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Your first ever computer
 

offline FlyAgaric from the discovery (Africa) on 2006-10-29 10:56 [#01994498]
Points: 5776 Status: Regular



Mine was the Amstrad CPC 6128. Bought it for £5 from our
neighbour who was some kind of computer engineer. He
actually gave it away for free but my dad made me pay for
it.

Amstrad CPC 6128



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offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-10-29 10:59 [#01994499]
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Amiga500


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2006-10-29 11:03 [#01994501]
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Commodore VIC*20


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offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-29 11:07 [#01994503]
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atari 520st


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offline somejerk from south florida, US (United States) on 2006-10-29 11:09 [#01994506]
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IBM PS2, then an Acer.


 

offline Sano on 2006-10-29 11:09 [#01994507]
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Commodore Amiga 600


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2006-10-29 11:10 [#01994509]
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ha - you guys are all kids - back in my day you had 3.5k of
RAM and that's not a very big BASIC program...


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2006-10-29 11:13 [#01994515]
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Spectrum 48k, I can still remember the first day.... happy
day.


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2006-10-29 11:13 [#01994516]
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ibm 386, i think.


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offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-29 11:14 [#01994517]
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Does a Spectrum count? It's still up in the loft. I keep
meaning to get it out again.


 

offline Falito from Balenciaga on 2006-10-29 11:16 [#01994521]
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tha amstrad cpc 646 and the sounds of
tape loading games was full of sweet anxiety


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offline mimi on 2006-10-29 11:41 [#01994536]
Points: 5721 Status: Regular



Macintosh LC, I still play Dark Castle on there sometimes.
I can browse the net too, with Netscape 2.0.



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offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2006-10-29 11:50 [#01994539]
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commodore c64


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offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2006-10-29 11:52 [#01994542]
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press play on tape


 

offline Ezkerraldean from the lowest common denominator (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-29 11:59 [#01994549]
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packard bell thingy with 300mhz celeron and 48mb ram
standard.

actually a family computer, didnt really have anything in
the house before then.


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2006-10-29 12:01 [#01994550]
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Macintosh LC and amiga 500.


 

offline Dannn_ from United Kingdom on 2006-10-29 12:34 [#01994567]
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Mac Plus,

used to play an amazing game called Crystal Quest, and this
horrible 6 floppy disk piece of shit called Puppy Love where
you train a puppy for a show


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offline scup_bucket from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2006-10-29 12:39 [#01994573]
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I'm sitting at my very first computer (it's about 5 years
old)


 

offline oyvinto on 2006-10-29 12:46 [#01994578]
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commodore 64
later upgraded with disc player and action replay mk VI


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2006-10-29 12:46 [#01994579]
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i had some good times with this one


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offline melack from barcielwave on 2006-10-29 12:47 [#01994581]
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same as dann! :)

i used to play that game too! it was amazing!


 

offline oyvinto on 2006-10-29 12:49 [#01994584]
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i would like an action replay for my laptop right now


 

offline S M Pennyworth from East Timor on 2006-10-29 12:55 [#01994592]
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c64
my first big love


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-10-29 12:58 [#01994593]
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commdore 16, but grew up with a c64 & then later amiga 1200


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offline oyvinto on 2006-10-29 13:00 [#01994596]
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you used the c64 until amiga 1200 was released? lol


 

offline i_x_ten from arsemuncher on 2006-10-29 13:03 [#01994603]
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whats your point? the last days of the life of the c64 were
its shining moments.

* * *

this thread made me want to listen to a load of old SID
tracks. it makes me feel lush.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2006-10-29 13:07 [#01994606]
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i dont remember cause i'm not a NERD

well it was a mac something. IIsi maybe


 

offline ToXikFB on 2006-10-29 13:07 [#01994607]
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old IMB thinkpad complete with windows 2.0


 

offline NIL-0 from trans pennine express on 2006-10-29 13:45 [#01994655]
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speccy plus


 

offline aneurySm from Ypsilanti (United States) on 2006-10-29 13:47 [#01994658]
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SID chip rulz0hrz!


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2006-10-29 13:48 [#01994659]
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"I program my home computer, beam myself into the future."


 

offline osiris from Canterbury on 2006-10-29 13:51 [#01994662]
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c64


 

offline sean qunt from BELFAST on 2006-10-29 13:54 [#01994663]
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c 64, with the ball control


 

offline avart from nomo' on 2006-10-29 14:11 [#01994675]
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macintosh classic - 4 MB RAM, 20 MB HD, 8 Mhz CPU, 9" B/W
display - great for midi (with cubase 1.8.3)!


 

offline Fah from Netherlands, The on 2006-10-29 15:57 [#01994690]
Points: 6428 Status: Regular



c 64
need to give it a spot somewhere in my room, it's still
bitchin


 

offline 1up from greater manchester (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-29 16:02 [#01994693]
Points: 2302 Status: Regular



acorn. speccy. st. pc.


 

offline xceque on 2006-10-29 16:03 [#01994694]
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ZX Spectrum 48. I'd previously used ZX81s at school, though
I never owned one.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2006-10-29 16:08 [#01994699]
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c64 tape only


 

offline danbrusca from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2006-10-29 16:08 [#01994700]
Points: 4570 Status: Lurker



An Atari 800XL.

Before that I used to draw keyboards on shoe box lids and
pretend I had computers.


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2006-10-29 16:11 [#01994702]
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I spend days on this:


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offline xceque on 2006-10-29 16:12 [#01994703]
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Not a computer!!! haha. you lose!


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2006-10-29 16:22 [#01994712]
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Who mentioned I was talking about a computer?

I wish you a happy 6000! You can do it!! only 2 to go.


 

offline xceque on 2006-10-29 16:25 [#01994716]
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You misread. I'm only at 5600. But that's ok, you misread
the topic title too :)


 

offline Aesthetics from the IDM Kiosk on 2006-10-29 16:28 [#01994720]
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OMG! I'm off now before it's getting much worse.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2006-10-29 16:30 [#01994723]
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I've never had a computer, only analogue hardware. I am
writing this on an etch-a-sketch


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2006-10-29 19:42 [#01994789]
Points: 13411 Status: Lurker | Followup to aneurySm: #01994501



"Pass the fucking VIC-20!"


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2006-10-29 19:43 [#01994790]
Points: 13411 Status: Lurker



The IBM PC XT for our house

LAZY_TITLE


 

offline imdex from Argentina on 2006-10-29 20:13 [#01994793]
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my first comp. was MSX Spectravideo SVI-728


 

offline yann_g from now on 2006-10-29 20:22 [#01994795]
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atari 1040 st, protracker...


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2006-10-29 21:52 [#01994799]
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APPLE IIE


 


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