remember the good old days.

DA · 01-21-2004, 12:21 PM

my first pc was the atari 800 xl. it used cassette tape memory. i had to type up my own software in BASIC.

my second pc was an XT with EGA, 16 colors, display. 2400 baud modem. 20m hd and 640k ram.

my cousin used a tanndy CGA, 4 colors.

alan · 01-21-2004, 05:52 PM

My first was an IBM PC, 256 K, two 360 K floppies, CGA monitor, 5 meg HD. 1200 baud modem came soon after.

Alan

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

jimnms · 01-21-2004, 06:06 PM

My first computer was a TRS-80 model II. I had dual disk drives, and a tape recorder.

_____
Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

SCI-Nurse · 01-21-2004, 08:07 PM

My first (at work) was a Mac SE that I got in 1988. It had a 10 MB hard drive. When this crashed (after 7 years of hard use) I got a 40 MB replacement hard drive. I thought I was in hog heaven!

By the way, I continued to use this computer (in addition to a Windows PC) until last year when the floppy drive motor finally died. It was my baby! I still have a Mac (iMac) at home.

(KLD)

christopher · 01-22-2004, 10:09 AM

A vic-20 with a whopping 3k of mem and a tape drive

Lewis · 01-22-2004, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SCI-Nurse:

My first (at work) was a Mac SE that I got in 1988. It had a 10 MB hard drive. When this crashed (after 7 years of hard use) I got a 40 MB replacement hard drive. I thought I was in hog heaven!

http://www.cis.rit.edu/~jerry/Hardwa...ple_mac_se.jpg

By the way, I continued to use this computer (in addition to a Windows PC) until last year when the floppy drive motor finally died. It was my baby! I still have a Mac (iMac) at home.

(KLD)

looks very familiar

-Lewis

Emi2 · 01-22-2004, 11:46 AM

I don't remember specifics because I was 10 when our family bought our first computer in 1990 but I do remember my dad calling to say he'de bought a mouse and I thought he meant the furry squeaky kind! My dad still uses that computer for Word and Excel. And I remember learning Mavis Beacon teaches typing on those black and green screens in Elementary School. Oh and we had this LaserDisc CD Rom drive that only played the Discs it came with (Mother Gooses Nursery Rhymes was a good one lol). Oh and does anyone else remember Oregon Trail? And I remember chatrooms before there were graphics.
This is weird. I wonder what my daughter will say about my computer when shes 22?

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow"
~ Anon

Steven Edwards · 01-22-2004, 01:13 PM

My first computer at home arrived Christmas '93. It was a 25mhz 486 based machine with 4mb of RAM, 70.1Mb hard drive, and a 2400 baud modem that kept me busy quite often. I was introduced to Apple ][e's in school in the early-to-mid 80s, including Number Munchers, Oregon Trail, WITW is Carmen Sandiego, and Logo! Many fond memories of that little turtle...

-Steven

alan · 01-22-2004, 06:14 PM

On a related note, I started with Dos 2.1, upgraded as new versions came out, eventually added Desqview, upgraded that a couple of times.

Then came OS/2 2.11, Warp 3, Warp 4, and now eComStation (OEM Warp 4.52.)

My first word processor was Multimate for Dos. I still use Multimate (4.0 for Dos) - works fine under eCS-OS/2.

Alan

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

Jeff · 01-23-2004, 08:49 PM

c kennedy - I bought one of those Vic 20's ... that was 1981. 3k of RAM and a cassette drive. I took it to college with me and bought a 300 baud modem for $100. Was one of the very few to be able to log in to the university mainframes from my dorm room. But man was it slow. LOL. The Commodore64 came out a little later and was really popular. I just couldn't afford anything extravagant like all those 64K of RAM.

~See you at the SCIWire-used-to-be-paralyzed Reunion

~

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DA Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: beaumont tx usa Posts: 30,691	remember the good old days. my first pc was the atari 800 xl. it used cassette tape memory. i had to type up my own software in BASIC. my second pc was an XT with EGA, 16 colors, display. 2400 baud modem. 20m hd and 640k ram. my cousin used a tanndy CGA, 4 colors.

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01-21-2004, 05:52 PM	#2
alan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 5,223	My first was an IBM PC, 256 K, two 360 K floppies, CGA monitor, 5 meg HD. 1200 baud modem came soon after. Alan "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

01-21-2004, 06:06 PM	#3
jimnms Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Mississippi Posts: 2,673	My first computer was a TRS-80 model II. I had dual disk drives, and a tape recorder. _____ Learn from the mistakes of others, you won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

01-21-2004, 08:07 PM	#4
SCI-Nurse Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 29,465	My first (at work) was a Mac SE that I got in 1988. It had a 10 MB hard drive. When this crashed (after 7 years of hard use) I got a 40 MB replacement hard drive. I thought I was in hog heaven! By the way, I continued to use this computer (in addition to a Windows PC) until last year when the floppy drive motor finally died. It was my baby! I still have a Mac (iMac) at home. (KLD)

01-22-2004, 10:09 AM	#5
christopher Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Montreal Posts: 4,113	A vic-20 with a whopping 3k of mem and a tape drive

01-22-2004, 11:46 AM	#7
Emi2 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,709	I don't remember specifics because I was 10 when our family bought our first computer in 1990 but I do remember my dad calling to say he'de bought a mouse and I thought he meant the furry squeaky kind! My dad still uses that computer for Word and Excel. And I remember learning Mavis Beacon teaches typing on those black and green screens in Elementary School. Oh and we had this LaserDisc CD Rom drive that only played the Discs it came with (Mother Gooses Nursery Rhymes was a good one lol). Oh and does anyone else remember Oregon Trail? And I remember chatrooms before there were graphics. This is weird. I wonder what my daughter will say about my computer when shes 22? "Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow" ~ Anon

01-22-2004, 01:13 PM	#8
Steven Edwards Administrator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Acme Labs Posts: 13,971	My first computer at home arrived Christmas '93. It was a 25mhz 486 based machine with 4mb of RAM, 70.1Mb hard drive, and a 2400 baud modem that kept me busy quite often. I was introduced to Apple ][e's in school in the early-to-mid 80s, including Number Munchers, Oregon Trail, WITW is Carmen Sandiego, and Logo! Many fond memories of that little turtle... -Steven

01-22-2004, 06:14 PM	#9
alan Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 5,223	On a related note, I started with Dos 2.1, upgraded as new versions came out, eventually added Desqview, upgraded that a couple of times. Then came OS/2 2.11, Warp 3, Warp 4, and now eComStation (OEM Warp 4.52.) My first word processor was Multimate for Dos. I still use Multimate (4.0 for Dos) - works fine under eCS-OS/2. Alan "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?"

01-23-2004, 08:49 PM	#10
Jeff Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: North Brunswick, NJ, USA Posts: 6,846	c kennedy - I bought one of those Vic 20's ... that was 1981. 3k of RAM and a cassette drive. I took it to college with me and bought a 300 baud modem for $100. Was one of the very few to be able to log in to the university mainframes from my dorm room. But man was it slow. LOL. The Commodore64 came out a little later and was really popular. I just couldn't afford anything extravagant like all those 64K of RAM. ~See you at the SCIWire-used-to-be-paralyzed Reunion ~