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In reply to 92_Ag • 9:34p, 7/5/17
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I still have that machine somewhere
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9:40p, 7/5/17
I had one that looked like this about sixteen years ago.
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9:57p, 7/5/17
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Apple II e
"In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving." Sheldon Kopp
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10:46p, 7/5/17
It was a second hand early 90's Mac powerbook. Not sure if I still have it in a closet somewhere.
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10:58p, 7/5/17
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1984 Fat Mac that I upgraded to a Mac Plus in 1986. It is a shame that the upgrade included a new outer cover. The Fat Mac cover underside had reproductions of autographs for the entire Mac development team, including Steve Jobs. When the Mac Plus came out Steve Jobs had been fired and his autograph was removed. It was a great computer.
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11:43p, 7/5/17
how is this aggie football related
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 6:40a, 7/6/17
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MouthBQ98 said:
Tandy 2000 80286! 4.7mhz, 16 bit! Upgraded from 512 to 640k Ram, and badass 16 color Ega graphics!
I thought we had the Tandy 1000 SX

I remember we had to put in our own 3.5" floppy drive, but I don't remember upgrading the ram. I do remember dominating "Ancient Land of Ys"

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7:35a, 7/6/17
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I am pretty sure we went from 512 to 640 at some point. I remember spending hours and hours mastering Chuck Yeager's air combat on it.
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9:27a, 7/6/17
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In reply to Lateralus Ag • 9:59a, 7/6/17
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Tandy TRS-80 CoCo.
Same here, I think mine was 4K memory expandable to 6K?

Actually I had a pretty decent space game I ran on that thing that I can't believe was possible given the memory.
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10:47a, 7/6/17
Packard Bell 486!

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10:54a, 7/6/17
Timex Sinclair
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10:59a, 7/6/17
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TI99-4A. Equipped with a tape deck AND a speech synthesizer. Oh the programming I used to do.
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11:04a, 7/6/17
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Commodore 64
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11:32a, 7/6/17
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Timex Sinclair
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I already have a dog
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In reply to Snap E Tom • 12:55p, 7/6/17
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Snap E Tom said:
C64.

Did any of you guys notch their floppies to use the other side?


Of course. I had it hooked up to a 1200 baud modem and had over 100 double sided disks of games I'd downloaded from a local bbs. (Plus Pole Position which was the one game I actually bought before discovering how to get them for free.)

I was so mad when I found out my ex-brother in law had pawned that thing off in the early 90's. It was already so obsolete he couldn't have gotten much for it.
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1:07p, 7/6/17
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I was in the last Engr 101 classes slide rule was taught. Fall '73. I competed in slide rule in HS.
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In reply to MouthBQ98 • 2:30p, 7/6/17
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MouthBQ98 said:
I am pretty sure we went from 512 to 640 at some point. I remember spending hours and hours mastering Chuck Yeager's air combat on it.
Was that the Tandy or the Packard bell 286 we got later?

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3:44p, 7/6/17
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The Packers Bell was a Cyrix processor of some kind. I think a 6x86 around 166 or 200mhz if I remember right.

We used to play Jedi Knight on it. That was the one we put the Riva128 First gen 3D card into.
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4:05p, 7/6/17
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First I used regularly was a Tandy TRS-80 (school computer); first I owned was a Commodore 64, on which I taught myself BASIC.
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4:20p, 7/6/17
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eMachine.
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4:53p, 7/6/17
I had the Porno 5000, or so it seemed at the time.
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5:36p, 7/6/17
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Before the cows sold chicken they sold Gateway computers.
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IBM PS/2 Model 25



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7:21p, 7/6/17
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Compaq Presario. I can still hear that modem dialing in.
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8:22p, 7/6/17
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IBM PC Jr
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8:32p, 7/6/17
Apple IIe
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9:57p, 7/6/17
Atari 520 ST, It was a long time ago :P
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11:17a, 7/7/17
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Exidy Sorcerer...about 1982
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rodrigogzz said:
IBM PS/2 Model 25



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9:29a, 7/11/17
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first computer I used was a Radio Shack TRS80 Model IV

first computer I bought was an IBM PS2 386 processor with 2 meg RAM, 1.44 hd floppy drive, and 30 meg hard drive. Ran Windows 3.0. (1990)
People of integrity expect to be believed, when they're not, they let time prove them right.
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9:32a, 7/11/17
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Tandy TRS-80 from Radio shack with the external tape recorder to save files and a few game cartridges and one word processor cartridge.

All my friends had the Commodore 64 which I thought was cooler. Surprised by how many on here had the Tandy!




Wow...you can still find the cartridges! I had this one:



And this one!
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In reply to videoag98 • 9:50a, 7/11/17
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videoag98 said:
Apple 2c


Ah there's my baby! I am sad that I don't remember what happened to it.
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