What were the specs for your first PC??

[ainwood]

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


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

 

[starlifter]

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!

 

[Padma]

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.
Monitor: TV
16 colors
40columns by 24 rows text / 320 x 192 pixels
OS: Atari OS in ROM, or loaded from floppy

 

[andyo]

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

followed only by the Mac Plus - it ruled

 

[Richard III]

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.

 

[BlueMonday]

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 "WTH is a harddrive."

 

[Sanaz]

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.

 

[Globber]

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!

 

[starlifter]

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.

 

[damunzy]

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! 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!

 

[NiteCreature]

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!)

 

[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...

 

[col]

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

 

[philippe]

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

 

[Lucky]

First computer:

• Fully selfmade
  Oriented towards the KC-85 and KC-87
  16kB of memory
  TV plugin
  cassette storage (great "music" )
  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!!

 

[Beam]

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!

 

[sabo]

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

 

[S.P.Q.R.]

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

 

[Ohkrana]

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! *

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.

 

[CornMaster]

(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