MarkO Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 The first Computer I got to use was an Apple ][+, with 48K of RAM and One ( or Two ) Disk ][ Floppies. The first Computer I owned ( part owner ) was a Sinclair ZX81 that my dad and I assembled as a kit.. The second Computer I owned ( part owner ) was an Apple //e with 64K of RAM and One Disk ][ Floppy.. MarkO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAtarianGuy Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 The first computer I owned was/is an Atari 1040STfm that I bought from B & C ComputerVisions about a year ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 first computer was an apple IIe, first computer I personally owned was an ATT turbo XT pc, 640K ram, dual floppy drives, proprietary CGA compatible green screen and a 40mb hard drive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I got my Vectrex Christmas 1982 and my COCO2 Christmas 1985. Still have both! (and they still work) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARImarcus Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) My first Computer was a christmas gift on 1987, I was twelve and my parents asked my uncle wich Computer is good for shool most of my classmates had an C64 this time... I got an ATARI 520STm with SF314 and SM124, thanks :-) Edited November 25, 2013 by ATARImarcus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIetze Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 My first computer was a TI-99/4A in 1985/1986. It was a gift from a friend of our family. A year later I sold it to be able to buy C64... (Games, Games, Games! :-) ). Now, 25 Years later, I regret this and am trying to get one again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 C64: In late 84' or early 85' it was a toss up between that and an Atari computer (an XL I think). I really wanted an Apple but since my parents couldn't afford one I decided to pick one of those. My loyalty was Atari but I basically flipped through EG magazines looking at computer games and it was dominated by Apple and the C64 so I decided to get the 64. Got mine at a place called Montgomery Wards and the first title I got was Bruce Lee from DataSoft from Toys R' Us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertB Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 The C64 on August 4, 1983. Truly, Robert Bernardo Fresno Commodore User Group http://videocam.net.au/fcug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1982VideoGames Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 It was the Vic-20 with a datasette and a monochrome monitor. Soon after I got the old color tv and was ecstatic to view color on my computer! After owning a Fairchild Channel F and Atari 2600 it was a big step up and then a couple of years later it was onto the C64 with the color monitor and floppy drive. With the exception of the development of the internet, I could stay comfortable with that level of computer technology for the rest of my life. I love the 8-bit era so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I don't mind all the advancements since the 8-bit days - as long as I have my original Apple 2 series paraphernalia I'm alright! Strangely enough, in reliving the contrast between the classic 8 bit stuff and today's big-ass 64GB ram setups I don't quite get as giddy over a new graphics card or HDD capacity bump. It's not the same as going from 143KB 5.25 Floppy to a Sider 10MB HDD. Today it's a ho-hum how much bigger jump this time..? Does that make sense? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 My first was the Atari 800. 48K, which I upgraded to (I think it was) 288K. A 1200XL shortly thereafter with RAMbo XL 256 in it. Those are still my favorite models, probably bacause of the good keyboards. I have had 800XLs and 130XEs. Now, years later, I have a U1MB 1200XL, and an Incognito 800 (which I would like to use for a BBS). At one point ( a long time ago,) I wired up a relay to the joystick port connected to a small audio amp so I could pulse-dial the phone line, and use S.A.M. to speak to (harass) people If I did that now, I would probably get arrested.... It was lots of fun. -K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 In either 1990 or 1991, I got an Epson Equity I, which was an 8088-based system with dual DD 5.25" drives, 640k of RAM, and a green monochrome monitor. All it came with was the software and books originally packed with the system. I got DOS 3.3, some word processing program, Lotus 1-2-3, and GW-Basic. Definitely had the most fun with BASIC, until I got some games. My best friend's dad was a programmer for Sierra (his name is in the King's Quest III or IV manual) so there was no shortage of games to play since he had a copy of almost every game that they made for the IBM platform. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geryon Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 When I was 6 or 7 my parents picked up a TRS-80 CoCo (~1982), my Dad upgraded it to 64k RAM, added composite video out to it and later a floppy drive and printer. I showed so much interest in it (aside from gaming), my parents picked me up a TI-99/4A that was my own in 1984, it had only the cassette adapter and joysticks. Later in 1987 I built my first 8088 XT system, 640k ram, 320k floppy and a CGA card that was modified for composite video out running DOS 2.1, I later added an MFM 30MB harddrive to the mix and got a VGA monitor as a middle school graduation gift before upgrading to a AMD 286 w/ 1MB of RAM shoehorned in to the XT case which eventually became my BBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geryon Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 I don't mind all the advancements since the 8-bit days - as long as I have my original Apple 2 series paraphernalia I'm alright! Strangely enough, in