Poll: What was your FIRST computer?
Don Armstrong
(1) What was your FIRST computer?
I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
(2) What from there?
From there, I had:
Atari 800
386-33
P-60
p-233
Laptop PII 266
ATC
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Brad Stevenson
8088 1992
486/SX 25 Mhz 1994
Pentium 150 1997
Stephane Peron
> (1) What was your FIRST computer ?
Timex Sinclair 1000 with the 16K of RAM expansion (!)
then :
XT
286/16
386/40
486/66
P100
P200
P233MMX
now : a Celeron 400 and a dual PII 333
all homebuilt starting with the XT
Stef/ in Montreal.
Neill Smith
486 dx 33 8mb
p-60
p-200
k6-2 400
some thing at 800mhz next by the looks of the trend......
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England
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Rolf Egil Sølvik
Armstrong) wrote:
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>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
2 x C64, big floppy drive and cassette player
>(2) What from there?
486sx-20
Cyrix166+
K6-200
Celeron 300A (450 really, who wouldn't?)
Next: ...... the K7 look mighty fine!
All the three-digit-MHZ-PCs were home-built so to speak....
Daywalker
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Atari 65XE - 1987
> (2) What from there?
InterTAN DT-386 SX 25Mhz 2meg ram - 1993
(now with a co-pro & 16meg - yes I still use it)
Commodore 64 - 1995
Sinclair ZX spectrum - 1996
Two 8086's - 1996
(All Rescued from being thrown away)
Cyrix 6x86MX PR200 64Meg - 1997
(now upgraded to AMD K6-2 333 - soon to get 256meg & K6-III 450)
Next one will be a K7 (dual or quad system hopefully)
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Lost Dragon
I had the original model Atari system, and later moved to a TI-99/4A.
I still have a TI system (with box, cartridges, etc) that has never been
used sitting under my bed. When we originally bought it, I heard TI was
getting out of the home PC market, so I bought another one in case my
original one wore out =]
Probably not the best purchase I ever made, since the original TI far
outlasted its usefulness to me. I ought to auction the old thing off.
Maybe someone out there would want it =]
-
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bunnyboy
<4F1F77CA7EF6C06A.26E20C58...@library-proxy.airnews.net>,
dal...@airmail.net (Don Armstrong) wrote:
> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
Back before I really knew anything I had a Radio Shack TRS-80 with what I
now know was cpm. I have no idea what the other specs were, it has been
lost for many years since the keyboard stopped working...
After that:
Macintosh Plus (dads work computer)
Macintosh SE built in 1987 (still runs fine!)
486dx2 66MHz (used mostly as a modem)
PowerMac 6100/60MHz (slowest powermac ever released!)
currently own:
300MHz G3 (beige tower)
p166 cyrix dos card for G3 (autocad is the best!)
Macintosh LCII 25Mhz (on ethernet as a web server, http://169.233.5.254/ )
Im happy with what i have now, cept i need more ram on the dos card...
Brian Parker
Mike Daniel
proxy.airnews.net>, dal...@airmail.net says...
>
> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
>
>
> From there, I had:
> Atari 800
> 386-33
> P-60
> p-233
> Laptop PII 266
>
>
First computing experience was an Apple IIe at school.
Then I got my own Commodore 64.
Then IBM XT (640KB, 20MB HDD, green screen)
286/12
386/25
486/33
Cyrix 6x86 P150
Just now getting my stuff together for a K6-III/400 with digital LCD
display
Mike
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The Sokos Family
It had a punch card tray on top and a magnetic card reader
on the front, and was mostly grey as I recall. If anyone knows
what the heck this thing was, I'd appreciate it. I've seen three
of them over the years (all back in the 70's or early 80's) and
I have no idea what they were.
Anyway, on to (1). A Commodore 64, with the ever so fast
tape drive which stored programs twice, making sure that it
took twice as long to load programs and was half as reliable
(if both copies didn't match it failed the load). Floppy drives
and a printer came later.
(2) Whooo-eeee. This is going to be difficult. I hope I
don't forget too much from the list.
Commodore 128D
Numerous C64's and accessries
Timex Sinclair
XT clone (with passive AT backplane)
386 clone (homebuilt)
286 (later turned into a 486, and even later into a P90)
486 (linux box)
Several more XT clones (one of which is now a 486, not quite working)
and several boxes of computer parts
Several 386 computers in various stages of completeness (most are
missing hard drives)
486 laptop (later stolen! Arrgghhh!!!)
Another Commodore 128
MicroVax 3300 (the Frankenputer! Resurrected from the dead!)
VaxStation 3100 (with a nice 19" color monitor, not bad for a little 3100)
IBM PC Jr.
A couple of 286's and an XT(?) I think - haven't turned it on yet
Micron PII 350
That's pretty close to the order I got them, and I had to cheat and say
"several" in a few places as I've forgotten a few machines.
I remember the Atari. I hacked around on one a couple of times.
I also used (but never owned): Commodore Pet (anyone remember
these?), Vic 20, Apple IIe, Apple Mac (classic), Mac II, Honeywell
mainframe,
PDP-11/44 and PDP-11/77 (ah, the joys of RSX... PIP anyone?)
Univac mainframe, Vax 11/780, various Vax/Alpha machines,
TRS-80 (model I, II, III, and IV) a few other 8 bit computers that I can't
remember the name of, and probably a few other machines that I've
just forgotten about.
You've never experienced the joy of dropping a stack of punch cards.
You learn to keep 'em numbered after that. It's a mistake you only
make once, believe me. :-)
--
Mark Sokos - Electrical Engineer, Computer Geek
(er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
E-mail: so...@desupernet.net
Web: http://users.desupernet.net/sokos/
comp.arch.hobbyist FAQ, electronics tutorials, etc.
