My first computer was an Amstrad CPC 6128 with a green monitor
What was your first Computer?
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My first computer was a Mitsubishi MSX 1 with Yar Kung Fu and Circus Charlie, in 1985.
MSX computers were very popular at that time in France, my father sold these in his shop and I could try new games for free!
Happy times...:nod:
MSX computers were very popular at that time in France, my father sold these in his shop and I could try new games for free!
Happy times...:nod:
My first attempt at programming was on a games console that had a cartridge that you could program and allowed you to make up your own games.
For the life of me I can't remember the console but I do remember having to type it in with the hex pad on the joystick.
I created a version of the two cowboys shooting at each other as the wagon scrolled up the screen
Dave G
Thanks to Johim's thread here https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=15863 - I now know the name of the console
See piccy attached - nicked from John's thread
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I had an Atari 400 with a tape drive and a floppy drive... After that I picked up and IBM Pc Jr. Then I got me an 8086....
My first comp was the computer module for the Intellivision, which came with "Mr Basic meets Bits n Bytes". It was pretty silly, but I messed around with it until the power supply went.
My first real computer that I owned myself was an A1200. I went halfsies on it with my dad when I went to college. Had an awesome epson color printer.
My first real computer that I owned myself was an A1200. I went halfsies on it with my dad when I went to college. Had an awesome epson color printer.
SkydivinGirl
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What a fun thread!
I really, REALLY wanted a C64 for my first computer. Unfortunately, my family never had much money so my parents bought me a used CoCo 2 instead.
Within about six months, I was able to save up some money and I traded the CoCo plus some cash for a C64 with absolutely no storage device at all. It always sucked typing in programs only to lose them when I had to turn off the system.
I eventually got a tape drive and a Final Cartridge III and was able to copy games to tapes from a friend's disk drive. My first 1541 came some months later and it was heaven.
Heather
I really, REALLY wanted a C64 for my first computer. Unfortunately, my family never had much money so my parents bought me a used CoCo 2 instead.
Within about six months, I was able to save up some money and I traded the CoCo plus some cash for a C64 with absolutely no storage device at all. It always sucked typing in programs only to lose them when I had to turn off the system.I eventually got a tape drive and a Final Cartridge III and was able to copy games to tapes from a friend's disk drive. My first 1541 came some months later and it was heaven.
Heather
I really wanted the C64 too - I ended up with a Mattel Aquarius instead after a stint of borrowing a family friends ZX81 for a short while...
I moved onto a ZX Spectrum+ - fun to play games on but I hated that thing. 16 times over 2 years it burnt out. Only 1 occasion was my fault - unfortunately it was the last and I decided not to get it fixed...
My next computer was an Atari 800xl - that was a great machine.
I moved onto a BBC model B - given to me faulty. It took me a few days to get it working
At college, for a while we used BBC Masters, then progressed on to z80 and 8086 boards connected to terminals... Then onto PC's...
Despite being inferior to the Spectrum, I still rate the Aquarius as one of the best machines I had as a kid.
I moved onto a ZX Spectrum+ - fun to play games on but I hated that thing. 16 times over 2 years it burnt out. Only 1 occasion was my fault - unfortunately it was the last and I decided not to get it fixed...
My next computer was an Atari 800xl - that was a great machine.
I moved onto a BBC model B - given to me faulty. It took me a few days to get it working
At college, for a while we used BBC Masters, then progressed on to z80 and 8086 boards connected to terminals... Then onto PC's...
Despite being inferior to the Spectrum, I still rate the Aquarius as one of the best machines I had as a kid.
First computers were a Commodore C16 and an Amstrac CPC 6128 with colour monitor. This was back in 1985/86.
I found that games on 3" disc were so expensive that I ended up buying a tape deck & tape leads for the Amstrad, opening it up to the entire library of CPC 464 games too.
It wasn't until 1991 that I got my first Amiga which was the Amiga 500+ 'Cartoon Classics' pack. I loved that machine but was initially miffed with the compatiblity issues caused by Kicksart 2.04 and 1MB CHIP RAM. It was only when I got Relokick 1.3 (which was given away with an issue of CU Amiga) that I finally got the full usage from my A500+ (I had a lot of older titles in my collection)
I found that games on 3" disc were so expensive that I ended up buying a tape deck & tape leads for the Amstrad, opening it up to the entire library of CPC 464 games too.
It wasn't until 1991 that I got my first Amiga which was the Amiga 500+ 'Cartoon Classics' pack. I loved that machine but was initially miffed with the compatiblity issues caused by Kicksart 2.04 and 1MB CHIP RAM. It was only when I got Relokick 1.3 (which was given away with an issue of CU Amiga) that I finally got the full usage from my A500+ (I had a lot of older titles in my collection)
I started out with a ZX81 and a 16k ram pack that i had to tape on because to moved. Although if that wouldn't get you then loading a 16k game from tape that took 30 min and sometimes more and would fail to load.
