CPU = 486 DX 33.
HDD = 120 MB
Ram = 4MB
Video = Tseng Labs Super VGA (non interlaced). No video ram :D
Monitor = 14"


Note: No CDROM, No soundcard. Got them later in a package set, where the CDROM had a removable tray. ALso I later upgraded to 8 MB ram, and a 340 MB HDD IIRC :D


Edit: No modem.
OS = Dos 6.0, later upgraded to 6.2!!
Windows 3.1 installed, but Norton Desktop run as the shell.

Custom made.
CPU = 12 MHz 80286, 1 wait state.
HDD = Seagate ST-225 (A true classic!!)
HDD Interace = RLL
RAM = 640 KB (chip by individual chip)
Video = HGA (Text card)
Monitor = Black/Gold Monochrome Analog, 80 column text
Modem = Hayes 1200 baud
Internet = Did not exist (not like today)... dial up BBS was king (you pay long distance)
Best Dial up = ExecPC (eventually called FilePile Project on the internet)
Mouse = Logitech.
Floppies = 3.5 " and 5.25" Teac drives.
OS = OEM MSDOS 3.1
Disk Defragmenter = Original (Gibson's "SpinRite").


Cost = $3,350
I still have this machine in storage in another state!

I assume you're talking about first computer, not necessarily a DOS/Windows-type machine.

My first was an Atari 400. This was before IBM made their first "PC" and destroyed^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h revolutionized the micro-computer industry.

Let's see...
CPU: 1.8MHz 6502
32K RAM (I had an "extended RAM" version.)
5.25" external floppy drive (HDD? What's that?)
Primary storage was cassette tape. :D
Monitor: TV
16 colors
40columns by 24 rows text / 320 x 192 pixels
OS: Atari OS in ROM, or loaded from floppy

does an apple IIe count? remember - with the open apple and the closed apple?

followed only by the Mac Plus - it ruled

Timex-Sinclair, 2k RAM with black and white TV, keypad (not a keyboard) and tape drive. Of course, I supplied the tape drive and the B + W TV myself.

Price: $100.00.

The first computer I owned is the one I have now, but the first one I remember in our house was an ole' school Compaq with 64K RAM and no harddrive whatsoever. We could play pong on it...

Sometimes I fanatasize about the look on my father's face if I could show him the computer I have now back in 1980-something. He'd be all like, "COLOR MONITOR?!" and "WTF is a harddrive."

TI 99/4A
3.3 MHz CPU (16-bit).
16kb memory.
Plugged into the TV - Max res: 256x192 @ 16 colors.
External storage on casette tape.
Built in TI BASIC.
Pretty cool for a kid in 1979.

I had a Mac I, no idea on the specs though, I'm sure they were terrible.... But I had lots of fun playing space invaders on that thing!:)

If we are talking the first computer (not limited to just PC), that would be my TRS-80 Pocke Computer from Radio Shack. It had 2K of RAM, and ROM basic. It had 2 lines of LCD dot matrix display, and was quite slow... but I could use it in my Engineering classes to great effect in 1982... esp. before Professors caught on that I could check their work & computations in moments from the back of the room, LOL :).

1st "plug in" computer was my Commodore 64.

My first computer was a C64. I had a tape drive that would take litterally 5 minutes to load "games". My dad also had a C64 but his had a 5 1/4" floppy drive! :eek: This was the first computer that I owned. The next one after that, many years after that, was a 486DX4/100MHz. That computer was frakin fast at playing DOOM. I put my stepdad's 486/66 to shame. ;) That was back when Cyrix made a good chip. Imagine that! :rolleyes:

0.5 mhz 7.3 kram and 1.5 ksram. it had keys made of gummybears and u needed to type with a pin. Also it had a 1 line memory and a reset button (my fist!)

