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65. My first computer has long been an ex-computer, pining for the fiords; but it looked like this

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:03 PM

Apr 2012

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amstrad_PCW512.JPG

An Amstrad PCW512, bought second-hand in 1988, and lasted me till 1997. It used Locoscript, and you had to put the discs in the disc drives each time, for it to function properly. I liked it, though many functions that one would now take for granted, notably re copying and pasting, were quite primitive. It was much more affordable than other computers at that time, even if I'd bought it new.

Ah, those were the days!

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Post a photo of your first computer. Tell us all the details! [View all] LynneSin Apr 2012 OP

Amiga 500, 1 MB of RAM, no HD, 2 floppy drives jakeXT Apr 2012 #1

Still have mine. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #9

I had the 1000 Defectata Apr 2012 #45

Wow, I had an Amiga too onlyadream Apr 2012 #101

that was my first computer too Tunkamerica Apr 2012 #120

At Youtube, look up "Eric Schwartz animations" and "Eric Schwartz art." Archae Apr 2012 #128

My first one also.. Johnny Noshoes Apr 2012 #131

The Trash-80 Model 1! Archae Apr 2012 #2

I've got you whippersnappers beat: Behold the VIC-20. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #3

You forgot; greiner3 Apr 2012 #6

I remember that ever so well. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #7

The tape drive wasn't the only way to load programs. harmonicon Apr 2012 #47

Yep...that was my 1st one, too. nt Old and In the Way Apr 2012 #34

That was my first one laundry_queen Apr 2012 #93

Thnx for posting the picture. ChazII Apr 2012 #94

Hey, I was on the BASIC standards committee. tru Apr 2012 #133

My first computer class OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #149

My first computer was the Apple IIC Tony_FLADEM Apr 2012 #4

Don't have a photo, but mine was an Apple IIe. n/t RebelOne Apr 2012 #8

Apple II+ here. Then C=64. Wife's was a VIC-20. All still work. HopeHoops Apr 2012 #10

Me too. I was the first kid in fifth grade to have a computer! Papagoose Apr 2012 #77

Mine was an Applee ][ - not +, C, E, just ][ csziggy Apr 2012 #148

This message was self-deleted by its author benld74 Apr 2012 #5

Luxury CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #11

Man, I thought I knew a lot about synth history, but that one's totally new to me!! harmonicon Apr 2012 #68

Yes, had to build it all CBGLuthier Apr 2012 #108

that's pretty incredible, man harmonicon Apr 2012 #110

Luxury! Nostradammit Apr 2012 #96

Sinclari ZX81 Rob H. Apr 2012 #12

Me too Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #22

I had the American Version ... the_chinuk Apr 2012 #53

I loved mine... Unca Jim Apr 2012 #78

Does it make me weird Rob H. Apr 2012 #113

Me too JCMach1 Apr 2012 #100

Yup. . . bobhuntsman Apr 2012 #115

bunch of Johnny-come-latelys hobbit709 Apr 2012 #13

Very impressive! MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #138

Five minutes of flipping switches on the front panel. hobbit709 Apr 2012 #139

Paper tape? Wow! MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #141

First I used? DEC VAX 11 X_Digger Apr 2012 #14

: ohiosmith Apr 2012 #15

ROF haydukelives Apr 2012 #155

1960's Hasbro Think-a-tron Xipe Totec Apr 2012 #16

My second computer was an IBM PS/1 Xipe Totec Apr 2012 #17

Oh wow! Johnny Noshoes Apr 2012 #134

Commodore 64 OriginalGeek Apr 2012 #18

We also had a C-64 kentauros Apr 2012 #26

I was RonT9 on Quantum-Link Thor_MN Apr 2012 #87

THIS!!! ElboRuum Apr 2012 #102

I had a system exactly like that, minus the joystick and monitor. demilib Apr 2012 #124

