When did you get your first computer and what was it?
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jrt_ms1995
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My first!
jrt_ms1995
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But, actually, it was a Gateway 2000 80286 w/2Mb of RAM. And I sprang for the math coprocessor, too, IIRC. 1988. No hard drive, but I bought a used 40 Megabyte Seagate ($250 used) a few years later.
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I built an MITS Altair 8008 from a kit in the Spring of 1975.
After that my 1st factory built unit was a Timex-Sinclair 1000 in the spring of 1983.
After that my 1st factory built unit was a Timex-Sinclair 1000 in the spring of 1983.
SamSpade
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Trying to think. I know somewhere I had a Timex Sinclair but I think that was later. Ditto the Texas Instruments one. Probably a Commodore 64, since I used one at work.
Somewhere around 85 I had an IBM PC that I bought secondhand, loaded with all kinds of stuff.
After that, a 386, a 486, a Pentium and I don’t remember much after that. Mostly just got the best one available.
Somewhere around 85 I had an IBM PC that I bought secondhand, loaded with all kinds of stuff.
After that, a 386, a 486, a Pentium and I don’t remember much after that. Mostly just got the best one available.
Rommey
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It had to be around 1988 when we got an Apple IIc...no hard drive and everything ran off 5-¼" floppy disks. Daughters used (or shall I say: argued over) the 4 free hours per month from AOL using a 2.4 or 4.8K modem. Added a Mac LCII for the wife and I while the girls got to keep using the Apple IIc.
OH Yeah .. I also had the add on for the Intelivision
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PeoplesElbow
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January of 1993, I had gotten a 3.6 my first semester of college so my parents bought me an IBM PS/2 486DX33 with 4 MB of RAM and a 130MB hard drive. I upgraded it through the years and finally I had 32 MB of RAM, 850MB of hard drive and an overdrive processor before it was replaced with a Pentium 2. It was a great computer and I got far more life out of it than most did from their 486s in a rapidly changing time.
SandieGarry
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Geesh, I waited until 2001. It was an emachine. Bought it in San Jose, CA. My wife brought it home on a plane.
TPD
the poor dad
I've got receipts!
Got my 1st computer for Christmas in 1983 - a Commodore 64. My mother ordered it from Montgomery Ward and picked it up at their LP City location. $188+ tax
I upgraded to a Commodore 128 in 1987. I purchased this one myself. $260.10+ tax
A couple years later in 1989 I upgraded to a Commodore 128D. This must have been a mail order place - I don't remember this place. $409 no tax but shipping and handling which ironically was 5%.
It wasn't until 1996 when I got my first IBM machine - an IBM Aptiva. This was in the days when you got a lot of great free software pre-installed on computers, not the bloated junk you get today. Bought it at OfficeMax while on vacation in Virginia Beach. $1299+ tax and a free monitor.