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| Thread ID: 143134 | 2016-11-28 22:37:00 | Blast from the past | Tony (4941) | PC World Chat |
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| 1429264 | 2016-11-28 22:37:00 | I've been archiving our Community newsletters and I came across this from 1995. Reminds me to never complain about hardware prices. Also note that the ad included tape backup and a fax modem. 7702 |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1429265 | 2016-11-29 00:16:00 | It was state of the art then remember. My C64 cost $1800. In fact they always cost about the same....it's just the hardware gets better. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1429266 | 2016-11-29 00:48:00 | My C64 cost $1800. While we are reminiscing, my very first personal computer was a Sanyo 555 that cost me about $6000 in about 1985 (?) It had 256k memory, no HDD, 2 floppy disks and a tiny green screen. I was clearly earning too much money back then, but I think I had more fun with that machine than any I've owned since. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1429267 | 2016-11-29 02:27:00 | My first serious PC was a 486/DX25 with 4MB RAM and a 120MB HDD and an SVGA (800x600) monitor- can't remember what video card I had. The machine ran Windows 3.0 & originally cost £2400 early in 1991 (when the exchange rate was about 3NZD to 1GBP). A few years later, back in NZ, I spent ~$NZ$1500 to swap out to a P133 motherboard, 32MB of RAM & a 540MB hard drive, plus I had added a SoundBlaster 16 & a 3dfx Voodoo 1 card. So, in the order of NZ$9000 total spend, I think I eventually sold it for around $200... | MushHead (10626) | ||
| 1429268 | 2016-11-29 04:01:00 | My first few computers were second hand and old hat already but still cost a fortune. I don't remember how much for most of them though. Started with a C64, then an Atari STFM, my first PC was a 386 DX33 and the last complete factory assembled PC I ever bought, then started the update habit that's still going strong today. I blame the switch to x86 machines purely on wolfenstein, I was perfectly happy with 2D games until I saw that. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1429269 | 2016-11-29 04:33:00 | If we really want to delve into the past my very first computer experience was learning FORTRAN at night school on an IBM 1130 at Southampton Technical College, then starting work as an operator for IBM on a 360/40 - size of a large fridge with 256k memory and a typewriter console - that was 1968. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1429270 | 2016-11-29 18:44:00 | Nah that wasn't your personal computer! Who watched the doco on George Boole the other day? Rather interesting, he was self taught, or initially taught by his dad. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1429271 | 2016-11-29 18:53:00 | Nah that wasn't your personal computer!It felt like it though when I was the sole operator in the middle of a night shift and could use idle time to test out my new PL/1 programming skills. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1429272 | 2016-11-29 19:50:00 | Reminds me of listing an Ad in the Trade & Exchange, back in the days before TradeMe. We would fax it through, and it would cost per letter :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1429273 | 2016-11-29 20:23:00 | Who watched the doco on George Boole the other day? Rather interesting, he was self taught, or initially taught by his dad.I missed that - where was it on? | Tony (4941) | ||
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