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what was your first PC

Discussion in 'Technology' started by coffeesnob, Nov 23, 2010.

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  1. Nov 23, 2010 at 3:26 PM
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    Just curious mine was a texas instruments Ti-994a. Is this a dumb thread?
     
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  2. Nov 23, 2010 at 3:35 PM
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    Gateway 2000 386/25 with 4megs ram and 104 meg ESDI hard drive...14 inch 3D multisnc monitor. Came with DOS 3.2! I was late getting off the mark on PCs.
     
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  3. Nov 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM
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  4. Nov 23, 2010 at 3:45 PM
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    My parents bought us the Commodor 64 that I played with when I was a kid.
     
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  5. Nov 23, 2010 at 3:51 PM
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    first was a macintosh (can't remember the model) second was a compaq 486.
     
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  6. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM
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    my parents bought us a compaq(cant remember what model) back in '95. lookin back what a hunkajunk that thing was lol.wasnt cheap either,5 grand i think is what it cost.
     
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  7. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:15 PM
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    i know we had a packard bell w/ a 5 1/4" and a 3 1/2". it was prior to windows 95 and had a simple 5 button gui when you started it up. help, tutorial, MS-DOS, lotus works, and something else...i remember finding my parents directory to strip poker and playing it when i was like 8 :spy:
     
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  8. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:24 PM
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    IBM pc, that's right dual 5 1/4's!

    [​IMG]
     
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  9. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM
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    Built my first one. Abit KT7A Raid mobo with a 1.33 amd. 2/150 hadd in raid 0.
    512 ram. smokin!!
     
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  10. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM
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  11. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:26 PM
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  12. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:33 PM
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    Made about 10 miles from here, now the home of QVC, West Chester, PA.
     
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  13. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:37 PM
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    Jester243 all I wanted was a god dang picture of a hotdog...

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    some of this, a little of that
    Commadore 64

    [​IMG]
     
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  14. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:40 PM
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    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    Honestly...Mine was a Toshiba Lap top.....It had 40 M hard drive......I cant remember the modle number though.
     
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  15. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:41 PM
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    is "modle" a technical term?
     
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  16. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM
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    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    It is when you cant speell. Fucker.
     
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  17. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:42 PM
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    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    Its that dam "Auto correct"......yeah......
     
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  18. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM
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    In a world dominated by Commodore 64s, I wanted to be different so bought one of the first Apple IIc's. But it couldn't crunch numbers so I moved up to a PC based on the 8086 chip.
     
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  19. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:43 PM
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    Touche.
     
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  20. Nov 23, 2010 at 4:46 PM
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    TacoBow Intentionally cosmetically correct.

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    Muhahahahaha! That's funny.

    Actually, I was a hold out... didn't really see the need for one... the wife thought otherwise.

    Our first was a Gateway... PII - 3 fiddy with a 8 Meg Video Card. Saaamokin!

    Try playing an online game with that now. Hell, try playing any pc game with that now.
     
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