First ever PC?
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Celeron 533, 64mb RAM, GF2 MX 32mb and 20gb HDD. What a beast.
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IBM 486 sx25 with 4mb ram! later on it became the beast of all beasts with a DX486 66mhz processor added in and 8mb ram to be able to play command and conquer!! woop
I had the father of them all and IBM XT with 512KB of memory twin 5 1/4" floppies and hercules graphics driving a green screen that I could out type.
Went from that to one of the worlds earliest portables a 386 compaq luggable.
The first PC I chose and built wasa pentium 66 which had 8mb of RAM which I upgraded to 16mb for about £400 those were the days!
Went from that to one of the worlds earliest portables a 386 compaq luggable.
The first PC I chose and built wasa pentium 66 which had 8mb of RAM which I upgraded to 16mb for about £400 those were the days!
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It was an Elonex 486 DX 25hmhz
8mb Ram
380mb ESDI Hard drive
3.5 and 5.25 floppy drives
512kb graphics
It was given to me in the mid 90s by a friend of my dad's. It was apparently bought new in 1990. Back then it must have been an absolute beast!!
8mb Ram
380mb ESDI Hard drive
3.5 and 5.25 floppy drives
512kb graphics
It was given to me in the mid 90s by a friend of my dad's. It was apparently bought new in 1990. Back then it must have been an absolute beast!!
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p133mhz 32mb edo ram 4mb ati rage copy of fifa 97.
amd k2 can't remember the mhz think it was a 450mhz, ati 8mb agp
p3 800mhz gigabyte motherboard, 128mb ram 40gb hard drive. nvidia tnt2
first three pc.
I still have the 4mb ati card but i don't have the nvidia tnt2.
amd k2 can't remember the mhz think it was a 450mhz, ati 8mb agp
p3 800mhz gigabyte motherboard, 128mb ram 40gb hard drive. nvidia tnt2
first three pc.
I still have the 4mb ati card but i don't have the nvidia tnt2.
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I still remember the first time I plugged in my 16mb voodoo 3dfx card and played star wars
My jaw dropped!
Voodoo!
My 2nd or 3rd PC was from some company called Quantex, and had this powerhouse on board, Voodoo 3500. Anyone have one of these? With the blue monstrosity 'pod' thing? Never used it!
Autumn 1997. Pentium 166MMX...can't remember how much RAM or storage. It had an ATi Rage "3D" card though. Fired up Forsaken and switched to hardware acceleration. It was choppy and half the effects couldn't render.....but my jaw was still on the floor. I immediately pre-ordered a Voodoo2 
I actually bought the PC because I had started an OU degree. Didn't last long
I actually bought the PC because I had started an OU degree. Didn't last long
The Voodoo 3500 was the last chip from 3DFX that was ahead of rivals NVIDIA with their RIVA GPU. After that NVIDA switched to an aggressive 6 month product cycle with the Ge-Force GPU's and the Voodoo 5000/5500 was late , slower and more expensive so couldn't compete. This was the beginning of the end for 3DFX.
It didn't help either that 3DFX switched from a GPU supplier to a graphics card manufacturer.
The Voodoo 6000 looked amazing but was buggy, very expensive and never released. Although some examples are available on eBay etc...
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First was a 386SX20, 4MB RAM - I then bought the 387 copro for the board. It was fast as anything back then
The old man had an Amstrad PC1640 (and also the PPC640)!!
The old man had an Amstrad PC1640 (and also the PPC640)!!