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sjc
Thinker
Joined: Nov 12, 2006
Posts: 423
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Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:12 pm |
 
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I was wondering about how many on here whose first computer was an 8-bit computer and if so what it was.
My first computer was a
Sinclair ZX81
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Matalanifesto
Just Arrived
Joined: Oct 01, 2006
Posts: 3
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Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:23 pm |
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10 PRINT "ZX80"
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*Power supply overheats and system dies* |
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sjc
Thinker
Joined: Nov 12, 2006
Posts: 423
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Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:51 am |
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| Matalanifesto wrote: |
10 PRINT "ZX80"
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*Power supply overheats and system dies* |
I guess they fixed that problem with them by the time they went to the 81.  The pain with mine was the cassette record data for data storage. You had to have the volume set just right and sometimes you even had to place it on its side to work. And of course it was SSLLOOWWW......
Mine went for CAN$200 and it came in the kit form from England. The power adapter was an extra CAN$20. A couple years latter, when the "keyboard" wore out, I got a Timex/Sinclair 1000 for $70. I had gotten two 16k memory modules (NOT the one from Sinclair, but from Memotek) for the ZX81, and a raised "keyboard" pad. Luckily they all worked with the Timex. |
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salyavin
Just Arrived
Joined: Mar 22, 2007
Posts: 2
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Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:02 am |
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MockingGods
Philosophical Prodigy
Joined: Nov 14, 2002
Posts: 4004
Location: USA
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Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:51 am |
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My first computer was a 386-20Mhz with a 60 meg hard drive and 4 meg of ram. If I remember right, the video card had 128k ram.
It cost something like 5 thousand dollars and I purchased it in 1990. |
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Saitou
Master of Logic
Joined: Nov 02, 2002
Posts: 5018
Location: USA
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Sat Jul 12, 2008 3:49 am |
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I used TRS-80s in middle school.
I had a Coleco Adam.
I then had a C64.
After that an Amiga 500.
Then an Amiga 1200.
Than a PC with a 100 mhz pentium.
I upgraded that chip to a 120mhz pulled from a friend's system.
Then I got a 266mhz mmx chip and put that in.
Then I built my own first pc with a 700mhz PIII.
Then I build serveral AMD machines.
My current machine is an HP I got from Walmart then I replaced a lot of the parts with upgrades.
I'm using Vista. Can't say I love it but I don't hate it as much as many people seem to. |
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slicea1a
The Learned
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
Posts: 105
Location: Lincoln, NE
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Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:45 am |
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My first was a Franklin Ace (Apple II clone/compatable) and it still works. It's in my closet still plugged in
Then I got a C64 (fun little machine) that still works. |
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slicea1a
The Learned
Joined: Jun 06, 2005
Posts: 105
Location: Lincoln, NE
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Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:47 am |
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My first computer was a 386-20Mhz with a 60 meg hard drive and 4 meg of ram. If I remember right, the video card had 128k ram.
It cost something like 5 thousand dollars and I purchased it in 1990. |
Sounds like my first PC, except it had a 40 MB HDD. People were telling me "You'll never fill up a 40 MB Hard Drive!!!" |
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