Your first computer?

[iwasthere1972]

Mine was an Amstrad PCW8256. Lining Lord Sugar's pockets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsnu83GCUNI

I can remember how excited I was at the time of collecting it from Curry's or Dixon's in 1985 and paid something like £400 at the time. However remember those computers had no Windows operating system (only DOS) or hard drive. Floppy discs could be purchased but they had less memory than my granny. Oh and the printer that came as part of the package was noisier than a jumbo jet.

Happy days.

[AFKA5814_Hibs]

Commodore C64

[fordie2]

I had a spectrum, loading games via cassette got a bit tedious!

[Sherlock Jones]

2nd hand Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k moving up to a 128k later. Also had an Acorn Electron before moving on to an Atari STFM 520 then converting that to an STE 1040 by installing a new motherboard. Quite a job as I had to cut extra holes in the plastic casing for the new phono sockets etc.

Happy days indeed

[s.a.m]

I'll take your Spectrum, and I'll raise you.......a ZX81. Hard work.
Still got it, though don't know if it would work on a modern telly.



Andeven if it did, I don't know that I could be ***ed with the footering.

[SRHibs]

Used to play Thomas the Tank Engine on my brother's C64 back in the day.

[Lucius Apuleius]

C64 then my first "proper" computer was a Packard Bell 486 SX. BIG mistake. Never had a PB since. It is actually quite fun comparing specs to today's specs. I remember arguing with the guy that I wanted the graphics memory upgraded to 1 mb and him telling me this was ludicrous as nobody needed that amount of video ram. 28 mb hard drive. All this for about the same as I paid last year for an i7 Alienware. Enough to make you greet.

[ArabHibee]

ZX81 for me too, then along came the ZXSpectrum - in colour!!!
Try playing Daley Thomsons's Decathlon and running the 100 metres with no joystick, mega sore fingers from hitting the 2 running buttons.
Favourite game had to be Jet Set Willie.

[Frazerbob]

Had a ZX81, ZX Spectrum, Vic20 and a C64 at various times.

There's a wee shop in Amsterdam that specialises in 1980's computers and games. They sell for a fortune!

[DH1875]

What was the computer before the C64? Think it was something like the C16 or something like that. Had them all growing up. Commodore's, Spectrums, Atari ST

[Hibby70]

Spectrum 48k upgraded to 128k and proper keyboard

Had loads of others since but nothing compares to the thrills of playing classics as Manic Miner, Kick Start, Jetpac etc

Downloaded an emulator a few years back which had all the games. They're still great gameplay but the graphics are sooo bad. Mind you as much as COD and GOW are stunning to look at they dont give me nearly as much fun as the speccy did at the time.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Speccy for me too. Happy days.

[vein]

A Commodore 16. I still have it in my attic but need to replace one of the cables before I can use it again.

[Westie1875]

Atari ST, followed by a Sega Master System and then a Mega Drive

[cabbageandribs1875]

sinclair ZX spectrum, and an expensive radio cassette player for the tapes(i feel like crying now, sigh) still have an old sega mega drive in the attic

[BroxburnHibee]

When all the other kids where getting the spectrum I decided I wanted to be different and ended up getting this.................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

Tell you what - I loved it and with games like this and this I was certain it was the future.

Ah to be young and innocent again

[itchy07]

Zx spectrum for me, played jet set willy for hours but my favourite game was Battlecars. It came with a piece of paper you laid over the keyboard to show you which keys to press, high tech or what. It was the days before Game and Gamestation so me mam took me up to Woolies at Tollcross to get it. Oh happy days! God rest her soul.

[EuanH78]

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When all the other kids where getting the spectrum I decided I wanted to be different and ended up getting this.................

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A

Tell you what - I loved it and with games like this and this I was certain it was the future.

Ah to be young and innocent again

Parsec was brilliant, the Ti was my Dad's though, My brother and me got a speccy.

[Wembley67]

Bbc micro with the classic game 'boxer'!

[Barman Stanton]

A spectrum 128k+2 for me. Was cutting edge as it had the built in tape deck!

Used to buy games from the 1.99 range at 'Graphix' on Leith Walk. No one seems to remember that place! Remember staying up all night playing the original Football Manager. Some things never change!

[derekHFC]

An Amstrad for me with Soccer Boss being the game to be played!

[Phil D. Rolls]

An Atari ST with a whopping 520k memory. Ar work it was the IBM 286.

[Allant1981]

Cant mind if i had the atari first or the commodore 64, ahh those were the days

[McSwanky]

Acorn Electron