The I was given a ZX Spectrum 48k rubber keyboard when they came out and boy did that change my life big time.
I kept it right up when i had the ZX Spectrum +2 with the light gun and after a few years i jumped to an Atari STE 520 with 1mb of ram. I loved that STE loads as i got deep in the guts and just like the speccy i learned on how to write games and such.
then my friend was moving and gave me his 500 and 1200 which he upgraded the 1200 a lot. Hence to say i was in love with another machine.
I know we all have Pc's some high spec some low but lets face it the Amiga beats them all hands down. Thats why i am going back to it.
The I was given a ZX Spectrum 48k rubber keyboard when they came out and boy did that change my life big time.
I kept it right up when i had the ZX Spectrum +2 with the light gun and after a few years i jumped to an Atari STE 520 with 1mb of ram. I loved that STE loads as i got deep in the guts and just like the speccy i learned on how to write games and such.
then my friend was moving and gave me his 500 and 1200 which he upgraded the 1200 a lot. Hence to say i was in love with another machine.
I know we all have Pc's some high spec some low but lets face it the Amiga beats them all hands down. Thats why i am going back to it.
My first computer was a Sony HB-201 Msx-1 computer , with cassettes .
play a lot of konami games .
Later got a Amiga-1000 and a Amiga-2000 with Cd-rom drive .........
play a lot of konami games .
Later got a Amiga-1000 and a Amiga-2000 with Cd-rom drive .........
I started with:
Atari 800xl - great little system, tape deck died on it though, then the joysticks. These failures made a nice excuse for my old man to buy me a:
Commodore 64 - had this for about 2 weeks, my dad said it was rubbish (He didn't like to loading time) so he took it back to shop and returned with:
Amiga 500 - needn't say anymore
, this evenutally got replaced as my main console by the:
SNES - Donkey Kong Country, Star Wing and Zelda. As a kid, the A500 couldn't compete .
Owned pretty much every system that's been out since that time.
Atari 800xl - great little system, tape deck died on it though, then the joysticks. These failures made a nice excuse for my old man to buy me a:
Commodore 64 - had this for about 2 weeks, my dad said it was rubbish (He didn't like to loading time) so he took it back to shop and returned with:
Amiga 500 - needn't say anymore
, this evenutally got replaced as my main console by the:SNES - Donkey Kong Country, Star Wing and Zelda. As a kid, the A500 couldn't compete
.Owned pretty much every system that's been out since that time.
Will I'm only 24 1st thing I had that Played games was a master system my mum was poor so had that for years 1st proper compter I had was a windows xp 1 didnt no about specs then etc
My be a bit young to lot if you ask how got in to old systems when I was about 14 my uncle got a amiga 500 from some where played deluxe galaga and was hooked
My be a bit young to lot if you ask how got in to old systems when I was about 14 my uncle got a amiga 500 from some where played deluxe galaga and was hooked
Philips MSX-1, saved up for it all by myself .. lol
Oh I remember the loading times on tapes .. and then you had to rewind once or twice. I typed up pages of basic to just show some lines on the screen but man was that cool back then
.. lolOh I remember the loading times on tapes .. and then you had to rewind once or twice. I typed up pages of basic to just show some lines on the screen but man was that cool back then
Nice thread revived here
Mine was an Amiga 500 in 1989, but I guess I got infected by virus computericus in 1987, toying around with a friend's C64. It's a pity I never got one of my own.
POKE 53280,0 ftw!
Mine was an Amiga 500 in 1989, but I guess I got infected by virus computericus in 1987, toying around with a friend's C64. It's a pity I never got one of my own.
POKE 53280,0 ftw!
My first computer or the first computer I used?
Two very different questions
First one I used would have been either an Amstrad of some sort, a 286 or an Acorn Electron. I have no idea which.
First computer I owned was one I built in 2001.
Two very different questions
First one I used would have been either an Amstrad of some sort, a 286 or an Acorn Electron. I have no idea which.
First computer I owned was one I built in 2001.
Had a Tandon PC with four colors and 5.25 "floppy.
later I got an Amiga 500 Plus.
After this I had no personal computer before I spent a lot of money on a self built PC with AMD800mhz
at the end of the Pentium 233. 333. 600 mhz etc etc race
later I got an Amiga 500 Plus.
After this I had no personal computer before I spent a lot of money on a self built PC with AMD800mhz
at the end of the Pentium 233. 333. 600 mhz etc etc race
