What was your first computer? - Page 4

EdRush · 07-06-2002, 07:18 PM

Tandy 1000EX
intel 8088 at 4.57mhz or 7.16mhz turbo mode (rofl)
256K RAM
CGA Tandy GRFX
no HD
5 1/4 Floppy (when they say floppy they meant it)
3 tone sound chip
2 joystick ports

DOS OS 2.11, at least it was stable...

Still got it, with games and all.. Biggest games were thexder and QQIII. Still works fine..

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swannema · 07-06-2002, 07:35 PM

I can't really remember, but it was one of those machines with the huge floppy drives (over 8 ").Used it to write my report to become a plastics engineer.

DeMenAce · 07-06-2002, 08:00 PM

hey Ed Rush!

Did it come with the pedestals?? Is that your 8088??

EdRush · 07-06-2002, 08:59 PM

Naah.. i found those pics at some "old computer site"

Mine looks exactly the same though... its the same model/make/age.

I dont have those feet either..

I also use an atari 1040ste to sequence on. Using cubase 2.0.

KingTermite · 07-06-2002, 10:08 PM

Nice Tandy...I remember working with those in high school. The first "PCs" I worked with. My "own" PC was about 2 years later, and brand spanking new 80286 (with the optional Math co-processor purchased seperately).

EdRush · 07-06-2002, 10:13 PM

Kinda proud of it.
If it wasnt for the i8088 and the DOS 2.X i wouldnt know what i do today. I must of been 4-5 years old when my dad bought it for the family (me).
Hehehe I was manipulating DOS in no-time...
If only i knew what was comin up.. I got an AMD 386DX-40 After that... and boy what a diff. I think that the few of us that had old-school comps like that apreciate the immense power of today's systems and tend to waste less of it on background crap. Imagine startin off with a P4 2.0GHz.. what a diff world it would be today.

KingTermite · 07-06-2002, 10:37 PM

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Originally posted by EdRush
.... I think that the few of us that had old-school comps like that apreciate the immense power of today's systems and tend to waste less of it on background crap. Imagine startin off with a P4 2.0GHz.. what a diff world it would be today.

I agree....those of us who were spending hours trying to conserve memory by loading TSRs in the right order and in the right "part" of memory (conventional/expanded/extended) still have that built in to us and tend not to go as crazy about some of the bells and whistles. We still feel we "have to" conserve resources (keep unneccesary TSRs out of memory, etc...).

EdRush · 07-06-2002, 10:43 PM

Exactly my point..

Geez my tandy didnt even have 640K base memory, it had 256K and i couldnt even run some programs 2 years later because it they couldnt fit into memory. Went to my dad to buy some more RAM and thats when i found out it was dam expensive (a few hundred $$) not to mention the size of a PCI card today for approx 300K more. The i8088 was at the dawn of the modernized computer revolution. Im 23 now though i wish i was my age then to have a greater understanding and history of those precursors to the domesticated computer. Id never go into a RadioShack today to buy a computer but i guess back then my dad didnt know any better or there just wasnt any other option. You should see the monitor it uses. Still works, its a custom Tandy CGA that has 16 colors but is not compatible with the EGA standard. It was RGB!! and 13 inches if i remember. Too lazy to go upstairs and measure it.

s3ntry · 07-06-2002, 11:26 PM

1986 Amstrad PC-1512

IBM XT Compatible
Intel 8086 16bit 8MHz CPU
512KB RAM
Dual 5.25'' 360KB Floppy Drives
CGA Graphics (320x200 4 colors)
PC Speaker Bipper Sound
MS-DOS 3.2

darkwish · 07-24-2002, 02:35 PM

Ed, that looks just like my computer, althought mine was the HX version with the 3/12 drive in the front. I still got it too. Thexter, oh I loved that game, too bad it didn't let you save.

I remember having my mom pay more than a $100 for some guy at Radioshack to install 128K of RAM so I could play some game.

I have that same monitor. It's 13 inches, but remember that the image doesn't fill up the entire screen either. There was about an inch black border all the way around the edges. Also the DPI on that thing is horrible. It has pixels the size of your fist.

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Originally posted by EdRush
Exactly my point..

