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Noilly Pratt
06-20-2011, 02:52 AM
A Processor Technologies' SOL Computer. Had an external 8" floppy drive for storage, and if you nudged it, it'd have to have a tech comer out to realign the head! We used a card "hopper" to input, which required you to. We weren't allowed to key in our work!

http://i54.tinypic.com/24wsww1.jpg

Then later I bought a Commodore 64, but this was the first computer I was exposed to.

Griffin
06-20-2011, 03:28 AM
http://www.almightydad.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/math_photo.jpg

Berto
06-20-2011, 06:06 PM
Lmao griffin.http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTZJXZao3WhGH0lI1I5pwRvyR4l6B2dT yXj-KKFpeafFp65uAdC

redred
06-20-2011, 06:19 PM
http://i.imgur.com/HRNms.jpg

Commodore 16 then onto the 64 with a few spec's inbetween

Softdreamer
06-20-2011, 10:34 PM
The Acorn Electron.. small brother to the BBC micro
http://hostingb.hotchyx.com/adult-image-hosting-03/5286Elk01.jpg (http://hotchyx.com/)

Goofy
06-21-2011, 12:16 PM
Speccy :tup:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3277/zxspectrum128k2a.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/zxspectrum128k2a.jpg/)

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 08:56 PM
(single core version)




http://i.imgur.com/mieZX.jpg

MrsM
06-21-2011, 09:02 PM
First that I ever used...
http://hostingb.hotchyx.com/adult-image-hosting-03/4030ts1000.jpg

First in my house...
http://hostingb.hotchyx.com/adult-image-hosting-03/3106appleii-system.jpg

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 09:07 PM
My first home pc was a 90 mhz Intel computer.Bought it in 2003 for 150 bucks from a guy at work who loaded Windows 98 on it.He gave me the pc, monitor, keyboard and mouse for the wonderful package price...

My old work computer used to run WIN 3.1 and I actually had guys from other departments come to look at it and laugh :lol: the thing had about -25 mb of ram and was horrible...

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 09:39 PM
First computer I ever used....junior high school....the mighty TRS-80 with a tape drive :cheers:

http://i.imgur.com/xca3r.jpg



First one I ever owned, the Commodore 64 :tup:

http://i.imgur.com/1ouiA.jpg

I didn't have an actual Commodore monitor, it was an old tiny TV and I didn't get the disk drive right away either, it was mucho expensive back in the day. I think the drive unit cost almost as much as the PC did.

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 09:56 PM
fook me :|

my first touch on a pc was at work around 2000...and my first home use was 2003


:oops: I feel like the red headed stepchild of the group

minz
06-21-2011, 09:58 PM
fook me :|

my first touch on a pc was at work around 2000...and my first home use was 2003


:oops: I feel like the red headed stepchild of the group

Your not alone, I didnt touch a pc until about 10 years ago, and that was only because I have to, my kids had to teach me how to access the internet :(

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:01 PM
a guy from work was supposed to help me hook up the internet at home for my first time...he was late so I connected everything and started typing :lol:


he finally comes by and showed me two sites - rotten dot com and sublime directory....not the best learning experience

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 10:02 PM
fook me :|

my first touch on a pc was at work around 2000...and my first home use was 2003


:oops: I feel like the red headed stepchild of the group


Your not alone, I didnt touch a pc until about 10 years ago, and that was only because I have to, my kids had to teach me how to access the internet :(

:shock:

minz
06-21-2011, 10:04 PM
a guy from work was supposed to help me hook up the internet at home for my first time...he was late so I connected everything and started typing :lol:


he finally comes by and showed me two sites - rotten dot com and sublime directory....not the best learning experience

Ive not heard of those sites.

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:06 PM
yup I'm late to the pc party (in case you haven't noticed already :lol:)

I think my defining moment on a pc wasn't the type of machine I was using, it was buying my own copy of XP
and doing a full install in 2004.I learned more about pc's that weekend, than the entire couple of years preceding using one at work.

