Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. What was your first computer?

What was your first computer?

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
question
71 Posts 39 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • N Nish Nishant

    Roger Wright wrote: television for a display :omg: I bet you are wearing glasses now!!! Nish


    Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

    R Offline
    R Offline
    Roger Wright
    wrote on last edited by
    #13

    You win that bet!

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • S Shog9 0

      Used TI99/4A, followed up by a used PC/AT (80286, 1MB RAM, 20MB HD, 5.25 FD, Hercules monochrome gfx card) ;P --------_**

      People they come together People they fall apart. No one can stop us now 'cause we are all made of stars...

      **_

      -- Moby, We are all made of stars

      E Offline
      E Offline
      Emanuele 0
      wrote on last edited by
      #14

      Me too!! A TI99/4A!!!! The best!! In italy it had a short life, after 3 month that i buyed it went out of production :-< ...so no more software... ....so I begin to learn TI-BASIC! But I still have it...and sometimes i use it!! - SONORK ID 100.17421 : b0nu$ -

      S 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • E Emanuele 0

        Me too!! A TI99/4A!!!! The best!! In italy it had a short life, after 3 month that i buyed it went out of production :-< ...so no more software... ....so I begin to learn TI-BASIC! But I still have it...and sometimes i use it!! - SONORK ID 100.17421 : b0nu$ -

        S Offline
        S Offline
        Shog9 0
        wrote on last edited by
        #15

        - Emanuele - wrote: In italy it had a short life Heheh, they didn't do so well here either; almost drove TI out of business in fact; but it was a fun machine :) --------_**

        People they come together People they fall apart. No one can stop us now 'cause we are all made of stars...

        **_

        -- Moby, We are all made of stars

        E 1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • N Nish Nishant

          I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


          Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

          N Offline
          N Offline
          NormDroid
          wrote on last edited by
          #16

          Tandy/Radio Shack TR80 Normski. - Professional Windows Programmer

          N M 2 Replies Last reply
          0
          • N Nish Nishant

            I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


            Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

            L Offline
            L Offline
            l a u r e n
            wrote on last edited by
            #17

            zx81 with a wobbly 16k ram pack :)


            situations to avoid #37:
            "good morning ... how many sugars do you take in your coffee ... and what was your name again?"

            coming soon: situations to avoid #38: "...and the dog was there too?"

            N A N T 4 Replies Last reply
            0
            • N Nish Nishant

              I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


              Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

              M Offline
              M Offline
              Maxwell Chen
              wrote on last edited by
              #18

              My first computer: 5 years ago when I graduated from university. An Acer PC, Pentium 266MHz, 3G hd, 32MB RAM, Win95. Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?

              N 1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • L l a u r e n

                zx81 with a wobbly 16k ram pack :)


                situations to avoid #37:
                "good morning ... how many sugars do you take in your coffee ... and what was your name again?"

                coming soon: situations to avoid #38: "...and the dog was there too?"

                N Offline
                N Offline
                Nish Nishant
                wrote on last edited by
                #19

                lauren wrote: zx81 with a wobbly 16k ram pack Dating yourself here, eh? :-) Nish


                Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • M Maxwell Chen

                  My first computer: 5 years ago when I graduated from university. An Acer PC, Pentium 266MHz, 3G hd, 32MB RAM, Win95. Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?

                  N Offline
                  N Offline
                  Nish Nishant
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #20

                  Maxwell Chen wrote: 5 years ago when I graduated from university. An Acer PC, Pentium 266MHz, 3G hd, 32MB RAM, Win95 Wow! That's pretty heavy for a first computer :-) Nish


                  Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                  M 1 Reply Last reply
                  0
                  • N NormDroid

                    Tandy/Radio Shack TR80 Normski. - Professional Windows Programmer

                    N Offline
                    N Offline
                    Nish Nishant
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #21

                    Norm Almond wrote: Tandy/Radio Shack TR80 :omg: That must have been aeons ago, eh Norm? Nish


                    Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                    N D 2 Replies Last reply
                    0
                    • N Nish Nishant

                      Maxwell Chen wrote: 5 years ago when I graduated from university. An Acer PC, Pentium 266MHz, 3G hd, 32MB RAM, Win95 Wow! That's pretty heavy for a first computer :-) Nish


                      Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                      M Offline
                      M Offline
                      Maxwell Chen
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #22

                      I am a newbie. LOL :-D Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?

                      N 1 Reply Last reply
                      0
                      • M Maxwell Chen

                        I am a newbie. LOL :-D Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?