Geez my tandy didnt even have 640K base memory, it had 256K and i couldnt even run some programs 2 years later because it they couldnt fit into memory. Went to my dad to buy some more RAM and thats when i found out it was dam expensive (a few hundred $$) not to mention the size of a PCI card today for approx 300K more. The i8088 was at the dawn of the modernized computer revolution. Im 23 now though i wish i was my age then to have a greater understanding and history of those precursors to the domesticated computer. Id never go into a RadioShack today to buy a computer but i guess back then my dad didnt know any better or there just wasnt any other option. You should see the monitor it uses. Still works, its a custom Tandy CGA that has 16 colors but is not compatible with the EGA standard. It was RGB!! and 13 inches if i remember. Too lazy to go upstairs and measure it.

Miles · 07-24-2002, 05:51 PM

Osbourne CPK machine with 32 whopping kilobytes of RAM then an Apple 2 with 32kb of RAM as well

RoadStar · 07-24-2002, 06:00 PM

My First was back in 89,Tandy CoCo3 with (2) 5" Flopy Drives and 64KB of Ram ( an upgrade from 32KB )

**SubZero** · 07-25-2002, 04:38 AM

Atari 800XL with 64Kb of RAM, big ol' color TV and a 5.25" floppy drive. That was back in 1982 I guess...

After that a i8088 XT with a whopping 6+ mhz... , monochrome monitor and 2 3.5" disk drives. I believe with 640K RAM.

territorian · 07-25-2002, 05:40 AM

I have no idea what my first one was other than it was built by a friend from spare parts he had in his father's garage, had a Tandy logo on it and still ran on a cassette tape. I think floppies came in shortly after. I wonder now if anything in it would have been measured in MB in those days.

MoonWizard · 07-25-2002, 05:45 AM

My first computer was a P3 1Ghz, 512mb ram, gf2pro 32mb, 40gb ibm hd(which crashed and rma:ed back to IBM), SB Live 5.1, 3com NIC...

