Computer history , what did you own

archie123

archie123

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Just wondered where it all started for everyone and when

various consoles strting with the old pong type back in 1977 then.......

i got a Sinclair ZX81 with a 16k ram pack (all that memory!) around 1987 then............
Sinclair Spectrum
Spectrum 128k (it had a built in tape player and 128k of ram!!)
Commodore 64
Commodore Amiga (fantastic piece of kit)

Lost in console land starting with the Megadrive the playstation 1 then PS2

got back into pc's in a serious way in 2000 when i bought one from the dreaded PC World (how was i to know i knew nothing of pc's ;) )

then i built my first PC in 2001 and never looked back
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
ZX81 - 1k
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
Commodore Amiga
Atari ST

/rave break at the hacienda and bowlers for a few years

1st PC build - cyrix 233 (OC to 366)
Too many to list after that.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Workstation
    Manufacturer/Model
    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
    Drive
    PSU
    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Surface Ergonomic.
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
    Other Info
    WinTV NovaTD
    HP CP1515n Color Laser
    Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
    Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
    APC 750i Smart UPS
  • Operating System
    windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4400
    Monitor(s) Displays
    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
My first PC was a Pentium 4 2.4Ghz with an Nvidia 32Mb graphics card with 256mb of ram and a 40gb harddrive, I built it from scratch when I was 12, using nothing more than the motherboard manual, took me 12 hours to do, but when your building something you have never built before and you spent $1500 (AUD) you dont want to screw it up. installed XP from my stolen XP cd (my poor uncle) and never experienced a problem until my older sister got ahold of it 2 years ago. I couldnt be bothered fixing it, so I made my next computer, the one I have now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    Core2Quad Q9550 @ 2.83Ghz O.C'd to 3.86Ghz
    Motherboard
    XFX Nvidia 790i Ultra SLI
    Memory
    4x2GB Corsair DDR3@ 1333Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia GTX 280
    Sound Card
    Creative PCI Express X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Benq 24in 1920x1080, Viewsonic 22in 1680x1050
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200 + 1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Samsungx2 750GB SATA II 32MB SATA Hard Drive RAID 0 array
    PSU
    Antec 850Watt
    Case
    Cooler Master Cosmo S 1100 Extended ATX No PSU Aluminium Blk
    Cooling
    7x 120mm Fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech Dinovo Edge, Logitech Dinovo Mini
    Mouse
    Logitech G7, Logitech G9
    Internet Speed
    24Mbit p/s
My first experience with even seeing a computer was in the 70's when my Mother ran a "terminal" to keep up with their yarn inventory for a huge carpet mill. In the early 90's I had a web t.v. We all thought that was really something! I have had several computers since then I now have a Gateway 8GB/640 mb. What an amazing difference!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway LX6810-01
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Quad CPU [email protected] GHz 2.34 GHz
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Avermedia M791 PCIe Combo NTSC/ATSC
    Sound Card
    GEForce
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" Gateway HD
    Hard Drives
    640
z3r010 said:
/rave break at the hacienda and bowlers for a few years

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Click to expand...

ahhhhhhhh i didnt mention my twilight years 89-94 After Dark club (Orbit) at morley near leeds , warehouse Doncaster all the big 12 hour raves in the area Galactica etc clubbing in and around Leeds and Manchester i even frquented Bowlers a few times we may even have crossed paths..............id never remmeber though ;) ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
All I can remember from those years is :D
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Workstation
    Manufacturer/Model
    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
    Drive
    PSU
    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Surface Ergonomic.
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
    Other Info
    WinTV NovaTD
    HP CP1515n Color Laser
    Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
    Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
    APC 750i Smart UPS
  • Operating System
    windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4400
    Monitor(s) Displays
    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
1999 dell laptop win 98se $3400 6.4gb hdd 333mhz 256ram
2001 dell tower win 2000 $1000 20gb hdd 1.6ghz 512ram
2002 gateway tower win xp home $900 20gb hdd 1.6ghz 512ram
2003 gateway tower win xp pro $1000 40gb hdd 2.0ghz 512ram
2005 dell laptop win xp pro $1500 160gb hdd 2.0ghz 1gb ram
2008 gateway laptop vista $650 250gb hdd dual 2.2ghz 3gb ram


$8450 damn:cry: I should have had a V8 ( firebird or mustang )
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    gateway/m6881
    CPU
    centrino core 2 duo 2.2ghz T7500
    Memory
    3GB
    Hard Drives
    500GB WD
    Mouse
    logitech
    Internet Speed
    fios 35MB not!!!!
Commodore 64
Commodore 128 (Personal Computer - This was the large case version)
Nintendo 64
Gameboy (The Donkey Kong Yellow Version)
Compaq Pentium 1 (Not sure of the rest)
PSOne (The small one)
PS2 (Slimline)
Dell Dimension 8200 P4 2.2ghz - 728mb RAMBUS Ram - Nvidia 32mb (upgraded to a ATI Radeon Sapphire 256mb, then realised how crap ATI was)

