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Serg · 05-02-06, 12:47 AM

For me, the first computer I personally owned was back around 1984 and it was a Commodore 64. I had STACKS of 5 1/4 floppies with games. All notched to be doulbe sided of course....

I really didn't do much other than play games on it and then helped run a bulletin board. 600 baud modems! Ha.. those were the days.

Sometimes I think it would be fun to get a used C64 to mess with.. then I stop and think about it, and realize it would be a pain in the ass..

So what was your firts PC??

CineMATTaG · 05-02-06, 12:56 AM

My first computer was quite recent (a couple of years ago) and it was an eMachines, believe me I haven't regretted anything more in my life

Serg · 05-02-06, 01:18 AM

oy.. My parents keep buying eMachines.. god knows why. I think it's one of THE worst PC's made.. "Buy quality, buy it once" is what I say.

GadgetSniper · 05-02-06, 03:48 AM

Yeah, I steer clear of the emachines... Won't find me buying one... My friend has one, pretty recent, a 2.9 GHz... It seesm to be working pretty good for him, only problem he's had so far is that it was supposed to have a PCI express slot, but it doesn't... so that made for a trip back to london drugs to get a standard old PCI video card, thing doesn't even have AGP...

My first computer was around 1991 I think... It was an XT 086 with 2 5 1/4" floppy drives.. I was pretty young then, and it was mostly for games... I played around with print shop version 1 on it a bit, with my good ol' dot matrix printer.... like you said... those were the days... But getting one of those ancient boulders to play around with, probably would cause some headaches with what we're used to today, even if it was for nostalgic effect.

CineMATTaG · 05-02-06, 05:20 PM

When I bought the eMachines, I didn't know much about the 'computer world' and so the decision was more based on how cheap it was (Ã‚Â£499) and just the excitement of having my own computer. It did work really well at first but it wasn't long before the CD drive broke.

I replaced the drive and sold it too my boss

hammybaby · 07-02-06, 07:51 AM

oh wowwww...my very first computer was a HP...it worked well for couple of years until someone stole it. :dunno:

now i have a gateway computer. i totally love their desktops!!!!

49ocsiDRL · 01-03-06, 04:40 AM

My first comp was back in 1995 a ACER it was pretty tight... it had a weird setup there was no desktop...and there was this game i always played... it was this rambo style Bunny that would shoot machine guns and plasma rifles.... good old days

dashby · 07-04-07, 10:14 AM

tandy trs80

RoxyMoron · 08-04-07, 04:47 AM

Ooh our first one was a cool looking green Acer Aspire in 1996. I couldn't get off the internet chat rooms for hours, driving the family mad!
I remember getting onto my gramp's computers, the big long ones with the orange graphics!
We also learned BASIC in 7th grade, the huge floppies back then were hilarious!

Tee_111 · 08-04-07, 12:19 PM

Commodore 64.. thats was my first computer too!!, damn that was time back!! i cant forget pac man and space invaders and them big old floppy disks.

05-02-06, 12:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
Serg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 161 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What was your first computer? For me, the first computer I personally owned was back around 1984 and it was a Commodore 64. I had STACKS of 5 1/4 floppies with games. All notched to be doulbe sided of course.... I really didn't do much other than play games on it and then helped run a bulletin board. 600 baud modems! Ha.. those were the days. Sometimes I think it would be fun to get a used C64 to mess with.. then I stop and think about it, and realize it would be a pain in the ass.. So what was your firts PC??

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dashby Confucius Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: UK Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What was your first computer? tandy trs80 __________________ Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

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RoxyMoron Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What was your first computer? Ooh our first one was a cool looking green Acer Aspire in 1996. I couldn't get off the internet chat rooms for hours, driving the family mad! I remember getting onto my gramp's computers, the big long ones with the orange graphics! We also learned BASIC in 7th grade, the huge floppies back then were hilarious!

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Tee_111 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: West Yorks Posts: 2,218 Thanks: 93 Thanked 250 Times in 180 Posts	Re: What was your first computer? Commodore 64.. thats was my first computer too!!, damn that was time back!! i cant forget pac man and space invaders and them big old floppy disks.

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CineMATTaG Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My first computer was quite recent (a couple of years ago) and it was an eMachines, believe me I haven't regretted anything more in my life

05-02-06, 01:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
Serg Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 161 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	oy.. My parents keep buying eMachines.. god knows why. I think it's one of THE worst PC's made.. "Buy quality, buy it once" is what I say.

05-02-06, 03:48 AM	#4 (permalink)
GadgetSniper Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 54 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yeah, I steer clear of the emachines... Won't find me buying one... My friend has one, pretty recent, a 2.9 GHz... It seesm to be working pretty good for him, only problem he's had so far is that it was supposed to have a PCI express slot, but it doesn't... so that made for a trip back to london drugs to get a standard old PCI video card, thing doesn't even have AGP... My first computer was around 1991 I think... It was an XT 086 with 2 5 1/4" floppy drives.. I was pretty young then, and it was mostly for games... I played around with print shop version 1 on it a bit, with my good ol' dot matrix printer.... like you said... those were the days... But getting one of those ancient boulders to play around with, probably would cause some headaches with what we're used to today, even if it was for nostalgic effect.

05-02-06, 05:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
CineMATTaG Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	When I bought the eMachines, I didn't know much about the 'computer world' and so the decision was more based on how cheap it was (Ã‚Â£499) and just the excitement of having my own computer. It did work really well at first but it wasn't long before the CD drive broke. I replaced the drive and sold it too my boss

07-02-06, 07:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
hammybaby Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 24 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	oh wowwww...my very first computer was a HP...it worked well for couple of years until someone stole it. :dunno: now i have a gateway computer. i totally love their desktops!!!!

01-03-06, 04:40 AM	#7 (permalink)
49ocsiDRL Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 15 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My first comp was back in 1995 a ACER it was pretty tight... it had a weird setup there was no desktop...and there was this game i always played... it was this rambo style Bunny that would shoot machine guns and plasma rifles.... good old days