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I had the commodor 64 as my first .. Hours of fun. Well hours of waiting for games to load anyway

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i was a latebloomer internet pc gamer-I think I was like 32 yrs old.it was a best- buy  emachine etower  celeron 1.2ghz cpu 40g hard drive .had to install a shit gpu to playanything had 256 ram u could max out at 512 !!I think huge 16 inch crt monitor I think-1st games played on it were like redfaction1 and aliens vs predator-pc would crash playing rf1 online all the time

 

 

 

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Commodor 64, next  Micron Minneapolis Mn.

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Compaq SLT/286

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i had commodor and spectrum.   pacman lol i used play commando he had a hook that shot out and he swang from tree to tree or house to house lol.

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My first computer was an Apple 2+. 16k ram with 2 floppy drives that cost $500 each.

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One of the few people that had a PCjr as a kid.

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I had the commodor 64 as my first .. Hours of fun. Well hours of waiting for games to load anyway

Did either of you ever get a modem and dial up to BBS's with your C64? I had a 300 Baud and my dad would tell me how fast their 1200 Baud was at work. hahahaha

 

Them were the days. Social media started back in 1986. 

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Did either of you ever get a modem and dial up to BBS's with your C64? I had a 300 Baud and my dad would tell me how fast their 1200 Baud was at work. hahahaha

 

Them were the days. Social media started back in 1986. 

nope just a lot of Tape to Tape

 

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I had a Commodore 64, then an Amiga 500!!

 

Commodore were going to release a smart phone recently that came with a built in emmulator.... haven't heard anything about it recently, but it looked pretty cool.

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I don't remember being the first computer.

you are not the first IDIOT either!
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Hmmmm...1979 Peach ....an Apple II clone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wake Up, Time To Die

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as a child I found an Intel 286 abandoned in an alley. Gathered the parts needed,learned how to write to dos. Soon I was playing sim city. 

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I don't remember being the first computer.

Yes you do.. your first program was to suck and swallow. 

 

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Hmmmm...1979 Peach ....an Apple II clone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wake Up, Time To Die

My dad had  Peach at their work. I wonder if the same machine. I thought it was a mini mainframe. Do you have a picture?

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Did either of you ever get a modem and dial up to BBS's with your C64? I had a 300 Baud and my dad would tell me how fast their 1200 Baud was at work. hahahaha

 

Them were the days. Social media started back in 1986. 

 

I got into computer comms around 1985 after buying a Prism VTX5000 modem at a computer show.  I used it to access Prestel and Micronet 800 - commercial viewdata services - plus the odd viewdata and scrolling bulletin boards that would support the 1200bps down and 75bps up connection (V23).  A few years later, I spent about £200 (!) on an Amstrad V22bis (2400/2400) modem, joining Cix and CompuServe.  Via the former, I could telnet to White Sands Missile Base and explore their public library of space images.  Though the resourceful did operate BBS using Spectrum computers, it wasn't until the early 1990s, and after buying my first IBM-compatible PC, that I opened my own linking it to Fidonet and other networks.

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I still have it and it still works: TRS80 16K color computer that used a TV for a monitor and a cassette tape drive.

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I got into computer comms around 1985 after buying a Prism VTX5000 modem at a computer show.  I used it to access Prestel and Micronet 800 - commercial viewdata services - plus the odd viewdata and scrolling bulletin boards that would support the 1200bps down and 75bps up connection (V23).  A few years later, I spent about £200 (!) on an Amstrad V22bis (2400/2400) modem, joining Cix and CompuServe.  Via the former, I could telnet to White Sands Missile Base and explore their public library of space images.  Though the resourceful did operate BBS using Spectrum computers, it wasn't until the early 1990s, and after buying my first IBM-compatible PC, that I opened my own linking it to Fidonet and other networks.

CompuServe that was where we had to go for Compaq support to get drivers for their server products and more. 

Them were the pain in the ass days. 

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