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What was the first computer you owned?

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@jjoe01 I never got the chance to have a go on one of these when they were around.
ASTison!
@TryingtoLava ASTivision!!!!!!
daisymay · 51-55, T
Commodore VIC-20
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@daisymay You have been at this a while then!
daisymay · 51-55, T
Indeed, I have been around a lot of different blocks :D
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@daisymay 😂
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
A Sinclair ZX81
SW-User
@Picklebobble2 I owned a Spectrum 48K
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
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10 print "Ha ha ha"
20 Goto 10
Run

Back when coding was fun 😄
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@Picklebobble2 Yeah they don't make em like that anymore :)
MasterLee · 56-60, M
Trs-80 coco 1
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User i still have it lol
SW-User
@MasterLee Does it still work?
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User no reason it would not.
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@SW-User I think it may be my favorite console.
SW-User
@SW-User Mario world 2 was best
@SW-User @SW-User allll those games are on nintendo switch :) :)
SW-User
The first I owned? It was a surface pro three. But we had a family one that existed, lol. I just don't remember what it was.
SW-User
@SW-User I never used a surface pro but they look good.
Sony laptop. I don’t remember what our desktop even was. My husband bought it and I rarely used it.
SW-User
@Spoiledbrat Sony make some good computers
Wendy33 · F
I had a 386 and I was rolling with the big boys with my prodigy dial up internet.
SW-User
@Wendy33 trusty 12k modem :)
St0ut · 51-55, M
Timed Sinclair zx81 that thing made me cry sooooooo much as a boy
SW-User
@St0ut Do you ever feel nostalgic and feel like buying one from eBay?
St0ut · 51-55, M
@SW-User no. My c-64 executive. Yes.
indyjoe · 56-60, M
A Texas Instruments handheld calculator....
SW-User
@indyjoe I remember the old Casio ones with the red led screens
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@SW-User Yes...I do too.
Tminus6453 · M
Pentium 2.... bought it in '98... still got it
SW-User
@Tminus6453 I remeber all the adverts on TV during the launch of the Pentium chips
Tminus6453 · M
@SW-User Yeah it was a pretty big deal back then
abe182 · 46-50, M
Commodore Vox 20 and my dad built one, Zenith Heathkit
SW-User
@abe182 Impressive. Did the Heathkit come in as a kit?
Quizzical · 46-50, M
Commodore Plus Four
Quizzical · 46-50, M
@SW-User It was fun, but the games took about 20 minutes to load and often failed 🙄
SW-User
@Quizzical I think waiting for them to load and hoping they would was half the fun lol
Quizzical · 46-50, M
@SW-User Just shows how impatient we have become these days.

In 20 mins I would have rebooted five times now 😂
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Windows 95. I still have it.
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@SW-User It still work?
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@SW-User Yes it does. I still have my floppy disks to go with it. haha
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586/90Mhz/24Mb RAM
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@SW-User The first PC I owned was 33Mhz God know what RAM it had.
SW-User
@SW-User good times, i remember enjoying life and smiling
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Pentium 4 Intel
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@SW-User Very nice starting computer
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Yes. It gave up in 2010 and I was forced to buy a new computer@SW-User
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@TryingtoLava You still have it?
Nope i was little
MasterLee · 56-60, M
@SW-User they never last
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It was a mini mac
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@SW-User They are pretty recent?
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KaiserSolze · 46-50, F
@SW-User can't remember. I mostly played bomb jack on it. Up to about round 59. It started to basically repeat itself at 24 but I carried on playing anyway.
SW-User
@KaiserSolze What a good game 😊
Ten fingers and ten toes.
SW-User
@Anonymartyr you could have at least splashed out on an abacus..
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
Pentium 120 16mb ram and a 1mb VGA card with Soundblaster 16
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@SW-User for 1996 that was the shit
SW-User
@basilfawlty89 As long as it played Quake you were ok :)
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@SW-User that's true for my modern computers too

 
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