Your first computer

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INTELCRAZY

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Post the specs of your first computer, I remember mine, lol.


Pentium 2 (FSB100Mhz) 450Mhz Slot 1
Diamond Nvidia Riva 128ZX 4Mb
Tyan Tsunami ATX S1846 Mobo
192Mb RAM
WD Caviar 64AA 7Gb HDD
380w PSU(from a Gateway)
2x Mitsumi CD-ROM

This is embarrassing, anyone else? :p
 
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JamesC

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Does a Word Processor from the 80s count?

For desktops, I had a Pentium MMX, but I never got it to work. My first brand new computer, was a top of the line rig from Gateway.
Celeron 566
64mb ram, 2mb shared video
7GB Quantum Fireball Hard Drive! (FIREBALL! :O)
and a 15" CRT
 
Impulse666

Impulse666

New Member
gateway
pentium overdrive ~75 Mhz
16MB RAM
2GB HDD
Windows 3.0


unknown NEC

Pentium MMX 233 Mhz
32MB RAM
Dual 4GB HDD
SCSI controller card (ISA)
SCSI CD-ROM & LCD Readout
unknown sound card
originally Windows 95, upgrade to 98, then upgraded the RAM to 64MB with XP. (4 minute boot time)

edit: the 4GB HDD in the NEC was a Quantum Fireball TOO!! :D And it still works!!!
 
Shane

Shane

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Staff member
it was that long ago i cant even remember :D

somewhere along the lines of windows 95 and not much ram :D

i think it had a Via processor actualy :)
 
kof2000

kof2000

New Member
packard bell
pentium 133mhz
32mb ram
2mb video
1.2gb hdd
ac97 onboard
2x cd rom
15 inch sony trinitron
windows 95a
 
sup2jzgte

sup2jzgte

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Man this makes me feel old. Mine was an Apple IIe


Microprocessor

* 6502 or 65C02 running at 1.023 MHz
* 8-bit data bus

Memory

* 64 KB RAM built-in
* 16 KB ROM built-in
* Expandable from 64 KB up to 1 MB RAM or more

Video modes

* 40 and 80 columns text, white-on-black, with 24 lines¹
* Low-Resolution: 40×48 (16 colors)
* High-Resolution: 280×192 (6 colors)*
* Double-Low-Resolution: 80×48 (16 colors)
* Double-High-Resolution: 560×192 (16 colors)*

*effectively 140×192 in color, due to pixel placement restrictions

¹Text can be mixed with graphic modes, replacing either bottom 8 or 32 lines of graphics with 4 lines of text, depending on video mode

Audio

* Built-in speaker; 1-bit toggling
* Built-in cassette recorder interface; 1-bit toggle output, 1-bit zero-crossing input

Expansion

* Seven Apple II Bus slots (50-pin card-edge)
* Auxiliary slot (60-pin card-edge)

Internal connectors

* Game I/O socket (16-pin DIP)
* RF modulation output (4-pin Molex)
* Numeric keypad (11-pin Molex)

External connectors

* NTSC composite video output (RCA connector)
* Cassette in/out (two 1/8" mono phono jacks)
* Joystick (DE-9)
 
OvenMaster

OvenMaster

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I won't bother with the Texas Instruments 99/4A or the Commodore 64.
My first PC that ran a version of Windows (95c) was a Digital Equipment Venturis FX 5133.
Pentium I @ 133MHz
32MB RAM
1.2GB HD
32X CD-ROM
Crystal ISA sound card
14" DEC monitor
Intel/Ambient V.90 modem (I swapped it into my present PC in 2004 and just stopped using it when I went to DSL)
AT&T keyboard, MS mouse without a wheel
The original MSRP for the computer alone was approximately $3200 in 1997 when it was new, and the monitor retailed for $795.
I got it all used for $300 in 2001 and immediately started buying upgrades like a CD burner, 64MB of RAM, a bigger HD, etc.
At no time did this business workstation ever break down. It's in my basement as a backup machine.
Tom
 
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69mako

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Mine was a Pakard Bell
386-16
20MB HD that was upgraded to 200MB
1MB memory upgraded to a total of 5MB
ran DOS 5 I believe with windows 3.1

i still have it and it works great!!!

mako
 
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oscaryu1

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I have alot... cuz I picked them up from streets and Ebay...

