What's your first computer and OS???

[roberto_minosa]

What's the first computer you've ever owned? What's the first operating system you've ever used?

The first computer my parents owned was a generic IBM-compatible (forgot the brand) with an Intel 386DX processor, 8MB RAM, 80MB hard disk, Genius EasyMouse, and 3.5" plus 5.25" floppy drives.

Its operating system was Windows 3.1; the first OS I've used. It was all downhill from that point on.

Recently, I resurrected Windows 3.1 via DOSBox in this Compaq M2000 I'm using right now.

Windows 3.1 on Windows 7





Paintbrush *nostalgic*:

[rai711]

My mom bought a 2nd hand 386 computer, its too expensive. the price is 12K - 13K at that time. I think the operating system is windows3.1 or higher not sure if its 3.3 or 3.5

[boybi]

My first computer was a PC XT running on MS-DOS 3.1

[Lucius]

Acer Aspire / Windows 98 Plus

[number001]

Generic IBM compatible PC

CPU: Intel 486 DX4-100 Mhz
RAM: 8 MB (upgraded to 16MB later on)
VGA: Generic with Cirrus Logic chip PCI card
Hard Disk: Seagate 1.0 GB
Sound Card: Soundblaster AWE 32
Optical: Creative Quad Speed (4x).
OS: Windows 3.1 (upgraded to Win 95 later on)
Generic Keyboard
Microsoft Mouse

[ghosthunter]

Apple ][ Compatible
40 & 80 line video adapters
green CRT display
twin Super5 5.25" floppy drives
Mocking Board sound card
Joystick w/ two buttons

Looks somewhat like this:


(feel so old)

Aside from playing games on it, I also used it for word processing on Wordstar (I don't remember which version though) and an early version of PrintShop for stuff like banners, etc. I even had an Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer to print the documents and stuff. Even featured a "tractor drive" for continuous forms.

It looks very much like the printer in the picture below.

[oj88]

My first ever:
An IBM PC-compatible with 256KB memory and two 360KB floppy drives. It was running MS-DOS 2.10 I believe.

[Jun aka Pekto]

As far as home computers.......

Second-hand Commodore 64/128 back in 1985. Wasn't impressed with it. So, I replaced it with a Tandy 1000SX back in 1986. The Tandy 1000SX was IBM-cmpatible, pretty good with 16 colors (vs CGA with four) and 3 channel sound. But, I was impressed with the Commodore Amiga. I sold my Tandy 1000SX in 1987 and bought a used Amiga 1000 following that up with the Amiga 500 and still later the Amiga 2000 and 2000HD.

I also bought an Apple IIGS around 1988 and an expensive used Mac IIcx in late 1990. But, the Amiga (final model was the A1200) was my primary platform until 1995.

My first "real" pc was a used Leading Edge 386SX-20 back in 1991. I assembled my first DIY pc in 1992 (AMD 386DX-40, Soyo motherboard, 4meg ram, Cirruslogic SVGA card, CL Soundblaster, Win3.11).

If there was a time when I was a bootlegger and a zealot, it was during my Amiga days.....

Amiga 1000


Amiga 500

Amiga 2000/2000HD

Amiga 1200


I skipped the Amiga 600 and Amiga 4000

[rai711]

Apple ][ Compatible
40 & 80 line video adapters
green CRT display
twin Super5 5.25" floppy drives
Mocking Board sound card
Joystick w/ two buttons

Looks somewhat like this:


(feel so old)

Aside from playing games on it, I also used it for word processing on Wordstar (I don't remember which version though) and an early version of PrintShop for stuff like banners, etc. I even had an Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer to print the documents and stuff. Even featured a "tractor drive" for continuous forms.

It looks very much like the printer in the picture below.

Sir GH parang ito po yung ginagamit sa world warm parang nakita ko din sa movie ng diehard ito

[roninblade]

my first computer was a 386DX2-66.
i forgot the specs already.

[Jun aka Pekto]

my first computer was a 386DX2-66.
i forgot the specs already.

You must mean 486DX2-66. My second ever DIY pc (1994) was an AMD 486DX2-66

[Jun aka Pekto]

This pc demo in 1993 is what made me decide the Amiga was finished compared to the pc.

Remember, this was back in 1993.

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[roninblade]

You must mean 486DX2-66. My second ever DIY pc (1994) was an AMD 486DX2-66

oops.. yeah that's it. naisip ko tuloy kung meron ba ko 386 before that.

[oj88]

I see a lot of old timers here. I presume mga suki din kayo ng Brochiere back in the day?

Who among you remembered the Wing Commander game? It came in 14 or 15 1.44 floppies na ang tagal mag-install.... only to find out na may bad sector yung last disk.

[testament11]

puro luma ah! as for mine... medyo bago pa ang sa akin:

cpu: amd k6-2 500mhz
ram: 64mb, upgraded to 256mb
video card: built-in 8mb sis 515, upgraded to nvidia 32mb (forgot the model, hindi yun geforce series)
motherboard: tomato
os: windows 98 se

yun sa inyo, mga old school na talaga. nagkaroon lang kasi ako ng sariling pc nung 2001 lang, 4th year high school ako nun.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I see a lot of old timers here. I presume mga suki din kayo ng Brochiere back in the day?

Who among you remembered the Wing Commander game? It came in 14 or 15 1.44 floppies na ang tagal mag-install.... only to find out na may bad sector yung last disk.

I remember Wing Commander. But, I think I was drawn more to the Access golf game, Links which was a very nice golf game for the time. Also at that time, I was dogfighting in Amiga Falcon head to head (1v1) years before Doom made online/LAN gaming fashionable.

One of the reasons why I added pc's to my Amigas were games such as Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Aces of the Pacific, and Dune 2.

Then, later games such as Steel Panthers, Day of the Tentacle, and 1942: Pacific Air War made me decide to stick with the pc and give up on the Amiga. Plus, Commodore was already going bankrupt anyway.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Ha ha! I still have the original cd's for Steel Panther, Tie Fighter, and Day of the Tentacle here with me.


At my hometown, I still have the cd's for 1942: Pacific Air War Gold, Crusader: No Remorse, two unopened boxes of the original Doom I pre-ordered one year before release (I preordered one game but id sent me three), Dune 2 floppies, Links 386 Pro floppies......

Yeah, I sure feel old now....

[ghosthunter]

I see a lot of old timers here. I presume mga suki din kayo ng Brochiere back in the day?

Who among you remembered the Wing Commander game? It came in 14 or 15 1.44 floppies na ang tagal mag-install.... only to find out na may bad sector yung last disk.

Yup I played all the Wing Commander game series. And suki din ako sa Brochiere back in the day they were copying games to/from floppy diskettes.

[roberto_minosa]

Apple ][ Compatible
40 & 80 line video adapters
green CRT display
twin Super5 5.25" floppy drives
Mocking Board sound card
Joystick w/ two buttons

Looks somewhat like this:


(feel so old)

Aside from playing games on it, I also used it for word processing on Wordstar (I don't remember which version though) and an early version of PrintShop for stuff like banners, etc. I even had an Epson LX-80 dot matrix printer to print the documents and stuff. Even featured a "tractor drive" for continuous forms.

It looks very much like the printer in the picture below.

My lolo had one too!

[roberto_minosa]

I see a lot of old timers here. I presume mga suki din kayo ng Brochiere back in the day?

They were the PC Express of the '90s...hehehe. If I can remember it right, dad bought the Genius mouse for the 386 at Brochiere. What a joy...I could still remember the first time I've played Minesweeper.