What was your favorite computer from the Early Days?

Page 1 of 4 [ 52 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4 Next

What was your favorite computer from the Early Days?

Commodore 64	35%	[ 12 ]
Apple II	24%	[ 8 ]
Atari 800	0%	[ 0 ]
Apple Lisa	3%	[ 1 ]
Macintosh Classic	18%	[ 6 ]
IBM PC	12%	[ 4 ]
Compaq PC	0%	[ 0 ]
Radio Shack Computers	9%	[ 3 ]
Osburne I	0%	[ 0 ]

Total votes : 34

gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

05 Aug 2008, 12:49 pm

What was your favorite computer from the Early Days[1977-1989] and why?

kip
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 13 Mar 2007
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,166
Location: Somewhere out there...

05 Aug 2008, 12:55 pm

I liked Apple II's. Mainly cause I didn't ever use any of the others. I've seen a working commedore, was my buddies, but he never let me play with it cause I was a girl. Keep in mind I was born in 87, so this is a perfectly logical excuse on his part!

I know I would love to get my hands on one of those old radio shack gigs. They were awesome.

_________________
Every time you think you've made it idiot proof, someone comes along and invents a better idiot.

?the end of our exploring, will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time. - T.S. Eliot

gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

05 Aug 2008, 1:02 pm

kip wrote:

I'll agree with you on that. In fact i wasn't a PC Fan till 1993 with the release of MS-DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1.

Oggleleus
Deinonychus

Joined: 2 Jun 2008
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Posts: 349

05 Aug 2008, 2:19 pm

Trash 80 for me because we had one back in early, early 80s. Apples were too expensive back then just like they are today. Still good computers mind you but the Trash 80 brings back a memory or two of playing blocky video games and loving it.

DeaconBlues
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 21 Apr 2007
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,661
Location: Earth, mostly

05 Aug 2008, 2:47 pm

While moving in 1987, I dropped the box containing my C-64 off a second-story balcony. It bounced off a truck's tailgate and hit the sidewalk.

Total damage: the 6 key broke off. The stump to which the key had once attached remained, so it could still be used - just the keytop was missing. No change to its functionality; I was still able to run my BBS on it (the Time Warp, if you were in the BBS scene in Omaha, NE, in 1986-89). Haven't had a computer that tough since.

_________________
Sodium is a metal that reacts explosively when exposed to water. Chlorine is a gas that'll kill you dead in moments. Together they make my fries taste good.

nodice1996
Supporting Member

Joined: 3 Jan 2008
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,047
Location: Michigan

05 Aug 2008, 3:14 pm

I like the commodore 128, I have never used one, but find it interesting that it was the first computer to come as a duel boot

_________________
Guns don't kill people--Magic Missiles Do.

Bunni
Deinonychus

Joined: 15 Mar 2007
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Posts: 321
Location: Pennsylvania, USA

05 Aug 2008, 3:42 pm

You forgot Amiga

_________________
Bunni

That which doesn't kill me, makes me stronger, and really pisses me off.

Nan
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 1 Mar 2006
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,795

05 Aug 2008, 3:45 pm

my "TwinHead 286" - bonafide madeinagarageinCalifornia, somewhere

gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

05 Aug 2008, 4:34 pm

Bunni wrote:

You forgot Amiga :)

Sorry about that, I wasn't thinking. However if you like to vote for Amiga you can make i post saying Amiga is your favorite. I must have been only thinking about computers from the Early 80's when posting this. Sorry for being so inconveneant.

jdbob
Toucan
Toucan

Joined: 4 Jan 2006
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Posts: 263
Location: Oregon

05 Aug 2008, 7:01 pm

I was late to the PC clone scene, I had a SSB Chieftain that I later added a 68008 processor and 5MB hard drive to.

Kiski
Yellow-bellied Woodpecker

Joined: 31 Dec 2007
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 57
Location: Galifrey

05 Aug 2008, 7:22 pm

What about the Altair 8800?

_________________
Human knowledge belongs to the world, like Shakespeare or Aspirin.

Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,952
Location:

05 Aug 2008, 7:24 pm

PDP-8/e

_________________
The mere fact that science may not yet adequately explain an object, event, or experience does not mean the immediate explanation should automatically default to a conspiratorial, extraterrestrial, paranormal, or supernatural cause.

Arbie
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 22 Mar 2007
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,381

05 Aug 2008, 7:26 pm

I selected apple 2 simply because it was the only one of those listed that I had ever spent a large amount of time using.

gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

05 Aug 2008, 7:54 pm

Kiski wrote:

What about the Altair 8800?

I'm talking about a computer that can actually do spreadsheets and use a monitor or television screen. Not a box with lights that turn on when you program it correctly. However not a bad system for Bill Gates to code for.

gamefreak
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Dec 2006
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,119
Location: Citrus County, Florida

05 Aug 2008, 7:58 pm

I forgot to mention Tandy. So if you like Tandy just say so and I'll count your vote.

SpiceWolf
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Posts: 802

05 Aug 2008, 10:28 pm

I had a commodore 128 as well.
(I voted C64)

L.

Page 1 of 4 [ 52 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4 Next

Jump to:

What was your favorite computer from the Early Days? Post Reply New Topic

What was your favorite computer from the Early Days?