My first build was a

CORE 2 QUAD Q9300 2.5ghz - Kingston Hyper-x 800mhz 8gb - XFX 780i SLI - 2x Nvidia 8800 Ultra in an Antec Three hundred

Upgraded to Striker II Extreme - OCZ Reaper-X 8gb 1333mhz

Next upgrade to include CORE 2 QUAD Q9650 3.0Ghz - Nvidia 300 Series (when released)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Small Computers / The HAFmeister
    CPU
    Intel Core2Quad Extreme QX9650
    Motherboard
    Asus Striker II Extreme 790i Ultra SLI socket 775
    Memory
    8Gb OCZ Reaper-x 1333mhz with AC artic RC and Turbo module for cooling
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX Geforce 8800 Ultra and EVGA 8800 Ultra 768mb SLI
    Sound Card
    SupremeFX II
    Monitor(s) Displays
    DELL 720i
    Screen Resolution
    1280 x 1024 60hz
    Hard Drives
    Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (Windows & Software)
    Western Digital Caviar Black 750GB (Games)
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB (Entertainment)
    Samsung Spinpoint 500GB (Back-up HDD)
    PSU
    Thermal Take Tough-Power 1200w Cable Managment
    Case
    Coolermaster-RC HAF 932
    Cooling
    Asus Silent Square Evo and Coolermaster stock fans.
    Keyboard
    Logitech EX110 Wirless
    Mouse
    Logitech G9
    Internet Speed
    ????
    Other Info
    SAMSUNG SH-S203D SATA DVD writer
    Edimax 802.1g MIMO Wireless Network adaptor (With Antenie)
    Epson Stylus R800 Photo Printer
    Generic PC controller (Playstation lookie-likey)
    Microsoft Wireless Elite XBOX 360 Controller
    Microsoft Wired XBOX 360 Controller
    Scythe Floppy and Memory Card Drive
After all the usual consoles, (cant remember the name of the first one, but it struggled to play pong), i first saw a PC game called Kingpin and was hooked, WOW!! on-line was great, you had to wait ages for a spot to come free just to get on a server. Playing another human and not AI, brilliant. Ah, 56k Dial up, those were the days too, lol.


1. A square box with a very small cartridge. About 1976ish. I think it was called a Grandstand games console, one racing game had cars like squished frogs.
2. The first Spectrum was a Sinclair Spectrum.
3. Then the ZX Spectrum.
4. Then the Sega Megadrive.
5. Then the NES.
6. Then the SNES.
7. Then the Nintendo 64, (GoldenEye, what a game), PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360.
8. And of course, in the middle of all this, the PC. It was a monster, two and a half gig HDD lol.

By the way archie123, great idea for a thread. Happy days eh ?. Theres nothing like a walk down memory lane.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Build
    CPU
    QX9650 (black box) [email protected]
    Motherboard
    Asus P5Q Premium
    Memory
    8GB-4x2GB Corsair Dominator DDR 2-1066
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 x ASUS EAH 4870 X 2 (Quad)
    Sound Card
    Supreme FX 2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Fujitsu Siemens 22inch flat screen
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    150 Gig WD Raptor
    300 Gig Maxtor
    300 Gig Maxtor, (External)
    PSU
    CoolerMaster 1000
    Case
    CoolerMaster N-Vidia stacker 830
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-U12P x 1x120mm fan, 6x120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15
    Mouse
    Logitech G5
    Internet Speed
    20Mbps
    Other Info
    Audio FX Pro 5+1 gaming head set
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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Well the first PC I ever touched was in 1998 when we bought one for the kids to help with schoolwork, they did computers in school.

That was a Windows 98 machine with a 2.1GB HD and 32 MB RAM with an inbuilt modem for dial up, that was fun so was me having to re-install the OS twice in the first 6 months because the people who delivered and set it up didn't leave the right CD's plus the modem burnt out so had to be replaced. Don't forget I'd never touched a computer before this :eek:

Next came a WinME machine and after XP came out one of my MVP friends gave me a retail copy which I installed and dual booted that for a while. We got an eMachine that came with XP Home which my husband used then I got an HP with XP installed but I installed my copy of XP onto that and gave the WinME machine to my daughter to use, I had removed XP from it first ;)

It's only in the last couple of months that the WinME machine has been taken out of the network and retired plus the eMachine went belly up so my husband had my XP and I got a new one with Vista installed which come October will be dual booting with Windows 7 ;)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy x360 Convertible 15-bq0xx
    CPU
    AMD A9 Stoney Ridge Technology
    Motherboard
    HP 8312 (Socket FP4)
    Memory
    8.00GB Dual-Channel Unknown (?-0-0-0)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz) 512MB ATI AMD Radeon R5
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Aud
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Generic PnP Monitor on AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    119GB SanDisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 (SSD)
    931GB Hitachi HGST HTS721010A9E630 (SATA
    Keyboard
    Standard PS/2 Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft Optical Wheel Mouse
    Internet Speed
    62.86Mbps down 18.19Mbps up
    Other Info
    EPSON78D0CF (XP-332 335 Series) (Default Printer)
Same as many others have posted......