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Ted Rutledge
! One day I will see if it will still function.)
The Sokos Family
uninstalls and continues to drain resources. Especially known to
have conflicts with Girlfriend 1.0.
Sorry, it's an old joke. The complete text is floating around the net. :-)
(also still on wife 1.0)
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(er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
E-mail: so...@desupernet.net
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James wrote in message ...
>Married my wife, got a AT&T 6300 in the deal. Soon upgraded to a AST
>Premium 286. After that I started building my own. Kept the wife, though.
>Haven't been able to find an upgrade.
>
>Jim
>
>
>In article <4F1F77CA7EF6C06A.26E20C58CB23F5D6.C9916F922C41F9AD@library-
>proxy.airnews.net>, dal...@airmail.net says...
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the...@localnet.com
Next: 1983 - IBM PC
Next: 1984 - Coleco ADAM - 128k Memory - tape Drive
Next: 1986 - Commodore Amiga 1000 - 2MB Memory
Next: 1990 - Commodore Amiga 2000 - 4MB Memory
Next: 1992 - IBM - Leading Edge PC 386-2MB Memory
Next: 1994 - Compaq 433 - 486/33 4MB All in one Monitor/Computer
Next: 1996 - Home-made 486/66 upgraded later to p133 24MB
Next: 1998 - Packard Bell Pentium II 300MMX - 56MB
Next: 1999 - Home-made Pentium II 450 - 128MB
On 6 May 1999 13:15:38 GMT, "Brad Stevenson"
Rune Boersjoe
C64... had a bunch of consoles too.
>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
>(2) What from there?
486sx25
Pentium 75
Pentium 166
Celeron 366
Next:
Coppermine?
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Reply by mail to jb...@jancomulti.com
James
Premium 286. After that I started building my own. Kept the wife, though.
Haven't been able to find an upgrade.
Jim
In article <4F1F77CA7EF6C06A.26E20C58CB23F5D6.C9916F922C41F9AD@library-
proxy.airnews.net>, dal...@airmail.net says...
>
> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
> I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
> (2) What from there?
>
Eric
atari 600XL +floppy
atart 520st
atari 1040ste uped to 4Meg
pentium60 (with fdiv bug, so i scamed a replacement 66)
cyrix pr150+
k6 233
celeron 300@450
next -> 1G AMD K7 ;-)
Paul E. Larson
>
>
>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
open the port to write or read a tape.
>(2) What from there?
>
Atari 1300
Kaypro PC-XT Vic20 chip
Packard Bell 286
Packard Bell 386sx/20(my Dad used it until 1997 then gave it to a friend)
Packard Bell 486sx
Packard Bell P60(At my Brother's in-laws)
Local built PPro200 my Netware5 server
Homebuilt AMD200 my Mom's now
Local built PII-450
Paul
>From there, I had:
>Atari 800
>386-33
>P-60
>p-233
>Laptop PII 266
>
Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
Paul E. Larson
>
>You've never experienced the joy of dropping a stack of punch cards.
>You learn to keep 'em numbered after that. It's a mistake you only
>make once, believe me. :-)
>
Ah yes... I remember it well, the chewed up cards.. the jammed readers... the
nightly waits for the data entry personnel... ah yes I remember it well. :-}
Paul
Jörgen Blom
> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
> A Commodore 64
>
> (2) What from there?
Amiga 500 with additional 512 K RAM ;-)
Amiga 1200 with 120 MB HDD , still have it although it's somewhat
hacked to fit
in a tower case..
Commodore VIC20
Amiga 2000 w/ 8086 Board + 20 MB HDD
Laptop 486 @ 25
486 @ 120
K6-2 @ 350
Digitali
Commodore 16 (No more poking & peeking to draw graphics)
dB
On or about Thu, 06 May 1999 08:10:33 -0500, the suspect,
dal...@airmail.net (Don Armstrong), confessed to the following
crimes:
>
>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
>(2) What from there?
MidWestMike
Commodore 64 w/2 floppy drives
XT
AT 286/12 240MB 4MB RAM
AT 486/DX-4 100 540MB HD. 16MB RAM
AT Cyrix166+ 2GB HDD 64MB
AT AMD K6-233 8.4 GB 128MB
ATX PII-233 18.5 GB 256MB
ATX PII-450 18.5 GB 256MB (present system)
Jörgen Blom <jor...@algonet.se> wrote in message
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> Don Armstrong wrote:
>
> > (1) What was your FIRST computer?
> >
John van Poelgeest
REAL computer was a TI-99/4a, bought in 1981. In 1986 I bought my first MSX2
computer (Philips), in 1988 me and my dad bought an 8088 from Zero (with
monochrome screen, which was burned in after one week of use). In 1990 there
was an 80286, in 1993 and 80386DX40 (upgraded it to Cyrix pr166 in 1997), in
1998 a Pentium II 266. Currently own 3 MSX2 computers (1 Sony, 2 Philips and
2 PC's)
John van Poelgeest
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>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
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John van Poelgeest
RAM expansion) and the Philips P2000 computer I had along the way.
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JP Davis
Remember having to wair hours to load a dodgy program off n audio tape
to be told it had failed! No change there then!
JP
On Fri, 07 May 1999 07:32:58 GMT, whistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com
(Paul E. Larson) wrote:
>In article <4F1F77CA7EF6C06A.26E20C58...@library-proxy.airnews.net>, dal...@airmail.net (Don Armstrong) wrote:
>>
>>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
>>
>>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>>
>Atari 400 w/ 16k of memory fo $500 about 1980-81 with a tape drive I had to
>open the port to write or read a tape.
>
>
>>(2) What from there?
