Tony Posted October 14, 2018 Report Share Posted October 14, 2018 My how things have changed..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted October 15, 2018 Report Share Posted October 15, 2018 got my first computer in 1988. Was a BBC Acorn Archimedes. cost an arm and a leg - can't remember exactly how much but it took me months to save for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 I had an Amstrad PC1512 with twin floppy drives in 1986 when it was launched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 58 minutes ago, SMARTLY said: I had an Amstrad PC1512 with twin floppy drives in 1986 when it was launched. I remember those - wasn't Amstrad owned by Alan Sugar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Sure was, Dixons sold them initially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_r Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 I remember my dad's first computer. Even with his IBM discount it still cost something along the lines of £7k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Since we are reminiscing this was my first comp..... Atari ST520 Atari 520ST Released: January 1985 Price : US $599 CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 8MHz RAM: 512K Display: 320 X 200 - 16 colors 640 X 200 - 4 colors 640 X 400 - monochrome Ports: RGB, cartridge, parallel, serial, HD floppy drive, MIDI (2), joystick, mouse Storage: external SSDD 360K floppy drive OS: Atari TOS/GEM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 I started off with a ZX80 in kit form. When I upgraded to the ZX81 I couldn't believe the speed. With 16k rampack I could rule the world! Spent £400 on a used Tandy TRS80 Model B. Had to borrow the money as I was a YTS trainee! ZX80 TRS80 which was just a portable TV without a tuner. Then spent £2000 on an Olivetti PC and it was only an 8086, floppy disk based! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Isn't it fascinating to look back at our tentative steps as the PC evolved.... The now generation won't understand the struggle but the fact is if "we" never supported the evolution the PC would not be where it is today. We were the pioneers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I remember the old BBC computers at school and the massive floppy discs! I used my Dads Spectrum to play games when I was younger. I think that was the first computer I used at home, then I got an Amiga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I can remember loading games from cassettes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffers Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Tony said: I can remember loading games from cassettes Same here - we used to start them before we went to school so we could play on them at lunchtime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Worst bit is after loading for an hour or two and it crashes...... Kids nowadays don't know the struggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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