Packard Bell 386sx (I think the sx stood for SEXY) denbot Apr 2012 #19

I had one of those 386-25 hobbit709 Apr 2012 #30

Mine came with a 40mb hard drive, and I think the sx was a math coprocessor. denbot Apr 2012 #97

not to be a noodge....but Tom1960 Apr 2012 #122

1986: Dad brought home an Amstrad PC-1512 TheMightyFavog Apr 2012 #20

No UTUSN Apr 2012 #21

Wang PC clone malmapus Apr 2012 #23

MOS KIM-1 pokerfan Apr 2012 #24

Apparently so. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #60

The Truth About Bender's Brain pokerfan Apr 2012 #61

Thanks! I suspected a personal connection. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #63

Yeah, I couldn't remember the episode so I googled it pokerfan Apr 2012 #71

Me too! ThoughtCriminal Apr 2012 #85

First "modern" computer I built, COSMAC ELF hunter Apr 2012 #25

I don't remember what model it was sakabatou Apr 2012 #27

My first was an IBM PS2. Jazzgirl Apr 2012 #28

Wow! Meiko Apr 2012 #29

Its was a Atari can't remember the model. MichaelMcGuire Apr 2012 #31

Macintosh Performa 475 - I bought mine in 1994, It sold me on Macs from that point on MrScorpio Apr 2012 #32

A Pickett slide rule. Still have it, can still solve triangles on it... lastlib Apr 2012 #33

I had one of those as well Sherman A1 Apr 2012 #59

Used one in school. Crazy thing actually worked. Hoyt Apr 2012 #62

Probably aluminum--Magnesium... lastlib Apr 2012 #67

I have an alloy one. It's frozen. BiggJawn Apr 2012 #89

I remember using a lot of graphite to keep mine smooth, and the black hands afterwards. Hoyt Apr 2012 #140

Somebody stole tru Apr 2012 #135

Still have my husbands slide rule. Paper Roses Apr 2012 #145

Leading Edge Model D computer in 1994 Submariner Apr 2012 #35

No photo - just a story. bluedigger Apr 2012 #36

Cool, I love it! I don't remember the brand of my first computer, I just know it make a sound like DesertDiamond Apr 2012 #37

I also remember I could never leave it sitting on or whatever text was on the screen would be DesertDiamond Apr 2012 #39

hence the existence of screensavers. n/t tru Apr 2012 #136

My first owned computer GiveMeFreedom Apr 2012 #38

That was my first game too. JoeyT Apr 2012 #95

LynneSin Diclotican Apr 2012 #40

Banana Junior 6000!!!! greendog Apr 2012 #41

Obsolete, but user-friendly FiveGoodMen Apr 2012 #66

Sometimes not so user friendly. greendog Apr 2012 #81

PDP-10 padruig Apr 2012 #42

Oooo! A DEC System-10!! longship Apr 2012 #44

We used to play that on the EE department's HP-3000 pokerfan Apr 2012 #74

Wow! Impressive longship Apr 2012 #79

Install the 'bsdgames' package pokerfan Apr 2012 #80

Yep this looks like the one Sedona Apr 2012 #154

IBM 1620 HERVEPA Apr 2012 #43

+10000 I'm still a mainframe programmer as well! sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #54

I program in COBOL and IDMS, but HERVEPA Apr 2012 #107

GE 415 mainframe. Octal,not hexadecimal. Still have the "Instruction Card" with all SharonAnn Apr 2012 #88

First was a Texas Instruments TI-99 4/A Defectata Apr 2012 #46

I still have my TI-99/4a with PE Box Paulie Apr 2012 #83

One of the original Compaq portable PC's rox63 Apr 2012 #48

This was my dinosaur Hepburn Apr 2012 #49

Kaypro 16 obxhead Apr 2012 #50

My first computer was a Kaypro. hay rick Apr 2012 #84

LOL obxhead Apr 2012 #105

1994 Packard Bell with Pentium processor. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #51

But you could have had a Mac! denem Apr 2012 #69

YUCK, they used Macs in my school and they crashed all the time. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #109

