Do you remember the specs of your first PC?

Question

This is funny,

Packard Bell
486SX
4mb ram
double speed cd rom
33mhz processor
400Mb disk space
5 inch floppy
3.5 inch floppy
cost: around 1,500.00

how about you?

Answer 1

Commodore 128
1200baud modem
5in floppy
Cost $525

Answer 2

Amiga 500 :o)

32 colours on screen at once, 1 Mb of memory and a 1/2 Mb upgrade for lightning fast computing. No hard drive. 3 1/2" floppy. And no monitor - it plugged in to a portable TV.

They were the days!

Answer 3

My family had an atari 800 computer in 1980 one of the very first computer availabe for home use... I found the specs on wikipedia...
The machines were announced in December 1978 as the 400 and 800, although they weren't widely available until November 1979. The names originally referred to the amount of memory, 4K RAM in the 400 and 8K in the 800. However by the time they were released the prices on RAM had started to fall, so the machines were instead released with 8K and 16K respectively.

Due to new FCC restrictions, the 400/800 couldn't allow slots like those found on the Apple II computers. Instead, they created a proprietary, expensive serial-based interface called SIO (Serial Input/Output). All external devices were connected using this interface (cassette drive, disk drive, interface box) adding to the cost of ownership. On the 800, the internal slots were reserved for ROM and memory modules. Originally the machines shipped with 16k, but as prices continued to fall Atari eventually supplied the machines fully expanded to 48k, using up all the slots.

A few companies made RAM modules for the Atari 800. One company made a module which added an 80-column display system and 16k of RAM so you could remove one of the Atari-supplied cards without losing memory.

Overheating problems with the memory modules eventually led Atari to remove the casings on the memory modules, leaving them as "bare" boards. Later, the expansion cover was held down with screws instead of latches.

The Atari 800 sold respectably, but not nearly as well as the Apple machines. The crippling of the 400 only confused buyers and a replacement was in the works (the so called Sweet-8 or "Liz NY").

Answer 4

I too had a 486 same spec about 15 years and before that had a BBC Micro Model B - 32K Mem, no hard drive (tape drive only), no floppy discs etc. Absolute quality.

Answer 5

Commodore 64
Tape player (pre-floppy)
Cost around 500 pounds...

Answer 6

Our first "family computer" was a commodore 64. We still have pics of it.

Answer 7

Nope i have a brain injury and CRS syndrome....