Schuyler
Misanthrope
I simply assumed it would come in stereo.
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What was your first computer?
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I simply assumed it would come in stereo.
Brain Matter?
Skilled Investigator
Mine was a commodore 64, it took tapes and 40 minutes to load.
I loved it!
I loved it!
Mogwa
Skilled Investigator
Given the large number of European Paracast fans we have in the forums, I'm surprised more people haven't claimed a Spectrum as their first computer.
The Amiga was a fantastic machine, far ahead of its time. Of course Workbench was somewhat clunky, but still far superior in ease of use to MSDOS.
Cloanto sells an outstanding emulator for Windows based pc's. I have the program, and it works a treat. Almost all the great software from back in the day is available as public domain downloads. Free is good.
You can get Cloanto's Amiga Forever here:
Amiga Forever - Home of Amiga Emulation, Games, History and Support Since 1997
There are a number of free Amiga emulators, but they can be hard to use efficiently for those who aren't experienced in the black art of emulation.
The Amiga was a fantastic machine, far ahead of its time. Of course Workbench was somewhat clunky, but still far superior in ease of use to MSDOS.
Cloanto sells an outstanding emulator for Windows based pc's. I have the program, and it works a treat. Almost all the great software from back in the day is available as public domain downloads. Free is good.
You can get Cloanto's Amiga Forever here:
Amiga Forever - Home of Amiga Emulation, Games, History and Support Since 1997
There are a number of free Amiga emulators, but they can be hard to use efficiently for those who aren't experienced in the black art of emulation.
Stagger
Herbal Consequentialist
An Old Fart computing thread eh? Hmm, so here we go:
Philips MSX VG8010
http://www.heimcomputer.de/english/comp/philipsvg8010.html
I guess MSX was not that popular in the states, but it was kind of huge here in Europe an Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX
I eventually expanded the RAM to 64KB for some inordinate amount of money
The Z80 CPU was great fun to program and the sound was excellent! (back then). The graphics kind of sucked, but was much better in later MSX models.
Oh and the ROM Basic was Microsoft's, aaaargh!
Philips MSX VG8010
http://www.heimcomputer.de/english/comp/philipsvg8010.html
I guess MSX was not that popular in the states, but it was kind of huge here in Europe an Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX
I eventually expanded the RAM to 64KB for some inordinate amount of money
The Z80 CPU was great fun to program and the sound was excellent! (back then). The graphics kind of sucked, but was much better in later MSX models.
Oh and the ROM Basic was Microsoft's, aaaargh!
