it!!!!!!!
512kB memory, shared 4kB for CGA.
2 x 5.25" 360k floppy drives.
Upgrades to this speed demon were extensive:
A hardcard (hard-disk with cut down SCSI card all mounted on an expansion card)
8 Extra memory chips to upgrade to 640kB.
The power to this beast was via the monitor, so destroyed cheap broken tube monitor removed power supply and bought 256kB VGA card and attached a VGA monitor.
Sold the system in 1990 for £200!!!!!!!
Amstrad 1512.
what a dog, but I loved it!!!!!!!
512kB memory, shared 4kB for CGA.
2 x 5.25" 360k floppy drives.
Upgrades to this speed demon were extensive:
A hardcard (hard-disk with cut down SCSI card all mounted on an expansion card)
8 Extra memory chips to upgrade to 640kB.
The power to this beast was via the monitor, so destroyed cheap broken tube monitor removed power supply and bought 256kB VGA card and attached a VGA monitor.
Sold the system in 1990 for £200!!!!!!!
My first computer was an Apple IIc. I'm not sure how much it cost, my parent's bought it before I had conscious thought.
My parents first computer was a Unix machine with 512k of ram. It cost them $20,000. They took out a loan to buy it. No, I don't know why.
My parents first computer was a Unix machine with 512k of ram. It cost them $20,000. They took out a loan to buy it. No, I don't know why.
My first was an Apple IIc, circa 1985 (maybe, can't remember). About $2000-2500. My first IBM was a Tandy laptop, like a 286 with green LCD screen and about 2MB RAM. But I swapped that one for a Tandy (yeah, I know) 386 laptop with greyscale screen, 4MB RAM and 40MB hard drive. I think that cost about $1200.
IBM XT clone in mid 80s. I think it was a 8088 at 4.77Mhz. double Floppy, no hd. Black and White 13"(?) monitor. 640KB memory. didn't even know what a video card wat those days. OS: PCDOS ?.?. Piad only "about" $2500 becasue it was a clone.
Hooked ever since.
Hooked ever since.
Oh man... the memories...
Started with a Tandy Color Computer (Co-Co) 2... but I was later given an original Color Computer as well. I upgraded to a CoCo3 as soon as it came out... now there was a fireball. Sporting 128k of memory and a Motorola processor at around .65mghz, you could "poke" a location through basic that would double the speed of the machine: 1.2mghz. The machine itself was $500 when mom and dad bought it... plus the cassette drive. They ended up getting me a 5.25" drive later that ran about $200... but I was still using a 300 baud modem that plugged into the cartridge port. I had a $450 printer (a 9-pin dot-matrix DMP-120), a sophisticated RGB monitor.... wow. Those were the days. And when I bought the 512k RAM upgrade that I performed as a 11 year old, it was a year of saving ($300). And was 512k, not 512meg. Running OS/9, it was probably one of the first "old" computers to truly multi-task.
But that system propelled me through the years to start my own computer customization company... and gave me the ability to reminisce with all of you.
Started with a Tandy Color Computer (Co-Co) 2... but I was later given an original Color Computer as well. I upgraded to a CoCo3 as soon as it came out... now there was a fireball. Sporting 128k of memory and a Motorola processor at around .65mghz, you could "poke" a location through basic that would double the speed of the machine: 1.2mghz. The machine itself was $500 when mom and dad bought it... plus the cassette drive. They ended up getting me a 5.25" drive later that ran about $200... but I was still using a 300 baud modem that plugged into the cartridge port. I had a $450 printer (a 9-pin dot-matrix DMP-120), a sophisticated RGB monitor.... wow. Those were the days. And when I bought the 512k RAM upgrade that I performed as a 11 year old, it was a year of saving ($300). And was 512k, not 512meg. Running OS/9, it was probably one of the first "old" computers to truly multi-task.
But that system propelled me through the years to start my own computer customization company... and gave me the ability to reminisce with all of you.
