What's your first computer and OS???

[KERSMcRae]

My lolo had one too!

hmm, parang 'may I guess how old are you' thread ito, bwe he heh!

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.

mine* is:
CPU: Intel P4 1.something Ghz
RAM: 64mb SDR generic, upgraded to Kingston 512MB DDR
Video card: Nvidia 32mb geforce
Mboard: Redfox (dual)
OS: XP Pro + office**
Mouse: Logitec optical, scroll

* 2004, I used it for my thesis only.
** Pakiusap deal sa technician. Sabi ko kasi for educational use only

[roberto_minosa]

hmm, parang 'may I guess how old are you' thread ito, bwe he heh!

Hindi naman! My lolo's really into computers. Back in the '70s, he used to work at PhilCom as a computer technician. He also wrenched on PCs during the '90s up to today. His present PC is a Pentium IV 2.8 GHz, 2GB DDR2-800, and Nvidia 6600LE graphics, all on an Asus mobo. He's not a gamer, but he does a lot of video editing. He also has a Friendster account, no joke.

[kulotz]

pentium 3 500mhz processor with 128mb ram (yabang namin dati sa 128 na yan) sis videocard tapos os win95

OT:tapos papalit palit na ako nung nag 700mhz na p3 with an asus motherboard
first na pinalitan nag geforce 4 ako
tapos nagpalit ng celeron 1.7ghz
tapos geforce 5200
tapos nag p4 2.4ghz
tapos upgrade ram to 1gb (sobrang taas na dati)
tapos nag geforce 6600 (sobrang mahal dati as in)
tapos sb audigy 2 soundcard
change pc

amd 3200+
1gb ram
geforce 7300gt
amd 4400+
3gb ram
8600gt with turbo2 heatsink
dagdag hd 320gb (so bale 80+320)
the only thing na andito parin sa pc ko na galing sa dati na pc eh yung soundcard

after niyan tumigil na ako magpalit palit kasi nahihigh ko naman na lahat ng games at kung hindi man okei narin wag lang sobrang baba ng fps:P

[kulotz]

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.

nividia riva tnt2 siguro yan

[aejhayl17]

heto first computer ko:



i remember my bestfriends, mario and louigie



tapus nagkaroon me ng PC talaga nung grade 5(2000) ako:

specs:

15" plug-in monitor (dirty white)
128mb video card
pentium 3 600+mhz processor
2pcs 128mb ram
no usb ports(di pa uso)
windows 95, 98 then xp OS
cd reader
floppy disk(for diskette)
dirty white CPU casing
asus motherboard
20gb hd

then palit na ko by 1st yr HS(2002),

eto talaga, solo ko na toh, nung january lang nagretiro ng tuluyan. bumigay na video card and ram but hd still works...rebuild ko ulet pag nagkabudget

specs:

17" plug in monitor (black)
256mb geforce video card
512mb ram
80gb hd
pentium4 2.8ghz to pentiumD 3.0ghz
asus p4pe-x/te(top of the line dati) to asus p5pe(something) mother board
8 usb ports(nagsawa naman ako)
windows 98 and xp os(dual)
cd writer
floppy disk
black CPU casing
LED lighted thermo fan, (lahat ng pedeng lagyan na butas meron)

[Jun aka Pekto]

Before I had a desktop computer, I had this before buying a Commodore 128
PC3:


It's a glorified programmable (BASIC) calculator. If this is considered a computer, then it would be my first computer (1983-84)
http://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html

I was a Radio Shack geek then. It explained why I had a Tandy.

[ghosthunter]

It's a glorified programmable (BASIC) calculator. If this is considered a computer, then it would be my first computer (1983-84)
http://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html

Oooo! My classmate in college had one of those and used it a lot for our engineering calculations. He even made programs to help him and entered it in when he was developing his thesis (robot spider).

[Jun aka Pekto]

Oooo! My classmate in college had one of those and used it a lot for our engineering calculations. He even made programs to help him and entered it in when he was developing his thesis (robot spider).

I'm not surprised. I think it's actually designed and made in Japan. Radio Shack was merely one of the licensees. I think another brand that used it may have been Sharp. I can't remember. It's been so long.

Mine is still at my hometown in Nevada. I'll have to search all the boxes of my stuff I left in the basement.

[Jun aka Pekto]

He even made programs to help him and entered it in when he was developing his thesis (robot spider).

Talk about the 80's. Was that based off that Tom Selleck/Gene Simmons movie, Runaway?
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoMG0KDJ0M"]YouTube - Gene Simmons in Runaway (1984) (HD)[/ame]

[kinyo]

I think another brand that used it may have been Sharp.

Yes, there was a Sharp model PC-1500 I had long time ago. I still remember my prof played with it during an exam and deleted my programs.

Now I still use a similar pocket computer, the Casio model FX-850P with upgraded memory.

And I did have a Commodore 64 as my first computer with cassette tape for storage. Used mostly for games in cartridges ala Atari.

[woohoo]

Before I had a desktop computer, I had this before buying a Commodore 128
PC3:


It's a glorified programmable (BASIC) calculator. If this is considered a computer, then it would be my first computer (1983-84)
http://oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html

Ooooh, yes! I had an FX-750P circa 1987.



I used it to write BASIC programs for math questions during quiz shows, trying to solve them programmatically before the time limit. That was fun!

