My progression in computers ( a history lesson)

[xelosia]

My first home computer was a Sinclair Z81

ZX81 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My second computer was a 128 kbyte Tandy 1000 8088 8bit processor with a massively huge 10 meg external hd .
Which i upgraded to 640 kb


from there i went to 386 then an Asus P55T2P4 with an AMD K6-2+ 500mhz

Oldie Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 with AMD K6-2+/500 : Socket7 Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 With AMD K6-2+

then an Athlon 64 3700mhz Socket 937 etc til my system now

[JamesLT3]

My first home computer was a Sinclair Z81

ZX81 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My second computer was a 128 kbyte Tandy 1000 8088 8bit processor with a massively huge 10 meg external hd .
Which i upgraded to 640 kb


from there i went to 386 then an Asus P55T2P4 with an AMD K6-2+ 500mhz

Oldie Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 with AMD K6-2+/500 : Socket7 Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 With AMD K6-2+

then an Athlon 64 3700mhz Socket 937 etc til my system now

LMAO...this is way before my time!!! How old are you Xelosia,if you dont mind me asking...

[MattyMatt]

My first PC was a P2 (I think it was) that was overclocked to 501mhz! 64mb of SDRam which eventually was upgraded to 192mb. Not only was that crazy talk, it was also the max supported. I dont remember the hard drives before 20gb, but it was something that was upgraded several times. CD burner was a heaven sent. Finally a way to store data efficiently. By then it was like 98 (?) and I upgraded to an AMD 1400 or such. The PCs before this werent mine, so I dont count them, but technically I started with a commodore 64.

[Bob2701]

My first home computer was a Sinclair Z81 ZX81 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMy second computer was a 128 kbyte Tandy 1000 8088 8bit processor with a massively huge 10 meg external hd . Which i upgraded to 640 kb from there i went to 386 then an Asus P55T2P4 with an AMD K6-2+ 500mhzOldie Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 with AMD K6-2+/500 : Socket7 Tuning: Asus P55T2P4 With AMD K6-2+then an Athlon 64 3700mhz Socket 937 etc til my system now

What, no Vic 20 or C 64??

[grumpydaddy]

For me it all started with a BBC B BBC Micro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

My first pc was an 8088 with a 12" green screen ..... remember those.

Next step was 286 then 486. around that time (1990?) I replaced a 2X speed cd rom drive ...at a cost of £140 (>$200)

as time went on we upgraded through P2>P4.... I had still not heard of overclocking

I joined here when I bought my q6600/775 rig......... The rest is a matter of record

[realneil]

My first PC was an IBM Clone, 8088-12MHz (with Turbo on) with a green screen.

[aryan51]

mine was the vic 20

[xelosia]

Considering my youngest is 31 and i have thre grandchildren I'm 63 years young

[Doctor_Death]

My first PC was an IBM Clone, 8088-12MHz (with Turbo on) with a green screen.

Neil, lets be honest, we all know your 1st PC was a wet dream lol

[Solara2xb]

Hahahaa.. This will show my age... I my first system was a 486.. when I was 12 or 13.
Then P1, P2, P3, P4, Celeron, AMD, K-Series, Athlon 1800, Athlon 3200, Intel Dual Core, and so on..
I think in the last 18 years or so I have gone through enough systems then I can count. It has been a addicting hobby since..

I still remember when the WWW was first launched and the AOL days.. lolz.

[xelosia]

when i started there was no commercial internet only BBS,s This was prior to AOL lol

[JamesLT3]

Considering my youngest is 31 and i have thre grandchildren I'm 63 years young

LOL ill be 31 next month hahahahha!

[grumpydaddy]

Yep, there are a good few of us here that can amaze the grand kids by telling them "I was alive BEFORE the Internet"

[JamesLT3]

Yep, there are a good few of us here that can amaze the grand kids by telling them "I was alive BEFORE the Internet"

What the hell did you old timers do with no Internet?

[grumpydaddy]

So tell me James...... How many kids do YOU have

[Bob2701]

Oh yes, the days before the internet. 300 baud dialup to a local BBS and graduating to 9600 baud.