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:06 PM
Ive not heard of those sites.

keep it that way.....death/disgusting/pron sites...

minz
06-21-2011, 10:07 PM
keep it that way.....death/disgusting/pron sites...

I'll give them a miss then :shock:

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 10:13 PM
yup I'm late to the pc party (in case you haven't noticed already :lol:)

I think my defining moment on a pc wasn't the type of machine I was using, it was buying my own copy of XP
and doing a full install in 2004.I learned more about pc's that weekend, than the entire couple of years preceding using one at work.

I used to know how to program in Basic, Pascal, and Fortran :lol:

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:17 PM
I used to know how to program in Basic, Pascal, and Fortran :lol:

I know how to add the word 'hot' to my google image search string :oops:

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 10:19 PM
There was no such things as Windows anywhere on the horizon yet, so all our computer science teachers told us we should learn all these computer languages because they were going to be the 'future' of computers :lol:

Leefro
06-21-2011, 10:22 PM
Speccy :tup:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3277/zxspectrum128k2a.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/i/zxspectrum128k2a.jpg/)

That is what I had

Did not work took it back got it replaced

That did not work

Got a full refund

Ohh had an Atari 2600 first

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:23 PM
There was no such things as Windows anywhere on the horizon yet, so all our computer science teachers told us we should learn all these computer languages because they were going to be the 'future' of computers :lol:

and Gates that smart fcker, realized early that average people don't identify with huge strings of code, he understood that people relate to symbolism (or icons)

Hal-9000
06-21-2011, 10:24 PM
I was trying to find a command prompt in Windows 7 the other night coincidentally



:lol:

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 10:25 PM
That is what I had

Did not work took it back got it replaced

That did not work

Got a full refund

Ohh had an Atari 2600 first

I had an Atari 2600 too

Best game system ever :thumbsup:

Teh One Who Knocks
06-21-2011, 10:25 PM
I was trying to find a command prompt in Windows 7 the other night coincidentally



:lol:

:lol:

Noilly Pratt
06-22-2011, 07:48 PM
First computer I ever used....junior high school....the mighty TRS-80 with a tape drive :cheers:

http://i.imgur.com/xca3r.jpg OOOHH, and Trek is on there!! I remember befrending the local Radio Shack guy and playing that thing for hours in the store. Helps if you're in a small town.



First one I ever owned, the Commodore 64 :tup:

http://i.imgur.com/1ouiA.jpg I had the VIC-20 and made a Biorhythm program for it, and it wouldn't graph because it blew the 8K limit! So, got a 64 for my Grade 12 grad. Still have it, the disc drive and the monitor.


I didn't have an actual Commodore monitor, it was an old tiny TV and I didn't get the disk drive right away either, it was mucho expensive back in the day. I think the drive unit cost almost as much as the PC did. I got mine for $700 including a Commodore desk that fit the disc drive in a specially made drawer! Geek Out!


I used to know how to program in Basic, Pascal, and Fortran :lol: There was no such things as Windows anywhere on the horizon yet, so all our computer science teachers told us we should learn all these computer languages because they were going to be the 'future' of computers :lol:

Yep. I didn't learn Fortran but did do PL/1, CP/M (the forerunner of DOS), COBOL, C (there was a time when that would impress people!), dBASE (was a programmer for 2 years in it -- earnt in 1987 what I'm earning now, but had no life).

I also was a salesman, and found out that a new computer was coming out called the Apricot, and bet the farm that it was going to be the coming thing. Metal construction and the first 3 1/2" drive built in. It went nowhere in N. America and I lost my job at CITA computers because I pushed the boss to invest in it as a sure thing. Ah, memories...

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/160/397336982_e8125fbdaf.jpg

I was the guy in the office that "fried the Apricot" because I left it plugged in, and took the case off. The metal arced and blew the main board...had to travel 4 hours to get a new one.

Muddy
06-22-2011, 08:25 PM
http://www.larwe.com/museum/img/vic20oldtoplarge.jpg

Leefro
06-22-2011, 09:03 PM
I had an Atari 2600 too

Best game system ever :thumbsup:

I think I still have it somewhere :)

I'll post a pic of it :thumbsup: