What was your first computer

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by killthesunshine, Jun 30, 2010.

  1. IBM PC XT
     
    #61     Aug 12, 2010
  2. Apple II+ 48K w/3 Floppy Drives and an Microsoft CP/M card

    Great computer at the time (pre-IBM clone, pre-Mac).

    Reason for three floppies you ask?

    Drive #1 for source (6502 .ASM) files
    Drive #2 for header files (since they wouldn't all fit on Drive #1)
    Drive #3 for object code and executable

    No hard drives were available at the time (or if there were they cost more than your house). Hard drives are for mama's boys.


    Still can't believe I actually developed on that thing
     
    #62     Aug 12, 2010
  3. ET873

    ET873

    Win95 would not fit on a 10 MB drive.

    My first computer was a 486 DX2-66 w/ 8 MB of ram. I use it to run my HFT algorithms on a direct dial-up connection to the exchange.
     
    #63     Aug 12, 2010
  4. ddude

    ddude

    Dude thats way back...

    1976 - Processor Technology Sol-20 - an intel 8080, s-100 buss system with 8kb memory...

    Cordially,

    -DD-

    "Good math and small teams win." -Alan Kay-
     
    #64     Aug 12, 2010
  5. Amiga 1000
     
    #65     Aug 12, 2010
  6. My first computer was a COSMAC Elf 1802, then a Commodore PET
     
    #66     Aug 12, 2010
  7. The first one I used was in the 70's in 6th grade. Commodre 64 I believe. I'll never forget my Stepdad buying a Mac in 86-87 with the little porthole window for $1200. State of the art at the time.
     
    #67     Aug 12, 2010
  8. Your memory must be better than mine. All I remember is that it was a Compaq Presario with Win95 on it and I bought it from Computer City. Had a 17" monitor and cost about 2k.

    If it wasn't a 10mb drive, then what do you think it was? Maybe 12? I know it was really small. Came with a 14k modem!
     
    #68     Aug 13, 2010
  9. jprad

    jprad

    Microsoft recommended a 120MB drive at a minimum when W95 was launched.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95
     
    #69     Aug 13, 2010
  10. Must of been either a 10GB or 12GB hard drive then. I think I remember my 2nd computer had a 40GB drive.
     
    #70     Aug 14, 2010