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L3nny · 07-10-15, 06:46 PM

BBC Model B at school, first one I owned was a Commodore Vic 20. I remember copying the code for games out of magazines, kids these days don't know they're born.

andrewsmith · 07-10-15, 07:03 PM

BBC model b in about 1996

sent with all the fury of a clogged drain!!

punyXpress · 07-10-15, 07:43 PM

Acorn Electron
IBM PC XT
NEC APC twin 8" floppies, mono screen, weighed a ton!
When you switched it on, all the lights dimmed

Bluepete · 07-10-15, 08:08 PM

Zx 80, the 81, then BBC B.

Pete

andrewsmith · 07-10-15, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by punyXpress

Acorn Electron
IBM PC XT
NEC APC twin 8" floppies, mono screen, weighed a ton!
When you switched it on, all the lights dimmed

And the turbine at the power station went critical

sent with all the fury of a clogged drain!!

L3nny · 07-10-15, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

BBC model b in about 1996

sent with all the fury of a clogged drain!!

You were still using a BBC in 1996? Old school!

andrewsmith · 07-10-15, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L3nny

You were still using a BBC in 1996? Old school!

Very badly funded school
They had 40 computers to a school of 500 that included the staff machines

sent with all the fury of a clogged drain!!

dizzyblonde · 07-10-15, 09:15 PM

Zx spectrum when I was very young, then an Amstrad CPC464, which you loaded games by tape. You can just hear that noise as it took hours. Then told you it had failed.

The next computer after that was an Amiga 3000. One of my ex boyfriends was a weird geeky graphics programmer

fizzwheel · 07-10-15, 09:40 PM

ZX81 or a PET, then BBC Model A, BBC Model B, BBC Master with the Cartridge slot on an ECONET network. Acorn Electron at home as well.

ZX81 my parents borrowed off a neighbour for me, I can remember the RAM pack used to work loose if it got to hot and then the whole would reboot itself.

ethariel · 07-10-15, 09:52 PM

ZX80 (kit form!)

First PC was an Olivetti M24 with a 20Mb hard drive!!!!..... CAD work designing PCB's and an A1 Pen Plotter.

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fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	Re: What was the first computer you ever used? ZX81 or a PET, then BBC Model A, BBC Model B, BBC Master with the Cartridge slot on an ECONET network. Acorn Electron at home as well. ZX81 my parents borrowed off a neighbour for me, I can remember the RAM pack used to work loose if it got to hot and then the whole would reboot itself. __________________ Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition

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