My first PC was an IBM PS/2 80286.
It had 640 KB of memory. I do not remember the size of HD.
But it was the most well built PC I have ever seen. It had a very quality keyboard which I still couldn't forget the feeling while I was typing with.
I was playing "Gorillaz" which was an example game that was written using QBasic that came with IBM Dos.
I still have the original IBM keys which were used to lock the computer.
Good old days...:(

I've still got all my earlier micros - they still work too.

BBC micro
Acorn Archimedes
Dell 133
Bits n pieces from anywhere and constantly upgraded PC

First computer I ever used was a Ferranti Sirius. Only input /output was via papertape!!
Then ICL 1900
Then IBM 360
Then DEC 10
etc
etc

my first computer is mine that i now use:D.i admit i am a newb:D
i have it now for 6 months i didnt regret a day

First computer:

Fully selfmade
Oriented towards the KC-85 and KC-87
16kB of memory
TV plugin
cassette storage (great "music" :lol: )
joystick support
using a BASIC interpreter prompt

First PC:

IBM 286 compatible desktop case
1024kB RAM
30MB HDD
VGA video card
both floppies
14'' Monitor

playing Civ!! :yeah:

:D

The ones preceeding my first PC (Tandon AT, 80286 with 1 Mb Ram) were a Tandy TRS80, forgot the specs, will never forget the taperecorder with broken Play-key so a piece of wood was needed to play the tapes and load programs. The other was an Atari ST, the first GUI I had ever seen!

Zenith 8088
512 k of RAM
dual 3 1/2" floppy drives "everyone go ouu, ahhh please" :)
CGA B&W video

BM 386 16MHZ
4 MB RAM
100MB HDD
VGA video card
3.5" and 5.25" floppy

My first computer!!

Sinclair ZX-81
*crashed more times than starbug*
First HOME PC ever!! With a fancy touch keypad!!
SPECS - Peice of sh*t!

Second
TRASH 80 colour computer
Fancy tape drive for loading games and a great big 100 baud modem woo hoo!
SPECS - heap of sh*t!

Third
IBM PC-XT
CGA monitor a whole 4 colours WOW!!
SPECS - heap of sh*t!

Fourth
PC-230 SX Micormedia
*not even worth talking about a peice of proprietary brand name absolute CRAP!*

Fifth
386-DX
Load of crap and not worth talking about, curently serves as a door stop!

Sixth
Pentium 66
RAM - 64 MB
1 meg graphics card
SVGA monitor WOW!
*NOT a total peice of crap, but not far off*

Seventh
Pentium 200 MX
256 MB RAM
Voodoo II - 3dfx
*Currently hooked up to cable modem - which will change fast, because it's slowing down cable!:lol: *

Eigth
ThunderBird P4 1.1 GHZ
RAM - 512 MB YEAH!!!!
Geoforce - 64 MB (2D/3D) YEAH!!
OS - XP (the only thing that defiles an otherwise good machine)
HD 1 - 30 gig
HD 2 - 20 gig (detachable) - Novell 5.1
HD 3 - 20 gig (detachable) - Windows 2000
HD 4 - 20 gig (detachable) - Linux

Coupled with a 486DX 66 - 256 RAM, acting as a low scale file server, soon to become a door stop.

Have new editions - but yet to finalize their arrangements, there will be a follow up. Once my new web server and assorted techno goodies is all sorted.

(Well...this is the second system. The first was the same but with a monochrome monitor...and no harddrive.)
Tandy 1000 RL/HD
4.77 MHz 8088 CPU
21 MB Harddrive
DOS 3 + Deskmate
720MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
CGA Video Adapter
CGA Monitor.
Tandy Keyboard and Mouse.

Probably 640Kb of RAM

First Computer:
Name: Amstrad CPC 464
CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4MHz
RAM: 64kB
Graphics: 640*200 max 2 Co.l 320*200 max 16 Col.
Sound: 3 channel PCM
Mass Storage: Cassette drive
My brother got this 12 years ago but gave it to me when he got his SNES. I still have it and it works too!

