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Looking around today, I found the manual for my old computer. Over time, this computer turned into the computer I have today, by taking old parts from it, and using them on new parts and stuff, it got a total upgrade.
It started life as a GT212
Slim Size 286-12Mhz AT Computer (with VGA Monitor)
Its specs?
80286-12.5 microprocessor
Socket for 80287-8 math coprocessor
1MB of standard RAM memory, expandable to 4 megabyte
Built-in video graphics array controller
Built-in floppy disk controller and IDE-type (Intelligent Drive Electronics) hard disk interface
PS / 2-type Mouse interface
Parrallel I/O interface
Asynchronous communications interface (serial port?)
Three industry-standard expansion slots (ISA, pre PCI/VLB)
PS / 2-type 101-key keyboard
85-watt power supply
40-Megabyte Fixed Disk Drive
One 5.25-inch 1.2MB/3.5-inch 1.44 Megabyte Diskette Drive
Of course, things like hard drive, keyboard and memory, could be ported to upgrades, so I eventually went to a 386 with all this stuff. Then a 486SX, which I stuck in a 486DX CPU, and had to upgrade the memory of course (I still have the SIMM's around here somewhere).
From the 486 I went to a P133, to a Cyrix 300, to a Celeron 500 (was the fastest Celeron at the time, with cache no less!) to a Celeron 800, to what I have now.
AMD Athlon XP @1.8Ghz
Built in Math Co-processor
256MB of DDR Ram, upgradable to 3GB
8X AGP Slot using GeForce 4MX440
Built-in floppy disk controller and IDE-type (Intelligent Drive Electronics) hard disk interface, @ ATA133
PS / 2-type Mouse interface
Parrallel I/O interface
Asynchronous communications interface (serial port?)
4 USB Ports as standard
10/100 Onboard network card
1 x AGP 5 x PCI
PS / 2-type Windows Keyboard
350-watt power supply
40-Gigabyte Fixed Disk Drive
One 3.5-inch 1.44 Megabyte Diskette Drive
One CD-RW, One DVD Drive
Not including the sound card, ADSL, webcam, usb mouse, graphic equaliser etc..
And all that, started out as a little old 286 a few years back. Ahh, Bisto.
*tries to imagine running Far Cry on Lexx's first computer bits.....*
boom.
40-Megabyte Fixed Disk Drive
Awesome! :lol:
My computer started as an Athlon 850, 128megs of ram and a 32meg TNT2, I rocked hard in CS with reactions bordering the inhumane ;) on my 56k connection and 200ping (if i was lucky) to the jolt servers.
Now my computer glows in the dark and wont give me back all the money I pumped into it :)
Before the athlon I didnt own a PC, I was mr Amiga and I'd like to point out Workbench > Windows
Amiga? Pfft, ZX Spectrum > Amiga & Atari ST, heck, even beat the crap outta PC's in its day :p
Ooooo if we're going all the way back then My Amstrad CPC464 with green screen monitor pwns your 48k!
:sniff: memories
Mighty Max
15-04-04, 14:26
Looking around today, I found the manual for my old computer. Over time, this computer turned into the computer I have today, by taking old parts from it, and using them on new parts and stuff, it got a total upgrade.
It started life as a GT212
Slim Size 286-12Mhz AT Computer (with VGA Monitor)
Its specs?
80286-12.5 microprocessor
Socket for 80287-8 math coprocessor
1MB of standard RAM memory, expandable to 4 megabyte
Built-in video graphics array controller
Built-in floppy disk controller and IDE-type (Intelligent Drive Electronics) hard disk interface
PS / 2-type Mouse interface
Parrallel I/O interface
Asynchronous communications interface (serial port?)
Three industry-standard expansion slots (ISA, pre PCI/VLB)
PS / 2-type 101-key keyboard
85-watt power supply
40-Megabyte Fixed Disk Drive
One 5.25-inch 1.2MB/3.5-inch 1.44 Megabyte Diskette Drive
lol N00B :p
12.5 80286 ... tztz that was real useable
/me pets his 8088 x 4.77. It is still working. 512kB of RAM (std 368kB) 8Bit AT slots, hell was that thing fantastic. And the huge gfx update its gotten later, a fullsize 8Bit AT slot (ISA std 1) with a full resolution of 320x240 at 2 Bits/Pixel. A real advantage against the b/w-hercules. Had no HD in but 2x 5 1/4" fdds with 360kB capacity each. (was powered by CPM back then, but runs with PCDOS nowadays)
Just its monitor is trashed. A massive green/yellow CRT.
