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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 20, 2022 17:54:20 GMT
Wow - that's some collection.
I was never into computers until they started getting more versatile
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2022 18:10:02 GMT
I started using them at work in 1984, no idea what they were though. I didn't buy a home PC until 2001,it was made by Mesh Computers and cost a shit load more than computers cost now. Currently I use a laptop running Linux, I stopped using Windows a few years back.
Welcome to the forum btw.
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Post by doug61 on Feb 21, 2022 13:08:20 GMT
C64 aside, we got our first proper home computer when my son went to senior school in 1996, came with a dot matrix printer and cost around £1300. 16 MB memory I think. Remember downloading a single song took about 20 minutes plus on the old WinMX.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 21, 2022 13:45:00 GMT
I can still hear the sound of analogue dial up when I want to
Those connections were so-oooo slow
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Post by zeopold on Feb 22, 2022 16:21:00 GMT
Pentium 90 MHZ
16MB RAM
1GB HDD
Diamond Stealth Pro 2MB
Creative Labs Soundblaster Pro
State of the art at the time, £1600
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2022 9:22:14 GMT
He came, he posted, he went...
Where's spacepunk gone LE?
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 25, 2022 9:24:54 GMT
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Post by politician2 on Feb 25, 2022 13:29:28 GMT
Amstrad PCW 8256. Incredibly primitive by modern standards, but it was a game-changer at the time.
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Post by jonpunk on Jul 4, 2022 14:34:45 GMT
Spectrum 48k
Commodore 64
Atari ST
Commodore Amiga
Moved on to PC around late 1990's and stayed with them since in ever increasing capabilities .Still mainly used for games or emails.
I still to this day don't have or never have had or used a mobile phone .
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 4, 2022 14:43:58 GMT
I still to this day don't have or never have had or used a mobile phone . How close have you come to succumbing? Do you think you miss out on social events etc.? Thinking of WhatsApp groups etc. |
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Post by jonpunk on Jul 5, 2022 13:10:15 GMT
I still to this day don't have or never have had or used a mobile phone . How close have you come to succumbing? Do you think you miss out on social events etc.? Thinking of WhatsApp groups etc. Not close whatsoever .Not even given it one little thought . Girlfriend uses one and her work place have WhatsApp thing , she declined to join that as it's then bringing work into home which she refuses to do . Social events , people can phone landline or email me . What you never had you never miss.....like I say have never even considered it , like much these days it's something we are told we need , well with this I find otherwise . |
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Jul 5, 2022 14:25:10 GMT
Well done Jon
I'm impressed
I find it incredibly handy for stuff like gig tickets, rail tickets, payments, banking, travel, GPS, photography, staying in touch etc
But, yeah, not essential as you know better than most
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Post by jonpunk on Jul 11, 2022 13:01:12 GMT
Funny thing is , despite rubbish graphics , some of those early Spectrum and C64 games were highly playable .Even Amiga and ST games now look extremely dated to say the least, but they were very good at the same time .I spent ages on an ST game called Dungeon Master, I think in those days they were written generally by one person , now they have whole teams on them .
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