07-06-2002, 07:18 PM	#46
EdRush DAW/Audio Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 2,059	Tandy 1000EX intel 8088 at 4.57mhz or 7.16mhz turbo mode (rofl) 256K RAM CGA Tandy GRFX no HD 5 1/4 Floppy (when they say floppy they meant it) 3 tone sound chip 2 joystick ports DOS OS 2.11, at least it was stable... Still got it, with games and all.. Biggest games were thexder and QQIII. Still works fine.. __________________ P4 2.6C @ 3.45Mhz 1.60V ASUS P4C800-E DLX CORSAIR XMS4400C25 2x512 @ 265mhz 1:1 @ 2.5/3/3/6 BFG 6800 ULTRA OC @ 450 / 1200 WD RAPTOR 74GB x 2 on SATA RAID 0 WD 800JB 80GB (8MB) x 2 on IDE RME HDSP HAMMERFALL 9632 PCI DSP PLEXSTOR PX-712A DVD+/-R 12X ANTEC 1080Plus true550w
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07-06-2002, 07:35 PM	#47
swannema ???????????????? Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 9,632	I can't really remember, but it was one of those machines with the huge floppy drives (over 8 ").Used it to write my report to become a plastics engineer.
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07-06-2002, 08:00 PM	#48
DeMenAce GOD is LOVE Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 21,978	hey Ed Rush! Did it come with the pedestals?? Is that your 8088?? __________________
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07-06-2002, 08:59 PM	#49
EdRush DAW/Audio Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 2,059	Naah.. i found those pics at some "old computer site" Mine looks exactly the same though... its the same model/make/age. I dont have those feet either.. I also use an atari 1040ste to sequence on. Using cubase 2.0. __________________ P4 2.6C @ 3.45Mhz 1.60V ASUS P4C800-E DLX CORSAIR XMS4400C25 2x512 @ 265mhz 1:1 @ 2.5/3/3/6 BFG 6800 ULTRA OC @ 450 / 1200 WD RAPTOR 74GB x 2 on SATA RAID 0 WD 800JB 80GB (8MB) x 2 on IDE RME HDSP HAMMERFALL 9632 PCI DSP PLEXSTOR PX-712A DVD+/-R 12X ANTEC 1080Plus true550w
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07-06-2002, 10:08 PM	#50
KingTermite The Shade of Lazarus Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: PM me to keep in contact Posts: 26,003	Nice Tandy... Nice Tandy...I remember working with those in high school. The first "PCs" I worked with. My "own" PC was about 2 years later, and brand spanking new 80286 (with the optional Math co-processor purchased seperately). __________________ Bye Bye ABXZone.....Rest In Peace.
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07-06-2002, 10:13 PM	#51
EdRush DAW/Audio Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 2,059	Kinda proud of it. If it wasnt for the i8088 and the DOS 2.X i wouldnt know what i do today. I must of been 4-5 years old when my dad bought it for the family (me). Hehehe I was manipulating DOS in no-time... If only i knew what was comin up.. I got an AMD 386DX-40 After that... and boy what a diff. I think that the few of us that had old-school comps like that apreciate the immense power of today's systems and tend to waste less of it on background crap. Imagine startin off with a P4 2.0GHz.. what a diff world it would be today. __________________ P4 2.6C @ 3.45Mhz 1.60V ASUS P4C800-E DLX CORSAIR XMS4400C25 2x512 @ 265mhz 1:1 @ 2.5/3/3/6 BFG 6800 ULTRA OC @ 450 / 1200 WD RAPTOR 74GB x 2 on SATA RAID 0 WD 800JB 80GB (8MB) x 2 on IDE RME HDSP HAMMERFALL 9632 PCI DSP PLEXSTOR PX-712A DVD+/-R 12X ANTEC 1080Plus true550w
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07-06-2002, 10:43 PM	#53
EdRush DAW/Audio Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Montreal Quebec Canada Posts: 2,059	Exactly my point.. Geez my tandy didnt even have 640K base memory, it had 256K and i couldnt even run some programs 2 years later because it they couldnt fit into memory. Went to my dad to buy some more RAM and thats when i found out it was dam expensive (a few hundred $$) not to mention the size of a PCI card today for approx 300K more. The i8088 was at the dawn of the modernized computer revolution. Im 23 now though i wish i was my age then to have a greater understanding and history of those precursors to the domesticated computer. Id never go into a RadioShack today to buy a computer but i guess back then my dad didnt know any better or there just wasnt any other option. You should see the monitor it uses. Still works, its a custom Tandy CGA that has 16 colors but is not compatible with the EGA standard. It was RGB!! and 13 inches if i remember. Too lazy to go upstairs and measure it. __________________ P4 2.6C @ 3.45Mhz 1.60V ASUS P4C800-E DLX CORSAIR XMS4400C25 2x512 @ 265mhz 1:1 @ 2.5/3/3/6 BFG 6800 ULTRA OC @ 450 / 1200 WD RAPTOR 74GB x 2 on SATA RAID 0 WD 800JB 80GB (8MB) x 2 on IDE RME HDSP HAMMERFALL 9632 PCI DSP PLEXSTOR PX-712A DVD+/-R 12X ANTEC 1080Plus true550w
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07-06-2002, 11:26 PM	#54
s3ntry Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 75	1986 Amstrad PC-1512 IBM XT Compatible Intel 8086 16bit 8MHz CPU 512KB RAM Dual 5.25'' 360KB Floppy Drives CGA Graphics (320x200 4 colors) PC Speaker Bipper Sound MS-DOS 3.2 Last edited by s3ntry; 02-03-2003 at 04:14 AM..
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07-24-2002, 05:51 PM	#56
Miles Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: South Carolina Posts: 5,560	Osbourne CPK machine with 32 whopping kilobytes of RAM then an Apple 2 with 32kb of RAM as well __________________ Regards, Miles ________________________________ Intel I7 965 \| ASUS P6T \| 3 x 2Gb Corsair DDR-3 \| XFX GTX 260\| 2 - Seagate 750GB Barracuda ES \| Thermalright 1200 watt \| Lian Li G70 \| Windows 7 64-bit Professional \| Dell 2407 FPW Monitor
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07-24-2002, 06:00 PM	#57
RoadStar Road Rambler Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Bar & Grill At The End Of The Universe Posts: 2,124	My First was back in 89,Tandy CoCo3 with (2) 5" Flopy Drives and 64KB of Ram ( an upgrade from 32KB )
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07-25-2002, 04:38 AM	#58
SubZero Moderator Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Below sealevel Posts: 9,663	Atari 800XL with 64Kb of RAM, big ol' color TV and a 5.25" floppy drive. That was back in 1982 I guess... After that a i8088 XT with a whopping 6+ mhz... , monochrome monitor and 2 3.5" disk drives. I believe with 640K RAM.
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07-25-2002, 05:40 AM	#59
territorian ABX? Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,836	I have no idea what my first one was other than it was built by a friend from spare parts he had in his father's garage, had a Tandy logo on it and still ran on a cassette tape. I think floppies came in shortly after. I wonder now if anything in it would have been measured in MB in those days.
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07-25-2002, 05:45 AM	#60
MoonWizard Watercooled Wizard. Eek.. Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,322	My first computer was a P3 1Ghz, 512mb ram, gf2pro 32mb, 40gb ibm hd(which crashed and rma:ed back to IBM), SB Live 5.1, 3com NIC...
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