I have a BBC B in my parents attic. It has a second processor unit the size of which is 8" x 12"
Also have a 4Mb HDD from my old 386 and numerous 5 1/4" floppy drives kicking around
shodanjr_gr
15-04-04, 14:36
My first PC....hm....
I think it was a 386 with a Math Co-CPU
Around 12 Megs of ram in simms
a crappy SiS gfx card (ISA bus me thinks)
~100 meg HDD
No sound card (tons of beeps thru the speaker)
Which then became a 486 DX2 @ 66mhz with 16 megs of ram and a 500 meg HDD.
Then switched over to a P133mhz laptop (ownage at the time).
After than a P200MMX Desktop with a PCI Voodoo banshee and 128 megs of ram.
Then went to a 750 MHz Duron with a Geforce 2 Ti 64DDR and a 4 gig HDD
After that (and still using it) it is a 1.7 ghz celeron which after shitloads of upgrades its got the following:
Celeron 1.7ghz
512 DDR 333mhz
1x20 Gigabyte WD HDD
1x40 Gigabyte WD HDD
DVD-RW drive by Teac
Ati Radeon 9800 SE Softmoded All in wonder by Hercules
Audigy 1 Soundcard
Indeed Nostalgia...i miss playing Duke Nukem 3d on the 486...
lol N00B :p
12.5 80286 ... tztz that was real useable
/me pets his 8088 x 4.77. It is still working. 512kB of RAM (std 368kB) 8Bit AT slots, hell was that thing fantastic. And the huge gfx update its gotten later, a fullsize 8Bit AT slot (ISA std 1) with a full resolution of 320x240 at 2 Bits/Pixel. A real advantage against the b/w-hercules. Had no HD in but 2x 5 1/4" fdds with 360kB capacity each. (was powered by CPM back then, but runs with PCDOS nowadays)
Just its monitor is trashed. A massive green/yellow CRT.
Heh, if I look around somewhere, I probably still have my old IBM AT, green screen, massive base, used to play Nibbles in QBasic :D
first pc was one of theses http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=183
i had the cheep version with black/green screen and no hdd, had to load os from 5 5 1/4 floppys everytime i started it up. used ms-dos with gem as a ui :)
gem is still being developed suprisingly enough
OMG, I used to use them at work, way back in 92, used DOS, DBase IV, SuperCalc and Wordstar *cries for fond memories*
OMG, I used to use them at work, way back in 92, used DOS, DBase IV, SuperCalc and Wordstar *cries for fond memories*
And you can also look back to see what a sad sad little man you were... oh wait... you still are... so... I guess you don't really have to look... back... or... anything...
OMG! DOT MADNESS!
And you can also look back to see what a sad sad little man you were... oh wait... you still are... so... I guess you don't really have to look... back... or... anything...
OMG! DOT MADNESS!
*sniff* I <3 u too Red :x
Lets see my first real computer, didnt own this one, started like this.
Windows 95A *shivers*
233 MHZ AMD K5
32 MB of RAM
4 GB HDD
16x CD-ROM drive
3.5" Floppy
4 MB ATI Rage something.
Hell of a computer, if it didnt blue screen a lot.
My first real computer I owned, bought it from Compaq since I didnt trust my experience then to build my own PC.
Windows XP Home
AMD Athlon XP 1500+
256 MB of DDR PC-2100 RAM
40 GB 5400 RPM Seagate Barracuda HDD
Standard shitty properitary Mobo
64MB Geforce 2 MX 200
17" Compaq Monitor
300W PS
16x DVD-ROM drive
24x12x40x CD-RW drive
3.5" Floppy
Standard Compaq Internet Keyboard
PS/2 Shitty Trackball mouse
Been upgrading it through out the 2 years Ive owned it and here it is now.
Windows XP Pro
AMD Athlon XP 2000+
512 MB of DDR PC-2100 RAM (Was 768 but the 256 fried while playing SC)
40GB Seagate Barracuda HDD at 5400 RPM
120GB SATA Seagate Barracuda HDD at 7200 RPM
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo (Rev 1.04)
128MB ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
16x DVD-ROM drive
24x12x40x CD-RW drive
Same old keyboard as before.
