What I still have now.
Except it went through a lots of parts changes, of course...
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My second PC had a Celeron 333mhz CPU. Wished it was a Pentium
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Same here. My first one had some... Idk... Pentium 133MHz, the Pentium 1. After that I had celeron 333MHz, which I overclocked to about 400MHz(I was 13yo then - 1999, and was so proud I knew how to overclock a CPU without frying it!), without changing the fan, and it worked for many years without flaws.
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my first one was a used IBM XT with 4,77 mhz 640 KB RAM with CGA , no HD! but two Diskdrives and Dos 2.11 around 86/87 i guess
(btw had myself once an LC 475 and i loved it)
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Nice! I can't remember the exact model that mine was. I was just a little kid back then. I think it was the last LC model they made. I'm not entirely sure. I think it might have been the LC 475 or the 580.
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I had a HP computer just like this, but I don't remember the model number.
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I guess you had a later generation, cause HP entered the IBM-compatible market with an 286 AT, before that time they favorited their own risc-series. So maybe "Vectra" rings in your mind
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I looked into it and my first was HP-86B with 9121 dual diskette drive. After that I did have Vectra, it was a hand me down from my dad, who worked at HP.
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interesting, as guessed your HP-86B is a HP-own architecture...that died after they switched to vectra and later models. I think HPs Vectra were also one of the rare IBM-compatibles with a higher price then IBM itself. In those times HP vs IBM was like samsung vs apple today G
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Micro Systems 8088 with 768KB RAM, CGA (eventually upgraded to EGA), MsDos 3.1, 5MB Full Height HDD, Dual Half Height 5.25in drives, Game Blaster Soundcard (eventually upgraded to Sound Blaster).
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Intel Pentium 3 600Mhz
ATI Rage 128
64MB Ram
Win 98
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Pentium 133 with 16mo RAM back in 95. Far for my first computer, but that was my first PC !
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Rubber keys was the ZX Spectrum, the next generation after the ZX81.
I never had a console until the Wii. (Well, N-Gage handheld if you count that.)
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The ZX80 was released in 1980, the ZX81 in '81 and the Spectrum in '82. There was a Spectrum+ ('84) which had a "real" keyboard (i.e., not rubber keys) and a Spectrum 128 ('85) with 128K.
As for the N-Gage, apart from some very stupid design decisions it wasn't bad. :) The one I think was the worst was that you had to take the battery out to change the game. The second worst was that the screen was taller than it was wide.
So the Lynx was possibly more fun. Still, I did enjoy playing Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey on the N-Gage. It's the Elder Scrolls game I played the most after Daggerfall (but I didn't finish it, nor any other Elder Scrolls game).
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I was never a real input device connoisseur, so don't have a real opinion on this.
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When I had a 48k Spectrum my favourite Joystick was the Konix Speedking! From my own recollection only the 48k Spectrum had a rubber keyboard as standard although rubber overlay keyboards were available for the ZX81. If your other Spectrum had a full keyboard but no attached tape or disk drive then it was a Spectrum+, otherwise it was an Amstrad Spectrum 128 +2 or +3.
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This monstrosity: Compaq Portable III http://oldcomputers.net/compaqiii.html
It was first made the year i was born- but i had it when i was about 10.
it had a decent golf game and chess game can't remember. i finally convinced my parents to throw it away about 5 years ago (had stopped working ages ago)
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It was some IBM laptop. Sadly I don't know which one :/
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My first computer was a Commodore 64, in 1984...
In 1990 I bought a Commodore Amiga 500
And in 1995 my first PC was based on Cyrix cpu (equivalent of Intel Pentium 120 Mhz)
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Well, it depends on what you mean by "PC". If it's personal computer in general - then mine would be ZX Spectrum 48. It was not original ZX Spectrum, just a local clone of it, but it does not matter much.
And if you mean "x86-compatible computer" then first I've had was 386dx2-40 with 2Mb of ram(later - 4Mb). I tried both win 3.1 and win95 (first release, without IE), and find out that win95 was even faster. Oh, and all this windows were pirated - I didn't have money for a license back then, I was a poor student (not like student123)
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Yes I mean Personal Computer in general. Thanks for sharing.
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I can't remember. It was 20 years ago... good old windows 95 =D
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a Sempron 2400+ with 128MB of RAM and a Geforce 5200 64MB. i played HL2 in it. that was MY first PC, my first family PC was a 486.. not really sure.
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Man aren't we a bunch of old farts. I'm not even old. Looking back on my first computer and the stuff we got today. Makes me feel old though. My first PC is a dinosaur now. I still remember the Floppy disk days and dial up internet. I'll never forget the sound of connecting to Dial up.
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good old times, also the nice failurehunt in coax-ethernet....and all the rubber bands, fixing the connections
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Your username should make you feel old enough. ;-) The fact that I know that makes me feel old. :-(
Then there is the vaguely sickening feeling that this whole Internet fad thing is still new... I just can't get over it, connect to other computers? Floppy Disks, networks... What for? Are we all so lazy we can't type up our own programs now?...
Oh, ... Sorry, slipped back into the '80s for a moment...
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You mean typing in source code (often just hexadecimal dumps) from computer magazines? I have been there too then :-)
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First computer: Timex 1000 (clone of Sinclair ZX-81)
First PC: 286 AT, 16 MHz, 1 MB. VGA+monochrome monitor. 40 MB hard drive.
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I had exactly the same first PC!
But my very first computer was a Commodore VIC20. I actually still have it.
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In fact I also have the Timex 1000. I am not sure if I also have the programs (yes, the cassettes are there, but if they would load...)
The VIC20 remained something I just heard of. I had a C64, a C16, used a +4 and a C128, even an Amiga 500 a couple times, but never encountered a VIC20.
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8 bit Apple 2 clone with 48 KB RAM, monochrome monitor and tape recorder instead of FDD :)
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After i got my c64 my first pc was an 486 sx 25 with 4mb ram. Bought it just to play Monkey Island 2 ^^
I updated it to an 486 dx2 66 with 8mb ram.
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First proper desktop was a 286 with 1 mb of ram, back when i was 9 (prior to that we had a commodore clone that worked with tapes - it was just a keyboard you strapped to a tape recorder and the tv - loved playing a skying game around age 5)... :P
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It was like 23 years ago… some second-hand IBM with no HDD, 5.25" floppy drive only, and ran MS-DOS 3.x I think.
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The legendary C64 - oh wait, that's only a home computer.
Bought my first PC back in 1999, Unreal Tournament was running smooth with maximum graphic settings.
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Mine was a Macintosh LC.
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