Was it for educational purposes?

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/ :1orglaugh

LOL!

Well, we got out first computer when I was about 5 or 6. Sometime around '81 or '82, I think. It was an Atari.

But they bought me my own computer for Christmas when I was 9. A Commodore 64. Boy, that thing raised me for about 6 years of my life! LOL

It was for fun :P

Tandy 486

Nobody bought me a computer ever. I built my own with money I'd earned. I was on computers many years and years before that happened though.

Interesting question here: How many of the GFYers remember 300 baud accustic modems and dumb terminals with thermal paper output instead of a monitor? How many remember punch cards or even know what that means? I'm betting 0.15%, but that's just a gentleman's bet. :Graucho

I remember first computer I had was a Mac 512k/800 with external dick drive... uff!.. what a machine...

And it was bought for educational purposes... later we change from computer and etc..

Samuel

ti 99/4a :)

haha my post on here got eaten

that is exactly why they got it for me. :1orglaugh

Of course. I was able to do all of my schoolwork, research things that I hadn't yet learned....






I don't think they knew I'd be using the computer to build my own personal porn empire. :1orglaugh

yup - for university i think it was a p1, i remember my friend raving about how it was the fastest on the market.

I got my C64 for fun and games, then I got my amiga for fun and games.. then I got my 486 that cost a LOT for educational purposes.. damn I miss the old wing commander games and monkey islands. :)

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for homework :1orglaugh

There very fist computer that I owned myself was a Tandy 1000:

http://www.8bit-micro.com/images/Tandy1000hx2.jpg

With this monitor:

http://www.8bit-micro.com/images/tandy1000.jpg

I cant remember the first computer my family had.

Black, and in one peice, but i cant think of the name =/

I used to go into my father's office when i was young and he'd be using punch cards to run his programs..

My current boss relates stories of punch cards to me often also.. getting all the cards in the right order took a while... and sometimes someone would switch one out of place and the whole thing would be fucked up.. they only had once chance per day to run a program because of the demand from other departments to use the 'computer'.

At home we had a pre 286 computer that i was allowed to use to play crappy old games on - space invaders, zork, alley cat, lode runner etc) and before that he had a sinclair/tandy type clone with no drive input that plugged into the tv that you could program yourself eg; 10 print "hello world" 20 goto 10 etc. i used to program sounds into it and type out code for simple games from books.

I bought my first computer - 586 second hand and modified it over time.

funny video.. brings back memories.

I miss my speedy 2400 baud modem and 486 dx66.

I had every computer out throughout my younger years. My cousin bought a proper PC in 1997 and got the internet and of course I had to have it, so mum bought me my computer and got me the internet. Its kinda went on from there. I think I was 14 or 15 when I got my first pc and internet :)

Because I wanted to play StarCraft soooo badly and I wouldn't leave my dad alone until he bought me a PC of my own.

dam thats like one of those original bitches from radio shack and shit right... i got my firts comp 7 years ago

When i eventually got a decent computer. I remember playing quake on my 14.4

And yes, I pwned all. :321GFY

ok so lane, what did ya say?

:1orglaugh

I bought my own computer 6 years ago..still have this power house, never had to take it to a shop ..only had to format once..

It's now my kids computer

they bot it when I was 15...I was unable to buy one by myself ;)

82 or 83ish I got a tandy 486. I LOVED LOVED LOVED it :)

My parents got it for me, they thought it was like my atari 2600 or someshit, to this day they have no idea about computers :)

I bought my first computer. My parents stopped buying me things when we broke our Atari.

Wow, shows how old I am - by the time PC's came out, I was no longer young enough to have my parents buy me stuff. :winkwink:

My Dad worked for IBM and got one the first PC Juniors - before they were released to the public. I remember going to house to use it. :) My ex-husband had one of the Atari's, but I never used it.

The first PC I bought was an 8088 - sometime around 1985ish.

so i could play games and stop bothering them !

for doing assignments ;)

Got my first computer some time in junior high. Horrible machine, but it did come with a key and a turbo button.

Games.

That was long time ago :( I thing because they want to play games on that shit to :)

ahahaaa,,that's a killer song (damn thing takes forever)

my first comp was a 486 DX2 80 mhz with 8nb ram and a 1mb vga card LOL..cd rom players were the crop of the crop ..paid $400 for a double speed :Graucho

that was 13 years ago though

486DX 66 IBM compatable

they boght me an Atari because they loved me:Graucho

me i did't get one :( :waaaaahh

heh, lol

My first computer was from Radio Shack - It was a huge keyboard that you plugged into your TV. It had a cassette recorder to store data on. Fun times. Didn't do much.

I got into computers when I was in high school. We had those computers that were a monitor and keyboard all in one - A Tandy I think it was. I remember writing a program where I stored phone numbers and addresses, where I could hahahahaha one letter, pick and choose which parts to include in the letter, and print up dozens of different letters to differnt people.

My dad didnt want to teach me about the birds and bees so I assume he gave me a computer and access to freenet so I could do it on my own ;-)

BMF

For educations:Graucho

juicy ate my thread, wtf

this post makes me feel very old.

awesome song heheh.. amstrad 6128 all the way!

http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/adamsystem.jpg

http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/adamtapes.jpg

http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/adamcarts.jpg

Description
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Manufacturer Coleco
Model Adam
Date Announced 1981
Date Canceled 1983
Number Produced Unknown
Country of Origin USA
Price About $600
Current Value $25-$100

Specifications
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Processor Zilog Z80
Speed 4 MHz
RAM 64K
ROM 32K
Storage Custom Digital Data Packs that look surprisingly like audio cassettes (but aren't the same). 5.25 disk drives optional.
Expansion 3 expansion slots, cartridge slot.
Bus Proprietary
Video RF Modulator to Television
I/O Proprietary
OS Options CP/M, BASIC (on tape)

Notes The Adam was Coleco's all-in-one solution to home computing. It competed with the Apple II Plus, Atari 800, IBM PC, Commodore 64 and TI 99/4A. It was fully compatible with Colecovision cartridges.

The Printer is a required component. It powers the rest of the system.

Related Items in Collection 2 5.25 disk drives, some manuals, tape software, cartridges.
Related Items Wanted Working tape drives, additional software, software on disk.

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