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(2,212 posts) Fri Apr 11, 2014, 08:56 PM Apr 2014

Your first computer specs (you owned not used) [View all]

386 processor 16 megahertz with 4 megabytes of ram and 40 megabyte hard drive.

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Your first computer specs (you owned not used) [View all] XRubicon Apr 2014 OP

oops wrong forum... XRubicon Apr 2014 #1

Hold on a sec.... Separation Apr 2014 #11

LOL! LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #49

omg, LOL! nt laundry_queen Apr 2014 #113

DUzy! nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #164

Atari 400 with 16K of ram and a cassette drive. Jgarrick Apr 2014 #2

Yes, Star Raiders! targetpractice Apr 2014 #18

Heh. I think I had the same one. Warren DeMontague Apr 2014 #36

Had the 800 XL. :) GreenPartyVoter Apr 2014 #47

Atari 800. Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #60

Atari 800, cassette before we upgraded to floppy. 48k i think. bullimiami Apr 2014 #91

Wow, same thing! Loved that computer!!! nt stevenleser Apr 2014 #155

All I remember is I had to put in a floppy disk to boot it up. William769 Apr 2014 #3

TX here TroglodyteScholar Apr 2014 #53

I don't remember the specs but I do remember William769 Apr 2014 #62

I looked it up... TroglodyteScholar Apr 2014 #72

Thanks! William769 Apr 2014 #74

King's Quest! Mojo Electro Apr 2014 #81

Packard Bell Separation Apr 2014 #4

TRS-80 Color Computer. Brickbat Apr 2014 #5

This. joshcryer Apr 2014 #99

I had the Color Computer 3 azurnoir Apr 2014 #117

Me too! Codeine Apr 2014 #166

TI99/4A in 1984 Pholus Apr 2014 #6

The noise using the tape storage? MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #38

I kick myself for letting it go so easily... Pholus Apr 2014 #52

I still have mine and the PE box Paulie Apr 2014 #87

My Mom still has one new in the box csziggy Apr 2014 #104

Same here lpbk2713 Apr 2014 #65

was looking for the ti994a subthread yodermon Apr 2014 #153

My grandfather bought me one with that same rebate... Shandris Apr 2014 #176

Same here! Pholus Apr 2014 #188

My first PC was a Packard Bell 486SX 25Mhz. I think it had 4MB of RAM, 200MB HDD. DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2014 #7

VIC 20: RAM: 5 kb. ROM: 16 kb. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #8

Yep, VIC 20 here too. nt laundry_queen Apr 2014 #114

We're dating ourselves. Vic 20 mainer Apr 2014 #130

I started with the Commodores too Spirochete Apr 2014 #163

This was my first one, too. ladyVet Apr 2014 #191

Same here. I saved money all summer to get the vic-20. X_Digger Apr 2014 #196

I don't recall the specs. It was an Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2014 #9

IBM Turbo XT. randome Apr 2014 #10

If it was like ours, Denzil_DC Apr 2014 #182

I had an Abacus as a child. Does that count? Electric Monk Apr 2014 #12

lol. I had a slide rule, used it in physics the year before we switched to the hp calculator Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #15

I used K&E duplex decitrig through Organic Chem. quaker bill Apr 2014 #31

my slide rule disappeared Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #59

hp rules! pokerfan Apr 2014 #39

yep. also owned that second one - in the 90s Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #58

Now I mostly use my phone pokerfan Apr 2014 #80

Some a**hole stole my 15C ... eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #93

There's an easy mod to make it work off of regular AAs pokerfan Apr 2014 #95

I did that once before, but wore out a second set of cells. :) eppur_se_muova Apr 2014 #96

I use HPs to teach responsibility caraher Apr 2014 #142

Remember the moon lander "game" bobduca Apr 2014 #98

Your calculator is missing the "=" key MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #106

keeps it from getting stolen from my desk pokerfan Apr 2014 #185

a 386, I think. or a 486 Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #13

6502 processor @ 1.79 MHz with 64K of ram and a cassette drive Make7 Apr 2014 #14

I had 2 of those in high school, then took an ST to college. GreenPartyVoter Apr 2014 #48

Commodore 64. QC Apr 2014 #16

Same LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #25

That 64k of RAM was pretty mindblowing at the time. n/t QC Apr 2014 #37

I can't argue with that. I thought that machine was the best thing EVER! LadyHawkAZ Apr 2014 #43

Me, too. KatyaR Apr 2014 #50

I remember those "portables." QC Apr 2014 #67

That suitcase looking thing was a kapro. HubertHeaver Apr 2014 #119

This message was self-deleted by its author HubertHeaver Apr 2014 #120

'luggables' -- osborne, kaypro.. ugh. n/t X_Digger Apr 2014 #197

Present! nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2014 #165

Well, the first one I owned was a Timex cthulu2016 Apr 2014 #17

all i can remember is windows 3.1. eom ellenfl Apr 2014 #19

Sinclair ZX81 with a Z80 processor and 2K of RAM and a cassette tape drive JCMach1 Apr 2014 #20