Compusa:
166Mhz Socket 7 MMX
32MB RAM
2gig HDD WD Caviar
16x IDE CD Drive
Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy Drive
S3 Trive 64+
Stock Cooler Master HSF
Windows 98SE

Compaq:

200MHz MMX Socket 7
Standard 3.5" Floppy Drive
S3 Virge
ATX Format
Windows 98SE

Custom:

Slot 1 266/400MHz (overclocked to 533MHz)
Stock heatsink with bigger fan
224 MB PC100/133 RAM
ATi Rage Fury Pro 128 4x
230Watt Power Supply
Computer Blower 50-100CFM
DVD Drive
CD Drive
Sony Floppy Drive
Sound Blaster 16Bit
Windows XP SP2

Custom: (sold on ebay *sob*)

AMD K6 350MHz
64/128MB PC100/133 RAM
Seagate Medalist 4GB IDE
Mitsumi Floppy Drive
52x12x52 Burner
32x CD Drive
ATi LLC 8MB AGP
Windows 2k Professional

I could go on forever.... I keep on upgrading te OS as time goes by... love old computers. have never thrown any computer parts away... yet
 
Platinum

Platinum

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Mine was a Commodore 64, 64k ram.... thats all i really remember. I used those big old floppy disks... the real floppy ones, not the "floppy" disks we have now that are barely floppy =D. Wow, that was a long time ago. I'm 19 now, I think that was about 10 years ago, at least.

Edit: I stand corrected, it was the Commodore 128.
C128.JPG

Obviously it didn't have Windows or anything like that, just ran through DOS. Wow... memories. After that I forgot alll about DOS.
 
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Gillywibble

Gillywibble

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ZX Spectrum - 48Kb!

I remember me and a friend programming on a ZX81 with a 16Kb ram pack (which used to fall off) and then upgrading to the Spectrum which was the dog's danglies! Used to take 5 minutes to load a game via a tape machine and quite often crashed just before the end.

First proper PC was a DX2 486 (33Mhz), before upgrading to a Cyrix 150Mhz.

I was one of the first people I know to own a P2 400, cost £400 just for the chip! :eek:
 
D

ducis

Active Member
sup2jzgte said:
Man this makes me feel old. Mine was an Apple IIe


Microprocessor

* 6502 or 65C02 running at 1.023 MHz
* 8-bit data bus

Memory

* 64 KB RAM built-in
* 16 KB ROM built-in
* Expandable from 64 KB up to 1 MB RAM or more

Video modes

* 40 and 80 columns text, white-on-black, with 24 lines¹
* Low-Resolution: 40×48 (16 colors)
* High-Resolution: 280×192 (6 colors)*
* Double-Low-Resolution: 80×48 (16 colors)
* Double-High-Resolution: 560×192 (16 colors)*

*effectively 140×192 in color, due to pixel placement restrictions

¹Text can be mixed with graphic modes, replacing either bottom 8 or 32 lines of graphics with 4 lines of text, depending on video mode

Audio

* Built-in speaker; 1-bit toggling
* Built-in cassette recorder interface; 1-bit toggle output, 1-bit zero-crossing input

Expansion

* Seven Apple II Bus slots (50-pin card-edge)
* Auxiliary slot (60-pin card-edge)

Internal connectors

* Game I/O socket (16-pin DIP)
* RF modulation output (4-pin Molex)
* Numeric keypad (11-pin Molex)

External connectors

* NTSC composite video output (RCA connector)
* Cassette in/out (two 1/8" mono phono jacks)
* Joystick (DE-9)
Click to expand...
I've seen better from calculators lol :D
 
T

[trs]ALUMINUM

New Member
HP a320n

512mb pc2700
AMD athlon XP 2.1 ghz
64mb on board video (than added a radeon X1300 agp card)
40GB Seagate IDE hard drive
250 Watt Hipro PSU
 
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JamesC

New Member
sup2jzgte said:
Man this makes me feel old. Mine was an Apple IIe

Microprocessor

* 6502 or 65C02 running at 1.023 MHz
* 8-bit data bus

....
Click to expand...

Don't suppose you still got this bad boy? I'd like to overclock it. :p


The scary thing is that this wasn't even that long ago. In 5 years our calculators will be running in Thz... what now Mr. Schickard!
 
leSHok

leSHok

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i think it was a windows 95- i remember those huge floppys tho... and that crap printer paper. i used to play games through dos :)
toonstruck-streetfighter-command and conquer
 
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