What was your first PC?

I was only 10 years old when parents bought this PC, so I don't remember all the parts.

Intel Pentium 200 Mhz

32mb RAM

1mb VGA card

3.5gb HD

Windows 95

I remember I just sat near it and started to play that 200 game demo collection...

i was like 6 in 1998 when my parents bought this pc i think these were the specs

pentium 2 333mhz

64mb graphics card

10 maybe 20gb or storage

128mb ram

windows 98

it was a alright computer i mainly used it to play all the command and conquer games, star wars jedi outcast, and mechwarrior 4 mercenaries

i was like 6 in 1998 when my parents bought this pc i think these were the specs

pentium 2 333mhz

64mb graphics card

10 maybe 20gb or storage

128mb ram

it was a alright computer i mainly used it to play all the command and conquer games, star wars jedi outcast, and mechwarrior 4 mercenaries

mastershake575

what a jump, my parents bought mine in 1997

It was a .. i dont remember the name .

133 mhz thats all i remember.

I think it had like 3000 megas of memory

edit: by memory i mean HDD

Compaq 7470 (2000) it was the family computer even though i played Simcity 3000 on it.

533MHz AMD K6
??? RAM (later upgraded to 256MB)
8MB Intergrated
20GB HD
Compaq MV720 (still in use)

And of course,Windows 98.

this current one.

vvvv

I'm not sure...my dad used to work at IBM and he had this computer that had 133mhz cpu...thats all I remember, also I had to use DOS commands to run games..Aznsilvrboy

:lol: the /dir was really useful

Compaq 7470 (2000) it was the family computer even though i played Simcity 3000 on it.

533MHz AMD K6
??? RAM (later upgraded to 256MB)
8MB Intergrated
20GB HD
Compaq MV720 (still in use)

And of course,Windows 98.

AARONRULZ1

SimCity 3000, what a great game that was

[QUOTE="AARONRULZ1"]

Compaq 7470 (2000) it was the family computer even though i played Simcity 3000 on it.

533MHz AMD K6
??? RAM (later upgraded to 256MB)
8MB Intergrated
20GB HD
Compaq MV720 (still in use)

And of course,Windows 98.

Chris_53

SimCity 3000, what a great game that was

80886 with a 7" or 8" red and black screen, it played text games, simcity, simearth, and some atari style racing game.

And i think it cost my mom $3500 used.

well i had a BBC (ahh elite....good times) and a mac (there was a game where i coudl kill barney over and over again....it was theraputic :P) before getting a ibm compatible PC.

so if were not counting those (im guessing were not) then my first was roughly:

P3 333MHz

32MB ram

6GB HDD (i remember trying to get baldurs gate one on it...had to leave loads on the disc cause i didnt want to remove freespace :P).

no idea about the graphics....they were integrated though.

win 98 first edition.

the amount of times i screwed that PC up....ah good times.

[QUOTE="Aznsilvrboy"]I'm not sure...my dad used to work at IBM and he had this computer that had 133mhz cpu...thats all I remember, also I had to use DOS commands to run games..wklzip

:lol: the /dir was really useful

I liked the dir /w

The first computer I ever really "owned" was an older Power Mac I got in '98. I don't remember much about the system specs, except I believe it had 128MB of RAM, and I threw in an ATI Rage Orion PCI graphics card in there with the help of my father to play Unreal.

The first one I built mywelf wasn't too long thereafter, some PIII clunker with 256MB of RAM, onboard graphics, 20GB hard drive (big back then). I built it mainly to listen to music, cruise the net, and play Diablo II/Starcraft, which it did admirably.

[QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="Aznsilvrboy"]I'm not sure...my dad used to work at IBM and he had this computer that had 133mhz cpu...thats all I remember, also I had to use DOS commands to run games..Random__Guy

:lol: the /dir was really useful

I liked the dir /w

agreed, the dir was one of the best things ever for DOS

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

Stinger78

:o that pc is really old

Commodore PET. Personal Electronic Transactor. I learned how to do Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) programming on it when I was 16. I date myself. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET

My first PC (Wintel) was a Pentium II 333MHz with 128MB of RAM, 8MB ATI graphics, a pair of 9 gig SCSI hard drives, DVD drive with a DVD decoder card (lol), and Windows NT 4.0/Windows 98 dual boot.

My first "computer" was the Powerbook Duo 270 with a 33MHz 68030, 8MB of RAM, 340MB hard drive, and a gigantic 8.5 inch color screen. I payed $4000 for that thing in 1993.

Commodore PET. Personal Electronic Transactor. I learned how to do Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) programming on it when I was 16. I date myself. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET

ZBoater

amazing :o

also your rig is amazing xD

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

wklzip

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

If I can recall...

Some Cryrix CPU running at around 400Mhz?

32MB of RAM

Some graphics card - I believe 2MB

4GB hard drive

Windows 95 but upgraded to 98SE

Teac 15" CRT monitor

CD Drive

Life - only around 2 years :P

Cost me $1500 Australian :( - my parents brought it from some dodgy computer sellers :(

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

Ephexis

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

not even 1k in 3dmark01

Edit: maybe if there was a 2dmark1976 im sure it would have scored very high xD

[QUOTE="Ephexis"][QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

wklzip

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

not even 1k in 3dmark01

[QUOTE="Random__Guy"][QUOTE="wklzip"]

[QUOTE="Aznsilvrboy"]I'm not sure...my dad used to work at IBM and he had this computer that had 133mhz cpu...thats all I remember, also I had to use DOS commands to run games..wklzip

:lol: the /dir was really useful

I liked the dir /w

agreed, the dir was one of the best things ever for DOS

I knew more DOS commands then than I do now (which is next to none)...:lol:

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Ephexis"][QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

Ephexis

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

not even 1k in 3dmark01

no you werent, because that pc can achieve 0.49 marks in 3dmark06 i just benchmarked it !!!!111

[QUOTE="Ephexis"][QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Ephexis"][QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

wklzip

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

not even 1k in 3dmark01

no you werent, because that pc can achieve 0.49 marks in 3dmark06 i just benchmarked it !!!!111

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

Ephexis

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

[QUOTE="Ephexis"][QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Stinger78"]

We had one of these in 1982: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

I was 4 years old at the time. The only thing I remember running on it was a game called Canyon Climber. It was a cartridge that looked similar to an Atari game.

5 years later, we upgraded to a Radio Shack Tandy 1000-EX, it had a 5.25" floppy drive, no Hard Drive, no Sound Card, except a speaker that sounded similar to an NES. I think it also had 64 or 128 K of RAM (no MB or GB at that time). The original Police Quest was a fun game to play on it, though.;)

WhiteSnake5000

:o that pc is really old

i bet with some minor Oc'in you can push 1k in 3d06 with that?

i was like 6 in 1998 when my parents bought this pc i think these were the specs

pentium 2 333mhz

64mb graphics card

10 maybe 20gb or storage

128mb ram

windows 98

it was a alright computer i mainly used it to play all the command and conquer games, star wars jedi outcast, and mechwarrior 4 mercenaries

mastershake575

My first computer was the good old C64. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64My brother had the first 'bread bin' C64 in about 1983, at that time he didn't have a colour TV, so he used a black and white TV for the first year. Yes you could still buy black and white portable TVs back in the late 70's early 80's!

I didn't have my own Commputer untill about 1986-1987. Mine was the C64c (same as the first C64 just in a slimmer case). I had over 200 games with this system!

After a strech with a Sega Mega Drive i bought a Commodore Amiga 500+ from a friend. It had a whole megabyte of memory, cool!

I had my first PC in 1996 a Cyrix 586 100Mhz with 8 meg of ram (latter upgraded to 16Mb).

These days I build my own PC's.

233Mhz Intel processor I think,

Can't actualy remmember what graphics card it had.

I sold it to a friend for about £50 and it was still a good computer at the time(which was about at least 8 years ago) and he still has and uses it. Except his parents have always said I ripped him off because they bought Black and White 2 for his little brother and then was actualy suprised when it didn't work.

[QUOTE="Chris_53"][QUOTE="AARONRULZ1"]

Compaq 7470 (2000) it was the family computer even though i played Simcity 3000 on it.

533MHz AMD K6
??? RAM (later upgraded to 256MB)
8MB Intergrated
20GB HD
Compaq MV720 (still in use)

And of course,Windows 98.

AARONRULZ1

SimCity 3000, what a great game that was

I play Simcity 4 now but 3000 was a legend.

I was6 years old in 1998, I didnt know jack **** about computers

all i know is it had a pentium 2 processor and windows 98