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my first presonal computer :: Nostalgic stuff

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:18 am
by AVATAr
Hey... tell use what was your first machine.

Mine was a Timex Sinclair 2086, my father bought it to me when i was around 10 - its till working!
  • - 3.58MHz Zilog Z80A microprocessor
    - 48kb RAM
    - 24kb BASIC ROM
    - Sound: AY-3-8912 (same as Spectrum 128s)
    - OS: A superset of 48K Spectrum BASIC (ie - has a few commands added)
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Z80A CPU:
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Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 11:25 am
by JayBird
My first computer for games

Atari 2600 - Look at the wood finish! i want a wood PC case :)

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My first programmable computer - ZX Spectrum with 48k (still got this)

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My all time favourite computer tho is the Amiga 500!!

Mark

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:53 am
by twigletmac
Our first computer was a 386 IBM compatible with stunning VGA graphics. It had a 5 1/4 floppy drive and a 3 1/2 one. It initially ran DOS but we had it upgraded a bit later to a 386DX running Windows 3.1.

Mac

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 5:27 am
by timvw
My first was a tandy trs-80 model2

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 6:59 pm
by no_memories
Nothing dramatic here, my first was a Pentium 150 - Acer (bluk bluk), I'm a transformed work horse - into computer geek. I didn't even know how to load a program, just went to best buy and bought the thing.

Before the P 150, I only saw a few MACs and that was just looking at them. I had no interest in computers at all whatsoever back then. I was more of an outdoors person, dirt bikes, swimming across lakes (very dumb of me back then, no life jackets or support in case I got tired), etc. Anyway, you get the drift.

Sorry, no pictures. I threw that Acer out awhile back. In the trash where it belongs!! 8)

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:05 am
by patrikG
Commodore 64 - the beauty. Learnt BASIC - and the running gag was: "God save the Queen, 8,1" :)

64KB Ram, tape for data-storage, the dream was to have two 5.1" floppy discs... You could slot it into any TV...

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:00 am
by Joe
My first was a spectrum. It was a pain in the ass when it loaded as it made this irratating sound. The #1 classical game i say has to be Paperboy.


Joe 8)

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:04 am
by JayBird
Oh yes! PaperBoy, i loved that, especially on the Amiga :)

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:06 am
by patrikG
Amiga was such an upgrade. I had to get Defender of the Crown for that - the graphics were fantastic!

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:19 am
by Joe
You can get emulators these days which allow you to play all these games. Most of you will know about them but for those who don't, Give it a try...


Joe 8)

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:21 am
by patrikG
There is one C64 emulator for Windows PCs - if you go on their website, the voice from "Mission: Impossible" greets you: "Another visitor! .... Stay a while... Staaaayyyyyy forevvvveerrrrrr!!!". And if you click on something it says: "Destroy him, my robots!"

Oh, now my heart is putty (sans SSH) ;).

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:23 am
by JayBird
Bloody hell, i loved that game. It was huge! I loved it cos "the computer talked"!!!!!!

Wasn't it called impossible mission tho?

Mark

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2004 6:32 am
by patrikG
Ah, you're right: Impossible Mission it was :)