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RE: First ever PC owned - Guerreiro - 11-19-2009
I find that using a diskette still holds some satisfaction. Hearing the noise when you insert it and then from loading/reading it.
Nothing can beat that. USB is too silent. ;) You had a game released by Nashua in which your aim was to collect diskettes. Or what about the early Duke Nukem's ? That's it, I am going to download the games and DOSBox. BTW could you VM MS-DOS ?
RE: First ever PC owned - Nonmod - 11-19-2009
my first pc was when i was 13,im using it at the moment
configuration 256mb RAM,40GB,intel 845gv IGP,mATX.
RE: First ever PC owned - Cohen - 11-22-2009
I can't remember the specs of it... it was an old PC running Windows 98... then i had the old family computer which had XP....
RE: First ever PC owned - Mark Webber - 11-22-2009
1st pc was a macintosh classic. I upgraded it, so it's stats are amazing!
A whopping 1mb of RAM
20mb of disk space, WOW!
8K processor, INCREDIBLE!
It's crap now compared to my mac mini
RE: First ever PC owned - Nonmod - 11-22-2009
(11-22-2009, 03:08 PM)R0ll3r Wrote: 1st pc was a macintosh classic. I upgraded it, so it's stats are amazing!
A whopping 1mb of RAM
20mb of disk space, WOW!
8K processor, INCREDIBLE!
It's crap now compared to my mac mini
But your first pc is authentic ;)
RE: First ever PC owned - UID=0 - 11-22-2009
(11-19-2009, 03:53 AM)Guerreiro Wrote: I find that using a diskette still holds some satisfaction. Hearing the noise when you insert it and then from loading/reading it.
Yes, that little click when you first insert it and release it is quite a satifying sound.
Regarding VM MS-DOS, it says on this page that DOS version 7, which I haven't got, (v 6.0), can be run in a virtual machine.
http://ms-dos7.hit.bg/
'Note about virtual machines: MS-DOS 7.10 Full Version works smoothly in a virtual machine (e.g. Virtual PC, VMWare Workstation and even Bochs)
as well as in a real machine. So you can also install it in virtual machines.'
Yes Duke Nukem. I got the trial for that with a games CD that came with a magazine, but when I saw it at a store, I bought it, as it was on offer..
I did like that game, although it seems pretty crude now compared to the standards of ganes today.
Anybody heard of these games:
Heavy Metal Fakk 2? - Nice 1st person 3D swordfest.
Rise of the triad? - Another 1st person 3D game, but can't recall it so well.
RE: First ever PC owned - Guerreiro - 11-23-2009
Rise of the Triad, wow.. You also had Rise of the Robots. One Must Fall 2097, ODT, Commander Keen, Lemmings, Push!, Skyroads, Krypton Egg, Bananoid, I could go on for a while now I notice..
RE: First ever PC owned - UID=0 - 12-06-2009
(11-23-2009, 03:24 AM)Guerreiro Wrote: Rise of the Triad, wow.. You also had Rise of the Robots. One Must Fall 2097, ODT, Commander Keen, Lemmings, Push!, Skyroads, Krypton Egg, Bananoid, I could go on for a while now I notice..
Hehe - And Carmageddon, which I really liked...;)
RE: First ever PC owned - Jordan L. - 12-06-2009
(10-31-2009, 09:53 AM)Omniscient Wrote: I had a Timex Sinclair 1000 with the added ram 16k (yes that's K) and a cassette drive. We bought it at J&R in NYC and I was very excited. I was about 11 years old.
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The creator of Witza..
RE: First ever PC owned - Uhriventis - 12-07-2009
Couldn't tell you the brand as I was so young but it had Windows v3.1 on it. I used to play Oregon Trail on it.