My grandparents had a Commodore 128, but my first computer was an AT&T 8086. It had a green monochrome screen, a whoppin' 1 MB MTM Hard drive (1 MB was pretty big for MTM HDs), and a 5 1/4 low density floppy drive. Had no mouse and a keyboard that resembled a laptop. It did however have a mouse port on the back of the keyboard but I never got the mouse itself.
jvolel said:
It WAS a computer. It used an old style BASIC language though. That was back in the day when programming languages were different for each machine you got on, so BASIC on a commodore wasn't the same as BASIC on a PC (then called an IBM or IBM compatible) or any other machine. Unfortunately, though it was intended for more, most people used them as gaming machines. Now a days you can learn to program C++ on Windows and program it with only a few differences on Linux or Mac.
well... if you count the first computer ive played on than that'll
4mb
286 16mhz or something when i was like 4 i caught on it quickly lol after only 2 weeks on it i could type prolly 20-30wpm or faster
i dont know the first computer my dad had this old computer like this
286 8mhz
1mb ram
or something like that. than after that became the 386 20mhz 2mb video card err something than 8mb ram than 486 33mhz 16mb than 66mhz 8mb voodoo 1 (monster 3d) 32mb ram than pentium 133mhz than 200mhz than upgrade pentium 2 450mhz and voodoo2 12mb and 64mb than and had that video card with that computer for like 9 months when UHLE was out i was totally amazed and that got me in emulation at the start but anyways than i upgraded to voodoo3 16mb 3000 pci, than upgrade to 128mb ram than 900mhz athlon, than 256mb of ram right now.
oops i told my whole life story j/k i told my whole computer history.
4mb
286 16mhz or something when i was like 4 i caught on it quickly lol after only 2 weeks on it i could type prolly 20-30wpm or faster
i dont know the first computer my dad had this old computer like this
286 8mhz
1mb ram
or something like that. than after that became the 386 20mhz 2mb video card err something than 8mb ram than 486 33mhz 16mb than 66mhz 8mb voodoo 1 (monster 3d) 32mb ram than pentium 133mhz than 200mhz than upgrade pentium 2 450mhz and voodoo2 12mb and 64mb than and had that video card with that computer for like 9 months when UHLE was out i was totally amazed and that got me in emulation at the start but anyways than i upgraded to voodoo3 16mb 3000 pci, than upgrade to 128mb ram than 900mhz athlon, than 256mb of ram right now.
oops i told my whole life story
j/k i told my whole computer history.
RPGlover12
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Dats a pretty nice story gokuss4gokuss4 said:well... if you count the first computer ive played on than that'll
4mb
286 16mhz or something when i was like 4 i caught on it quickly lol after only 2 weeks on it i could type prolly 20-30wpm or faster
i dont know the first computer my dad had this old computer like this
286 8mhz
1mb ram
or something like that. than after that became the 386 20mhz 2mb video card err something than 8mb ram than 486 33mhz 16mb than 66mhz 8mb voodoo 1 (monster 3d) 32mb ram than pentium 133mhz than 200mhz than upgrade pentium 2 450mhz and voodoo2 12mb and 64mb than and had that video card with that computer for like 9 months when UHLE was out i was totally amazed and that got me in emulation at the start but anyways than i upgraded to voodoo3 16mb 3000 pci, than upgrade to 128mb ram than 900mhz athlon, than 256mb of ram right now.
oops i told my whole life story
i think u typed ur computer life story y not ur whole life j\kcooliscool
Nintendo Zealot
Hey, computers are some people's lives (i know mine is, apart from my family and friend) (you guys)
nudetothis
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Hmmm...well IcePir8 has me beat with the Sinclair, but my first was the same as his second .. a TRS80 Model 3. Used a cassette tape drive and had no hard drive if I remember correctly. You loaded everything to RAM off the tape drive. Took forever, and I think the RAM was 16mbit or something. That was seventh grade. I was green with envy when my best friend got an Atari 400.
I also had an Apple 512 but I didn't buy another "computer" until the early 90's when I got a 386. Followed by a 486 notebook, then skipped to a PIII 450, then my current Athlon 1700. I try to keep it on a four year rotation, although having built the last one myself I'll probably be less strict about that from now on.
