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My first computer was a 286 (I think 12mhz) with 2 megs of ram and a 40mb hard drive. You'd never use 40mb HD!
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What was your first computer?
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, May 02 2006 04:42 PM
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 07:46 AM
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hmmm pentium 1 i think. :)
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Posted 03 May 2006 - 09:14 AM
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500mb hd space I think
500mb hd space I think
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Posted 09 May 2006 - 03:20 AM
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it was a Pentium II computer with 32mb RAM and about 4GB of HD... that's about all that I remember about it... funny thing is we still have the speakers and keyboard of that computer today... :D
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Posted 20 May 2006 - 04:57 AM
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IBM PS/1 286
The 2011 series is the first generation PS/1 and used a special monitor which had the computer's power supply built into it. The computer also has DOS in ROM so the computer boots quickly and can be reconfigured to boot from the hard drive as well. By default, the computer loads a 4 quadrant screen, giving the user an easy to choose menu. An interesting fact about these early models was that even the autoexec.bat and config.sys files were set up so that they would not show when booting; the first thing the customer would see is the 4-quad screen. This was to give a PS/1 owner a good overall out-of-the-box experience.
And keeping in a box now.
The 2011 series is the first generation PS/1 and used a special monitor which had the computer's power supply built into it. The computer also has DOS in ROM so the computer boots quickly and can be reconfigured to boot from the hard drive as well. By default, the computer loads a 4 quadrant screen, giving the user an easy to choose menu. An interesting fact about these early models was that even the autoexec.bat and config.sys files were set up so that they would not show when booting; the first thing the customer would see is the 4-quad screen. This was to give a PS/1 owner a good overall out-of-the-box experience.
And keeping in a box now.
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Posted 20 May 2006 - 11:02 AM
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kemal said:
IBM PS/1 286
The 2011 series is the first generation PS/1 and used a special monitor which had the computer's power supply built into it. The computer also has DOS in ROM so the computer boots quickly and can be reconfigured to boot from the hard drive as well. By default, the computer loads a 4 quadrant screen, giving the user an easy to choose menu. An interesting fact about these early models was that even the autoexec.bat and config.sys files were set up so that they would not show when booting; the first thing the customer would see is the 4-quad screen. This was to give a PS/1 owner a good overall out-of-the-box experience.
And keeping in a box now.
The 2011 series is the first generation PS/1 and used a special monitor which had the computer's power supply built into it. The computer also has DOS in ROM so the computer boots quickly and can be reconfigured to boot from the hard drive as well. By default, the computer loads a 4 quadrant screen, giving the user an easy to choose menu. An interesting fact about these early models was that even the autoexec.bat and config.sys files were set up so that they would not show when booting; the first thing the customer would see is the 4-quad screen. This was to give a PS/1 owner a good overall out-of-the-box experience.
And keeping in a box now.
Wow, you still have it? How big was the HD?
My first was a 386. I don't remember much about it. I used it to play early games and never really messed around with anything else.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 04:29 AM
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My father bought my first computer. If memory serves me well, it was bought in the year 1997.
If I'm not mistaken, it was Pentium R. That's what I always see everytime my computer starts.
It has 16MB of memory, which is an EDO ram. You need a pair of this memory for it to run.
Then the harddisk I think is 1.7GB, a Seagate harddisk.
Then it has a colored monitor already, but has no CD-Rom yet.
If I'm not mistaken, it was Pentium R. That's what I always see everytime my computer starts.
It has 16MB of memory, which is an EDO ram. You need a pair of this memory for it to run.
Then the harddisk I think is 1.7GB, a Seagate harddisk.
Then it has a colored monitor already, but has no CD-Rom yet.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 05:16 AM
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Never heard of a pentium R and quite a large harddisk for that time if i'm correct :)
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Posted 24 May 2006 - 03:55 AM
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I think Pentium R is Pentium 1 ..R is registered....:)
I bought my computer in 2000..i know it was too late but as we were in our college most of the time..i didnt really need one at home..i have kept it in my store room...it has become an antique piece now..its configuration is 650 /mhz P3 processor..20 GB HDD..and offwhite panels everywhere...it still runs...just didnt want to sell it away...i have some personal memories attached..:)
I bought my computer in 2000..i know it was too late but as we were in our college most of the time..i didnt really need one at home..i have kept it in my store room...it has become an antique piece now..its configuration is 650 /mhz P3 processor..20 GB HDD..and offwhite panels everywhere...it still runs...just didnt want to sell it away...i have some personal memories attached..:)
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Posted 05 June 2006 - 06:43 AM
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dirkfirst said:
Wow, you still have it? How big was the HD?
My first was a 386. I don't remember much about it. I used it to play early games and never really messed around with anything else.
My first was a 386. I don't remember much about it. I used it to play early games and never really messed around with anything else.
no HD :) it was too expensive at this time.bad thing was ,when i write a doc. in wordlike program ,5 or 6 times change diskette fatigue beginning in your left arm but best feature was shutdowning like a tv:D
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Posted 15 June 2006 - 09:45 AM
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Ours was this horrendous Compaq my parents bought after months of begging. It was a P2 when everyone else had P3's. It was one of those freebe deals if you signd up with MSN for all eternity. God I hated that thing. It was so slow.
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Posted 07 July 2006 - 04:28 PM
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Jordan said:
My first computer was a 286 (I think 12mhz) with 2 megs of ram and a 40mb hard drive. You'd never use 40mb HD!
Yours?
Yours?