Amstrad RedEarth Apr 2012 #52

It was a Hyperion, given to me by my mother Thumper79 Apr 2012 #55

It was a Packard Bell from Service Merchandise if I remember correctly Renew Deal Apr 2012 #56

DAI hauweg Apr 2012 #57

IBM with dual floppie drive. For my husband, IBM 360/91 Kadie Apr 2012 #58

PowerBook 170. Still works. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #64

My first computer has long been an ex-computer, pining for the fiords; but it looked like this LeftishBrit Apr 2012 #65

My first love, and still my only love Loki Apr 2012 #70

Epson QX-10 primavera Apr 2012 #72

Some clone of some sort. LiberalAndProud Apr 2012 #73

Does anyone remember the Timex Sinclair? (circa 1980) femmocrat Apr 2012 #75

I had one. BiggJawn Apr 2012 #90

First one I remember was by (the) KRELL FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #76

piece o crap trs80 elana i am Apr 2012 #82

Puters nahant Apr 2012 #86

DIALUP WARNING!!! Which "first"? saras Apr 2012 #91

yea...I first started programming on paper tape and decks of cards... Sancho Apr 2012 #104

IBM Luggable 2Design Apr 2012 #92

Mine was a Commodore-64 Shankapotomus Apr 2012 #98

Macintosh IICi Auggie Apr 2012 #99

Apple 2+ Sancho Apr 2012 #103

TRS-80 caraher Apr 2012 #106

Atari 400. 4KB of RAM, "membrane" keyboard, tape drive for memory. Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #111

I had one, too! OnyxCollie Apr 2012 #114

This was my first. EverHopeful Apr 2012 #123

Macintosh SE30 CountAllVotes Apr 2012 #112

My first computer as well. OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #146

First computer Major Nikon Apr 2012 #116

That one had the Famous Y0K bug. :) n/t Gore1FL Apr 2012 #129

It was an Apple Mac Performa 400 - circa 1992 Initech Apr 2012 #117

First computer I used: BBC Microcomputer. mwooldri Apr 2012 #118

Macintosh 7100/80 alfredo Apr 2012 #119

I had (still have) a Quest Super Elf aka-chmeee Apr 2012 #121

Mac II with a 20mg hard drive... Historic NY Apr 2012 #125

Looks like an original Mac (512 kB RAM?) to me caraher Apr 2012 #153

I used that one at work. I created my first digital drawing on one. alfredo Apr 2012 #160

8088 like this one but offbrand Doremus Apr 2012 #126

When floppy disks were really flopy! (12" flopy only storage!) Devil_Fish Apr 2012 #127

Good old Commodore 64. LeftOfSelf-Centered Apr 2012 #130

IBM 7044 tru Apr 2012 #132

IBM 360 drmjg Apr 2012 #137

Osborne 1 is the first one I owned relayerbob Apr 2012 #142

Epson Equity I* MineralMan Apr 2012 #143

I had a Tandy 1000 HX 47of74 Apr 2012 #144

Does this count? OrwellwasRight Apr 2012 #147

OMG! I'd completely forgotten! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #159

It was a CPT word processor, but had dual diskette drives for japple Apr 2012 #150

One of the original Web TVs JonLP24 Apr 2012 #151

Atari XE MichaelMcGuire Apr 2012 #152

I typeset my first book on a Mac Plus with Pagemaker, a used IIFX (too F**king expensive) was next. diane in sf Apr 2012 #156

Well, here's my recently departed "Mac-enstein" rocktivity Apr 2012 #157

That was my second computer. It lasted forever. alfredo Apr 2012 #161

Macintosh LC - first owned model radhika Apr 2012 #158

My wife's first computer Rev B iMac in green. alfredo Apr 2012 #162