Topic: Anyone remember their first computer?
+Anonymous A — 1.2 year ago #65,068
I was looking around on youtube and this computer is very close to my first new one I bought in 1996. I had an old junker 386 someone gave me. Had win 3.1 on it. But I was hooked. I went to a Circuit City and bought a new NEC! Pentium 2 333 mhz had 8 megs of ram and from what I recall a 1.7 gig hd? a 100 meg zip. Win 95 was the shits back then. I do not remember what I paid for it, but it was on payments. I couldn't afford to buy it out right back then. Paid 20 bucks a month for dial up. And I was ready to shitpost.
I learned about Netscape browsers with the "gold" plugins. Never went back to Explorer after that. I ran that computer up until XP came out. I skipped 98 an Me. And I finally retired the NEC for an EMachine with XP. I still have that old EMachine around here somewhere, but sadly the NEC went to the junkyard.
Does anyone remember their first computers?
This one looks a little like my first new one, minus the zip drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjiM_EGmgYs
I learned about Netscape browsers with the "gold" plugins. Never went back to Explorer after that. I ran that computer up until XP came out. I skipped 98 an Me. And I finally retired the NEC for an EMachine with XP. I still have that old EMachine around here somewhere, but sadly the NEC went to the junkyard.
Does anyone remember their first computers?
This one looks a little like my first new one, minus the zip drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjiM_EGmgYs
+Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 1.2 year ago, 3 hours later[T] [B] #653,046
Good stuff right there!
My first personal rig was a Pentium 133 MHz Thinkpad laptop - should have appreciated it more, computers were still expensive back then. Did get Mandrake and Red Hat loaded on it at some point.
Pentium III 800 MHz was my first tower build - burned it up from inadequate cooling.
AMD K6-2 beige tower got me through college. Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and tons of torrented anime fansubs.
And of course I raided the file boxes full of zipdrives too - got me started on a backup habit (rotating/duplication) that persists to this day.
My first personal rig was a Pentium 133 MHz Thinkpad laptop - should have appreciated it more, computers were still expensive back then. Did get Mandrake and Red Hat loaded on it at some point.
Pentium III 800 MHz was my first tower build - burned it up from inadequate cooling.
AMD K6-2 beige tower got me through college. Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and tons of torrented anime fansubs.
And of course I raided the file boxes full of zipdrives too - got me started on a backup habit (rotating/duplication) that persists to this day.
+FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1.2 year ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,053
Not really, because my dad was an early adopter and he kept it in the basement at first. I have no idea what Windows it originally ran, but it was pre-95. Then we got a Gateway 2000 with Windows 95 and then the 98 upgrade disc. I think he cloned the HD from the new computer onto the one in the old computer because we had this Disney drawing tablet and some games like the Microsoft Puzzle Collection and Sim City & Sim Farm. When I eventually built my own, I started with the carcass of that first computer which I think was a 486, but I killed the motherboard so I got a new case and motherboard together. That one had Win 98 on it, but I had to stop using it when we got the radon control system installed since it involved cutting out the shelf space I was using as my 'desk' in the basement (having it in my room was a no-no because I'd never go to bed otherwise). I still have the hardware for it, but the HD got carelessly recycled. Which of course is where the compiled stats for my computers was. I have some other hard disks I could use with it, but I only have the 95 install disc now, and I'm pretty sure 95 didn't have support for widescreen resolutions, which is the only type of monitors I have now.
+Anonymous D — 1.2 year ago, 45 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,056
I had a homebuilt 6809 kek
+Anonymous E — 1.2 year ago, 11 minutes later, 6 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,060
My first computer was a book with a computer on it. It was supposed to teach me IT but I wasn't a good fit.
·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1.2 year ago, 7 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,080
I asked and it was a Positive 486 with Windows 3.1 purchased in '90 or '91
+Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 1.2 year ago, 3 minutes later, 13 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,081
@653,060 (E)
Same deal. Had some books, tried getting into html, even took a programming class or two - didn't gel.
@653,056 (D)
Nice.
@653,053 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Same feeling, could scrape together Win 3.1 or Win 95 stuff for a build but everything was more work before USB and DVI.
Same deal. Had some books, tried getting into html, even took a programming class or two - didn't gel.
@653,056 (D)
Nice.
@653,053 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Same feeling, could scrape together Win 3.1 or Win 95 stuff for a build but everything was more work before USB and DVI.
·Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w — 1.2 year ago, 20 minutes later, 14 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,082
@653,080 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
Sweet! Ours was a frankenstein 386 (Chips and Technologies I think) that we upgraded to 486 at some point (late 80's). I remember there was a shop at the mall that sold 5 1/4 floppies in a comic book / postcard spinner rack - good times.
I was jealous of the Tandy, IBM and other prebuilts of the time, but it was an expensive time to be into computers.
Hoped to pass this hobby on to my kid - we built a lightweight AMD rig, started with an Athlon 3000G (surprisingly good punch in 2019) and have slowly upgraded the power supply, videocard, and storage. Starting to show its age but might need to eek out another year or two before we can build another.