                        N Offline
                        N Offline
                        Nish Nishant
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #23

                        Maxwell Chen wrote: I am a newbie. A 10 year newbie eh? Nish :-)


                        Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                        M 1 Reply Last reply
                        0
                        • N Nish Nishant

                          Maxwell Chen wrote: I am a newbie. A 10 year newbie eh? Nish :-)


                          Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                          M Offline
                          M Offline
                          Maxwell Chen
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #24

                          Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: A 10 year newbie eh? A 5 year newbie!! I started to learn computer and C/C++ since October in 1998. Maxwell Chen People say "No news is good news". Then, no code is good code!?

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • L l a u r e n

                            zx81 with a wobbly 16k ram pack :)


                            situations to avoid #37:
                            "good morning ... how many sugars do you take in your coffee ... and what was your name again?"

                            coming soon: situations to avoid #38: "...and the dog was there too?"

                            A Offline
                            A Offline
                            Anders Molin
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #25

                            lauren wrote: zx81 with a wobbly 16k ram pack Me too :) - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • N Nish Nishant

                              I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                              Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                              G Offline
                              G Offline
                              Giles
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #26

                              Atari 520 ST. They were the days.:(( :(( I've still got it, and get it out everynow and again. Still works. :)

                              T 1 Reply Last reply
                              0
                              • N Nish Nishant

                                I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                                Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                                K Offline
                                K Offline
                                Kannan Kalyanaraman
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #27

                                80386, 260MB HDD(later upgraded to 540MB), 4 MB RAM (later upgraded to 8 MB), 1.44 / 1.2 FDD, DOS 5.0 Kannan

                                1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • N Nish Nishant

                                  I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                                  Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                                  M Offline
                                  M Offline
                                  Michael A Barnhart
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #28

                                  Two answers depending on what you call a computer and how far own goes. First one in my family that I used was a Wang 720 (they are in musuems) First one I actually purchased was a vic 20. You can do things with 4k of memory and none of those fancy hard drives. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli

                                  B M 2 Replies Last reply
                                  0
                                  • P PJ Arends

                                    8088 with 640K RAM, Amber monochome monitor with Hercules graphics, 5.25" floppy, 20Meg HD (Yes Meg, not Gig) --- CPUA 0x5041 Sonork 100.11743 Chicken Little If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him...is he still wrong?

                                    J Offline
                                    J Offline
                                    Jason Hooper
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #29

                                    Of the replies so far, mine was closest to this one. It's the same specs, but with a macho graphics card. CGA. 4 colors. ph33r. - Jason (SonorkID 100.611) "I just recieved an email from myself but I didn't send it ?"       - Colin Davies, Sonork conference

                                    1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • N Nish Nishant

                                      I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                                      Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                                      P Offline
                                      P Offline
                                      peterchen
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #30

                                      Mine was a 80286/1MB Ram/40 MB HD 1.2 MB FD, Hercules Monochrome graphics card


                                      "You see the spoon? You see the spoon?" my teacher always asked. But all I saw was frogs. Kruin, BGII

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • N Nish Nishant

                                        I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                                        Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                                        S Offline
                                        S Offline
                                        Shay Erlichmen
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #31

                                        Apple IIe no HD 14" green and black screen 360KB 5.1" floppys 64KB RAM (which was need to be upgraded to 128KB) it had BASIC build in the ROM andd it was the 1st computer that i ever program more then 15 years ago. Then at the age of 13 i got Amiga 500 (the best computer ever!) it had 512KB RAM Kickstart 1.2 OS (i upgrade it to KS 1.3) still no HD (it cost too much) 720KB 3.5" floopys i played games that had 64 colors at 320x200 res. On this cumputer i programed C, C++, Pascal, AMOS (the bast BASIC ever) fortran, 64xxx ASM. From then it's a blur of x86, today i'm running P4 1.6Hz 512MB RAM 120GB HD that cost me the same the my 1st computer.

                                        1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • N Nish Nishant

                                          I mean the first one of your own. Not the first one you used in college or school or work. Mine was a 80286/2MB Ram/40 MB HD :-) 1.44 MB FD and 1.2 MB FD DOS 5.0 Nish


                                          Check out last week's Code Project posting stats presentation from :- http://www.busterboy.org/codeproject/ Feel free to make your comments.

                                          L Offline
                                          L Offline
                                          Laurent Kempe
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #32

                                          I had a ZX 81 with 1 Ko RAM and a 16 Ko RAM extension and tape reader. If you want to see the beast, I may shoot a picture :omg: At this time I programmed it with Basic and assembly. Laurent Kempé Tech Head --- Old programmers never die, they just branch to a new address.

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups