What was your first computer?

Sterling · 12-30-2009, 05:51 AM

Mine was a Commodore Vic-20 with a Data set which was a magnetic tape drive. I had an 11 bit modem to go with it and the only host sites I could reach with it were long distance. If I wanted a game I would type it in from a magazine and there were always typos so you had to figure out what was missing. Either that or spend a couple of hours downloading something long distance with that super awesome modem.

skuttduck · 12-30-2009, 08:48 AM

Colecovision Adam.

I still have that in the basement. I loved the high speed tape drives.
I remember entering programs from Family Computing Magazine.

PAUL SS · 12-30-2009, 09:20 AM

Texas Instruments TI 99 4-a I believe it was called. Hooked up to a television with a cassette deck for storage. Around 1980.

heinzd01 · 12-30-2009, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul SS

Texas Instruments TI 99 4-a I believe it was called. Hooked up to a television with a cassette deck for storage. Around 1980.

same here

ZZTOM · 12-30-2009, 09:25 AM

TRS-80, I don't miss at all.

TonyNo · 12-30-2009, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ZZTOM

TRS-80, I don't miss at all.

Ditto.

Lordkane99 · 12-30-2009, 09:52 AM

Atari 400 /w tape deck to save work. It was great then before I got spoiled lol computers have changed alot since then.

Rocks RS · 12-30-2009, 09:52 AM

TI-994A

I was the ripe old age of 7.

tjd24 · 12-30-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by skuttduck

Colecovision Adam.

I still have that in the basement. I loved the high speed tape drives.
I remember entering programs from Family Computing Magazine.

+1 - though I donated it long ago. It was ahead of its time and I too remember entering programs stored on tape.

The first work computer was an AT&T PC 6310 (as I worked for AT&T) with dual floppies - I added a whopping 10MB HD Card, an internal modem card and over-clocked the CPU myself.

First real computer at home was a Macintosh PowerBook 145. I still have the first Newton, works only when plugged in as even fresh batteries don't provide enough juice for it. Compared to my iPhone its like something from the dark ages of mobile computing - much like a Windows Mobile device

When I consider my 2008 iMac 24" Core Duo running Leopard its amazing how far we've come and how much more we'll realize in the future.

Apex Paul · 12-30-2009, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingnotes

Mine was a Commodore Vic-20 with a Data set which was a magnetic tape drive. I had an 11 bit modem to go with it and the only host sites I could reach with it were long distance. If I wanted a game I would type it in from a magazine and there were always typos so you had to figure out what was missing. Either that or spend a couple of hours downloading something long distance with that super awesome modem.

I don't remember what it was, but I remember the year was 1981, because I was in the 8th grade.

Xmicro_SS · 12-30-2009, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Paul SS

Texas Instruments TI 99 4-a I believe it was called. Hooked up to a television with a cassette deck for storage. Around 1980.

Yep...........I loved my TI and i used to subscribe to programming magazines that would give you code to type t create different crap. I can remember typing lines of code for hours, for a stupid graphic.

Remember this screen!

PQ · 12-30-2009, 02:27 PM

I'm 39 years old and my first computer was in 1998.

Can't remember the specs but it ran windows and was a laptop.

I watched my brother fight with his and I just passed on the frustration. I never really needed one. I used them at various jobs but everything was very simple.

cyberbro · 12-30-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sterlingnotes

Mine was a Commodore Vic-20 with a Data set which was a magnetic tape drive. I had an 11 bit modem to go with it and the only host sites I could reach with it were long distance. If I wanted a game I would type it in from a magazine and there were always typos so you had to figure out what was missing. Either that or spend a couple of hours downloading something long distance with that super awesome modem.

I had a vic 20 as well, then thought OMG this is great when I got the commodore 64!!!

Could you image computers in 100 years? or what will they have in 1000 years.

Iroczlover · 12-30-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Lordkane99

Atari

Heck I still have a gaming consol in my garage & one in my house ( I think) with games for the atari lol.

12-30-2009, 05:51 AM	#1
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PAUL SS The Mark of Excellence Drives: 2010 ABM 1SS RS LS3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Smallest State in the Union Posts: 8,688 View My Garage	Texas Instruments TI 99 4-a I believe it was called. Hooked up to a television with a cassette deck for storage. Around 1980. __________________ BMR, CAI, DynoMax, Elite Eng., Hurst, Jannetty, Clear Image Headers & Hi Flow cats, Jet Hot, LSR, TSW, VMax, Vredestein

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ZZTOM Drives: 67 Camaro 350, 2010 2SS Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Placitas, NM/Carlsbad, CA Posts: 699 View My Garage	TRS-80, I don't miss at all. __________________

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Rocks RS Drives: 2010 Camaro 2LT/RS Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cortland Ohio Posts: 779 View My Garage	TI-994A I was the ripe old age of 7. __________________ 2010 Camaro 2LT / RS - Black w/IO interior & M6 Sporting MRT V1, Hurst short throw, and Injen long tube and loving it!!! Also, over 125,000 miles and going.

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skuttduck Drives: 2010 RJT 2LT Camaro Join Date: May 2009 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 2,529	Colecovision Adam. I still have that in the basement. I loved the high speed tape drives. I remember entering programs from Family Computing Magazine.

12-30-2009, 02:27 PM	#12
PQ Booooosted. Drives: 2010 Supercharged SS Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 36,717 View My Garage	I'm 39 years old and my first computer was in 1998. Can't remember the specs but it ran windows and was a laptop. I watched my brother fight with his and I just passed on the frustration. I never really needed one. I used them at various jobs but everything was very simple. __________________

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