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    Your first computer?

    Do you remember your first desktop system?

    Putting aside the Commodore VIC-20, my first desktop, if I remember it correctly, was a 486DX that had a big "Turbo" button in the front. Toggling the "Turbo" button instantly increased the clock speed from 33MHz to 66MHz or vice versa. It was hilarious playing old games and watch them speed up/slow down. (Sorry couldn't find a picture)

    What's the min post requirements for accessing PM feature btw (yes, I'm a newbie)?
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    My first PC was a 486 DX2, it worked on 100 MHz, i remember having a turbo button, with out turbo, pc worked on a lower frequency, i think it was 20 MHz, not sure about that.

    Initial OS was MD DOS, then installed Windows 95. When i was using this pc i was almost unaware of internet, so never used it for internet.
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    laughster, you will be able to send PM only after you have certain number of posts.

    NB: I forget to tell, my first PC was assembled by me. At the time i was working in computer hardware, Dream PC was a 386 :-)
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    Yeah, MS-DOS...

    My evolution was like MS-DOS > Win 3.1 > Win 3.11 > Win 95 > ...
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    MY 1st computer was a TI 99/4a

    Was OK i guess,then i got my Commodore64 which i love like crazy!!!!!!

    Then after awhile i got my PC





    Tinyurl is the answer for posting long urls!!!
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    My first was an Aquarius:

    http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bl.../aquarius.html

    After that, I moved to a Commodore 64.

    After that came a 286 with a 40meg hard drive...lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by laughster
    What's the min post requirements for accessing PM feature btw (yes, I'm a newbie)?
    From the rules, it's 5 non-spammy posts to utilize the PM feature.
    Your one stop shop for decentralization
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    Welcome to WHT laughster





    Tinyurl is the answer for posting long urls!!!
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    osbourne1

    http://oldcomputers.net/osborne.html

    classic!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by need2backup
    I remember those!
    My first was this beast. No drives (floppy or otherwise), had to program the thing using BASIC (before it became ms-basic and q-basic and all that crap) and save everything to tape to run it again.
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    yeah a crappy comaq presario or whatever they were called. Hated it, coz it has win me
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    Im not too sure the make of my first ever pc but i remember it had roughly 3 gig and 64 mb of ram =S.
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    First PC was a 286 Viglen PC with a grey scale monitor and big ol 5 1/4" drives

    Also used the zx80a peek and poke programming almost like web design
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    yup as above, a 286 except it was a home build. Then i went over to a 386, 486 and then, cripes, an intel 75mhz.

    The sad thing is i still have all of them
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    The first PC I ever remember using was an old Commodore. Good old black screen, green text, and only had a typewriting application. The first real PC was an old old 486 with Win3.1, and we had dialup for the first time in NC.
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    Compare to all PC's above , my first PC is "new" enough

    Cleron 400 Mhz with 64 Mb of RAM and 20 gig of HD it cost about $ 250
    of course that;s win 98 inside
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    Smile

    The first PC I used was a 486 DX2 with 100 MHz frequency and 32 MB RAM, OS Windows 95. I was started my life as a computer programmer using this pc. It was BASIC and then C..
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    My first computer was a HP Pavilion 6605 or something... 64MB, 4.75GB, ..it sucks to think of it right now, but I learnt a lot with it.!!!
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    My first computer was ZX Specrum 128k (1986! year). My first PC was AMD Duron 800, Via KT133, 128Mb SDR PC133, HDD Samsung 20Gb 5400RPM 2mb cache, GeForce Quadro 32mb 15" Samtron 56E
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    you lot are making me feel very old with your talk of win98 and ME.

    My first PC ran OS/2. I remember being very chuffed when i started running windows 3.11. 26 disks with the full version if i remember
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    My first computer was Pentium IV i have bought it one year ago.
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    yup, i'm old.
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    My first PC still works...

    I'm not to sure what it's running nowa days but IT'S BIG AND HEAVY... when I find time to install those block vga cards to connect the monitor in i'll re-post.

    Heres a thing >> No windows, it's all through an SSH type method, I've only ever used it for those mad oldschool pixel games... my parents owned it before that

    First PC i bought with my own money was a Semperon 2600 with 512mb ram and an 80gb hdd about 2-3 years ago

    Since then i've done too much with computers and had 2 since then and now looking into the next gen PC as I actually understand every parts position and not just buying labelled products lol...
    Your reading skill has increased by one point!
    computers are cool now OK!
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    my new pc has more memory on the front side bus than my first pc had as storage!
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    First computer for me was a TI-994/a and then moved up to the C-64, which I still have and still works with printer and disk drive. In fact I have over 150 floppies and they still load.

    I've been trying to get the disk drive hooked up to my laptop to transfer to an emulator.
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