Mine was a Vic20 max 3.5k  with 8 colours and cassette tape, was a great little thing, I even started to learn basic programming on it, and you could get quite a few games for it, although very basic

 

If I remember right it cost me £139 at the time

 

 

What was yours? if you can remember  :think:

 

Sinclair zx81, pulled it out the loft the other day, still works.

Sharp MZ-80K

Had a black and white screen that I turned green with a stick on film. Was OK but nowhere near as much software available for it as for some other machines.

Acorn Electron with the expansion pack at the back.

Commodore 64 as a child

Amiga 500 / 600 as an older child

After that think I had a 486PC alongside a PS1

Then gradual PC upgrades over time - Had an N64 at Uni, then a PS2

Kept going with the PCs, never got any games consoles after the PS2 became outdated.  Couldn't be bothered.

Atari 400. They were very forward thinking; they had splash-proof keyboards way before internet porn had been thought of.

I used it mainly for playing Star Raiders and let X=X+ 1 shizzle lol

 

pfft.. all oldies :P

 

Mine were an IBM at 66 MHZ processor, 300MB Hard drive and 16GB of RAM.

 

I then upgraded to a 133MHZ machine with a 3GB hard drive! I tried my best to fill it but had no such luck. 

..Could fill that installing office now adays!

pfft.. all oldies :p

 

Mine were an IBM at 66 MHZ processor, 300MB Hard drive and 16GB of RAM.

 

I then upgraded to a 133MHZ machine with a 3GB hard drive! I tried my best to fill it but had no such luck. 

..Could fill that installing office now adays!

no access to redtube then?

Oh yes, i found an acorn archimedes a3000 stuck in the bottom of the cupboard too, that still works as well.

no access to redtube then?

 

Didnt know sites like that existed back then dude.

 

...Sadly! 

I think it was a Tiny running Windows 3.1. Can't remember much else I was only 5 or 6

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Acorn Electron with the expansion pack at the back.

 

And a portable cassette tape recorder at the side to save data and load programs.

ZX81 that came as a kit for £49.95, got sent back after a couple of months because it wouldnt do square roots. Then we got a VIC20.

An Olivetti M28 with a 14" colour monitor. 80286 processor and very little RAM.  20GB hard disk.  I acquired the PC for minimal outlay from my employer who had just gone bust.  Used that for less than a year then upgraded to an Evesham Micros 80486 computer.

Vic 20 for me too.

Still have a spectrum +2A 128k in the cupboard with all leads and stacks of games. Works perfectly too as I fired it up earlier this year for some crap retro gaming lol

Zx spectrum was first,then....

Commodore 64 (loved it)

Commodore Amiga

Ps1,then Ps2

Also Sega Saturn and a Dreamcast

N64 as well

Then Xbox 360 and now Xbox One

Think that's it!

Atari 65xe. God knows how it got me into computers as it was an utter pain in the arse.

And a portable cassette tape recorder at the side to save data and load programs.

Which I'd modified so that the Plus 1 could auto stop/start it. It also allowed my 4 colour pen plotter or Centronics 4" thermal printer to be attached!

The latter item was brand new and cost me £25 from a computer show at the GMex centre in Manchester.

Mine was a Vic20 max 3.5k  with 8 colours and cassette tape, was a great little thing, I even started to learn basic programming on it, and you could get quite a few games for it, although very basic

 

If I remember right it cost me £139 at the time

 

 

What was yours? if you can remember  :think:

me too, followed by an amstrad

One of the game systems by Grandstand that plugged into the TV and had a choice of four different sports - football, tennis, squash and something else.

First proper computer was a Dragon 32. Wales' finest!

After that a C64 then an A500 followed by an SX 25 PC.

Still got them all and loads more in the loft.

A BBC Micro, followed by a BBC Master

ZX Spectrum I bought for the Youth Club I was leader of....1978/79 ish?

I had to go the the YC Governors to get permission because it cost so much...LOL

A BBC Micro, followed by a BBC Master

 

BBC Model B with twin disk drives, memory expanded from 16k to 32k IIRC.

 

Think we then moved onto Amstrad 1512 then 1640.

Sharp MZ-80K

Had a black and white screen that I turned green with a stick on film. Was OK but nowhere near as much software available for it as for some other machines.

 

Are you sure, a friend had an MZ-80, and I am sure it came with a green screen.

 

My first was a Commodore +4 I picked up at a bankruptcy auction, my mum borrowed to to practice typing on and hammered the keys through the casing.

 

I followed that with a C64 (same thing happened), then an Amiga 500+ that I did all the mods on and still resides in my loft - complete with the add-on HDD (upgraded from 20MB to 200MB).

 

Mum finally bought a PC in 1997, and I built my first shortly after - to help figure out how she kept buggering up hers!!!

 

PC gfx didnt catch up with the Amiga until at least 2005.

Edited 30 April, 201511 yr by GentleGiant

ZX-81 with bulky expansion pack.... held on with bluetac to maintain decent contact on the connector!

 

Hours of fun!