What was the first computer/PC you used?

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

The first one i used was a BBC Micro in school, it was 1981


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro

 

[MDDB]

ZX Spectrum

 

[Recon-UK]

Pentium D 930 Presler (Hot ASF! also slow ASF.. lol)

Started PC in 2009 ish.

Foxconn bboard.

4GB Kingston DDR2 800mhz

ATi X1300 256mb.

The idea was to PC game... was not doing that lol.. was horse poop.

Did all sorts with it, used toothpaste as thermal goop, learnt how not to overclock a PC etc etc...

 

[Vego]

1981 - ZX Spectrum, Comodore 64, Amiga 500, Amiga 600, Amiga 1100, 386SX, 486SX, 486DX100, Pentium MMX 166, Celeron 300A, Celeron 333@450, Duron 600@900, AthlonXP 2500@3200, C2D 6400, C2D 6850, Q6600, i920, i7 930, i7 965, i5 2500k, i7 2600k, i7 3770k, i7 3960X, i7 4770k, i7 4960X, i7 4820k, Xeon e5 1660, i7 5960X, i7 6700k, i5 7500, i7 7700k, all x99 CPUs, all x299 CPUs except i5

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Holy thread revival batman!

 

[Recon-UK]

Holy thread revival batman!

You are welcome

 

[Slizzo]

Old poll but it was bumped so I voted. Back when I was a kid my Dad bought a Leading Edge Model D (like the first pictured here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leading_Edge_Model_D) and that was my first experience.

Shogun, MS Flight Sim 1.0, Karateka. Good days.

 

[jboydgolfer]

I would have to say the tail end of the 70s to the beginning of the 80s , in the labs at UMass. My father worked for the University, and he had all the keys, literally. That would have to be when I became initially interested .

 

[Keullo-e]

Well, I count my PII PC as my real first PC.

Pentium II 400 @ 450MHz
Asus P5B
160 (2x 64 + 32) MB SDRAM-100
3D Power GeForce 2 MX 32MB
IBM 10GB HDD
Philips 52/32/52x CD-RW
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital
Crappy 250W PSU
Windows 98 SE

Ran Star Wars Racer smoothly. Diablo II LoD was the most played on that PC.

 

[rtwjunkie]

I voted 6502, because I know the Commodore 64 had a 6510, which was a variant of the 6502. Still, an option for 6510 needs to be up there, since the computer it was adapted specifically for is the best selling ever.

So, there you go, 1984, I first started learning computers on Commodore 64 in high school. Our Computer department had 14 of them. I took BASIC one semester and something that is a blank right now another semester.

Hmmm, need multiple options too. First computer bought personally was a Pentium 3 in 1998/99. Used them at work off and on before that but never paid any attention to what they were.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Celeron 400, 64GB SDRAM, Voodoo AGP 16MB, Seagate 6.4GB.

 

[BiggieShady]

I voted Z80:

On that poll list there should be legendary Motorola 68000 (Amiga 500) and successors

 

[AlwaysHope]

Compaq Deskpro was my 1st PC. Still got it with it's glorious beige colored case...

 

[RealNeil]

8086 12MHz.

 

[Ahhzz]

I voted 6502, because I know the Commodore 64 had a 6510, which was a variant of the 6502. Still, an option for 6510 needs to be up there, since the computer it was adapted specifically for is the best selling ever.

So, there you go, 1984, I first started learning computers on Commodore 64 in high school. Our Computer department had 14 of them. I took BASIC one semester and something that is a blank right now another semester.

Hmmm, need multiple options too. First computer bought personally was a Pentium 3 in 1998/99. Used them at work off and on before that but never paid any attention to what they were.

Damn skippy. C64, Jumpman, Basic BASIC and Compute! magazine.

 

[Tatty_Two]

I think mine was a Commodore 64 from 1982, the thing with the cassette, 8 bit I think, it came with a stock matchstick men game

 

[Ahhzz]

I think mine was a Commodore 64 from 1982, the thing with the cassette, 8 bit I think, it came with a stock matchstick men game

gotta fast forward to the next game heheheh. And making notes on the tape for what counter point each program was....
Also, in school, we used Apples: I'm the fastest non-touch typist of the word "catalog" that you'll see heheh.
when Dad brought home a borrowed floppy drive and a modem for the C64, I was in heaven....

 

[Frick]

i have a strong sense of "deja vu"..........


IBM 386

i still use the keyboard everyday.

Very late reply, but did that keyboard come with a 386? I thought the Windows key was introduced to Win95.

 

[Dinnercore]

My first pc that I used regularly was a 386 that was previous an Uher 286 / 16. My dad had done some stuff with it, and I remember the oh so satisfying click from the front buttons for reset and turbo. And the beeps it made.
I liked it, it was a magic box. I was ~4-5 years old at that time and could do absolutly nothing on it without asking my dad how to. This didn´t stop me however from spending a lot of time in front of it. Very soothing fan noise too.

Still have it sitting somewhere in a large box with the CRT, got it a couple years ago from my dad. It´s not working, mostly because he stored it outside in the shed where it was open to temperature and humidity. I need to bring it back to life, but I don´t know where to start on it. PSU is definitly dead and I have no replacement.

 

[eidairaman1]

Apple-II, Elementary

 

[robot zombie]

^^^Ditto. Apple II in the early 90's. Was the coolest thing in the world to me as a kid.

Crazy to think those things were in use for decades.

 

[kurta999]

BUMP.

ZX Spectrum, my dad bought it.

I remember for three games which I used to play, but then I was around 7 8 years old (I think it was around 2004). One of the games was chuckie egg, sadly for other's name I don't remember. But I liked those types of games. We didn't had computer before, it was only setup during the winter. And we didn't missed it, LOL.

 

[Shrek]

BBC micro (6502/6512)

 

[droid-I]

Anyone heard of ABC80? Think that was my 1st lessons with a computer. A bit of programming too

 

[lemonadesoda]

ABC80? This?

It looks like cake.