Logitech Wireless Optical Mouse
19" AOC CRT monitor
Still 300W Power Supply (Had a 500W but it died)
Floppy wasnt able to be used since it was a shitty proprietary one.
This computer right now still kicks ass. Just wanna upgrade to 1GB PC-3200 RAM, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ and a get a new power supply. After that im gonna be quite pleased with this computer for a long time.
Hmm,
Does my Commodore Vic-20 count... :)
Hmm,
Does my Commodore Vic-20 count... :)
Only to 5, before it overheats and falls apart :p
My first computer was a calculator. And I liked it! :D
A little over a week ago I sadly parted from my first 3.5" Floppy Drive, it finally died on me. :(
May it rest in peace.
Only to 5, before it overheats and falls apart :p
haha that was funny. 5.....4.....3....2..1 BOOM
anyway me first machine was cyrix 300(how ever ir spels)
64 mb of 133 ram
2 gig hg
god know what video
voodoo 2 12 graphic accelerator
that was somm sht lol, i was pretty kewl with teh voodoo 2 got it when i came out =P voodoo> yur video :D
I have a BBC B in my parents attic. It has a second
Heh good to see a Beeb user. :)
BBC's will pwn all your old Spectrums! :)
Heh good to see a Beeb user. :)
BBC's will pwn all your old Spectrums! :)
Blasphemy!! :eek:
48k/128k Speccy > You
:D
First computer I had was a 48k Spectrum :) I love/loved it, still drag it out now and again because of the quality of games on it. Chaos = one of the best, if not the best spectrum game ever :D
Then Amiga 600, Amiga 1200, again, fantastic systems, still got my A600 and still playing Chaos Engine, K240, Deuteros etc :)
PC began as P133, then to Cyrix 300mhz, then to Athlon 750mhz, and current Athlon XP 2.6
:)
well, my zx spectrum + has advantage that it's still alive!!!
Not long ago i've tried my old comps - my old Atari 800 but it's broken somehow, fried my atari ST while turning on (so it's dead now...) and my 486dx is missing the power supply, not sure why...
So the spectrum rules! It has survived over 15 years in the cellar, over dust, damp, rats and spiders. Sinclair should be the multimillionaire now...
I had an Acorn Electron, a ZX-81, a VIC-20, a Spectrum, an Amstrad CPC-464 and an Enterprise 128 (the pinnacle of 8-bit computing!). My fave was the VIC-20 because that was the one I first got into the depths of after reading Nick Hampshire's "VIC Revealed". I can remember a ton of pokes and important memory addresses on that thing. Ah, those were the days - 3583 bytes of pure goodness! POKE 36879, 0 made your screen and border colour black. :)
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My first PCs (borrowed by my dad from work and liberated by me to play games on as I was a nipper at the time) were a Acorn Electron and a BBC Micro. Great machines :)
My mate had a Commodore though, which was well flash, apart from the cassette loading of games :lol:
Richard Blade
17-04-04, 02:50
Tandy (Radio Shack) TRS 80 Model 1 Level 2. 16K ram, tape deck storage - later upgraded to the 5.25 floppy drive, the monitor was black and white.
My sister spilled a cup of my dad's coffee into the 5.25 drive making the worlds first attempt at Java programming. This was back around 1979.
She really did spill coffee into the unit. Talk about bullet proof, we dried it out and it still worked. Of course, Dad never really put sugar in his coffee and that's usually what messes up the electricals. Especially copy machines.
But, I digress.
That was my first computer. Lots of really cool games for it. My favorite was something called Jovian Command or something like that. Kind of a Star Trek meets ascii.
Edit: A friend just informed me that the game was called Invasion Force.
Jake Cutter
17-04-04, 02:58
An Apple ][e was my first machine. 64Kb of RAM...143k 5 1/4 floppy drive.
I remember how much it rocked when I bought the Applied Engineering RamWorks memory card that upgraded the RAM to a whopping 1.5Mb!
Best games on it: Wizardry, Bard's Tale, Rescue Raiders...oh those were the days.
Regards,
Jake Cutter
=P voodoo> yur video :D
My Voodoo 2 was, umm, cant remember, began with a C or something, made by a really uber company, was the best Voodoo 2 money could buy :p
Over time, I've had, umm, MSX, Dragon, Vic-20, C64, Speccy +2a, A600, Atari ST, PSX, Megadrive (and 32X), PS2 heh, Nes, Snes (thats ur genesis and famicom to the yanks).
