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    APPLE 2 E why i remember idk but yes



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    Timex 2068 (still have it), C64 was #2

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    26 and grew up with some old windows computer i used to play wolf and doom. i remember when my cousins lan'd up some computers and played doom together i was like "woaaaahhhh"
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    packard bell 486 lol

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    I had a IBM AT thought we were the class of the world

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    Basis 108 Apple II clone. Spent $3,000 and had to drive several hours to Miami to pick it up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by parrothead View Post
    Am I the only one that started with a Commodore Vic 20? Cassette of course. Then the 64 with the 1541 floppy drive, followed by the 128.
    No, I started out with a VIC-20 too. Had an expansion board on the back that would allow you to install more than one cartridge at a time; had a 3KB(!) RAM extension card, and a couple of other cards plugged in all the time. Had the 300baud modem, which I used to connect with a buddy at school; we used to type back and forth to each other on the phone!

    Used the cassette drive, and wrote a LOT of programs on that thing. Made my own games for it, etc., because my mom and dad wouldn't buy me any.

    I worked for an entire summer to scrape up the $200 for my next machine, a Commodore 64. Got the 1541 hard drive for it, thought I had the world by the tail!

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    I have a Vic 20, nice old school computer, I'm getting a Commodore 64 soon, and I have saved a 128 as well, cannot wait to build up my C= collection
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    Commodore 64, without a tape drive, too poor to get that part...do you all remember typing the code for that ping pong game, hehe?
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    Commodore Vic 20 was rocking the house..

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    TI-99. I remember reading the TI book and spending hours typing BASIC code to make a block figure dance across the screen for about three seconds. I think it was called Mr. Bojangles. Good stuff!

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    My first old machine? Vic 20, first computer I used? A windows XP dell

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    Update: cleaned my Vic and it looks awesome now!

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    Ps3 for me..my parents had a packard bell growing up...still wondering what they did w it..they say it around somewhere

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    my first computer was an Apple IIe. The first computer that I bought for myself was an IBM Clone 386

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    Quote Originally Posted by corycouch View Post
    yep commodore 64
    Funny because i just picked up one of these the other day off eBay for $250, heres a wonderful picture of it <3
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    Powermac 1996. had to upgrade the HDD to a whopping 2.1 GB.

    on a better note, it convinced me to buy apple stock back in 1996. that was a good idea
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    ^LOL I think that computers today have no soul, Hence why i have a old Commodore 64 on my desk!

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    I don't even remember, I just know that it had some 'hpg' program which was like a primitive version of Paint!


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