>>
>Atari 1300
>Kaypro PC-XT Vic20 chip
>Packard Bell 286
>Packard Bell 386sx/20(my Dad used it until 1997 then gave it to a friend)
>Packard Bell 486sx
>Packard Bell P60(At my Brother's in-laws)
>Local built PPro200 my Netware5 server
>Homebuilt AMD200 my Mom's now
>Local built PII-450
>
>Paul
>
>>From there, I had:
>>Atari 800
>>386-33
>>P-60
>>p-233
>>Laptop PII 266
>>
>
Bill
rotary phone dial. Readout was lights in binary.
Later:
TRS80 model III
Laser 128
486-66
PII-200
Chris Czaplicki
Computer) with a 20 MB Hardcard (remember those :) 640k/CGA - Yes CGA
graphics adaptor!
Next was the all time favorite (sarcasm expressed) - Packard Bell Legend
23CD that I bought at Circuit City in Nov.'94 It seemed like the best
thing in the world until I bought Quake (I) and got about .5 FPS.
The summer of '98 I picked up a IBM Valupoint 486/66 at a garage sale
w/32 megs of ram, 14" Compaq "color blind" monitor (red tube was dying)
for $20, a deal I couldn't pass up. Shortly after I hooked the 2 486's
up together via Ethernet and my friends and I had fun playing Warcraft
II and Doom II!
Then in November it dawned on me that I better look into getting a new
computer. I went to a show and I built myself a PII-350, 32MB, 6.4Gig,
36x, 17" monitor for $1000 even (w/tax). Now I could play Warcraft w/3
computers! woohoo!
Then the need for speed increased as I built myself 2 Celeron 300's (o/c
to 378) in February and in April, which replaced the old 486's.
Needless to say, I have a much better variety of multiplayer games I can
play now :)
-Chris
Fritz Oppliger
>>
>>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
> C64, cassette player in 1983
>>(2) What from there?
more C64, 128, then
PC, XT, 286, 486, 586
fri...@humboldt.net(Fritz Oppliger) KE6VDA
Daos
after that:
Apple 2e, 2 disk drives, green monitor
PS2/30 8086/640k/CGA, upgraded to VGA
486/25, 4mb, 212MB, 2x, SB16
486/100, 16mb, 1.2GB,12x, with the SB16 from the 25mhz sys
Cyrix PR166, 128mb, 4gb, 32x, Awe64, upgraded to P166, 8.4GB, 40x, Acer
CD-RW drive, Zip drive
P2-350, 128MB, 8.4GB, Acer CD-RW, Awe64, 48x, network card, Diamond 16mb
Riva TNT (current system)
Eugene Nine
1987, Commodore 64
1988, added 1541 disk drive
1989, added MPS1200 printer, mouse, GOES, did all high school english
assignments, and wrote a basic program to find greek and latin roots for
english assignemnt
1990, added color monitor, second disk drive, joined c64 user group
first drive overheated, added cooling fan
1991, went to college, bought Commodore SX-64 portable (huge five inch
display) piggybacked SID chip in C64 for stereo sound, bought 300 buad
modem, joined Q-link
1992, piggybacked SID in portable C64, added second disk drive to portable
C-64 (cut drive PCB in half with hack saw to get it to fit and soldered
wires between the cut traces), biult I/O interface for C64, bought HP 48SX
calc (4-bit computer), bought amiga 500
1993 bought ram expansion for amiga, bought citizen 24pin printer, a-64
emulator, roommate borrowed ram to play games at freinds house, carried
baord in back pocked, clock quit working. desoldered ram chips and added to
a500 main board with jumper select for video, or fast ram. bought 8088, IBM
XT Mb for $5, fdd controller for $3 fdd for $5, video card for $5, monitor
for $5.
1994, upgraded xt to 286-20, 2M ram, 120M hdd, built my own case for 286 and
amiga to share. starte building a LUCAS (Little Ugly Chear Accelerator
System) board from canadian amiga mag, never finished still have the
68020's. bought borland C++4.0, would not install in 286, bought 386DX-40
MB & 4M ram, sold all C64 stuff, 1x cd-rom
1995 bought 850M HDD, 120M tape drive, win95. upgraded 386 to 486-33 sold
amiga (well gave away what was left)
1996, upgrade to P133, 8M, 8x cd-rom
1997, bought 4G HDD
1998, 8 port hub, built 486 for wife, 56k modem, got compaq armada 1500
laptop through reseller loaner program
1999, PII-350, Intel SE-440BX-2, PNY 128M, I740 AGP video, Intel 10/10 NIC,
Super micro 750 case, wd 13G HDD, road runner cable, get new laptop in a
couple weeks, purchased old one, give to wife
Eugene
Chris Czaplicki wrote in message <37338E56...@multiverse.com>...
adam
My brother and I were the first ones in out town to have a floppy drive.
Oh, before that we had an Atari 2600 but that was a gaming system like
Nintendo. That's what started it all for us.
Then 386 16mhz
486-33
p60
p133
and so on....
not cel400
Don Armstrong wrote in message
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>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
>(2) What from there?
starbuck
2. Fingers + Toes (now I can count to 21 :) )
3. Commodore 64 "the game machine"
4. 12 mhz 286 w/ 2megs ram and a 40 mb hd
5. 386 sx 33 w/ 4 megs ram and 100 mb hd.
6. Nexgen pf100 w/48 mb ram (youngest sister has it)
7. P133 oc to 150 w/ 64 mb ram
8. AMD k6 200 oc 225 w/64 mb (upgrade from above)(will follow younger
sister to school)
9. AMD k6-2 350 w/196 mb ram (general work computer, photoshop, mp3z,
cd burning etc.)
