what was your first cpu?? and yr??

[whisky]

my first cpu was an intel 286 runing at 12Mhz
my pc was something like this

1) intel 286 cpu @ 12Mhz
2) 40Mb hard drive
3) 1,44 and 1,2 Mb floppy drive.
4) hercules monochrome graphics (2 colors if u count black and white as colors)later upgraded to oak VGA with mono monitor
5) 1mb ram 8xx kb was left after graphics card uses some of it
6) mini tower case
7) BIC keyboard... (just a keyboard which was over 4lbs)
8) phoenic mouse with 2 buttons .. (serial)
9) star lc-20 dot matrix printer (9pin 180 cpi)

this was in year 1989 or 90.. and i was so proud of my system. it was a complete system which costed a bit more than 1000usd

 

[bandikoot]

My first cpu was a k7 550MHz, the first and last time I bought a processor at launch.
My PC was something like this

k7 550
13Gb hard drive
1.44 floppy
?x CD-Rom
4/2 write/rewrite cd rom IIRC
ati rage 128
128mb sdram
mid-tower

I was quite proud of my system as well, even though at the time I really didn't know anything about computers. Now I know several things I could have done differently, but I still had a lot of fun with that system.

 

[gaviota]

I got my first computer in 1982, if I remember correctly. Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer, bought it at a Radio Shack store. 4kb RAM, no hard disk and no floppy drives. Instead it used a tape recorder to store programs written in BASIC.

A couple of years later I upgraded to a Commodore 64, this one had 64kb RAM, no hard disk, and a 5.25" floppy drive. Then came the Commodore 128.

My first PC was an IBM with an 4.77Mhz Intel 8086 cpu, 640kb RAM and a 10 GB hard drive. CGA graphics and a green screen. Those were the days of Lotus 123, WordStar and the DOS. I'm surprised by the number of people who today don't know what the DOS was.

From then its been 80286, 386, 486, Pentium, Cyrix, Pentium 2, Pentium 3, AMD Athlon XP and Pentium 4s.


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[RaPTuRe]

my first cpu was an IBM, Intel 386 (funnily enough, it was an AMD-made chip) runing at 16MHz:

1) Intel (AMD) 16MHz 386SX
2) 80MB HDD
3) 1,44MB FDD.
4) IBM VGA Colour Monitor. Still works today, but you have to kick it or hit it with something hard every so often.
5) 1MB RAM, upgradeable to 16MB
6) 256KB Graphics Memory
7) Desktop Case
8) IBM Keyboard... (small light-weight PS/1 keyboard [compatible with PS/2])
9) IBM Mouse with 2 buttons .. (PS/1)
10)IBM 4019E Laser Printer, 512KB Buffer (I'm so proud. It's 13yrs old and printed >4000 pages, and I've never changed the toner)

Bought it 1992, not a single problem since. Runs Windows 95 now, and takes several weeks to run SETI.

RaPTuRe

Who's General Failure and why's he reading my disk?

 

[jihiggs]

it runs windows 95? you must have upgraded to 16 megs of ram. my first comp was a 386 40 mhz, 2 megs of ram. 16 color video card, 60 meg hard drive, serial mouse, no sound card, separate isa controler card for hd, floppy, serial and parrallel ports. that thing was badass played wolfenstein like nothing lol.

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[pIII_Man]

this is vague cause i was like 8 years old when i got this computer...it was not technically mine but it was in my room...so thats good enough...

intel 486
X amount of ram
speed star 24x graphics card (diamond) the card can support 1024 x 768 in windows 2000!
eventually it got a toshiba quad speed cdrom drive
5 1/4 floppy
3.5 floppy
some sound blaster card...i don't remember...
a cheep baby at case (with AT mouse and keyboard)

the case and powersupply are now powering my K6 system...and the quad speed cdrom drive is still connected and it still works!

this was my first system but not my oldest...my father gave me all of his old 286/386 stuff...and the overclocking kit

I also somehow picked up an old lcIII and old style 5 coaxle cable 21 inch monitor...the thing is 70lbs...lol...the powersupply for the apple computer is made by TDK...go figure...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[superpsa]

First ever was a BBC MicroB but that hardly counts

First proper desktop PC was as follows:

Intel 486DX2/66
4mb RAM
400Mb HDD
Floppy
Cirrus Logic 2D card
Soundblaster 16 card
14" Highscreen Monitor

Was swiftly upgraded to feature 8mb RAM and a Creative 2X CD-ROM drive. That was 1994 i think...

