Who's got the oldest personal computer on DP? I've got a 1989/90 Atari 1040 STe. I bought it 'as new' in the mid 90s to run MIDI stuff on. I know some of you guys can beat this It has to be still in your possession (or in your parents attic/basement), and consoles (NES/2600/etc) don't count.
wow... and i thought my pc was old... I guess i could top the list if you changed the topic to "Who uses the oldest computer here" Mine is currently in its 6th year...
You've still got the C64? ... I had a Vic-20 when I was a kid, but I let it go when I was a teenager. I've been kicking myself for the last 10 years... Nope. I've got a P3 from (late) 1990something that I still use
Don't you get frustrated using this old machine? I have at times used a spare machine bought by me in the early 2003 and the speed/performance beats the hell out of me! Regards, RightMan
I only use the P3 for messing around with. I have a state of the art Athlon XP 2800 from 2002 that I use most of the time (seriously!)
Purchased my first PC in the second month of 2000 .. so its like 2YK Computer ... However, It was a P3 and I hardly use it now .. !
My 1st machine was from 1987 a Amstrad 1512 has a 8086 processor whilst the IBM computer at the time used a 8088 processor. It has 50 bytes of Non Volatile RAM (NVR), which retains it's contents when the machine is switched off, and 512Kb (½ a megabyte of RAM) which could be upgraded to 640 Kb. The Amstrad has a serial (RS232) port which was typically used for modems. A parallel port for a printer, and these are built into the machine and are labelled.
I still have my IBM PCjr bought new about 1984. I almost lost it when my wife was cleaning out the attic a few weeks ago, though. I stopped my son walking out to the car with the monitor. Whew!
I have some Apple I and Apple II and the first LISA Mac and the next MAC do not know how old they are.
Somewhere in my parents attic is my original Sinclair ZX81 computer... I'll try and dig it out next time I'm home!
I Had an Apple I which i think we paid around 1000 pounds for when i was about 8 years old lol back in the 90's!! I think it was an apple I it looks like that one above pictured! but apple lol! with the rainbow apple! Regrds B.
Back in 82' my grandparents visited a time share and got this as a gift. They gave it to me in 84'. I had the 16k RAM, yes 16 "K" expansion module and used a cassette tape/player to load frogger and other games.