What Was Your First PC / Console?

[Samurai]

So... what was your first PC / Console platform you owned in your youthful days? Do you have any particular fond memories?

For me, it was the Commodore 64. There was nothing better at the time and the abundance of games was just amazing. Games such as the "Dizzy" series, Nemesis The Warlock, Kikstart II, Boulderdash & Pub Triva were all games that kept me occupied for years.

If anyone owned this computer, you'll know all too well about the loading times of the games, and when was the best time to go and get a drink ^_^

Anyway, your thoughts, and if I do miss one (and I most likely will), send me a PM and I'll add it :thumbsup:

VOTE NOW!

[myidisbb]

atari 800 XL. it still works. but i havent tested the floppy disk yet.

as for computer. packbell 40 MB harddrive from sears with MSDOS 4.0. paid cash i think it was $1500

[nsane]

first console i had was a NES, but, the first computer i had was a 200Mhz packard bell with like 64MB of ram and windows 3.11 :thumbsup:

[SirMango]

Heheh I have no idea what my first pc was called but its speed was 30Mhz :P

Uber fast at that time loL

Whereas game console... never had one! :P

[Snake]

My first PC was an old IBM. It ran Windows 98 Plus! or something like that. It crapped out so fast. The first console I got was a Playstation, right when it came out and none of my friends had it. :P

[LemonHead2089]

SNES! :P I remember when I would play I would always try to go one way and my whole body would shift to that direction :P (still happens every now and then)

[preso]

Commo and ATari...still have its pad :P

[Myrak]

First console was a Sega Master System II. First computer was, I think, an IBM. That was -ages- ago so I can't really remember any of the specs :P

[Rudeboy2025]

First console was the original Nintendo with those big ass games. PC - HP

[Zeus_Hunt]

My first PC was pentium 100Mhz 8 Mb RAM... 512Kb video RAM....

17 floppy drives for win95... :P

[Guest tensegg]

my first pc was a compaq, god knows what model number, had this neat keyboard which fastened onto the screen, making it a carry case thing, took it as payment for an unpaid bill, d'uh :D I couldnt make any sense of the thing , all I could do was type in orange so i got a friend of mine to look at it, he's a comp engineer, and he promptly blew the mofo up, never worked again. He did replace it with an old IBM from his work though, 100mhz, 64mb ram a massive 500mb HD and a 5 inch floppy, i was the talk of the street, cool as a cucumber, hi-tech to the max. Never had internet or anything posh like that, just this big 'ol comp. When I finally got rid of it, it still had about 400mb of space on the hd. :D

My next one was a canon, which my work bought for me, I was soo excited, took it home, ripped it open, plugged it in, turned it on, woohoo, its working. except it wasnt actually a computer, it was just a word processor, spent the next few months pretending to be happy about it. :P

First console was a spectrum, I hated it, never won a game :huh:

[rootbot]

i had an IBM PC with 256KB of RAM and two 160KB single-sided full-height diskette drives.

[apcmiller]

My first game system was the Origonal Sega Genesis. Sonic the Hedhonge still kicks ass.

My first computer was a wordprocessor with 32k ram and no way to input new programs. Got that when I was 6 and was the only computer in the house till I was 15. Then I built myself a 486 66 with 32mb of ram. Windows 95 was on 30-some 3.5 disks.

[vin3e]

SNES! :P I remember when I would play I would always try to go one way and my whole body would shift to that direction :blink: (still happens every now and then)

Dude!!! The funny times when you look back hey :P

First comp was a compaq presario. 133mhz and 16mb ram, my favourite game was the one microsoft gave you lol, in a little spaceship collecting flags :o

[Guest oxygenuk]

hmm

wheres amiga? oO

[Guest Leecher]

Quite. I was wondering that actually. My first PC was indeed an Amiga600+, loved it... then got an Amiga1200 after that. Then came the Sony Playstation, so I got that and then finally started using 'proper' computers. That was a Celeron 1.8ghz, 128mb of ram, 20G HD, rather poor graphics card and a standard stereo soundcard.

[Guest K3ITHK]

Mine was this Beast

My First Computer

Macintosh SE

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CPU

CPU: Motorola MC68000

CPU Speed: 8 MHz

Bus Speed: 8 MHz

Data Path: 16 bit

ROM: 256 kB

RAM Type: 30 pin SIMM

Minimum RAM Speed: 150 ns

Onboard RAM: 0 MB

RAM slots: 4

Maximum RAM: 4 MB

Expansion Slots: 1 SE PDS

Video

Monitor: 9" built-in

Max Resolution: 1 bit 512x342

Storage

Hard Drive: optional 40 MB

Floppy Drive: 1 or 2 800 kB 3.25"

Input/Output

ADB: 2

Serial: 2

SCSI: DB-25

Audio Out: mono 8 bit mini

Speaker: mono

Miscellaneous

Codename: Mac ±, PlusPlus, Aladdin, Freeport, Maui, Chablis

Gestalt ID: 5

Power: 100 Watts

Dimensions: 13.6" H x 9.69" W x 10.9" D

Weight: 17 lbs.

Minimum OS: System 3.0/Finder 5.1

Maximum OS: 7.5.5

Introduced: March 1987

Terminated: August 1989

Released at the same time as the Mac II, (March, 1987) the Mac SE further addressed the issue of expansion. It came in a new platinum case, had an expansion slot, and included a bay for either a second internal floppy drive, or an internal hard drive. The Mac SE was also one of the first Macs to include an Apple Desktop Bus (ADB), which allowed for up to 16 input devices. It sold for $2,898 for a dual floppy configuration. In August 1989, The SE was replaced by the SE FDHD. Thanks to Eric Rasmussen For OS info.

Picture Credits:

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[Guest Greg]

'Twas a Macintosh, a unreliable computer but what the hell, cost alot of money too but can't remember.

Obviously, I wasn't alive then but my parents still have it in their lofting.

[Bold Eagle]

Amiga 500, it had 500kb of sys mem and a 500kb ram stick about half the size of a PSU. It kicked same year IBMs' arse, multi-task, 4086 colours, 4 channel sound.

[Guest grandcommander]

commodore 64 :D ,but my first "real" computer was pc XT(long long time ago) :blink:

[eBait]

First PC was Acorn A5000... 32mhz running RiscOS 3.1 (now at version 5), got it from my daddy (I was 9), he sold those machines.

[Guest Andromedae]

Playstation, with 1 game: Final Fantasy VII, I played it for about 2 years

[ck_kent]

:lol: Contra "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, start" = 30 lives!

I had an Atari 130XE. It's the reason I became interested in computers/programming. It has a built-in BASIC language installed. I think I still have my game cartridges.

[DKT27]

After about 4 years of find. Today I can proudly say that I used to play NES when I was really young. Was too young to remember. :)

[avmad]

Spectrum 48k rubber keys :D Then upgraded to the Spectrum +2 128k :dance2: