What Was Your First Computer?

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  1. ComputerJohn

    ComputerJohn Panda Puffer

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    My first computer was a Timex Sinclair 1000. You had to write your own code is BASIC.

    Computer Specs
    Model: TS-1000
    Release date: July 1982
    Original Price: US $99.95
    Units Sold: Over 287,000
    Operating System: Sinclair Basic
    CPU: Zilog Z80A @ 3.25 MHz
    ROM: 8k
    RAM: 2k RAM expandable via expansion bus on back of console
    Display: Built-in TV modulator 32 x 22 text, 64 x 44 graphics, monochrome
    Keyboard: 40 key membrane keyboard
    Sound: none
    Dimensions: 6-5/8"W (168mm) x 7"D (178mm) x 1-1/2"H (38mm)
    Power Supply: External Power Supply Input 120v 60hz 0.5a AC Output +9v DC 1.0a
    Ports: Monochrome TV RF output, I/O Bus Port
     

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  2. Magnus

    Magnus Sharknado

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    I remember BASIC.... very primitive language too. I think my first computer was a comodore 64 :)

    http://www.google.com/m/search?site=images&source=mog&gl=us&q=commodore%2064&sa=N#i=11

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  3. ComputerJohn

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    LOL.. Line code sucked, especially when you ran out of numbers & had to renumber the coding! It was great when they came out with subroutines..
     
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  4. haugcm2

    haugcm2 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    um, im young... so I guess mine isnt something to write home about. Mine was a Gateway desktop, back when Gateway still had their own stores and stuff.
     
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  5. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    Same, here. Then I upgraded to a Commodore C=64 in '84.
     
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  6. Magnus

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    Or you would run out of memory and could not run the code..... time has been great as far as computer achievements.

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  7. ComputerJohn

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    Ah, yes.. The cows.. LOL.. Great flashback!!
     
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  8. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    LOL... It happens. My kids were in school before the "home computer" revolution. :)

    How many remember when 8-bit CPUs hit the record of 1MHz with a RAM capacity of 64K, and the media was screaming, "How much bigger and faster can computers get"? LOL
     
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  9. ComputerJohn

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    Here are some vintage ads I found.. WOW we spent money in the past..
     

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    Here are some more.
     

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