AMD Is An Anagram Of MAD, Intel Is An Anagram Of INLET, Cyrix...Ah Who Cares?

 

[Kabome]

Well, my dad bought our first home PC in 1992 when I was 6.

It's a 486 clone processor with a math co-processor. Had 4 MB of ram upgraded a bit later to 8 MB. 250 MB hard drive. And I still have it operational.

Ahhh, memories, I remember playing quite a few Microprose sims, my favourite was F-15 Strike Eagle, what a fun game. I had Wolfenstein and quite a few others too. I didn't do too much on that machine besides play games

 

[MaximumGoat]

can it play doom3?

 

[Spitfire_x86]

My first CPU was K6-2 450 MHz

My first PC specs:-

K6-2 450 MHz
Gigabyte GA-5AA
32 MB PC?? SDRAM
8 MB SiS 6326 (AGP version)
13 GB Quantum Fireball lct08 HDD
200W Generic PSU
14" ViewSonic E40 monitor

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[pIII_Man]

probably pc66

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[Woodman]

My first PC was an Intel 286 something. I wasn't really technical back then, so I can't remember the specs.

I do remember playing TMNT tho (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), was very slow running. Other games included those bouncy ball thingies, where I would move a platform & the ball would bounce on it, towards breakable blocks.

I also remember having access to BASIC (not QBASIC). DOS was unbelievably unstable too, commands worked only sometimes, & I had a hell of a time trying to make the system work.

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[lpenix]

my first computer was a comodore 64, then i got a pent 2 233mhz with mmx, i thought it was the best thing in the world.

What is the difference in a childs painting, and a adult who chooses to paint like a child.

 

[pIII_Man]

NOID...thats what they are called...the bouncy thingies...

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[HardWareBoss]

Not the ole bouncy thingies

 

[HardWareBoss]

First puter I used was Comm 64 First I owned was AMD Athlon 500 Mhz.

 

[khha4113]

Intel Pentium 60MHz (Packard Bell)
300MB HD with Win 3.1

Good or Bad have no meaning at all, depends on what your point of view is.

 

[whisky]

my first upgrade was from 286-12 mhz to 486 sx 25 mhz.. it was amazing .. so fast costed me about 300 usd... or even more .. it didnt have math co-processor... was terrible in autocad.. but it was so fast for the rest of the games.. and applications...

 

[Woodman]

Ohh ok heh .

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[pIII_Man]

if you like the game there is a java version at free arcade.com it is called java noid...

it is in color of course...and highly updated

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[longhorn2005]

Hi guys,

here's my first machine::

AMD 486 DX-2 66MHz
8 MB RAM
CL 5546 with 4MB RAM
650MB HDD
8x Creative CDROM
SB 16
Genius Net Mouse
Can't remember the keyboard...
15" Samsung Color
Windows 3.1
33.6 Modem Blaster

Upgrade later in the year to 16MB Ram and Win 95.

and that was in 1996.

 

[jclw]

OK.

Now I feel old.

My first was an i4004.

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.74 i815*

 

[pIII_Man]

hmmm...

At least you did not say a mechanical computer...or an aticus...lol

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[pIII_Man]

has anyone here ever used an operating system called GEM 3.1?

If i put my k6 in a Ferrari it would be faster than your your pentium 4 or Athlon XP :tongue:

 

[srg]

Hi

My first ever computer was my Amiga 1200 (brilliant machine) which had a Motorolla 68020 @ 14.9MHz. Later I upgraded it to a 50MHz 68030, WOW Vista landscapes went from 20 mins to just 4!!!

My first PC had an AMD K6 166MHz

I'm currently I'm on a Athlon XP 1600+ but since I have also built machines which have:

K6-2 500 with 128MB RAM
Am5x86-133MHz with 40MB RAM
Am386DX-40MHz with 20MB RAM

BTW my 386 does run Win95 quite happily although I currently run it on Windows NT 3.51 Workstation.

Oh yes, in case any intel fanboys read this and try to flame me, I do have an Intel 486DX-4 100 and P133 lying arround. (I know what these forums are like)

Windows XP Works on a K5 PR133 (100MHz) with 80MB RAM!!!!!!