April 15, 200521 yr Let's share the specs of the very first computers we ever owned (or if you were a kid, first computer in your household that you fairly regularly used). Mine was: Intel 80386 16Mhz (23Mhz turbo) 640KB RAM NO Hard Drive Keyboard (no mouse) PC beeper (no speakers) DOS either 3.0 or 4.0 (the old one where it said A> instead of A:\>) 5.25 floppy drive (obviously no CDROM) No other peripherials (printer, scanner etc) Kinda scary to think I used to use THAT as a computer... Especially for gaming. :wink: Share yours! :P Live free or die. First option is exhausted, so guess what remains?
April 15, 200521 yr When I got home I'll post the specs of the first PC my family had. Off the top of my head it was something like... DOS Windows 3.,11 (it has NEVER crashed :P) Generic keyboard / mouse floppy drive 6x cd-room (i think - the original got replaced) that's about it. Dunno the mhz or ram or hdd so gotta wait. Many hours spent gaming on that machine. And still do occasionally :P But the one after that was: 433Mhz P2 12.1GB HDD 192MB RAM Generic Keyboard Generic Mouse floppy drive 28x cd-rw (I think) - originally 16x cd-rom (died a few weeks ago)
April 15, 200521 yr hmm... I had a pc very simular to rick. Windows 3.1 (about the funniest damn windows ever, i used dos instead :lol: [i was like... 4 at the time lmao]) I then did get upgraded later to a "better" machine, and every few years get upgraded again. Amazing on how pc's evolve. i mean.. 16Mhz pc's out 10 some odd years ago, now we are up to 4Ghz (3.8 maybe, but i keep thinking the 64bit AMD ones are clocked at 4Ghz) And think about another 10 years :wink: what will we have then? :shock:
April 15, 200521 yr I can hardly remember anything about it, but its in the closet in this room. Pretty sure the RAM and hard drive #s are correct, not 100% though. Had Windows 3.1 Intel 386 processor 2MB RAM 400MB Hard Drive 3.5 inch disk drive 5.2 inch disk drive Some kind of PS/1(2?) mouse No speakers (had beeps though) No CD drive Thats the one I "learned" computers on, used DOS a lot to play games with. ------ The first real one I had was from 1998, 400 MHz PII, 64MB RAM, 10 GB Harddrive, Voodoo Banshee, Win98
April 15, 200521 yr I dont think I will ever remember the model or the specs... But I do remember it was on dial-up. The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak. In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.
April 15, 200521 yr Lets see... It was a windows 95 and we got it on halloween of 98, I can remember my dad setting it up back in my old house. It was still working (slowly) until about a year ago when it suddenly broke. Also, every few years we get a newwer better computer. Finally, it is amazing how slow it was. I used to be fine with the dial up AOL I used for internet, but now we have high speed and I can't stand it using anything slower*. *This is untrue. I can stand it, it is just really annoying and it seems slower now than when it was new when it seemed fast. Just think in the future... high speed internet will be considered slow sometime. PDM PDM
April 15, 200521 yr Macintosh SE30, made in 1986 if i remember correctly... great little computer, played many hours of Wheel of Fortune and Scarab of Ra on it :D
April 15, 200521 yr Cyrix 200mhz 32mhz flash ram 2.1gig hdd 3d graphic card 16x Cdrom Window95 as the OS...
April 15, 200521 yr I know some of the earlier computers we had, don't know which was the first though: The first computer I remember us having, I didn't actually use it though, was a ZX-81
April 15, 200521 yr 64mb ram 500mhz 3,5 gig hardrive We still have it. Reality is hundreds of times more beautiful and more interesting than delusions. Fairy tales just tend to be easier to follow than the wonderful intricacies of life.
