What spec was your first PC?
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486 100Mhz which i was wrongly informed by the sales assistant that is was better than an Intel Pentium 100, so i took it back and exchanged it for the P100.
Compaq Presario P100, ahh those were the days, before all this Red Hot Dutch double Quad CPU/8x SLi Tri-sexual GPU/Tru-hidef Dolby 24.1 Soundcard/64Gb Ram with massaging chair/Overclocking flux capacitor malarky
Compaq Presario P100, ahh those were the days, before all this Red Hot Dutch double Quad CPU/8x SLi Tri-sexual GPU/Tru-hidef Dolby 24.1 Soundcard/64Gb Ram with massaging chair/Overclocking flux capacitor malarky
pentium ii, 400mhz, 128mb - ati rage ii pro gfx card (was a killer at the time), 17in crt, cd-rw, dvd-drive (with some hollywood pci card to play dvds :S),..
was custom made late '97 by a relative - i felt i could nuke the world in the days!!!
edit: i still have this pc running xp - used for internet access only, tweaked to the bone, still slow though..
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oh, i had an amiga 500 yearrrs ago if that counts
was custom made late '97 by a relative - i felt i could nuke the world in the days!!!
edit: i still have this pc running xp - used for internet access only, tweaked to the bone, still slow though..
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oh, i had an amiga 500 yearrrs ago if that counts
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P133
16mb ram (later upgraded to 72mb)
2gb hdd
8x cdrom
ATi Mach 64 2mb gfx card (later I added a Matrox M3D and finally a Voodoo Banshee)
15" CRT
This was back in '96.
Also I added an ethernet card to it and a SCSI card (the SCSI card was ISA).
Had a fair few PCs since then- K6-2 500, P3 500, Duron 1000, Centrino 1.3GHz, XP2400, Sempron 64 2800, going to get a macbook in a month or two hopefully too
16mb ram (later upgraded to 72mb)
2gb hdd
8x cdrom
ATi Mach 64 2mb gfx card (later I added a Matrox M3D and finally a Voodoo Banshee)
15" CRT
This was back in '96.
Also I added an ethernet card to it and a SCSI card (the SCSI card was ISA).
Had a fair few PCs since then- K6-2 500, P3 500, Duron 1000, Centrino 1.3GHz, XP2400, Sempron 64 2800, going to get a macbook in a month or two hopefully too
Mine was a TI994/A. but not sure if you count that as a PC...
Otherwise, it would be a 64mb ram, 5 gig hard drive, 15" screen and a basic 486 chip if i remeber rightly.. was on a VIPER motherboard, fast at booting up...
I went
TI994A
BBC B
BBC Master [i know]
Amiga 500
PC/laptops/pda/wireless/networks....
even had a link 480Z at one time for cobal programming.
Otherwise, it would be a 64mb ram, 5 gig hard drive, 15" screen and a basic 486 chip if i remeber rightly.. was on a VIPER motherboard, fast at booting up...
I went
TI994A
BBC B
BBC Master [i know]
Amiga 500
PC/laptops/pda/wireless/networks....
even had a link 480Z at one time for cobal programming.
my first pc was a hand me down from my dad
486DX2 66Mhz
4MB Ram (extended to 8MB later on)
200MB hard drive
added this myself after dad gave it to me
Soundblaster 16 soundcard
8x or 12x creative cd drive
loved this pc served me very well
486DX2 66Mhz
4MB Ram (extended to 8MB later on)
200MB hard drive
added this myself after dad gave it to me
Soundblaster 16 soundcard
8x or 12x creative cd drive
loved this pc served me very well
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My first PC was a 486 DX 66Mhz with 4mb RAM and a 4gb hard drive.
The first PC I purchased was a Pentium 733Mhz with 256mb of RAM.
Oh, the joys!
The first PC I purchased was a Pentium 733Mhz with 256mb of RAM.
Oh, the joys!
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Cyrix 300mhz
64mb of ram upgraded to 256mb
3.5Gb HDD
8mb gfx
64mb of ram upgraded to 256mb
3.5Gb HDD
8mb gfx
First IBM compatible PC was...
A Tandy 1000sx
8088 CPU, 640k RAM, dual 5 1/4" floppy drives (yeah!, DUAL drives
) and a 16 colour CGA graphics adapter.
That machine was awesome!
After that, I had a 486dx2/66 (8mb RAM, 120mb HDD) which I upgraded slightly over the years.
It ended up with a dx4/100 CPU, 32mb RAM and a 3gb hard disk. Wicked for Duke Nukem 3D.
I miss those days
A Tandy 1000sx
8088 CPU, 640k RAM, dual 5 1/4" floppy drives (yeah!, DUAL drives
) and a 16 colour CGA graphics adapter.That machine was awesome!
After that, I had a 486dx2/66 (8mb RAM, 120mb HDD) which I upgraded slightly over the years.
It ended up with a dx4/100 CPU, 32mb RAM and a 3gb hard disk. Wicked for Duke Nukem 3D.
I miss those days
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I tried to play duke 3d demo on vista 64 the other day. It don't like 64bit
I tried to play duke 3d demo on vista 64 the other day. It don't like 64bit
Did you try with eduke? It might work, though probably not with 64-bit vista.
I played DN3D again a few weeks ago, with the fan-made high res graphics. It was still a lot of fun 12 years later. I'm running 32-bit XP, though (but DN3D by itself doesn't run on that either).
#1. Atari 2600 (was about 4 when i got this)
#2. Spectrum 48k with the rubber keys. (ahhh... waiting 5 minutes for games to load, crash, adjust the volume control on the tape recorder, try again WOOHOO!!)
#3. Amstrad CPC6128
#4. 486dx2-66 8megs RAM, 540meg HDD.
#2. Spectrum 48k with the rubber keys. (ahhh... waiting 5 minutes for games to load, crash, adjust the volume control on the tape recorder, try again WOOHOO!!)
#3. Amstrad CPC6128
#4. 486dx2-66 8megs RAM, 540meg HDD.
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