Sweet! Ours was a frankenstein 386 (Chips and Technologies I think) that we upgraded to 486 at some point (late 80's). I remember there was a shop at the mall that sold 5 1/4 floppies in a comic book / postcard spinner rack - good times.
I was jealous of the Tandy, IBM and other prebuilts of the time, but it was an expensive time to be into computers.
Hoped to pass this hobby on to my kid - we built a lightweight AMD rig, started with an Athlon 3000G (surprisingly good punch in 2019) and have slowly upgraded the power supply, videocard, and storage. Starting to show its age but might need to eek out another year or two before we can build another.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 1.2 year ago, 3 hours later, 17 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,091
@653,046 (Chuffed !3qyf8DDj3w)
> Good stuff right there!
>
> My first personal rig was a Pentium 133 MHz Thinkpad laptop - should have appreciated it more, computers were still expensive back then. Did get Mandrake and Red Hat loaded on it at some point.
> Pentium III 800 MHz was my first tower build - burned it up from inadequate cooling.
> AMD K6-2 beige tower got me through college. Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and tons of torrented anime fansubs.
>
> And of course I raided the file boxes full of zipdrives too - got me started on a backup habit (rotating/duplication) that persists to this day.
Good memories for sure.
I can't remember what I paid for mine back in 96 but it seems it was around 2 grand for everything. I know it was expensive at the time. But that was the computer I learned a lot on. I still think I have the 95 disks around here. I had to re-install windows a few times on it lol
> Good stuff right there!
>
> My first personal rig was a Pentium 133 MHz Thinkpad laptop - should have appreciated it more, computers were still expensive back then. Did get Mandrake and Red Hat loaded on it at some point.
> Pentium III 800 MHz was my first tower build - burned it up from inadequate cooling.
> AMD K6-2 beige tower got me through college. Elder Scrolls 3, 4, and tons of torrented anime fansubs.
>
> And of course I raided the file boxes full of zipdrives too - got me started on a backup habit (rotating/duplication) that persists to this day.
Good memories for sure.
I can't remember what I paid for mine back in 96 but it seems it was around 2 grand for everything. I know it was expensive at the time. But that was the computer I learned a lot on. I still think I have the 95 disks around here. I had to re-install windows a few times on it lol
·Anonymous A (OP) — 1.2 year ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[T] [B] #653,092
@653,080 (FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI)
> I asked and it was a Positive 486 with Windows 3.1 purchased in '90 or '91
Mine was a 386 with 3.1 on it..soooooo sloooooow lol
> I asked and it was a Positive 486 with Windows 3.1 purchased in '90 or '91
Mine was a 386 with 3.1 on it..soooooo sloooooow lol
+Anonymous G — 1.2 year ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[T] [B] #653,130
I remember being on one of those Packard Bell PCs running Windows 98, we were playing games on it but I believe I accidentally deleted some files as well or not, but I do know I was scared when I saw that permanent deletion confirmation window as a kid, couldn't read/speak properly back then.Also, the beeping sounds for MS-DOS games were fucking loud (it didn't use the volume-adjustable loudspeakers).
t. Zoomer
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·FuckAlms !vX8K53rFBI — 1.2 year ago, 1 hour later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #653,131
@previous (G)
> the beeping sounds for MS-DOS games were fucking loud
Someone on my school bus had an MS-DOS port of Super Mario Brothers on a floppy. They brought it to my house once, and I will always regret not copying that floppy.
> the beeping sounds for MS-DOS games were fucking loud
Someone on my school bus had an MS-DOS port of Super Mario Brothers on a floppy. They brought it to my house once, and I will always regret not copying that floppy.
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·Anonymous G — 1.2 year ago, 45 minutes later, 2 days after the original post[T] [B] #653,134
By the way, check out this website: https://blueosmuseum.com/+Anonymous H — 4 months ago, 9 months later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,094
Yes. I tried to return it to the public library but they started to call the police so I drove off. Gave it to some dorky kid in the patking lot at Hyvee.
+ducky !MwWb.dJjRc — 4 months ago, 18 hours later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,117
+Anonymous J — 4 months ago, 36 minutes later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,119
IBMs with cassette tape, but they were shared since they were so expensive.
+Anonymous K — 4 months ago, 3 hours later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,123
It was the only one I didn't use for downloading pr0n
+Anonymous L — 4 months ago, 3 hours later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,124
386SX 16Mhz, 2 MB memory, monochrome screen, 20 MB hard drive, 5 1/4 inch floppy. MSDOS 4.0. Bought in 1990. Upgraded numerous times. Hard drive here, motherboard there.
+Anonymous M — 4 months ago, 9 hours later, 9 months after the original post[T] [B] #674,138
Apple IIe. I think it was 1987? Used it a lot into high school. Wrote a little BASIC but never got good.
First PC I purchased was a lot of 4 weird surplus 286 CGA DOS machines. They were systems on a board slotted into a passive ISA backplane. They ran a mix of MSDOS 4, 5, and 6.
First PC I purchased was a lot of 4 weird surplus 286 CGA DOS machines. They were systems on a board slotted into a passive ISA backplane. They ran a mix of MSDOS 4, 5, and 6.
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