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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @popester
      last edited by

      @popester said in What was your first PC?:

      Sinclair 1000. Z-80 Early 80's.
      Then TI_99

      Same here,.. only it was a 'custom' in that it had a keyboard from Radio Shack, and my dad had built the box for it,.. the box / case was similar to the Apple IIe in shape... Even had a 300 baud acoustic modem.

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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
              alt text
              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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