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« on: February 13, 2004, 01:45:07 PM »
Now that there is a thread that talks about your current system, let's talk about your FIRST system.

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« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2004, 02:29:28 PM »
fffff, it was a Packard Bell PoS! I made the mistake of bringing my wife with me when I bought it, so I had to get the cheapest thing I could find...  I think it was a 75 mhz Pentium with 8 meg of ram. I was kicking arse online in Descent 2 on Kali Dos with my sweet 14.4 modem. Those were the days. I don't really know the rest of the specs as I didn't know anything at all about computers before I bought it (not that I know a whole lot more now). I learned everything I know about computers by screwing that thing up and trying to figure out what the heck I did... I remember it had onboard audio which was a pain because I bought a new Soundblaster card and I learned about "conflicts" and such :) It had Windows 95 on it, but I ran most my games in Dos because they didn't play all that well under windows.
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« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2004, 04:16:08 PM »
My first PC wasn't.  

I had a Atari 800XL that I bought with my pay from my Summer Job..  Cost me $299.  I loved that thing 'cause i bought it myself.  I borrowed a tape drive until I could earn enough for the floppy drive.  I even had a dot matrix printer for it!

I still have it, just needs a new video chip put in.

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Zoë: Shepard, isn't the Bible kind of specific about killing?
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« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2004, 04:49:37 PM »
my first system was a tandy 4016dx.

intel 386DX 16mhz
4mb ram (cost us a little over $500 back in 1991 for this much)
50mb quantum hard drive
512k vga
COLOR dot matrix 24-pin printer.

In the end the whole system cost over $4000. Man just think of what $4000 would buy today (just think of what $2000 would get).

I still have this system but a capacitor exploded so I have to fix that. I still use our second system(from 1993) which is a 486DX2-66 ast advantage adventure 6066d.

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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2004, 04:49:38 PM »
Zwarrior may be able to remember better than i do on mine...

But I believe my first computer was a

Pentium 166mhz
64mb ram
4mb 3D Virge
Sound blaster Awe32
WD 3 gig HD
15' Monitor

I remember shortly after this my brother gave me (2) 3dFx voodoo rush 4mb add on video cards.. which gave me a total of a WHOPPING 12mb video memory.. :)

I remember playing Duke Nukem all the time...


My brother had a computer before that. I think it was a 286. I remember playing Dungeons and Dragons, "Eye of the Beholder series". I love that game. I still have it.. I have the entire series. I played that game ALL THE TIME.. night and day..
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2004, 02:15:39 PM »
My First was a Commodore 64
Ah*sigh* Memories
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2004, 04:34:41 PM »
still have/use you c64 JollyRoger? I picked one up about 3 years ago and love it. I use to keep it next to my primary gaming rig but today I keep it next to my ps/2 :lol:. Still a lot of fun games for the c64. Just wish it was simpler to program.

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« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2004, 08:52:52 PM »
How can You get any more simpler then basic or assembly:D, I haven't had one for about 3 years now and I do miss them
I have a couple of emmulators that i  use that support the use of the 1541 drive
but As for the real thing, no I had about  7 of them for a while and I would scrap 6 of them to keep one alive, man i miss those days.

On another note do you have the orignal Power supply? if so I suggest finding a newer one, When they go they can take the computer with them.
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2004, 03:02:28 PM »
Z i got you beat
i had one of those very first cartrige drawn ataris
200 or 300 vesrion i cant reember
all i knows that i had some good time playin pac man and asteroids

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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2004, 09:49:51 PM »
Ok now I feel old.  My first real computer was a commodore vic20.  Even before the c64.  The next three where c64s, I really liked havint thoes.
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« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2004, 12:02:11 PM »
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Originally posted by [303]snauzberries
Z i got you beat
i had one of those very first cartrige drawn ataris
200 or 300 vesrion i cant reember
all i knows that i had some good time playin pac man and asteroids

WEEEEEEEEEEE


Now the first computer I played around with is another story.  That was just my first personally owned computer.  I played on the Atari 200 and 300 in High School.  they first systems that I CAN name that I played on is a PDP.

  There were earlier ones that I played with/on and don'twanna say much about.  Let's just say that my father was in the military, and I went with him to work a lot.   I remember using punch cards and punch tape. ;)
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2004, 12:44:27 PM »
coleco

No seriously, my dad had a C64, I hated computers because of that thing.  Then I found windows in college...aaaaah GUI gotta love it.  Oh and files don't disappear on you.  I worked on several reports for school that just went poof on the C64.

First computer I bought was a AMD k6-266 4 gb HD, 32mb ram, Win 95 couldn't play anything with it, but it financed my next one which was my entry into gaming Athlon 1ghz, 256mb ram, 2 X 8gb scsi hd's, ATI Radeon 7200 VIVO

Since then I've just slowly upgraded piece by piece.
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2004, 02:47:27 PM »
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Z i got you beat
i had one of those very first cartrige drawn ataris
200 or 300 vesrion i cant reember
all i knows that i had some good time playin pac man and asteroids

WEEEEEEEEEEE


Now the first computer I played around with is another story.  That was just my first personally owned computer.  I played on the Atari 200 and 300 in High School.  they first systems that I CAN name that I played on is a PDP.

  There were earlier ones that I played with/on and don'twanna say much about.  Let's just say that my father was in the military, and I went with him to work a lot.   I remember using punch cards and punch tape. ;)





i am talkin bout what i owed    got it with a cople cartrges and 4 joystics for 25 cents

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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2004, 03:02:20 PM »
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Now the first computer I played around with is another story.  That was just my first personally owned computer.  I played on the Atari 200 and 300 in High School.  they first systems that I CAN name that I played on is a PDP.

  There were earlier ones that I played with/on and don'twanna say much about.  Let's just say that my father was in the military, and I went with him to work a lot.   I remember using punch cards and punch tape. ;)





Yeah I remeber Fortran and punch cards
and Yes snauz I used them too
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2004, 11:11:11 PM »
Me too!!!    Remember Star Trek and hunting down Klingons on the line feed printer?  It was a little before consoles were much in use.
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« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2004, 11:53:15 PM »
nope, that one I missed
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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2004, 03:31:26 AM »
You probably weren't even born yet.
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2004, 07:36:22 AM »
That is true but i still rember lots of thing from before my birth Like Punch cards and whatnot.
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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2004, 08:02:18 AM »
I do remember all the text adventure games on line printers.

I think that my dad figured it was something to keep me busy.
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2004, 08:13:16 AM »
This might be a little off topic, but did anyone here have an Atari 5200 console? My dad got me one, and that was my first actual gaming experience. I don't think they made more then 20 games for the thing, but I liked it at the time :)
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« Reply #20 on: February 17, 2004, 08:19:38 AM »
I know it was out there, but it came out after I returned from Germany, and there really wasn't much presence for Atari in Omaha that I saw. :(
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« Reply #21 on: February 17, 2004, 10:35:35 AM »
Atari was a gentle breeze in omaha, Which is sad because it was a nice system. Nintendo was and still is to a degree the thing, Personally I liked old school nintendo. but I have always been a PC person.
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« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2004, 12:49:31 PM »
That's exactly what went through my Dad's head.

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I think that my dad figured it was something to keep me busy.
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« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2004, 08:39:13 PM »
I actually had the 3 major atari systems (2600/5200/7800). they were all nice. I still use the 2600 and 7800 from time to time. the 5200 controllers are broke so I can't use it. It also used odd controllers so replacements are hard to find or even build.

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« Reply #24 on: February 17, 2004, 08:44:07 PM »
HA! i still got u all beat with my atari 400(i fugered it out now)



only good for asteroids and pacman.......cant forget pole positon.:D