First PC:
100mHz
16mb ram
1mb video card
3.5" floppy
4x CD drive

I had my PC for 5 years before I got the one i have now a year ago!

Originally posted by erix
My first PC was an IBM PS/2 80286.
It had 640 KB of memory. I do not remember the size of HD.
But it was the most well built PC I have ever seen. It had a very quality keyboard which I still couldn't forget the feeling while I was typing with.
I was playing "Gorillaz" which was an example game that was written using QBasic that came with IBM Dos.
I still have the original IBM keys which were used to lock the computer.
Good old days...:(

YES! I had the same set up (mine had a 20MB HDD),
And I used to play "Gorillaz" with a friend- and the other one "Nibbles" or "Snakes" or something... like you said- the good old days.

That was the first computer I owned- the first I used was in my high school- I have no idea as to its specs- but its input was via cards marked with pencil.

Oh- I forgot- actually the first computer I "used" was built by my eldest brother- a big metal and wood framework cabinent full of vacuum tubes! I'll never forget the smell it made when it got warm!

Originally posted by mrog

and the other one "Nibbles" or "Snakes" or something...


AFAI remember the games name was "nibbles". It's clone which is available in Nokia cellular phones is called "snakes".
I want my old PS/2 back. :cry:

Originally posted by erix

"AFAI remember the games name was "nibbles""

Yes- you're right it was nibbles. A fun frantic and frustrating game. After a bout of that I was always ready for the more intellectual challange of "Gorillaz";)

I don't remember the stats of my first PC but it was one of those original IBM PCs - the one with the big red switch on the side. And it sounded like a jet engine when it was running (compared to today's computers which are a lot quieter).

Same here ted. I don't remember much except for that i believe it had an 80XX processor. RAM was measured in KB, removable HD that only stored around 10 MB(i think)

We had C-64 then a Amstrad CPC-464 when i really little, so i cant really count that so.....

IBM-PC 8086 (I thought this was so cool, cause our budget school only had 8088's...... and this was in 1994!!! can you believe it!)

640k ram
10 mb hard drive
CGA colour screen

the first week i got it, i deleted the the system files and had to learn quickly about DOS. I kinda miss dos.... i cant stand windows

then i went up to a IBM PS/2 286.... someone else said this the keyboard was the best... that was my fav computer, got wolfenstein 3d and then..ta da CIVILIZATION on this computer, the screen was the best too.

My first computer:

Macintosh Performa 630 (got it '95)
33MHz
4mb ram
CD ROM drive
3'5" Floppy drive
15" screen
MacOS (don't remember version)

My first PC: (got it '99)
Pentium 133MHz
64mb ram
8x CD ROM
3'5" Floppy drive
17" screen
Windows 98

I can't be very specific, since i got rid of both these long back. ;)

My first (own) PC:

386 DX 40
4 MB RAM
200 MB HD
Trident SVGA Card (forgot the specs)
3'5'' Floppy Drive, No CD-ROM
No sound card, but playing Civ was great anyway. :D

commodore 64,
as for 1st PC, a 20MHz 286 with 256KB Video ram and 1MB RAM

I had some crappy Packard Bell 486. What a hunk of crap.

My stepdad did let me play on his Apple IIc. Wizardry was a blast!!

HAHAHAHA!!!! I just found my first computer buried deep in a closet.

Found out it's a 4.77Mhz 8088, 21MB HD, 320K RAM. I was running Dos 3.0. Much like CMs setup(same processor/ram) but I'll bet I bought mine sooner as there was no deskmate yet(none that I knew of) IIRC. It also had a 5.25 floppy drive. It had a monitor that I don't have anymore and a keyboard with the label rubbed off. I have lost most of the documentation but I want to find out what monitor I had so I can hook it back up!

My first computer (the same one I have now but this one is hevily upgraded)

CPU 433mhz celeron (no fan and ran at 90C :eek: )
ram: 26mb
HDD: 8GB
monitor: 12in 32bit colors
Video: shared 8mb
sound: built into mobo
Windows 98