reliving the contrast between the classic 8 bit stuff and today's big-ass 64GB ram setups I don't quite get as giddy over a new graphics card or HDD capacity bump. It's not the same as going from 143KB 5.25 Floppy to a Sider 10MB HDD. Today it's a ho-hum how much bigger jump this time..? Does that make sense? I I Know exactly what you mean. Things were more revolutionary back then than evolutionary. It's just more transistors, more pipes, more memory == more speed. I still have a 10yr old laptop that runs the latest and greatest Linux OS without a problem (but no modern games). I can't even conceive using a TI-99/4A from 1984 in 1994 when Pentium systems were emerging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimDrew Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 CBM PET2001 pre-production, 1977. Expanded by Commodore to 8K (was 4K originally). The original machines had a blue faceplate around the display. I have 3 of them now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algus Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I don't mind all the advancements since the 8-bit days - as long as I have my original Apple 2 series paraphernalia I'm alright! Strangely enough, in reliving the contrast between the classic 8 bit stuff and today's big-ass 64GB ram setups I don't quite get as giddy over a new graphics card or HDD capacity bump. It's not the same as going from 143KB 5.25 Floppy to a Sider 10MB HDD. Today it's a ho-hum how much bigger jump this time..? Does that make sense? Probably because computers just aren't changing as much now. My Mac Mini w/Win 7 and Boot camp basically does the same thing as my Windows 98 machine did. Sure I have 500 gigs of storage vs 3 gigs but it isn't like this computer is better at web browsing and word processing than that one was. I can play modern games and afford to be sloppy about extra junk I leave in internal storage but it's still the same basic idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwilove Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 My first computer was an Atari 800 - I did scan computer magazines beforehand, and checked out what computers I could ... I decided to buy a computer in London, while on my OE (Overseas Experience) that some kiwis go on at some point in their lives - looked at what computers I could along the way - even managed to look over the Vectrex while briefly stopped over in LA. I seemed to be preset to buy an Atari 800 - buying one with 410 recorder, Pac man and Star Raiders cartridges and Shamus on cassette. I was always graphics orientated and was always impressed by the coin-op games of that time - Galaga, Zaxxon, Scramble and the like - and wanted something capable of coming close to coin-op quality? The Atari 400/800 hardware was better than anything else at this time - and it was only until the C64 showed up, was there serious competition against it. I could have gotten a TRS-80 clone (called Dick Smith 80 or something like this) - but it's blocky graphics did not impress me. The Apple II graphics did not appeal to me, nor it's price. The Atari 800 was similarly priced - but it's price was coming down when I was in Hammersmith looking for one to buy... about 6? months later the C64 did turn up - but that had nothing much to run on it, at that time.hen a With the Atari 800 - I did get around to drawing some graphics, and was keen to design some game graphics - that opportunity finally opened up when a local friend/programmer started writing his own game - and so I was lucky enough to be able to work on two games for the Ataris - and now (this year) am fortunate enough to work on another Atari 400/800 game project again (but with a different programmer). See GTIABlast! Harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algus Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I'm gonna date myself next to you old guys: Packard Bell PC circa 93-94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Atari 2600 and German CompuMate (1984) Atari 130XE (1985) + 1050 + Seikosha printer + Sanyo monitor + XC11 C64 (1986) + 1570 + 1530 First games for all above 2600: Phoenix (pack-in), Enduro, MS Pac-Man, Super Cobra A8: The Dallas Quest C64: Heart of Africa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manoau2002 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 The first conputer I owned ( not my parents) was a commodore vic 20. I think I bought it for around 5 dollars with a bunch of games (on tape) in the early 90's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 TI99/4A here too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 While the Ti99/4A was not among the first of my classics. I enjoyed it quite a bit and for some reason would play with it in conjunction with Intellivision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynxman Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 1st LCD-Game: VTech 2-Screen 1st Console: VCS2600jr 1st 8-Bit Computer: C64 1st 16-Bit Computer: Atari 520ST 1st 32-Bit Computer: Atari Falcon 1st Handheld Console: Atari Lynx 1st PC: Alcatel 486 (used - i worked at Alcatel and they sold the used PCs) I used it only for Internet and email. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigm71 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 The Coleovision Adam was my first true computer, I have no idea what happened to mine but now I have two of them! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Apple II+ I attempt to explain to the youngsters how we all actually "learned" how to program home computers and understand how they worked, .....instead of just playing a shooting zombies videogame..... Everybody has all these electronic devices and are so clueless on how it is all working. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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