10. Still in construction. Celeron 300a oc to 450 on abit bh6 w/128 mb
ram and sli voodoo2 and tnt (game machine duh!!)
I've built all computers since 286 (age 11), notice I skipped the 486
series, cuz duke3d came out and the nexgen was a steal :).
-starbuck
Brian Strang
>
> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
Commodore 64 and 1541 drive, now I have several 64's and 128's with
CMD Ramlink with 8 megs ram and jiffy dos, also a swiftlink cart with
33.6 modem and RGB monitor and an Eprom burner. I still repair
commies and sell them too :-)
I still use them almost every day.
>
> I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
> (2) What from there?
I have built two computers, a 200 mhz cyrix in Feb 98 and a 300 mhz
cyrix based in Sept 98.
mikes
running OS/9.
Tandy 8088
Tandy 80186
Tandy 80286
Compudyne 386
Compudyne 486
Lucky MoBo Pentium 200
Abit MoBo Pentium II
John van Poelgeest wrote in message
<926086544.16194....@news.demon.nl>...
>My very first computer was some gamemachine, bought in 1980 or so. My first
>REAL computer was a TI-99/4a, bought in 1981. In 1986 I bought my first
MSX2
>computer (Philips), in 1988 me and my dad bought an 8088 from Zero (with
>monochrome screen, which was burned in after one week of use). In 1990
there
>was an 80286, in 1993 and 80386DX40 (upgraded it to Cyrix pr166 in 1997),
in
>1998 a Pentium II 266. Currently own 3 MSX2 computers (1 Sony, 2 Philips
and
>2 PC's)
>
>John van Poelgeest
>
>
>Don Armstrong heeft geschreven in bericht
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>>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
>>
>>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>>
>>(2) What from there?
>>
James Rosemary
Later (in no special order):
Commodore 128,64, +4, 16
Cheap DLC3 pc clone, upgraded several times
Real homebuilts:
65C802, 65C816, 65CE02, 68030 systems.
The 65CE02 is useful as a terminal, and the 68030 has some
semblance of an operating system.
Richard Johnson
Used at work:
TRS (hand held)
Apple II
then
DEC PDP 11
IBM PC's
IBM AT's
PC Clones of various types
Concurrent Computer/Perkin Elmer
DEC 3000/600
Owned:
TI 58
TI 59
Tommy Tutor
C-64
C-128
IBM PC home built clone
IBM AT home built clone
...all home built until one of current 3 is an HP Pavilion.
Stuart Hall
drive all around the local Lechmere stores looking for a disk drive
for the thing. Had a cartridge for Basic - about the only useful
thing I ever did with it was program an "Adventure" type game.
After that, I never bought a computer again. They were all given to
me second hand.
Zenith ZX-80 w/ two disk drives. Didn't have to remove one floppy to
copy anymore. Wheee!
Current: Gateway2000 486-33V w/ CTX monitor. Works just fine for
Win3.1. Eventually it'll become a linux box when I get up the money
to build/buy a new PC. E-machines are looking quite attractive now
(www.e4me.com)
Stuart
On Thu, 06 May 1999 08:10:33 -0500, dal...@airmail.net (Don
Armstrong) so kindly spent valuable time writing:
>
>(1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
>I started with an Atari 400, 16k mem for $1080 in '78 (?)
>
>(2) What from there?
>
>From there, I had:
>Atari 800
>386-33
>P-60
>p-233
>Laptop PII 266
----
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Connecticut, USA
* return address: f p r i n t f @ i n a m e . c o m *
Mayday
I was about 8.... Loved that brown rounded keyboard.... had a VIC
tape drive first and then the 1541 5 1/4 floppy.... I added a 1571 which
was able to read both sides of the 5 1/4 disks... I had a 1581 fo a short
period of time...(3 1/2 Hard-Floppys =) Finally I moved up to the
Commodore 128D =)
Mayday
Gary
Gary
sup...@mountain-software.com
Interact "Model 1" - 8080A processor, 16K of RAM, 112 x 72 x 4-color graphics
display (used TV for display), built-in cassette tape deck for long term
storage, "button" style membrane keyboard, and NO input/output capabilities
(printer, modem, etc.)
I've still got this computer in storage.
> (2) What from there?
A. Atari 600XL
B. Atari 130XE
C. Atari MegaSTE
D. Commodore Amiga (forget model)
E. Macintosh LC-III
F. Packard Bell 80486
Currently own a home built Pentium, 120mhz, with 64 Meg RAM, 4.3 Gig Hard
Drive, Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 video card, Adaptec 2910 SCSI card, Supra FAX
modem 33.6, Sharp JX-9500H laser printer, Epson Stylus II inkjet printer,
UMAX Vista S6E scanner, and NEC Multisync 3DS monitor.
Anthony Watson
Mountain Software
sup...@mountain-software.com
http://www.mountain-software.com
Russell E. Smith
From there.
80286
80386
P60
K5/75
Now
K6-2/400, 128Mb RAM, 22gig HDD, Viper V550, dual Monster II's, SoundBlaster
Live! Value, Adaptec 2940U2W, 6x/24x DVD-ROM
--
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http://www.wolsi.com/~homerj/
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I'm going to change it, but It's going to take some time.
Give me a few more years and ask me again."
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> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
>
Justin Colson
Homebuilt K6-III 450(Winchip 200 until I can get it) 64mb ram £700-£900
Richard Vanden Boogard
(2) What from there?
From there, I had:
Packard Bell P75 (still running it at 90)
Homebuilt K6-2 266 (still running it at 300)
Now, if you count video game consoles as well, then the list is much
longer!