I remember trying to run Simcity 2k, on a 486sx33 with 4MB ram and Windows 95.... wasnt possible hehehe.
Dunno why the Dragon failed though, its graphics pwned the C64 at the time
the video in my k6-2 450 was a pair of creative labs voodoo blaster 2 12mbs, sli'ed
now that fucking rocked at the time.
Over time, I've had, umm, MSX, Dragon, Vic-20, C64, Speccy +2a, A600, Atari ST, PSX, Megadrive (and 32X), PS2 heh, Nes, Snes (thats ur genesis and famicom to the yanks).
Megadrive = Genesis in North America..
NES & SNES = NES & SNES in North America :p Faimcom & Super Faimcom we're the japanese names?
I remember the 32x.. I think the only thing it ever had that i was interested in was doom, but I had a PC for that so :p Sega also had that weird CDX unit.. was the cartridge & cd console.
As for my first pc. It was an IBM 8088(a.k.a. IBM XT) with 256k ram? *can never remember the ram.* a 40mb hdd, dual 5.25" floppy drives.. what size were they again?.. can never remember what size a single density 5.25" was.. I know the 3.5" was 720k. The best part about it was the modem. I forget the baud rate, but you had to take the handset off the phone and place it on the modem.
I can't remember the configs of most of my pc's, but the 3.5" floppy in my current machine was from the 386sx-16 that i had after the 8088.
Might have been famicom in Japan, and SNES in the US :p Best game on the 32X was Virtua Racing, rawr, that gamed ruled.
Remembered who made my Voodoo 2, was a 16MB Canopus Pure3D 2, ner :D
I remember trying to run Simcity 2k, on a 486sx33 with 4MB ram and Windows 95.... wasnt possible hehehe.Probably because of lack of ram, I've had SC2K running on a similar system, except it had 16 mb of ram instead of 4...
As for the NES SNES thing, weren't they marketed as the Nintendo and Super Nintendo here? I seem to remember that, anyway.
was definatly Nes Snes in the uk :) i still have my nes, and it works heh, it sits next to my xbox gathering dust while my pc evolves almost daily :)
i only use the xbox as a dvd player, sold all my games
Was nes and snes here in the uk, infact, my snes is being thrown out today, gah, cleaning sux
shodanjr_gr
17-04-04, 14:56
Ah, so now we are talking consoles?
Hm...Nes (Zelda Ownage) and S-Nes (Mario Kart ownage) both working :), Nintendo Gamecube (Mario Kart ownage^2)
Sega Master System and Sega Genesis and of course the uberest console of all Sega Dreamcast
Microsoft XBOX>All though :)
eww, X-Box, yucky, the control pad on that is sooo crap. Its like, the PSX pad, is like a beautiful woman, fine lines, smooth, fits in the hand easy. The X-Box is like, err, a blow up doll filled with concrete and not set properly :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
shodanjr_gr
17-04-04, 15:35
eww, X-Box, yucky, the control pad on that is sooo crap. Its like, the PSX pad, is like a beautiful woman, fine lines, smooth, fits in the hand easy. The X-Box is like, err, a blow up doll filled with concrete and not set properly :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Well, although the controller S doesnt look good, it sure functions perfectly...
Nah, I prefer a nice, smooth controller, after going from MegaDrive to PSX, I was like "omg, this feels sooooooooo good!"
Dont ask how I know what a concrete blow up doll feels like :confused:
heh.. cant really remember my first system. But I am pretty sure I as a child was tapping away on my parents 8088 x 4.77. .. which was like the coolest thing i had ever seen. :D
after that I got:
Windows 98SE
Intel Celeron 300 Mhz
64 MB of SD-Ram PC-100 RAM
6 GB 5400 RPM WD HDD
Standard shitty properitary Mobo
32MB Riva TNT 2 Gfx
15" "shitty" Monitor
220W PS
16x CD-ROM drive
4x2x32x CD-RW drive
3.5" Floppy
Standard Internet Keyboard
PS/2 Shitty mouse
Then after that .. I went from Upgrade to Upgrade. Going allways with Intels
in this order : celeron 500 - P3 800 - P4 2000 - P4 3000
which brings me to my current system. :p
Windows XP Pro
Intel P4 HT 3Ghz
512 MB of DDR Kingston PC-3200 RAM.
250GB Seagate Barracuda HDD at 7400 RPM
120GB SATA Seagate Barracuda HDD at 7200 RPM
ASUS P4P-800 (rev. 1.7)
128MB Gigabyte Geforce FX5900Xt
52x ASUS CD-ROM Drive
8x4x16x40x DVD+/-RW drive (LG)
Logitech Natrual Feel Keyboard
MS Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer 4.0 (with wire)
17" SONY Multiscan 210 ES (good oldie)
300W Power Supply (Silent)
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy
Nah, I prefer a nice, smooth controller, after going from MegaDrive to PSX, I was like "omg, this feels sooooooooo good!"
Dont ask how I know what a concrete blow up doll feels like :confused:
I can't even use a controller anymore.. too spoiled by the keyboard mouse combo :/
I thinkthe best were the original NES ones tho.. little square boxes that just wouldnt die no matter how mard you threw them at the wall..
as for the concrete blow up doll.. *just shakes his head*
a little OT but wheres the cheapest place to buy ram? i need PC2700 or PC3200
This would be how my computer has evolved.. (my own that is)
Got my first OWN computer at age 14 :
Pentium 2 266 mhz
128 mb sd-ram
8 gb harddrive
2x dvd drive
Voodoo 1 Banshee 16 mb gfx card
15" Unknown CRT
As I was (and still am) a spoiled brat it quickly got turned into :
AMD K6 400 mhz
128 mb sd-ram
8 + 15 = 23 gb harddrive
4/2/12 cd burner
Voodoo 1 Banshee 16 mb gfx card
15" Unknown CRT
About a year later, I got money enough to go on :
Pentium ? 1400 mhz
256 mb sd-ram
8 + 15 + 40 + 100 = 163 gb harddrive
52x cd drive
32/12/48 cd burner
Geforce 2 32 mb gfx card
17" Unknown CRT
This one actually lasted a few years before it was time to continue :
Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
512 mb ddr pc3200 ram
8 + 15 + 40 + 100 + 120 = 283 gb harddrive
32/12/48 cd burner
GeForce FX 5200 128 mb gfx card
19" Viewsonic CRT
Casemodded
And a few months ago it became :
Pentium 4 2.4 Ghz
2x 512 = 1024 mb ddr pc 3200 ram
8 + 15 + 40 + 100 +120 +200 +200 = 683 gb harddrive
32/12/48 cd burner
GeForce FX 5200 128 mb gfx card
19" Viewsonic CRT
Casemodded
Thatīs just about the way it evolved..
naimex does ur PC run games fast? coz ive got basically the same PC as u but with less ram and i want to kno if my PC will go much faster with more ram
runs fast yea..
but all the stuff i got in it slows it down a bit, so it would be faster if i took some of it out..
Got :
motherboard (duh :rolleyes: )
gfx card
3x 2 pci fans
expansion card
netcard
usb 2.0 expansion card
7 harddrives
1 burner
350 w powersupply (wanted a 500 w with neon, but couldnt be arsed to wait another week with ordering, so it became a 350 with neon instead)
floppy drive (duh :rolleyes: )
2x 512 mb ddr ram
cpu
cpu cooler (that is meant for a 3.5 ghz, but put on a 2.4 ghz instead. wouldnt mind the 4 ghz cooler i just bought for a friend tho)
3x case fans
2x harddrive fans
everything not normally in a computer slows it down..
but it runs really good yes.
but ive never used more than 700 mb of ram doing something (except that time with Danae promising boobs if we got 50 people listening to sin radio.... 30x winamp = 7 gigs of ram... apparently, (have 14 gigs of swap space))
I can't even use a controller anymore.. too spoiled by the keyboard mouse combo :/
I thinkthe best were the original NES ones tho.. little square boxes that just wouldnt die no matter how mard you threw them at the wall..
as for the concrete blow up doll.. *just shakes his head*
I remember when I was a wee little kiddywinks and the Nes came out over here, I'd bunk off school, nip into Dixons, or Boots I think it was, and just spend hours playing super mario. No wonder I left school with no qualifications :angel:
Concrete blow up dolls! Made by the Mafia, gets rid of the evidence afterwards :D
I used to have a sega megadrive II. dunno y it was called II. I sold it for Ģ25 hope i wasnt ripped off
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