April 15, 200521 yr lolz, that I ever owned? the one I'm using right now. Look up HP Pavilion a305w for the specs First computer I ever used? The Apple 2 ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.**********
April 15, 200521 yr Why, the Commodore 64 of course! I still have two of em in my basement, no clue if they work any more. Sorry, but I don't know its specs either. All I know was at the beginning it showed a blue screen, where you type Load "*", 8, 1 Then it would load the 5.25 floppy, and you would type run. Great computer, classic games. The original Q*Bert, Frogger, Popeye, Mario, and I can't remember what else right now. Awesome computer tho, I was about 3 when I first used it (16 now), so I gues it was about 1992 or so.
April 15, 200521 yr umm dont really remember spec was 2 young remember dos and 436 or something As: Dontknowyet -157 R.Rs: Dontknowyet - 38 Bigboybad - 104
April 15, 200521 yr Got our first computer in 1992. 386SX 8MHz CPU (16MHz turbo) 2MB RAM 40MB HDD PC Speaker Windows 3.0 Has keyboard but mouse broke like back in 1993 so we had to always use the keyboard. Broke in 1997 but I managed to fix it in 2003 and still works today. :D Didn't get our next computer until 1999 by the way. :P
April 15, 200521 yr I don't remember much about the specs, but I know it was a ~30mhz later overclocked to 50mhz running DOS/Win3.11, but I gave that box away a few years ago. After that I got a 233mhz one with Win95, and I've still got that one somewhere in the basement :D It doesn't work well now though, it's really unstable.
April 15, 200521 yr My first PC(not sure about specs): 501 mhz(overclocked 475 or something) 256 mb 64 mb video don't remember other stuff but it's upgraded today :D ...and I STILL use this pc becuase my dad won't buy me a new pc :(
April 15, 200521 yr Macintosh SE30, made in 1986 if i remember correctly... great little computer, played many hours of Wheel of Fortune and Scarab of Ra on it :D I loved those games. Carmen Sandegio as well. My Blog
April 15, 200521 yr Macintosh SE30, made in 1986 if i remember correctly... great little computer, played many hours of Wheel of Fortune and Scarab of Ra on it :D I loved those games. Carmen Sandegio as well. HTTP://DOSGAMES.COM have fun. ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.**********
April 15, 200521 yr I know some of the earlier computers we had, don't know which was the first though: The first computer I remember us having, I didn't actually use it though, was a ZX-81 Yupthat's the first we had. I bought that one in WH Smiths Brighton for ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã80 in 1981, and spent 2hrs soldering the thing together using a 1/64th inch soldering iron. Kit form was cheaper even in those days and everyone was a "Hale and Hearty 'Jolly Fellow Player".
April 15, 200521 yr Macintosh SE30, made in 1986 if i remember correctly... great little computer, played many hours of Wheel of Fortune and Scarab of Ra on it :D I loved those games. Carmen Sandegio as well. yeahh!!! it came with the little encyclopedia/dictionary thing to use for the game! plus i remember playing Super Munchers on it, then getting power outage and losing my high score :cry: btw, shippou thanks for that link :P
April 15, 200521 yr Author Here are my favorite Abandonware sites: http://www.the-underdogs.org/ http://www.bhlegend.com/ http://www.abandonia.com/ http://www.dosgames.com/ (already mentioned) BTW Mods -- as far as I know all of these sites are abandonware-only, and don't support any warez. Sorry if it's still against board rules. Live free or die. First option is exhausted, so guess what remains?
April 15, 200521 yr Hey, speaking of games: 1. Carmen Sandiego for commodore 64 was an amazingly fun game, no doubt. Same with Duke Nukem. 2. I remembered playing this game as a kid, but I have no clue what its called. Perhaps some long lost help here? Description of the game: Well you had to click on cards to turn over I believe, something like that if my memory serves me correctly. When all cards were turned over, there would be a puzzle. It would contain pictures, like a pic of an eye + candy, to make a whole sentece. Like two heads are better than one. I remember that one clearly. Now, you also have a time limit to solve the puzzle. Thats all the detail I can really remember, it has been quite a while. Anyone have a clue? Thanks, Bmw
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