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Richard J. Vanden Boogard
MTU Electrical Engineering Student
Tau Beta Pi--Treasurer
rjva...@mtu.edu
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The Sokos Family
to the 64, so technically the c64 was a VIC spinoff. :-)
Now for today's trivia question: What does VIC stand
for? And who was SID? (in the Commodore world)
--
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(er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
E-mail: so...@desupernet.net
Web: http://users.desupernet.net/sokos/
comp.arch.hobbyist FAQ, electronics tutorials, etc.
Richard Vanden Boogard wrote in message ...
CYBERLEADER
sup...@mountain-software.com wrote in message
<37383...@news.pacifier.com>...
>> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
I can't believe I'm not the only one who had a Timex Sinclair 1000. That's
funny. My parents didn't want to spend money on a computer, so that's all I
could afford. I remember going with my parents to one of those lake
time-share things up in Northern Minnesota and they were giving away the
memory upgrade module for it. I was so excited.
>> (2) What from there?
I've had most of the gaming machines starting with the Atari 2600.
But, the next actual computer I got was in '95. It was a Micron P120
Millennia, 16MB ram, Diamond Stealth Video VRAM w/4MB (a lot then), Plextor
4X SCSI cd-rom, Buslogic SCSI card, SoundBlaster Vibra 16, ViewSonic 17, and
Altec Lansing clam-shell speakers with sub. I then learned the ways of
obselesence.
In Feb. of this year, I built my first. Abit BX6-2.0 motherboard,
Celeron 300A@450 2.0volts stable, Glacier 4500c, Supermicro SC-750A case
w/300W, 128MB Micron/Crucial 8E memory, Kenwood 52X TrueX cd-rom (originally
40X Kenwood), Canopus Spectra 2500, SoundBlaster Live! Value, Imation
Superdisk drive, Cambridge SoundWorks Four-Point Surround, same ViewSonic
monitor and SCSI card. I couldn't believe how few problems I had with my
first home-built, other than having to return the Kenwood 40X drive for the
52X. I'm a little proud. :-)
Marc
CYBERLEADER
sup...@mountain-software.com wrote in message
<37383...@news.pacifier.com>...
>> (1) What was your FIRST computer?
I can't believe I'm not the only one who had a Timex Sinclair 1000. That's
funny. My parents didn't want to spend money on a computer, so that's all I
could afford. I remember going with my parents to one of those lake
time-share things up in Northern Minnesota and they were giving away the
memory upgrade module for it. I was so excited.
>> (2) What from there?
I've had most of the gaming machines starting with the Atari 2600.
But, the next actual computer I got was in '95. It was a Micron P120
Millennia, 16MB ram, Diamond Stealth Video VRAM w/4MB (a lot then), Plextor
4X SCSI cd-rom, Buslogic SCSI card, SoundBlaster Vibra 16, ViewSonic 17, and
Altec Lansing clam-shell speakers with sub. I then learned the ways of
obselesence.
In Feb. of this year, I built my first. Abit BX6-2.0 motherboard,
Celeron 300A@450 2.0volts stable, IBM Deskstar 10.1GB 7200RPM HD, Glacier
Kea...@worldnet.att.net
it had 1.9kbytes ram and a single line LCD. I learned to program on that
little
jem. And I still have it too!
My second system was an apple ][+ with 48k memory and an old tv for a
monitor.
Kea...@worldnet.att.net
and
Video Interface Chip
The Sokos Family wrote:
>
> The VIC-20 wasn't a c64 spinoff, it was the predecessor
> to the 64, so technically the c64 was a VIC spinoff. :-)
>
> Now for today's trivia question: What does VIC stand
> for? And who was SID? (in the Commodore world)
>
> --
> Mark Sokos - Electrical Engineer, Computer Geek
> (er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
> E-mail: so...@desupernet.net
> Web: http://users.desupernet.net/sokos/
> comp.arch.hobbyist FAQ, electronics tutorials, etc.
>
> Richard Vanden Boogard wrote in message ...
> > (1) What was your FIRST computer?
> >
otto714 otto714
first was a RCA Model 301
nxet was RCA Model Spectra 70 series
next was Burroughs B3500(in truck aiming cannons for US Army)
next anything DEC made
next home use comm. 64
then all flavors of intel from 286 up to pent 2
but I really wanted an analog system from Westren Electric that
aimed Nike Missles..............
The Sokos Family
Now, for 50,000 extra bonus points, how do you get the anti-war message
on a commodore 128? (this one's a bit more difficult)
Kea...@worldnet.att.net wrote in message
<373B1DA3...@worldnet.att.net>...
>Sound Interface Device
>and
>Video Interface Chip
>> Now for today's trivia question: What does VIC stand
nospamc...@inxpress.net
Computer 1 with 4 K of ram at least 250ns, running at .7 MHz, and the
preferred storage then was a tape recorder. My modem was a 300bps fully
manual modem which, upon connecting to a rare few bbs system, you had
the option of hotrodding the modem to a whopping 450bps. My first
printer, probably more archaic, was an old teletype printer, complete
with this odd paper tape setup on the left hand side of it.
Digitali
Computer II (I refuse to refer to it as a gay ass 'CoCo') that had the
psychedelic cursor. Tight.
dB
On or about Fri, 14 May 1999 11:01:27 -0600, the suspect,
nospamc...@inxpress.net, confessed to the following crimes:
Steve
Digitali wrote:
I had a Color Computer 2 with 64k RAM
I think the only use I got out of it was back in the says of BBSing and my
1200baud modem
John Graham
whopping 16k of ram and the tape drive but did not have a modem.
Was fun to learn basic back than, Second computer was a C64 and that was fun
because I actually had a suitcase just for it so I could go over to a
friends house were we would get together with another friend who also had a
C64 and program alnight long.
