First computer you used... and owned? - Page 2

injinuity · 4 Apr 2005, 04:13 AM

I started with the commodore 64, migrated to a hyndai 8088, then a IBM 286, IBM 386, assembled 486DX2. pentium, pentium 3 and now a pentium 4

Bamb0 · 22 Feb 2020, 02:33 AM

What an awesome thread!!

I first had a TI99/4a which is still upstairs in the closet I believe..... I wasnt really into computers then...... It wasnt until I got my Commodore64 that I really got into it...... I loved basic and wrote several programs!!

I still have my C64 also....... I love that alot!!

n5bb · 22 Feb 2020, 07:06 AM

OK, GO and listen to this song while reading this thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0yf2PJs06g

Read more about this song here:
https://www.emaildiscussions.com/sho...d.php?p=520033

KISS me at 300 baud
Love me with that Commodore 64
And though the world might forget, she's still living on Telnet
And her tattoo says Abort, Retry, Ignore...
And when she turned the cassette drive on
I knew we'd be a while
Love me, Love me, Longtime

There are several other threads at EMD discussing old computers we used, such as this one from 2003:
https://www.emaildiscussions.com/sho...d.php?p=112236
Also:
https://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?p=600406

My personal use of computers started with models designed with individual transistors (before integrated circuits were fast enough to be used in computers):

The first desktop computer I used was an Olivetti Programma 101 in summer school (around 1969).
In high school (around 1971) I used a CDC6400/CDC6600 supercomputer using a University of Texas at Austin timeshare system via a Teletype Model 33 and acoustic coupler modem from a high school classroom.
As a University of Texas at Austin student, starting in 1972 I used that same CDC supercomputer via punched card input and line printer output. Sometimes I could get access using a Model 33 or one of the new CRT terminals which were just starting to become popular.

The first computer I owned was a Commodore PET 2001 in January 1978. I later owned a Radio Shack Color Computer, Zenith Z-89, and Zenith Z-100.

At my first job out of college I programmed and used a Tektronix 4054 desktop computer.

Bill

KevinS · 23 Feb 2020, 01:35 PM

Univac CP-642B, and all associated peripherals, on board the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier. Discrete components, core memory, water cooled. My team used to run "diagnostics" on the whole system, a Star Trek type video game played at the Hughes Aircraft radar consoles in CIC (Combat Information Center). The symbol generator created the different spacecraft (Klingons, etc.). Great fun at nineteen years old.
Diagram.

Then I worked at Digital Equipment Corp for many years. PDP-8, -11/23, -11/70, then on to the Vaxen.

--Kevin

chrisretusn · 23 Feb 2020, 03:07 PM

My first computer use and owned?

NEC Powermate I

Berenburger · 23 Feb 2020, 05:50 PM

My first was a Acorn Electron.

sterdeus · 4 Mar 2020, 03:01 AM

Around 1986 my parents bought our first computer. An Epson Equity I (they made computers?!).

8088 processor. I'm hazing with how much it costs but I did see the original receipt a few years ago. Somewhere in the neighbourhood of $5k with monitor and kb.

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

Uodio · 13 Mar 2020, 08:38 PM

First Computer: Windows 7 Home Premium
Model: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
Manufactured: 2009
First used: 2012
First Owned: None (I'm too young to buy one).

Grhm · 14 Mar 2020, 09:46 AM

First used = Commodore PET (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET)
First owned = Sinclair ZX80 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80)

Tsunami · 26 Mar 2020, 03:12 AM

My first computer, of which I cannot recall the brand, ran on Windows 3.1. I was 9 years old or so, must have been 1990 or 1991.

I remember MS DOS was still very much used, there was a program similar to Notepad but a bit more old-fashioned (which I still continued to use until the early 2000s!) which resembled a sort of virtual collection of filing cards, and in terms of games Pacman and Tetris were still considered modern. I vaguely remember games such as "Cat", "Stunts" (a racing program allowing you to build your own tracks), ...

No flatscreens in those days, that thing was big and heavy!