[ghosthunter]

Talk about the 80's. Was that based off that Tom Selleck/Gene Simmons movie, Runaway?
YouTube - Gene Simmons in Runaway (1984) (HD)

Nope... the spider robot my friend made was a mobile platform that is about four to five feet in diameter depending on the leg cycle position. It uses only two motors to move all the legs so it's kinda tank-like in moving and steering.

Sensors fitted gave it ability to "sense" objects and obstructions.

[oj88]

^^ (A bit of OT) Speaking of hand-held computers, I had a couple of "1st generation PDA's'" also... the Casio Digital Diary (SF9000 and SF4300R) during the early 90's. Both are dead now. Several years later, I had five more Palm PDA's (Palm Pilot Pro, Palm III, Palm Vx, Palm T|E and Palm TX). Now, I'm using a smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1.

SF-9000 shown below. I was the envy or the nerd back then... depending on which angle you look at it from. :D

[Jun aka Pekto]

Nope... the spider robot my friend made was a mobile platform that is about four to five feet in diameter depending on the leg cycle position. It uses only two motors to move all the legs so it's kinda tank-like in moving and steering.

Sensors fitted gave it ability to "sense" objects and obstructions.

OT
Ah, ok.

I briefly had an interest in robotics after watching that movie. Then I remembered I preferred the Earth sciences......

[ghosthunter]

^^ (A bit of OT) Speaking of hand-held computers, I had a couple of "1st generation PDA's'" also... the Casio Digital Diary (SF9000 and SF4300R) during the early 90's. Both are dead now. Several years later, I had five more Palm PDA's (Palm Pilot Pro, Palm III, Palm Vx, Palm T|E and Palm TX). Now, I'm using a smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1.

SF-9000 shown below. I was the envy or the nerd back then... depending on which angle you look at it from. :D

Hey, I had this for many years in my late high school and into my college years and even into my post college years. I even remember inputing the math formulas into it to help me remember.

I still preferred the Casio Digital Diary over the Palm-PDA I was given.

I even bought the software and hardware to transfer the data to and from the PC.

[oj88]

I still preferred the Casio Digital Diary over the Palm-PDA I was given.

I even bought the software and hardware to transfer the data to and from the PC.

Oh, to me the move to PalmOS was a joy in almost every aspect... more intuitive/simple to use, tons of applications, huge memory (at the time), Graffiti, and a back-lit touchscreen! Having almost one model from every Palm generation stands witness to my satisfaction with Palm.

Yeah, I also bought the PC Link software in HK for my digital diary. It came with an RS-232 (DB25 and DB9 reversible connector) to 2.5mm mini-plug cable.

Hahaha! I'm damn old... but proud, nevertheless.

[aejhayl17]

^^ (A bit of OT) Speaking of hand-held computers, I had a couple of "1st generation PDA's'" also... the Casio Digital Diary (SF9000 and SF4300R) during the early 90's. Both are dead now. Several years later, I had five more Palm PDA's (Palm Pilot Pro, Palm III, Palm Vx, Palm T|E and Palm TX). Now, I'm using a smartphone with Windows Mobile 6.1.

SF-9000 shown below. I was the envy or the nerd back then... depending on which angle you look at it from. :D

what year was this? is this the years when scientific calculators are like mobile phones now, that was being hablot by snatchers, then snatchers make sell of the calculators for lower prices, kwento lang in erpats victim siya ng pagnanakaw ng calculator in college (UST), then the snatcher was selling it to him the next day for P50 hahaha stupido.

[oj88]

what year was this? is this the years when scientific calculators are like mobile phones now, that was being hablot by snatchers, then snatchers make sell of the calculators for lower prices, kwento lang in erpats victim siya ng pagnanakaw ng calculator in college (UST), then the snatcher was selling it to him the next day for P50 hahaha stupido.

LOL.. Well, yeah. As an engineer, we were highly dependent on scientific calculators. And with the meager allowances we had, it wasn't easy to replace. Though, I never lost a single calculator to theft.

During the Pepsi "349" fiasco, of which I won one cap, I used the cash proceeds to replace my old Sharp scientific calc to the then state-of-the-art Casio FX-5000F. This baby got me through senior high and the whole of college. :D What with the 128 built-in formulas as well as it being programmable, my professors didn't had a chance.

[aejhayl17]

LOL.. Well, yeah. As an engineer, we were highly dependent on scientific calculators. And with the meager allowances we had, it wasn't easy to replace. Though, I never lost a single calculator to theft.

During the Pepsi "349" fiasco, of which I won one cap, I used the cash proceeds to replace my old Sharp scientific calc to the then state-of-the-art Casio FX-5000F. This baby got me through senior high and the whole of college. :D What with the 128 built-in formulas as well as it being programmable, my professors didn't had a chance.

OT:
hehe hindi niyo naman po sir sinagot yung tanong ko, kung anung taon po ito? hehehe

my dud was abled to bust that snatcher and took back his "priceless" calculator it was 1980's. "priceless" because he cannot replace it with his P7 allowance daily(sa dapits lang nakatira), and as an enginner, calculators was one of his priceless possessions.

anyways, share ko na din para di ot, i know, calculators are classified as computers as well? cause it does have chips like PC's have, do computations in numericall format like computers do,and have 0 and 1 as their ancient languages hehehe hirap maging i.t.

please do correct me

[oj88]

OT:
hehe hindi niyo naman po sir sinagot yung tanong ko, kung anung taon po ito? hehehe

Oh, early to mid 90's.