Those were the days.
John
Digitali <digi...@synergyusa.com> wrote in message
news:373c6602...@news.flash.net...
Anwar Al-Awadhi
a Star LC-10 Color printer, and a lot of things......
then i had a Sinclair ZX with a drive, recorder and a printer
Atari ST 520 with printer
now i have an own made P-II 300 Monster with a heavy TURBO things inside...
Digitali
with computers. All of my friends back in da day ('83-87) had no time
for computers, I was on my own and mocked when I was in my room every
Sunday instead of playing football with the guys. Still macked the
honiez though. . .
dB
On or about Sat, 15 May 1999 07:10:29 GMT, the suspect, "John Graham"
<jgr...@kscable.com>, confessed to the following crimes:
gre...@concentric.net
1977: 8080 homebrew with a PDP-8 style front panel
1978: OSI Superboard II. 6502 based. Video, I/O, Memory,
and ROM BIOS modification.
1982: Apple][ clone (6502). System ROM modifications
1984: NCS800 (Z-80) Apple][ addin coprocessor and 80 column
video board. Ported CP/M. WD1772 floppy disk controller
add on.
1985: Mostek MDX-CPU3 CP/M system (Z-80). Total BIOS
rewrite including hard disk support routines. 256K memory
add on. Serial multi-tasking BIOS mods.
1986: 68HC11 BASIC/Assembler homebrew Computer.
1987: 68000 homebrew. OS/9 and SK-DOS O.S. ports. Bitmaped
video, hard and floppy disk interfaces. Device driver
development. Applications; Database, Multi windowed text
editor, Bible text search and retrieval, and others.
1990: IBM PC. DR-DOS 6.0 and OS/2.
(several flavors)
--
Just my $0.02 worth.
Hope this helps,
Gordon
PS:
For e-mail: replace 'X.bleeb' with 'greeder'.
I do not tollerate spam. Any unsolicited bulk
e-mail will result in a complaint to your ISP.
<RJ>
Sinclair Fun... but lousy video
Vic-20 Klutzy, but reliable
Commodore-64 A great "learning" machine. STABLE
PC-xt Overpriced Good intro to DOS
486-25 Big speed improvement over the XT
Pentium-75 Needs upgrading
I think I got the most satisfaction writing Basic progs on the C-64.
Keith Howell
G007 Hi-res graphics (256x192) pack given to me by designer
1983 Acorn Atom, 2nd hand, £50.
1984 Atari 800XL
1987 Amstrad PC1640
1992 An 80466DX2
I recently saw a Z80 second processor for the BBC micro.
For 3 quid, I bought it for curiosity about what was in it.
(Z80, 64K DRAM, handful of TTL and a 40-pin ULA).
Mentioned this to a work mate, and he gave me a BBC model B!
BTW, are there any groups for home-brew micros that are non-PC?
In my book, home-brew means you design it yourself,
not just plug a few PC bits together.
And also, are there any "virtual museums" for obsolete micros?
The Sokos Family
>BTW, are there any groups for home-brew micros that are non-PC?
>In my book, home-brew means you design it yourself,
>not just plug a few PC bits together.
comp.arch.hobbyist
It's been a bit quiet recently, but at times it can be a very interesting
group. Read the FAQ (on my web page) before posting.
Sean Ashdown
1982/3 Commmador VIC 20
1983/4 Mitsubishi 286
? Multiplex 386 + 387(math co-processor)
? Multiplex 486 DX4
1998 violet intel PII and a violet AMD K6 2 3D-NOW
1999 violet intel PIII
--
Sean Ashdown - violet itc
www.ashdowns.co.uk/violet/
Dave
basic and had the ability to load programs from a tape player.
Dave
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Remove the antispam "X" from my address to reply.
Nigel R Lau
Nigel
David R Brooks
:Timex Sinclare ~1982. I think I paid $90 for it. It came with built in
:basic and had the ability to load programs from a tape player.
If you include "computers I used", not just "computers I owned", then
try the Elliott 803 - 39 bits, 8k memory, bit-serial. 576uS for a
basic add!
Mike Bishop
wrote:
>Dave <dl...@jps.net> wrote:
>
>:Timex Sinclare ~1982. I think I paid $90 for it. It came with built in
>:basic and had the ability to load programs from a tape player.
>
>
Amdtrad Computer
Dual 5 1/2 floppies no HD
384k Ram
DOS 3.1
I was so proud when I upgraded to 684k Ram and a 40MB HD
patricia cove
<raf...@aljan.com.au> writes
>Ahhhh who can forget the classic Commodore 64 and those classic games:)))
>
>Nigel
The Quest - I maintain there was a glitch in it.
P.
--
p...@nospam.coves.demon.co.uk (remove nospam to reply by e-mail)
Peter Targett
4k (yes k) memory upgrade cost me 40pounds!
I wanted CPM so built replaced the 6502 with a switchable 6502 and Z80. This
became the development system from which I moved over to CPM. By the time it
was finished the UK101 had returned to its 6502 and the completely homebrew
CPM system had moved on to boast a hard drive with a whole 10Mb which was
enough for everything I had.
It still goes!
Earliest computer used Elliot 801 in 1968.
PRR!!
DodgeWax
lights) Long time ago, but I think it was a HeathKit.
Mike Bishop wrote in message <3754dede....@news.waymark.net>...
Dennis
notch out of the side of the disk so I could use both sides. Loved that
machine, until the floppy read/write chip lost it's write line, from then on
it wrote zeroes instead of correct data. Trashed a lot of software before I
figured that one out. Couldn't get a replacement chip, so computer eventually
went away.
