Which system did you grow up on?
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I voted for Amstrad CPC as it was the first computer I owned, but I used BBC Micro's a long time before I got the CPC and learnt how to code BBC Basic first.
Order of hardware I actually owned was:
Amstrad CPC464 with colour monitor --> Atari 520 STFM --> Amiga A500 --> Amiga A600 --> Amiga A1200 --> CD32 --> Pentium II PC --> And many PCs since.
I've also owned a few older second-hand PCs and a Mac II Si in the 90's, but didn't include them in my main line-up because they were already out of date when I got them.
Adding consoles:
Atari 2600 Woody --> CD32 --> Gameboy --> SNES --> PS1 --> N64 (With Z64 and CD64) --> GBA --> PS2 --> Dreamcast --> Gamecube --> Xbox --> Wii --> PSP --> PS3 --> Xbox 360 --> Sony Vita --> Megadrive.
Probably more.
Order of hardware I actually owned was:
Amstrad CPC464 with colour monitor --> Atari 520 STFM --> Amiga A500 --> Amiga A600 --> Amiga A1200 --> CD32 --> Pentium II PC --> And many PCs since.
I've also owned a few older second-hand PCs and a Mac II Si in the 90's, but didn't include them in my main line-up because they were already out of date when I got them.
Adding consoles:
Atari 2600 Woody --> CD32 --> Gameboy --> SNES --> PS1 --> N64 (With Z64 and CD64) --> GBA --> PS2 --> Dreamcast --> Gamecube --> Xbox --> Wii --> PSP --> PS3 --> Xbox 360 --> Sony Vita --> Megadrive.
Probably more.
Hmm, not strictly all in order but I think it was:
ZX81 -> VIC20 -> Spectrum 48K -> C64 -> A1000 -> A2000 -> CDTV -> CD32 -> A3000 -> Pentium 75 PC ... Then PC only for many years.
Also had a side order of Atari 2600, PS1, PS2, PS3 and lately (for the kids) Wii-U
In later life then started collecting it all again; At one point had A1000, A2000, A3000, A4000, A500, ZX81, Spectrum 48K, C64, VIC20, Atari 2600, Intellivision
Now down to A1000, A3000, ZX81, C64, VIC20, Atari 2600, Intellivision. Intellivision probably next on list to go, probably keep the rest.
ZX81 -> VIC20 -> Spectrum 48K -> C64 -> A1000 -> A2000 -> CDTV -> CD32 -> A3000 -> Pentium 75 PC ... Then PC only for many years.
Also had a side order of Atari 2600, PS1, PS2, PS3 and lately (for the kids) Wii-U
In later life then started collecting it all again; At one point had A1000, A2000, A3000, A4000, A500, ZX81, Spectrum 48K, C64, VIC20, Atari 2600, Intellivision
Now down to A1000, A3000, ZX81, C64, VIC20, Atari 2600, Intellivision. Intellivision probably next on list to go, probably keep the rest.
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In my case
Commodore 16 (for a short time) -> Amstrad CPC 6128 -> Amiga 500+ -> PC
Console wise, we had a SNES and then went up to Playstation, PS2 etc.
Commodore 16 (for a short time) -> Amstrad CPC 6128 -> Amiga 500+ -> PC
Console wise, we had a SNES and then went up to Playstation, PS2 etc.
KickOff2WorldCup
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This is my timeline:
Commodore 64 -> Commodore Amiga --> Dell 386 --> more horrible pcs --> MacBook Pro/Air etc..
Commodore 64 -> Commodore Amiga --> Dell 386 --> more horrible pcs --> MacBook Pro/Air etc..
greeksrock
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I had an Atari st growing up. I loved using it. And I would love to own another
Think it was something like this for me:
1986 - C64
1991 - Amiga 500+
1994 - PC, DX/2 66 MHz
?? - AMD K6 200 MHz
?? - AMD K6/2 300 MHz
Late 90s - Celeron 300A
?? - Athlon XP 1600+
?? - Athlon XP 2400+
?? - Athlon 64 3200+
2005 - Opteron 165 (my first dual core, was cheaper than Athlon 64 X2)
2008 - Core 2 Duo E8500
2010 - Core i7-950 (still my current PC)
Since 2010 I've bought a number of Amigas and C64s along with several upgrades like carts, scandoublers, USB interfaces etc. Seemed more fun than building a new PC.
1986 - C64
1991 - Amiga 500+
1994 - PC, DX/2 66 MHz
?? - AMD K6 200 MHz
?? - AMD K6/2 300 MHz
Late 90s - Celeron 300A
?? - Athlon XP 1600+
?? - Athlon XP 2400+
?? - Athlon 64 3200+
2005 - Opteron 165 (my first dual core, was cheaper than Athlon 64 X2)
2008 - Core 2 Duo E8500
2010 - Core i7-950 (still my current PC)
Since 2010 I've bought a number of Amigas and C64s along with several upgrades like carts, scandoublers, USB interfaces etc. Seemed more fun than building a new PC.
from 1977 to 1993
Videomaster Superscore > Acetronic > Intellivision > Dragon 32 > C64 > A500 1.3 5.5mb ram 52mb hdd> a600 2mbram Epic 20mb hdd > A1200 85mb hdd gvp030 5mb fast ram,
Videomaster Superscore > Acetronic > Intellivision > Dragon 32 > C64 > A500 1.3 5.5mb ram 52mb hdd> a600 2mbram Epic 20mb hdd > A1200 85mb hdd gvp030 5mb fast ram,
Seems like a downgrade?
it was...but!!
I was heavily into sound tracker and sampling on my amiga and even the 512k chip - 1mb bogoram and 4mb fast ram in HDD case wasnt enough
although the A600 was painfully slow compared to my A500 (because of fast ram) I had just under 2mb of chip ram for tracking
so it was a no brainer for me and as soon as the 1200 was released I upgraded and got the GVP 40mhz 030 with 1mb ram (was very expensive) and then saved up for another 4mb simm back in 1993 was £200 for 4mb OUCH!!!
I was heavily into sound tracker and sampling on my amiga and even the 512k chip - 1mb bogoram and 4mb fast ram in HDD case wasnt enough
although the A600 was painfully slow compared to my A500 (because of fast ram) I had just under 2mb of chip ram for tracking
so it was a no brainer for me and as soon as the 1200 was released I upgraded and got the GVP 40mhz 030 with 1mb ram (was very expensive) and then saved up for another 4mb simm back in 1993 was £200 for 4mb OUCH!!!
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ZX Spectrum 48k (Rubber Keys)
Sinclair QL (Oh Dear)
Amstrad CPC 464
Atari STFM
Atari STE
Amiga 600
Amiga 1200 + CD32 (used a secondhand CD32 as a CDROM drive over home made serial interface) it cost mutch less than a CD Rom Drive at the time, it was slow though.
Pentium 166 MMX
Sinclair QL (Oh Dear)
Amstrad CPC 464
Atari STFM
Atari STE
Amiga 600
Amiga 1200 + CD32 (used a secondhand CD32 as a CDROM drive over home made serial interface) it cost mutch less than a CD Rom Drive at the time, it was slow though.
Pentium 166 MMX
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I start out seriously with a TI99/4A system - it had the expansion box, Memory upgrade, floppy drives (2) Modem (whoppimg 300 baud!) and a printer. When I switched to a C-64, I really wondered if I hadn'r made a mistake (for a while).
