48 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Who's going to be the first with "I remember my Commodore 64"?

Funny you should mention that. My very first computer was a Commodore DX-64. While I bought it primarily to use at my GE Service Station (two-radio shop), I spent many hours playing with Flight Simulator II on it! That 5 inch color screen was awesome! 👴

The first billing and account "system" I worked on (not even gonna classify it as a computer) had 4K of program memory, upgrade-able to 12K, with 1.5K data memory.  That's core memory...little iron doughnuts with a wire running through it! 🙄

1 hour ago, Ron Attwood said:

Commodore 64

But there were far more games available only for that format at PC World, Game, Argos, etc,etc

Hehe, I have 5 GB remaining on my 1TB SSD...

31 minutes ago, charliearon said:

The first billing and account "system" I worked on (not even gonna classify it as a computer) had 4K of program memory, upgrade-able to 12K, with 1.5K data memory.  That's core memory...little iron doughnuts with a wire running through it! 🙄

The junior college where I began my studies had in addition to an IBM 360 mainframe, six DEC PDP-11 computers available for student use. Of course we played a space battle game on them when not using them for our classwork... 😏

1 hour ago, Ron Attwood said:

"I remember my Commodore 64"?

I remember my Commodore 64 - must have been around 1983 🤣

24 minutes ago, n4gix said:

IBM 360 mainframe, six DEC PDP-11 computers

Now, those are indeed memory-stirrers🤣

2 hours ago, vc10man said:

Now that,Ron, is a a good memory you have🤣

Gotcha! I didn't start my computer life until a Pentium II 300 Mhz. There was a 285 Mhz I believe, but I said no, I'll go for the more expensive one and I'll be future proofed....For about 20 minutes. 🙁

36 minutes ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

My first computer

That's why you're streets ahead from some of the rig pix I saw last year re: Water Cooling👍

49 minutes ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

Bunch of youngsters!

My first computer (I kid you not) - circa 1977:

WTH is that?!
How was PacMan or Pong on it? 😆

You guys make me feel like I'm a kid. My first PC was a Tandy 1000 HX running at an incredible 7.16 MHz with an epic 256 KB of RAM. Yet, that was light years ahead of what some of you are describing!
 

1 hour ago, Rob_Ainscough said:

Bunch of youngsters!

My first computer (I kid you not) - circa 1977:

I'm amazed these are for sale on eBay.

Cheers, Rob.

I remember those. In fact, you can still buy things like this at Microcenter!

My second computer, circa 1980, which stood about 7 feet tall and roughly 5 feet wide, one super I/O suite as well.  And... 32-bit, two massive CPUs, and six memory banks of 512MB each!  Woo-Hoo!

 

 

Edited June 9, 20205 yr by DaveCT2003

Who you guys calling youngsters? No one's mentioned punch tape readers yet......one mistake and you have to rewrite the whole tape (program). Punch cards were a breakthrough.

I had an Amstrad but that was essentially a word processor so when I found that the Sinclair Spectrum 48K had a flight simulator available I went for it! Although it was a basic as you could get with elementary graphics and about 4 or 5 instruments, the flight simulator seemed amazing at the time and kept me entertained for hours shooting approaches on it! Little did we know .....

Bill

10 hours ago, Jude Bradley said:

I worked for them around 1999, Not for nothing was it called the Quantum Fireball 🙂

 

The Quantum Fireball.  Now that's a blast from the past.  Pretty good drive as I recall.

@vc10man good grief man, 3.2 gigs was absolutely massive for 1996.  I think I had about 660MB at that time.  That's what broke college students can afford.

My plan is working out beautifully. Muwahaha. 🤣