In article <7jfem2$gf5$1...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>, "DodgeWax"
Joe
remember that if were really cool, you had one of those little gadgets that
lined it up for you and cut it hehe
Dennis <fin...@nospam.hotmail.nospam.com> wrote in message
news:q1J63.282$cQ5....@news.cwix.com...
Gary Seven
muddle class suburb, July 1982... Knight Rider was on... I was four years
old. My dad and brother come home with an Apple IIe... Spent many fun
times on that machine. It's still in the basement in the same box he
brought it home in. back then, I said I'll never get anything other than
Apple. We kept using that maching until 1992, when We got a Tandy 486.
Then in '94 we got a Gateway 2k P90... Last year I got a P2 400. <sniff>
where has the time gone! So many things I wanted to do... Wait a min...
I'm 20, I still have time! ;)
Gary
The Sokos Family
Most of the old 8 bit computers have emulators for the PC
these days, if you're feeling nostalgic.
I've got a c64 emulator running on my Pentium (I always
did like archon).
--
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(er, programmer) and no talent bum musician
E-mail: so...@desupernet.net
Web: http://users.desupernet.net/sokos/
comp.arch.hobbyist FAQ, electronics tutorials, etc.
Gary Seven wrote in message <7jk6mc$dq4$1...@news3.microserve.net>...
Tim Keene
but I had a Texas Instruments computer that plugged into the TV. Had
cartridges that held simple games (tic tac toe, pong type stuff), and
you could write programs with it. There was no floppy, so you
couldn't save anything you did. I even remember having a voice output
device that plugged into the side. You typed what you wanted to hear
on the screen phonetically, as it only knew one way to pronounce
certain letters/syllables. Later, they came out with an adapter that
let you hook up a cassette-tape style device that could save info.
Sean
much about it.
The first computer I remember using was an Apple II e while in 7th grade.
We had a computer class and had to learn to program in BASIC. (Still the
only language I know) I remember recreating an image of the Apple Logo
using basic.
The second computer we bought at home was an Apple IIGS. It had a
megabyte of RAM I think. (maybe) I can remember the salesman talking
about how awesome it was. It had a GUI as well.
Ok. I'll shut up.
Sean McDonald
Trevor Smithson
much else, though it did have a built in volume control and two
joystick ports, ahead of today's computers. Plus it could display
a whopping 16 colors (not bad for its day)! No internal clock,
no hard drive, no modem, only 256K of memory, no CD-ROM,
but it was actually a pretty neat computer. I sold it+monitor for
$200 at a garage sale, an insanely high price even in 1994.
I played many a game of Starflight on that machine...
Alan Gilchrist
was saying something about Re: Poll: What was your FIRST computer?...
>The first computer our family had was an IBM PC Junior. Don't remember
>much about it.
First computer was a TRS-80 Model 1, which I still have and as far as I know
still works.
Then followed by Tandy 1000, 386-25 clone, Amiga 500, Amiga 4000, Amiga 2000
with Toaster, now going back to PC with K6-3 450 homebuild...
Alan (remove ".NSPM" before replying via EMail)
| ICQ: Nick: Grimmis UIN: #30624286 |
* Mickey Mouse wears a Dan Quayle watch.
LMB
wrote:
>I remembner it very well... Picture it, Eastern Pennsylvania, (upper)
>muddle class suburb, July 1982... Knight Rider was on... I was four years
>old. My dad and brother come home with an Apple IIe... Spent many fun
>times on that machine. It's still in the basement in the same box he
>brought it home in. back then, I said I'll never get anything other than
>Apple. We kept using that maching until 1992, when We got a Tandy 486.
>Then in '94 we got a Gateway 2k P90... Last year I got a P2 400. <sniff>
>where has the time gone! So many things I wanted to do... Wait a min...
>I'm 20, I still have time! ;)
>
>Gary
>
Commodore 64
Z_Z
Trevor Smithson <trevor_...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:376215b7...@news.earthlink.net...
Animal of NC
upgrade it to 640k so it could run the cool games on 5 1/4 floppies.
Spent some more for a kit to add a super-modern 3 1/2 floppy drive.
Fell in love with Commander Keen and Entrap. Awesome! Still have
"Junior" and several programs on cartridges and, y'know he's probably
more reliable than the souped up pain-in-the-@#$ I'm looking at right
now! :>
On Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:21:58 GMT, da...@iinet.net.au (David R Brooks)
wrote:
>Dave <dl...@jps.net> wrote:
>
>:Timex Sinclare ~1982. I think I paid $90 for it. It came with built in
>:basic and had the ability to load programs from a tape player.
>
Al Drake
2) IBM 286 XT
3) Packard Bell 386 SX
4)Pentuim 150
5)Pentium II 233
6)Celeron 300A@504
Gary Fenstermacher
I don't even know the dates anymore, but my brother started with a TRS-80
way back when, and then eventually got a c64. That got alot of use by both
of us. Sometime after that I got my own Vic-20 (1984?). Then he got an
Amstrad, and it was PC time.
So, I can say at about '88 it was an XT I picked from the trash.
Then it was a 286-16, with a whole 40 meg drive! Then came the 386dx33 (and
a second 40 meg drive). Then a 386dx/40 (which my friend still uses). I had
that for a long, long time. Then a 486dx/33. A p150. A dual ppro150. Then it
was an DEC Alphastation, and a Sparc, but I've had that dual ppro for over 3
years now, and have no intention of dumping it as my primary PC.
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Do not fold, spindle, or mutilate.
ViSaGe
8086 with 10mb hard card
286 laptop b/w c/w 20meg HDD
386 sx50
486 dx4 100 c/w 500 HDD
Gary Fenstermacher <gf...@DELETE.rcn.com> wrote in message
news:7k4rg0$488$1...@news1.fast.net...