8088 7.16MHz, Tandy 1000SX. 384k of RAM expanded to 640k a few years later. 2-360k 5 1/4" floppy drives, no hard drive. MS-DOS 3.22 Programmed in GW-BASIC for fun hehe. Cost: $2200
Played Space Quest I on that thing and thought it was the best thing since sliced silicon wafers. heh
Played Space Quest I on that thing and thought it was the best thing since sliced silicon wafers. heh
My first computer was a 386 my sister's friend built from scratch. It had 7168kb extended memory, practically no HD (I think it was about 540mb...), a 19,200bps internal modem, a piece of crap monitor with practically no display capabilities. I installed an SVGA driver and tweaked the living daylights out of the PC, looked and worked OK but it was still slower than snail sh*t on the internet.
Still have it too, even if it is sitting in the closet collecting dust.......-kd5-
Still have it too, even if it is sitting in the closet collecting dust.......-kd5-
IBM PS/1
386 SX/16MHz
40MB HD
2MB Ram
Hayes 2400 Baud modem
13" VGA Monitor (Max 640x480)
Dos 4.01 on ROM
No ISA Slots
Power supply in the monitor.
386 SX/16MHz
40MB HD
2MB Ram
Hayes 2400 Baud modem
13" VGA Monitor (Max 640x480)
Dos 4.01 on ROM
No ISA Slots
Power supply in the monitor.
Well, I mooched off my employer's true IBM XT ($8,000) for a few years then the true IBM 286 ($16,000) for a couple more. I then went out and bought my own Hyundai 286-12 2M 80Meg (RLL) and an EGA monitor for $2855. The pc I wanted was a 386-33 with 4M 80Meg (RLL) and a VGA monitor, but it costs $11,000.
My first computer was a Commodore 64 that my older brother decided to let me use. It didn't take me long to learn C64 BASIC.
I got my first PC in 1995 for about $5000. Here are the specs I remember:
CPU: Pentium 120 MHz
RAM: 16 MB (I think it was EDO)
Hard Drive: 1.2 GB (don't know brand or speed, just that it was IDE)
Tape Drive: Colorado 1400 (pre-HP buyout I think)
Optical Drive: Acer 4x IDE CD-ROM*
Video Card: Cirrus Logic PCI (dunno how much VRAM)
Sound Card: ESS AudioDrive 1600 ISA (hardware SB compatibility and an IDE port!)*
Modem: Generic 28.8k ISA
Operating System: Windows 3.11 for Workgroups*
Back then, I knew very little about the internal workings of a PC, so I never got a chance to find out some of the finer details of the hardware. BTW, I put a * by the parts that still work today.
I got my first PC in 1995 for about $5000. Here are the specs I remember:
CPU: Pentium 120 MHz
RAM: 16 MB (I think it was EDO)
Hard Drive: 1.2 GB (don't know brand or speed, just that it was IDE)
Tape Drive: Colorado 1400 (pre-HP buyout I think)
Optical Drive: Acer 4x IDE CD-ROM*
Video Card: Cirrus Logic PCI (dunno how much VRAM)
Sound Card: ESS AudioDrive 1600 ISA (hardware SB compatibility and an IDE port!)*
Modem: Generic 28.8k ISA
Operating System: Windows 3.11 for Workgroups*
Back then, I knew very little about the internal workings of a PC, so I never got a chance to find out some of the finer details of the hardware. BTW, I put a * by the parts that still work today.
hmm.....gotta think about this one
486DX/33(later OC'ed to 40MHz)
4MB RAM(later upgraded to a whopping 8MB)
120MB Harddrive(compressed to ~200MB)
5.25 and 3.5 Floppy Drives
Win 3.1 and DOS 6
Later Added:
MediaMagic AdLib Compat Soundcard (CDROM Ready)
2X Reveal CDROM Drive (with soundcard pass through)
14.4 Hayes Modem
Win95
486DX/33(later OC'ed to 40MHz)
4MB RAM(later upgraded to a whopping 8MB)
120MB Harddrive(compressed to ~200MB)
5.25 and 3.5 Floppy Drives
Win 3.1 and DOS 6
Later Added:
MediaMagic AdLib Compat Soundcard (CDROM Ready)
2X Reveal CDROM Drive (with soundcard pass through)
14.4 Hayes Modem
Win95
Commadore Vic 20 w/ tape drive, monitor, 5.25 inch floppy, & 300 baud modem, around $500
Wish I still had it. Still have the C64 with an extra 64KB soldered in though!!!!
