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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse
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      I really loved the Sinclair QL I thought it was neat with it's internal tape drive.

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      • coliverC
        coliver
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        I don't remember off the top of my head. I do remember it had two 5.25 floppy drives that you would need to swap in and out for stuff.

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        • DanpD
          Danp @CloudKnight
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          @stuartjordan said in What was your first PC?:

          @danp Wasn't the machine named after Steve's daughter, I'm sure I see that in a documentary.

          Not sure TBH.

          @scottalanmiller said in What was your first PC?:

          @danp said in What was your first PC?:

          Anyone remember the Apple Lisa?

          Of course, but I never had one.

          Me either. But I remember attending their grand launch back in the day and was awestruck at what I saw at the time.

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          • matteo nunziatiM
            matteo nunziati
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            first computer I used: Philips MSX
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            first pc I owned was a withe box w/ Pentium I MMX.
            In the middle I played with Commodore Amiga 500

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco
              last edited by

              Either a C64 or an original Apple or Apple II.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
                last edited by

                @rojoloco said in What was your first PC?:

                Either a C64 or an original Apple or Apple II.

                You'd know if it was an Apple I, that was wood!

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                • zachary715Z
                  zachary715
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                  First one I used was I believe Windows 95 at my school when I was in elementary. Couldn't tell you what brand but I seem to think IBM.

                  First one I owned was an HP Pavilion laptop in 2007. Very sentimental when that thing died on me.

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce
                    last edited by Obsolesce

                    My first personal computer: VTech Precomputer Power Pad

                    I was obsessed with the BASIC coding program on there.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      LOL, I vaguely remember those.

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                      • bigbearB
                        bigbear
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                        I was 6 when I was handed down a C64, bought a 286 out of the tradin post when I was 7 using paper route money. At 8 I had a couple 286's and an Apple IIe handed down to me.

                        I also bought one of those 1980's portable 386sx units where it was like a metal suitcase and the keyboard folded out of the front to reveal a small green screen and two 5.5" floppy drives. I specifically remember dragging it in to a Frisch's Big Boy while my mom wasnt paying attention and setting it up by a power outlet. lol.

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                        • larsen161L
                          larsen161 @bigbear
                          last edited by larsen161

                          @bigbear had similar but mine had an orange screen, a Compaq Portable 386. not my first though. first was a Tandy 1000 EX with a 2nd 5.25" floppy!

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                            Texkonc @Danp
                            last edited by Texkonc

                            @danp said in What was your first PC?:

                            Anyone remember the Apple Lisa?

                            Don’t forget windows bob
                            http://toastytech.com/guis/bob.html

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                            • hobbit666H
                              hobbit666
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                              Does a Amiga 500 count? Remember having that then upgrading the RAM and having an external Hard drive in a expansion module thing.
                              Got me interested in 3D animation when one of the magazines released Imagine for free.....loved it.....wish I got more into it now and tired to make a career in it....oh well I'm enjoying IT infrastructure stuff anyway

                              After that a 486 with Windows 95

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                              • jt1001001J
                                jt1001001
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                                My first "laptop" was a zenith with "twin" 3.5 floppy drives, yes 3.5, state of teh art. Dad gave it to me for HS graduation.
                                http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/X1270.96
                                (not my exact model but pretty close)

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                                • PenguinWranglerP
                                  PenguinWrangler
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                                  Apple IIe was the first computer I used. The first one I owned was an Epson 8088.

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                                  • stacksofplatesS
                                    stacksofplates
                                    last edited by stacksofplates

                                    First computer I had was also the first I used. Tandy 1000. I played some mean Amy's First Primer and Commander Keen on that.

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