22 Feb 2020, 02:33 AM	#17
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,871	What an awesome thread!! I first had a TI99/4a which is still upstairs in the closet I believe..... I wasnt really into computers then...... It wasnt until I got my Commodore64 that I really got into it...... I loved basic and wrote several programs!! I still have my C64 also....... I love that alot!! Last edited by Bamb0 : 12 Aug 2021 at 08:25 AM.

22 Feb 2020, 07:06 AM	#18
n5bb Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: May 2004 Location: Irving, Texas Posts: 8,926	Remember the Teletype Model 33, line printers, and acoustic coupler modems? OK, GO and listen to this song while reading this thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0yf2PJs06g Read more about this song here: https://www.emaildiscussions.com/sho...d.php?p=520033 KISS me at 300 baud Love me with that Commodore 64 And though the world might forget, she's still living on Telnet And her tattoo says Abort, Retry, Ignore... And when she turned the cassette drive on I knew we'd be a while Love me, Love me, Longtime There are several other threads at EMD discussing old computers we used, such as this one from 2003: https://www.emaildiscussions.com/sho...d.php?p=112236 Also: https://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?p=600406 My personal use of computers started with models designed with individual transistors (before integrated circuits were fast enough to be used in computers): The first desktop computer I used was an Olivetti Programma 101 in summer school (around 1969). In high school (around 1971) I used a CDC6400/CDC6600 supercomputer using a University of Texas at Austin timeshare system via a Teletype Model 33 and acoustic coupler modem from a high school classroom. As a University of Texas at Austin student, starting in 1972 I used that same CDC supercomputer via punched card input and line printer output. Sometimes I could get access using a Model 33 or one of the new CRT terminals which were just starting to become popular. The first computer I owned was a Commodore PET 2001 in January 1978. I later owned a Radio Shack Color Computer, Zenith Z-89, and Zenith Z-100. At my first job out of college I programmed and used a Tektronix 4054 desktop computer. Bill

4 Apr 2005, 04:13 AM	#16
injinuity Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 803	I started with the commodore 64, migrated to a hyndai 8088, then a IBM 286, IBM 386, assembled 486DX2. pentium, pentium 3 and now a pentium 4

23 Feb 2020, 01:35 PM	#19
KevinS Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bellingham, WA, US Posts: 129	Univac CP-642B, and all associated peripherals, on board the USS Coral Sea aircraft carrier. Discrete components, core memory, water cooled. My team used to run "diagnostics" on the whole system, a Star Trek type video game played at the Hughes Aircraft radar consoles in CIC (Combat Information Center). The symbol generator created the different spacecraft (Klingons, etc.). Great fun at nineteen years old. Diagram. Then I worked at Digital Equipment Corp for many years. PDP-8, -11/23, -11/70, then on to the Vaxen. --Kevin

23 Feb 2020, 03:07 PM	#20
chrisretusn Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 843	My first computer use and owned? NEC Powermate I

23 Feb 2020, 05:50 PM	#21
Berenburger The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,905	My first was a Acorn Electron.

4 Mar 2020, 03:01 AM	#22
sterdeus Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 182	Around 1986 my parents bought our first computer. An Epson Equity I (they made computers?!). 8088 processor. I'm hazing with how much it costs but I did see the original receipt a few years ago. Somewhere in the neighbourhood of $5k with monitor and kb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epson_Equity

13 Mar 2020, 08:38 PM	#23
Uodio Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2020 Posts: 2	First Computer: Windows 7 Home Premium Model: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC Manufactured: 2009 First used: 2012 First Owned: None (I'm too young to buy one).

14 Mar 2020, 09:46 AM	#24
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 270	First used = Commodore PET (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET) First owned = Sinclair ZX80 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80)

26 Mar 2020, 03:12 AM	#25
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,341	My first computer, of which I cannot recall the brand, ran on Windows 3.1. I was 9 years old or so, must have been 1990 or 1991. I remember MS DOS was still very much used, there was a program similar to Notepad but a bit more old-fashioned (which I still continued to use until the early 2000s!) which resembled a sort of virtual collection of filing cards, and in terms of games Pacman and Tetris were still considered modern. I vaguely remember games such as "Cat", "Stunts" (a racing program allowing you to build your own tracks), ... No flatscreens in those days, that thing was big and heavy!