Your First Computer

[gedzum]

It's interesting that Acer acquired both Packard Bell and eMachines.

I didn't realise Acer acquired those companies. Interesting

The first IBM PC I ever bought. Was ridiculously expensive.

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IBM PS/2 circa 1987 (Windows 3.0 - circa 1990, which was put on this machine eventually)

Wow this PC reminds of the ones they had in primary school and early high school. I remember messing around in paint and word art..good times

 

[Reflexx]

It's interesting that Acer acquired both Packard Bell and eMachines.

I didn't know that. I was about to say that Packard Bell was the Acer of the olden days. Cheap parts. (though I think Acer quality is better than what PB was)

For some reason I thought that Compaq bought Packard Bell.

 

[Saydulloxon]

My first PC were the best computer on that days requriment LOL, Intel Celeron 2ghz, 256mb ram and just 100gb hdd. So and my first game was GTA SA and Need for speed


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[azcruz]

My first experience with computers involved dumb terminals connected to Unix servers. The public library where I worked in the mid 80s ran Dynix.

Remember the Soroc IQ 120?

 

[hopmedic]

My first experience with computers involved dumb terminals connected to Unix servers. The public library where I worked in the mid 80s ran Dynix.

I'd used the Apples at school for three years, taught myself BASIC in some depth, but then took a BASIC class just so I could see what it was like to use the mainframe computer, since the class was taught on the mainframe. I don't recall a thing about the mainframe, but I did teach the teacher a good deal about BASIC. :wink:

It's interesting that Acer acquired both Packard Bell and eMachines.

I didn't realize they'd bought eMachines.

My first experience with a gaming console was Pong but this was my first computer:

My first gaming console was the Magnavox Odyssey. Complete with overlays in two sizes to tape onto the TV screen.

For those who don't know what this is, it's a Timex Sinclair 1000, circa 1982 first 'home' computer.

My ex-wife's grandfather was a retired shop teacher, and long-time technology buff. Anytime we'd go over there we could pull out the Apple ][c or the TS-1000.

 

[azcruz]

Acer bought Altos first, then eMachines, then Packard Bell.

Anyone here owned a Pocket Computer (Sharp or Tandy)?

 

[neo158]

For those who don't know what this is, it's a Timex Sinclair 1000, circa 1982 first 'home' computer.

Ah, a ZX-81 variant. Did you have the RAM Pack attachment?

My dad had the ZX Spectrum, upgraded to 48k. I had the ZX Spectrum +3, developed by Amstrad, which had a disk drive built in.

The Spectrum was developed here in the UK in Cambridge.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Ah, a ZX-81 variant. Did you have the RAM Pack attachment?

My dad had the ZX Spectrum, upgraded to 48k. I had the ZX Spectrum +3, developed by Amstrad, which had a disk drive built in.

The Spectrum was developed here in the UK in Cambridge.

No, only had the base model I believe. Was way too expensive for extras.

 

[xandros9]

Anyone here owned a Pocket Computer (Sharp or Tandy)?

ah, those were before my time
my first was a Palm m505 long after those monsters

 

[neo158]

No, only had the base model I believe. Was way too expensive for extras.

Same here the extras were expensive and rare even in the UK.

I don't know if any of you know this but Chris Curry used to work for Sinclair before founding Acorn, the guys behind the Atom, BBC Micro (known as the Proton), the Electron, the Archimedes, RISCOS and the ARM processor architecture.