Of course the real geezers can tell you all about loading and storing data with punchcards. Back in about '78 I got to tour one of the IRS' regional headquarters ... computer nirvana at the time. The walls of the main room were lined with huge reel to reel tape drives, and area beneath the floor was packed ... and I mean packed ... with wiring. Even now it would be impressive to look at but I doubt they had more actual computing power than a 1st year model PC.
I also had an Apple 512 but I didn't buy another "computer" until the early 90's when I got a 386. Followed by a 486 notebook, then skipped to a PIII 450, then my current Athlon 1700. I try to keep it on a four year rotation, although having built the last one myself I'll probably be less strict about that from now on.
Of course the real geezers can tell you all about loading and storing data with punchcards. Back in about '78 I got to tour one of the IRS' regional headquarters ... computer nirvana at the time. The walls of the main room were lined with huge reel to reel tape drives, and area beneath the floor was packed ... and I mean packed ... with wiring. Even now it would be impressive to look at but I doubt they had more actual computing power than a 1st year model PC.
RPGlover12
New member
You should learn how to stay away from the comp for a whilecooliscool said:Hey, computers are some people's lives (i know mine is, apart from my family and friend) (you guys)
since ur gonna stick ur nose to it 24\7 so try a test leave the comp for 7 days without opening it since computers and net makes ya lose all ur apointments like for an example when my friends called me and told me to come after 30 minutes i came 2 hours later so u betta watch out or the same will happen to ya 
Johnny_Rico
Mobile Infantry
My first was an Atari, Or if we are talking pc, a nice 286.
adi
get out of my house
no way going on holiday is the best way to stay computer free. even in the summer when i was home i hardly touched the thing. once school starts though, its like a frigging magnet that pulls and never lets go unless you have to go to the toilet. or when your counterstrike key messes up and refuses to work
cooliscool
Nintendo Zealot
Eagle said:
Yeah, the exact same happened to me when my motherboard died, i was without a computer for a few months (minus the mighty family comps which are powerful as hell but i cant install games on them
) I couldn't deal with it, the only thing keeping me sane was my Dreamcast and it's 200+ games.
RPGlover12
New member
LOL!!!!!!, u guys should really stay away from the comp for a whilecooliscool said:Eagle said:
Yeah, the exact same happened to me when my motherboard died, i was without a computer for a few months (minus the mighty family comps which are powerful as hell but i cant install games on them
coz like that ur gonna stick ur nose to the comp for 24\7 cooliscool
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RPGlover12 said:<a href="glossary.php?<r=l">LOL</a>!!!!!!, u guys should really stay away from the comp for a whilecooliscool said:Eagle said:
Yeah, the exact same happened to me when my motherboard died, i was without a computer for a few months (minus the mighty family comps which are powerful as hell but i cant install games on them
I've only got one way of responding to that: :bs: :term:
Its just not having it at all that drives me crazy. I dont spend all day on it, but these school computers have limited capabilities and I cant do hardly anything on them. Its just having no permanent storage for files I'm working on, and having to walk to the PC lab, and not having the software I need that drives me absolutely nuts. Especially when it comes time to do C++ homework.
cooliscool
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RPGlover12 said:lol i really dont remember 2fast4u but it was in 1991/1992 but dont remember wat was it but it was hell slow no windows2fast4u said:RPGlover12 said:i remember the first computer it was in year 1991 or 1992 can't remember it was pentiuem 233 32 ram dont remember the video card but it ran doom and quake full speed
erm ... a pentium 233 in 1991/1992
i remember there was a spiderman game
you were like 2 or 3 then, i didn't know 2 or 3 year olds knew how to operate teh disk operating system. :innocent:
RPGlover12
New member
I really dont remember that much when i did bring itcooliscool said:RPGlover12 said:lol i really dont remember 2fast4u but it was in 1991/1992 but dont remember wat was it but it was hell slow no windows2fast4u said:RPGlover12 said:i remember the first computer it was in year 1991 or 1992 can't remember it was pentiuem 233 32 ram dont remember the video card but it ran doom and quake full speed
erm ... a pentium 233 in 1991/1992
i remember there was a spiderman game
you were like 2 or 3 then, i didn't know 2 or 3 year olds knew how to operate teh disk operating system. :innocent:
but i do remember it was dos and shit like that but not sure bout proccessor but it was hell old and i was bout 3 years at that time dont remember that much dude 