ZX81
Commodore 64
Amiga
and most types up my latest quad core all singing, all dancing monster.

Somehow I still miss Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy :cry:
 

My Computer

System One

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Workstation
    Manufacturer/Model
    doofenshmirtz evil incorporated
    CPU
    Ryzen 9 5950X
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
    Memory
    Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO Black 64GB (4x16GB) 3600MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT 16GB ROG Strix LC OC
    Sound Card
    Creative
    Monitor(s) Displays
    3 x27" Dell U2724D & 1 x 34" Dell U3415W
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 980 Pro 1TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State
    Drive
    PSU
    1500W ThermalTake Toughpower
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT
    Cooling
    Enermax Liqtech 240
    Keyboard
    Surface Ergonomic.
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
    Other Info
    WinTV NovaTD
    HP CP1515n Color Laser
    Sony BD-5300S-0B Blu-ray Writer
    Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
    APC 750i Smart UPS
  • Operating System
    windows 10
    Manufacturer/Model
    Surface Pro 3
    CPU
    1.9GHz Intel Core i5-4300U (dual-core, 3MB cache, up to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost)
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4400
    Monitor(s) Displays
    12" Multi Touch
    Screen Resolution
    2160 x 144
    Hard Drives
    128GB
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Keyboard
    yes
    Internet Speed
    350 Mb/s
My first computer was the TI 99/4A back in 84. Had a whole 16K of memory and speech was an aditional box.

Had a couple of consoles.

The amiga 1200 which I bought a scsi port for. I then got a second HD and a CD reader to work with it. Upgraded the memory and cpu with add on`s.

The first PC i got was around ten years ago. I am on my 5th build now (I think).
i got a laptop about 4 years ago as a second computer and backup machine in case anything went bang at the wrong time.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Self Built
    CPU
    I5 3570K
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
    Memory
    4 x 4GB corsair ballistix sport DDR3 1600 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
    Sound Card
    creative x-fi
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    Both 1680 x 1050
    Hard Drives
    2 x 500G HD (SATA) 1 x 2TB USB
    PSU
    Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
    Case
    Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
    Cooling
    3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
    Keyboard
    Logik
    Mouse
    Technika TKOPTM2
    Internet Speed
    288 / 4000
    Other Info
    Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
    Trust Graphics Tablet
beauparc said:
Same as many others have posted......

ZX81
Commodore 64
Amiga
and most types up my latest quad core all singing, all dancing monster.

Somehow I still miss Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy :cry:
Click to expand...

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh jet set will on my old rubber keyed spectrum 48k , took ages to load that bad boy up off of cassette tape :P
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
first one I bought was a Sinclair ZX-81. I wrote a dice program, 1 side up to 1E6 (1,000,000) sides in 1 side increments. Later bought the 16 Kb ram pack.

Amiga A1000, Amiga A500, Amiga A3000.

WinXP, Vista. a linux computer, I forget the distro.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
i miss the old commodore 64, having to put a tape in from a tape player that obviously looked like a big tasty from mcdonalds, and having to type (load "8",c), i miss jet set willy, ahh the old days :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
    Motherboard
    Evga NF78-CK-132-A 3-Way SLI
    Memory
    8Gb DDR2 Corsair Dominator @ 1066Mhz 5-5-5-15
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 560 GTX SC FTW 1GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC888 7.1 Audio, Logitech G35 7.1 Surround Headset
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell S2409W 16:9, HDMi, DVI & VGA
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 7200rpm 250Gb SATA,
    Samsung 7200rpm 750Gb SATA,
    WD 7200rpm 1TB SCSI SATA.
    PSU
    Xigmatek 750W Quad sli quad core 80% eff
    Case
    Antec 900 Gaming Case
    Cooling
    Zalman CNPS9700-NT NVIDIA Tritium, Dominator RAM cooler
    Keyboard
    Logitech generic keyboard
    Mouse
    Razor Lachesis Banshee V2 Blue, 4000DPI
    Internet Speed
    16Mb Sky bb
    Other Info
    Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, Wireless Xbox 360 Pad, Wireless Xbox 360 Les Paul Guitar
Of course, those weren't the first computers I used.

The first time I used a computer was via phone line, with a TI Silent Writer 7000. Just a keyboard and a thermal printer. No screen. Along with a 300 baud acoustical modem. Ran calculus programs on a computer about 75 miles away on a university campus. We were on a community college campus. The US government paid for the telephone time and half the CPU time. The year, 1976. I also had a TI SR-53 programmable caluclator at that time. 125 program steps of BASIC. Could read and write small magnetic cards.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire X1700
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    3 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA 1 gig GeForce 210
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Vizio 21" tv
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080 resolution
    Hard Drives
    1 terabyte sata in 1 partition
    Cooling
    fans that came with it
    Keyboard
    basic USB
    Mouse
    basic USB
    Internet Speed
    3 megabits on a cable modem, wired
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