I was 14 before I got my first computer, which was a Packard Bell 486DX (sorta miss the "turbo" button) 33mhz with 4 mb of ram and 64 or 128k (cant quite recall) of video memory. I cant quite find a pic of it, but it looked a lot like this:

Ah yes a Packard Hell PC refugee.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

The first computer I had was a hand-me-down C-64.

But the first one that I bought with my own money was only a couple years ago. A used Compaq EVO N600c similar to this clunker.



It was the computer that I first crunched Seti with.

I don't remember the technical details but using standard apps it managed a rac of about 70. :D

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

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It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

Me, too. And if you think you have a dirty mind, then maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter, and down into the sewer with the rest of us; there's more room there, and probably more people you know there! (LOL)

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It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

It would make for an interesting thread tho. Well, for so long as you let it last. ;o)

@ Mike Belanger I’m more of a pond scum in the bottom of the sewer kind of girl. :O

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Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Albert Einstein

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

Me, too. And if you think you have a dirty mind, then maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter, and down into the sewer with the rest of us; there's more room there, and probably more people you know there! (LOL)

I was already thinking it before the thread was here.

TRaSh-80.

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me@rescam.org

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

Me, too. And if you think you have a dirty mind, then maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter, and down into the sewer with the rest of us; there's more room there, and probably more people you know there! (LOL)

I was already thinking it before the thread was here.

TRaSh-80.

Which model? There were lots of the buggers.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

Me, too. And if you think you have a dirty mind, then maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter, and down into the sewer with the rest of us; there's more room there, and probably more people you know there! (LOL)

I was already thinking it before the thread was here.

TRaSh-80.

Which model? There were lots of the buggers.

I'm thinking 3.

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me@rescam.org

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title. (A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.)

That's funny because I had the same first thought upon reading the title. ;)

Me, too. And if you think you have a dirty mind, then maybe you should get your mind out of the gutter, and down into the sewer with the rest of us; there's more room there, and probably more people you know there! (LOL)

I was already thinking it before the thread was here.

TRaSh-80.

Which model? There were lots of the buggers.

I'm thinking 3.

Well at least It wasn't the model 1, 3 was the all in one, all It lacked was color, sound , the Fuji and Jay Miner.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

It was with some trepidation that I opened this thread, considering the title.

When I picked the title, the thought that someone might think it inappropriate hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind!


(yeah, I know I stole it...)
;-)

Shame I through this out years ago...

Shame I through this out years ago...

I played around with one of those for a while. I would have thrown it out too; it is an Apple after all. ;) j/k

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Shame I through this out years ago...

I played around with one of those for a while. I would have thrown it out too; it is an Apple after all. ;) j/k

Apples only get thrown out If their rotten. My favorite Apple was the IIc, I never owned one, But It was My favorite Apple computer none the less.


I currently have an Atari 1200XL that one day will get a new motherboard, Pokey chip and a psu brick and yes I can get all of those brand new still(for less than $100 total).

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

I played around with one of those for a while. I would have thrown it out too; it is an Apple after all. ;) j/k

My Apple ][ still works too ( I don't miss ths 300 baud Apple-Cat modem though.. it WAS a little slow). I also still have a Laser 128 - Apple compatable that works. I really didn't want to move to a PC platform back in the day, but when it came time it was either a PC or tbe first Mac. I used a Mac at work and didm't like it. That and at the time not only were there few applications and accessories available for the Mac but they routinely more expenive that what was available for the PC.

I used a Mac at work and didm't like it. That and at the time not only were there few applications and accessories available for the Mac but they routinely more expenive that what was available for the PC.

Good to see things haven't changed. ;)

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I used a Mac at work and didn't like it. That and at the time not only were there few applications and accessories available for the Mac but they routinely more expensive that what was available for the PC.

Good to see things haven't changed. ;)

Yeah their still expensive, But at least now their faster and for a bit colorful.

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

The first one I ever programmed was one of these:

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BOINC WIKI

texas Instruments cost around 2500 and had 16k after additions used tapes for storage.

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Shame I through this out years ago...

My first machine as well. I looked earlier, but 2k just wasn't enough RAM.

The first machine I programmed was one of these:

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