Ran one of those at work. quaker bill Apr 2014 #26

2K? You were lucky. I had 1K. muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #133

might be my 'squish' memory remembers 2k... you are probably right JCMach1 Apr 2014 #193

Apple IIe. enough Apr 2014 #21

same here IIe Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2014 #89

Commodore VIC-20. trotsky Apr 2014 #22

My first one too. Couldn't afford the tape "drive" however. The computer was nearly worthless corkhead Apr 2014 #137

Mine didn't even have a hard drive BainsBane Apr 2014 #23

Mine wasn't an Apple. Lugnut Apr 2014 #110

back then if you used a PC, you neededd to know dos BainsBane Apr 2014 #111

IBM 8088 64K RAM 5.25" floppy (no hd) quaker bill Apr 2014 #24

ROFL, same here Glitterati Apr 2014 #92

I wrote a primitive sorting and scoring program quaker bill Apr 2014 #136

And that was kick ass computing then Glitterati Apr 2014 #149

you didn't hop it up with the V20 chip upgrade? corkhead Apr 2014 #138

No, I lost it in a divorce quaker bill Apr 2014 #144

Commodore 64, 64kb ram, tape drive, basic or machine, 300 baud modem. Later upgraded to 5.25 floppy TheKentuckian Apr 2014 #27

6502a processor, two digit hexadecimal display, 4k memory CBGLuthier Apr 2014 #28

I took a class in 6502 assembly language some 30 years ago Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2014 #195

TRS-80 Model 1, Z-80 with 16KB memory and cassette storage .... oldhippie Apr 2014 #29

Same here caraher Apr 2014 #143

Macintosh SE Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2014 #30

load "*", 8, 1 NightWatcher Apr 2014 #32

our first computer was a monster, it was that huge (with no operating system) politicman Apr 2014 #33

Z80 cpu, 2.5 mhz, 64k RAM MannyGoldstein Apr 2014 #34

1.023 MHz, 64 KB RAM, 20 KB ROM. And two floppy drives, which were an expensive external. LeftyMom Apr 2014 #35

It looked like this gollygee Apr 2014 #40

1.8 inline four cylinder with a 5 speed stick Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #41

Dual Floppy IBM PC - $2100 - Here is a picture of one..... Logical Apr 2014 #42

I think I have one of those in the basement. gvstn Apr 2014 #82

heh... If it's anything made in the time frame of that, I doubt it's a 1.2GB HD in it... penultimate Apr 2014 #109

I'm pretty sure gvstn Apr 2014 #115

Back in the early 90's we're mostly looking at drives below 1GB for regular folk penultimate Apr 2014 #121

IBM PC - first shipped in 1981 Glitterati Apr 2014 #150

Yes, I'm conflating two computers in my mind. gvstn Apr 2014 #159

Apple 2E pangaia Apr 2014 #44

Commodore PET with a WHOPPING 32K of RAM (the max available) Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #45

I had the TI-58 Cresent City Kid Apr 2014 #131

Don't mean to brag, but I still have my TI-59, I also had the thermal print cradle for it. corkhead Apr 2014 #140

I loved my TI-59 but it's long long gone CincyDem Apr 2014 #162

Apple Macintosh PowerBook 520c Jenoch Apr 2014 #46

a sinclair itty bitty laptoppish machine with very little memory. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2014 #51

Apple 2E with only a disc drive, RebelOne Apr 2014 #54

Sinclair zx80 mainstreetonce Apr 2014 #55

Honest to God original Sinclair ZX 80 jrandom421 Apr 2014 #56

Sinclair zx-80 Jackpine Radical Apr 2014 #57

I don't remember mine - enlightenment Apr 2014 #61

Heath ET-3400 longship Apr 2014 #63

TRS 80....what was that an 8088 processor? ileus Apr 2014 #64

z-80 Warren Stupidity Apr 2014 #69

HP Pavillion SomethingOrOther WillowTree Apr 2014 #66

Atari 600XL flvegan Apr 2014 #68

My first computer owned was a Commodore 64 FrodosPet Apr 2014 #70

I didn't own it but helped buy it: Varityper EPICS with 12mb/s Emerald RIP REP Apr 2014 #71

Vic 20. Ms. Toad Apr 2014 #73

Leading Edge Model D...512K Ram..4.77 MHz (dip switchable to 7.16 MHz)..... Junkdrawer Apr 2014 #75

Z-80 microprocessor at a couple of megahertz with 2K of RAM Fumesucker Apr 2014 #76

Trs-80 model 1 with 4k of ram LiberalArkie Apr 2014 #77

Zilog Z-80A, 1.77 MHz CPU, 4Kb RAM, cassette tape IO (no HD).... mike_c Apr 2014 #78

A Vic-20, while saving money for a C-64 and floppy drive. tridim Apr 2014 #79

Me, too. 5 KB. nt Bigmack Apr 2014 #84

286... 20mb hard drive... and a HUGE 2mb of RAM. cherokeeprogressive Apr 2014 #83