John van Poelgeest
1986: Philips VG-8235 MSX2
1986: Philips P2000
1988: Clone 8088 (20 MB hardcard, remember those?)
1990: Sony HB900 AP MSX2 Video/GenLocker
1991: Philips 80286
1993: Clone 80386DX40
1997: Upgraded 80386 to Cyrix PR166
1998: Pentium II 266
1999: AMD K6-350
I know, a lot of Philips, but it was very populair back then in Holland.
John van Poelgeest
ViSaGe heeft geschreven in bericht
<7k51lb$lfu$1...@nclient1-gui.server.virgin.net>...
Stephen Church
Jim Sauer
Z80 processor
64KB memory
8 inch floppies
300 baud modem
CP/M operating system
The 64K was more than enough to run WordPerfect or SuperCalc!
I never did get that 5 MB hard disk though. The IBM PC came along and
changed the world.
Jim
John van Poelgeest wrote in message
<929474430.29742....@news.demon.nl>...
admin
<jrs...@deltanet.com> writes
CBM 64 c/w 1541 Floppy drive
Atari 520 STFM c/w external floppy
Amiga A500 c/w HUGE 47MB HD
Amstrad 1640 pc with TWO 20MB MFM HD's
PC 386 SX25 Homebuilt
PC 486 DX33 Homebuilt
PC 486 DX2-66 with 540MB HD Homebuilt
P100 Homebuilt
P200 2X 1GB 1 X 2GB HD's, Dittomax Tape Streamer Homebuilt
(Feels a bit slow now!)
Thats the story so far, four year old son sucks up all the money for an
upgrade (He's got a DX2-66)
Steve
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admin
Neil Cherry
Timex Sinclair TS1000 (1 in kit form unassembled), a Z80 starter kit,
Rockwell AIM, several Motorola Evaluation boards, a bunch of hand
built computers (PIC's, 6809, Z80, 8051 etc.) A couple of 6809 OS9
computers, a couple of 68K OS9 computers, n AT&T 3b2/310, an AT&T 3b1,
an IBM PC (not an XT), a bunch of 8088 laptops, a 286 laptop, a AT&T
Safari 386SL, a 386sx/16, a bunch of 386 mother boards, 486DX/100,
Cyrix 166Mhz, and an AMD 350Mhz. I have more but I can't remember the
rest. And no I didn't have to pay for all of these computers, people
dumped them on me when they upgraded their computers.
--
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http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics GB)
Roberto Cecchinato
- Homemade 486 DX/2
- Homemade Pentium 166MMX
Jim Sauer ha scritto:
Chameleon
Vic 20, tape drive, and color printer plotter
Commodore 64, 1541 hard drive, and Commodore monitor
Amiga 500 for a month or so, took it back and got a car
Pine 486 DX66 4mb ram, can't recall the drive (or don't want to) 2x cdrom
AST Pentium 166mmx 2.1 gb hd 12x cdrom
and now my homebuilt Celeron 300a (o/c450) Abit bx6.2 mb 21.gbhd (from
above) cdrom (from above)
The funny thing is I could do more with my old computers than I can with the
IBM clones. By the time I got to the first clone I had almost forgot all of
my programming skills. Bah, there is at least one program made by someone
else for everything you want to do anyway. In other words: I got lazy. :)
Jim Sauer <jrs...@deltanet.com> wrote in message
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Brian & Lori Buster
Tandy model 4p portable
Packard Bell 386
AMD k6-300 Homebuilt
Brian
MarkG
Brian & Lori Buster <noe...@for.now> wrote in message
news:7kl13l$10...@atlas.lcc.net...
David L Baer
I remember the big 5 meg Winchester Hard Drive that my dad and I put in about
1980. I thought you would never need that much space!
Dave
In article <Jsrb3.731$i7.2...@typhoon-sf.snfc21.pbi.net>, "MarkG"
Kea...@worldnet.att.net
it had 1.9k ram, complete basic, a tape interface and a printer
interface :-)
and i think it had a 4bit cpu running at .4 mhz .. I still have it and
the manuals which list the specs.
MarkG
imsai; came out about 2 years after the base computer! what a relief after
using paper tape and bit switches!
David L Baer <dlb...@halcyon.com> wrote in message
news:7kn8d9$gam$1...@brokaw.wa.com...
small jaded viruses
Had to connect an antenna TV amplifier between the video output and a
small black-n-white TV to get a clear picture display.
wim delvaux
> (if you do not count a TI 59 programmable calculator)
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Joe Steele
First personal computer under $100 ($99 to be exact).
Programming in assembly was the only way to get any real functionality out
of it though.
And you had to save to cassette tape ASAP, or risk losing all 16K (gasp!)
of memory.
Joe
small jaded viruses <drja...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
<7ks5pg$6tf$1...@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
Pariah
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:25:28 GMT, ul...@home.se (UP) wrote:
>
>1987 Vic 20
>1988 Commodore 64
>1989 Amiga 500
>1993 386sx16MHz
>1996 Pentium75
>1998 PentiumII400MHz
>1999 486DX100
>
>IIRC
>
>
>--
>Jones' Motto:
> Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Dionysus
with a whopping 512kb memory, 2 x 360kb disk drives, a PC speaker
(with volume knob...one thing i still miss...) and a screen capable of
displaying a whole 4 colors (including black and
white).....sigh...those were the days....although ill admit the
upgrade to a 20Mb HDD was a relief :->
-dionysus
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:49:07 -0700, "MarkG" <ma...@nospam.com> wrote:
>i still have the northstar 64kb floppy disk and software upgrade for my
>imsai; came out about 2 years after the base computer! what a relief after
>using paper tape and bit switches!
>
>