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What Was The First Computer You Owned?
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My first purchase was a Apple II GS in 1988.
The first computer(s) I used was a TRS 80 and a Comadore 64.
My first PC was a Compaq P166 purchased in 1996.
My first Mac was a Mac Mini purchased in March of 2008.
The first computer(s) I used was a TRS 80 and a Comadore 64.
My first PC was a Compaq P166 purchased in 1996.
My first Mac was a Mac Mini purchased in March of 2008.
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chrismac, I still have one of those Atari 65XE and a 130XE both working.
My first computer besides an Atari 2600 Game Console was a Commodore 64 and later 128. I then went to an Atari 800XL then 130XE with 512K RAM I added. Those were the fun days typing in everything and waiting for games to load!
After that I went to the Atari ST as I could not afford any Mac at the time, young and broke! Then I went on to the Amiga and stuck with that for a long time. I did not get a Mac for 4 more years and then it was a used Plus that a good friend gave me for helping him with his Mac SE.
My first computer besides an Atari 2600 Game Console was a Commodore 64 and later 128. I then went to an Atari 800XL then 130XE with 512K RAM I added. Those were the fun days typing in everything and waiting for games to load!
After that I went to the Atari ST as I could not afford any Mac at the time, young and broke! Then I went on to the Amiga and stuck with that for a long time. I did not get a Mac for 4 more years and then it was a used Plus that a good friend gave me for helping him with his Mac SE.
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I have to ask - how many computers do you own?
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*sigh* Why is it every new user here feels the need to start a poll that has been posted many times in the past already?
Oh yes, my personal first was an Amstrad 80088. Before that, the "family" had an Apple Adam (which never, ever, got used) followed by a Commodore. My Amstrad purchase was spurred by the failure of the Commodore to meet my needs for college, which I warned my mother in advance that it wouldn't do. Instead of listening to me, she listens to my much younger brother who was in grade school. *sigh* And Rodney Dangerfield thought HE got no respect...
Oh yes, my personal first was an Amstrad 80088. Before that, the "family" had an Apple Adam (which never, ever, got used) followed by a Commodore. My Amstrad purchase was spurred by the failure of the Commodore to meet my needs for college, which I warned my mother in advance that it wouldn't do. Instead of listening to me, she listens to my much younger brother who was in grade school. *sigh* And Rodney Dangerfield thought HE got no respect...
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I have to ask - how many computers do you own?
I will make you a list and PM it to you later. At friends for dinner.
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A TRS-80. It had 4kb of RAM.
trs-80 - Google Image Search
I think I was 7 or 8 when my dad bought it used for me. At about 10 I managed an upgrade to a used Commodore 64 with a B&W 2 knob TV for the monitor.
Those were the days...
trs-80 - Google Image Search
I think I was 7 or 8 when my dad bought it used for me. At about 10 I managed an upgrade to a used Commodore 64 with a B&W 2 knob TV for the monitor.
Those were the days...
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Hand-me-down IBM Thinkpad running Windows 98.
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Hmm well my family has owned many down the years, if you call getting one as a gift then that would be about 8 years ago on xmas(man that was a long time ago!) But for one I purchased myself that would be last November( My pretty sexy 20" iMac.)
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Sorry - just thought it would be interesting, plus I was breaking the ice.
I had an Atari ST after my 65xe!
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No worries. Even though there has been similar threads in the past, I always love to see what users started with and some of the old systems people used.
Like I said in my first post in this thread, I went from an Atari 800XL to the 65XE and then 130XE then the 1040ST. The ST gave me a lot of use and I still have it in my closet. Just could not part with it after all this time. It's like an old friend!
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When my mother was studying programming in assembler she had this computer: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ricot_portable.png/800px-Apricot_portable.png
Intel 8086 CPU, I think it was 8MHz. That computer was the first one I ever did see.
My own first computer was a Intel 386SX 25MHz with a 40MB <- Note MegaBytes hard drive.
Intel 8086 CPU, I think it was 8MHz. That computer was the first one I ever did see.
My own first computer was a Intel 386SX 25MHz with a 40MB <- Note MegaBytes hard drive.
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My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI-994A.
Even had the speech synthesizer module!
First learnt to program on that using TI-Basic, and then got the TI Extended BASIC module which upped the RAM from 16k to 32k.
Remember many a long night copying out game code from a magazine and stored all my games on a C-60 audio cassette
Even had the speech synthesizer module!
First learnt to program on that using TI-Basic, and then got the TI Extended BASIC module which upped the RAM from 16k to 32k.
Remember many a long night copying out game code from a magazine and stored all my games on a C-60 audio cassette
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Started at the top at the time.
iMac G4 17" 800MHZ with 512 Ram, pro speakers, mouse and keyboard.
iMac G4 17" 800MHZ with 512 Ram, pro speakers, mouse and keyboard.
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