10 meg 80286 with 1 meg ram madokie Apr 2014 #85

Does a Commodore 64 count? liberal N proud Apr 2014 #86

I'm counting mine. OriginalGeek Apr 2014 #107

Commodore 6400 with a dot matrix printer Heddi Apr 2014 #88

Still got it. deathrind Apr 2014 #90

286-10. 640k ram 20mb hdd. EGA video. I paid $2100. n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #94

Kaypro II with 64k memory and two 5-1/4" floppy disks. hedda_foil Apr 2014 #97

Apple ][ 48 k RAM - with two floppy drives! csziggy Apr 2014 #100

That was what I had. But I used our TV as a monitor n2doc Apr 2014 #175

I bought mine used in January 1982 csziggy Apr 2014 #181

I have no idea what the specifications of this were Art_from_Ark Apr 2014 #101

1988 Macintosh. I upgraded it to 1 MB of RAM. nt valerief Apr 2014 #102

IBM 166mhz enigmatic Apr 2014 #103

486....8 megs of ram (I think) and about a 200 mb hard drive. Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #105

Slow, noisy, and prone to cause outbursts of profanity. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2014 #108

Kay Pro 64K single disk drive, WordStar software flor de jasmim Apr 2014 #112

Remember the usergroup? eridani Apr 2014 #125

Had a 286 ps2. betterdemsonly Apr 2014 #116

900 mhz 16 mb RAM 2 gig hard drive nt steve2470 Apr 2014 #118

Commodore 128 Angleae Apr 2014 #122

I still have and use the first PC I ever bought, it is one of the most powerful PC's that will ever Exposethefrauds Apr 2014 #123

LOL, DUzy. xD AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #192

E6-B Major Nikon Apr 2014 #124

Photoshop? Exposethefrauds Apr 2014 #126

Not photoshop and it actually appeared in several episodes sometimes in multiple scenes Major Nikon Apr 2014 #147

That is really cool. Thanks! Exposethefrauds Apr 2014 #183

Hewlett Packard 150 Touchscreen LakeVermilion Apr 2014 #127

Apple II Plus Turbineguy Apr 2014 #128

Macintosh SE/30 CountAllVotes Apr 2014 #129

Tandy TRS-80 Zilog Z80 @ 1.77 MHz and 4kb Ram intaglio Apr 2014 #132

an 8088 Laptop. I don't remember the rest of the specs Motown_Johnny Apr 2014 #134

1981 rogerashton Apr 2014 #135

I built my first box.... sendero Apr 2014 #139

I was an early PC user... Sancho Apr 2014 #141

8088 processor at 4.77 Mhz MohRokTah Apr 2014 #145

timex sinclair 1000 beachbum bob Apr 2014 #146

Man I had one of those.... SomethingFishy Apr 2014 #170

dinosaur DustyJoe Apr 2014 #148

286? Champion Jack Apr 2014 #151

DEC Rainbow JoePhilly Apr 2014 #152

Vic 20 NOLALady Apr 2014 #154

Timex Sinclare kcdoug1 Apr 2014 #156

TRS-80 Model 4 DBoon Apr 2014 #157

TRS-80 from RadioShack. HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #158

Looked through this whole thread.... Johnny Noshoes Apr 2014 #160

Atari 800xl. BBS rocked back then. Phear muh Hayes 300 baud modem! L0oniX Apr 2014 #161

Mac II with 4mb of ram and 40mb hard drive Atman Apr 2014 #167

Oh man you are bringing back old memories. We used to run a DesignJet 450CA enough Apr 2014 #178

LOL Check this baby out Aerows Apr 2014 #168

IBM Aptiva lunamagica Apr 2014 #169

Epson 386/25 with 100mb hard drive. Impressive in its day (for a few months) Throd Apr 2014 #171

I used many before I owned my first one. Vashta Nerada Apr 2014 #172

Locally made TRS-80 Compatible... uriel1972 Apr 2014 #173

Single-vision lenses DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #174

I was really late to the game, I can see steve2470 Apr 2014 #177

Atari 400 -> Atari 800 -> Atari XE -> Commodore 128D -> NEC 486DX-33 laptop -> then Home built units krawhitham Apr 2014 #179

No-name IBM 8088 clone, 640kb RAM (woo!) Denzil_DC Apr 2014 #180

Tandy 286 IcyPeas Apr 2014 #184

This message was self-deleted by its author MineralMan Apr 2014 #186

Coleco Adam Omaha Steve Apr 2014 #187

ADAM...It had a word processor!!!!!1 Hugh!!!1 nt PCIntern Apr 2014 #189

Apple IIe, 64KB Ram and a 5 1/4" floppy drive brooklynite Apr 2014 #190

Texas Instruments TI-99/4A Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2014 #194

Cutting edge at the time, 486-33 Mhz, 256MB Drive, 8 MB RAM, 21" NEC monitor, $10,000. NYC_SKP Apr 2014 #198