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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
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