Wish I still had it. Still have the C64 with an extra 64KB soldered in though!!!!
Commodore 64 w/ 1541 drive. Still have it!
PC: Packard Bell 486DX2. 800mb HDD, 16mb ram, Win 3.11. What a POS. :disgust:
That was the last "name brand" computer my family ever owned!
PC: Packard Bell 486DX2. 800mb HDD, 16mb ram, Win 3.11. What a POS. :disgust:
That was the last "name brand" computer my family ever owned!
My first computer:
Packerd Ball 386SX 25MHz
386 SX
8MB RAM
80 MB HD
onboard SVGA video
5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppy drives
PS KB and mouse
14" SVGA Packerd Bell monitor
ran DOS and Win 3.11, got rid of Packerd Bell's pirpriatry front-end
Gateway 2000 486 DX2 50MHz
8MB RAM
200MB HD
ATI SVGA 1MB ISA video card
5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppy drives
AT KB and serial mouse
later added a SB 16 sound card and 2X CDROM drive
15" SVGA Gateway Monitor
ran DOS 6.11 and Win 3.11
I think both cost $2-2.5K each, not including monitors and other stuff that was added later.
My first computer with internet access:
P1 MMX 233MHz
64MB RAM
4.3GB HD
STB Nitro 3D 4MB PCI video card
3 1/2 floppy drive
32X CDROM drive
Ensonqe PCI sound card
56K winmodem which olny connected at 31K on a good day, latter replaced with a real 56K modem that consistently at 44-48K
used my old 15" Gateway monitor untill it gave out, then upgraded to a 17" Optiquest V75
ran Win 95 OSR2
Csot $1K, not including monitor and modem.
Still using the Optiquest V75, still have the P1 but no longer using it.
Packerd Ball 386SX 25MHz
386 SX
8MB RAM
80 MB HD
onboard SVGA video
5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppy drives
PS KB and mouse
14" SVGA Packerd Bell monitor
ran DOS and Win 3.11, got rid of Packerd Bell's pirpriatry front-end
Gateway 2000 486 DX2 50MHz
8MB RAM
200MB HD
ATI SVGA 1MB ISA video card
5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppy drives
AT KB and serial mouse
later added a SB 16 sound card and 2X CDROM drive
15" SVGA Gateway Monitor
ran DOS 6.11 and Win 3.11
I think both cost $2-2.5K each, not including monitors and other stuff that was added later.
My first computer with internet access:
P1 MMX 233MHz
64MB RAM
4.3GB HD
STB Nitro 3D 4MB PCI video card
3 1/2 floppy drive
32X CDROM drive
Ensonqe PCI sound card
56K winmodem which olny connected at 31K on a good day, latter replaced with a real 56K modem that consistently at 44-48K
used my old 15" Gateway monitor untill it gave out, then upgraded to a 17" Optiquest V75
ran Win 95 OSR2
Csot $1K, not including monitor and modem.
Still using the Optiquest V75, still have the P1 but no longer using it.
packard bell 8086 upgraded from 512k to 640k!
hmm.. double density floppy drive, 30M HD, 4 color cga monitor!
no sound card, no modem... heh.. heck, no mouse.
os: dos 3.1
got it in 1988?
still have it and still works.
hmm.. double density floppy drive, 30M HD, 4 color cga monitor!
no sound card, no modem... heh.. heck, no mouse.
os: dos 3.1
got it in 1988?
still have it and still works.
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