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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

My aunt let me borrow her Tandy Color Computer because my cousin didn’t know how to use it. The only computer program I ever wrote was on that computer. I wrote a program in Color BASIC that automated...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

I got a Commodore VIC-20 for Christmas one year. I learned Commodore BASIC and how to program in joystick control and other fancy features into the otherwise rudimentary games I created. I got a big...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

We also had a Commodore VIC-20 in our family, but apart from playing one game called Blitz, I really don’t remember anything else about it. After the VIC-20, we got a ZX Spectrum+ from Sinclair – who...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

my first computer was 2nd hand ZX spectrum +3 that one with floppy disc then had Atari 2600 console. thanks Chris

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

IBM System 3. After that, they were (in chronological order): Atari 800XL IBM System 3 (with 10 line VDU) IBM System 36 (with a massive 200MB hard drive and a carousel that held twenty-four 8-inch...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

Mine was an AMD k6 running at 450mhz with 384mb of ram running windows 98 SE. Grew up in the 90s lol.

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

Mine was a ZX Spectrum.  Ah the memories of pulling up that rubber keyboard to reveal the membrane underneath… and then trying to make the metal plate stick back down again.  Wow… flashbacks

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

I took my first computer class on an Apple IIe but the first computer that our family owned was a TI 99/4A. We had a cassette recorder to store programs on and a speech synthesizer. A few years later,...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

Makes me think of my old Atari 1040STFM… After i had that baby in my hands I thought “This is the future of computing.” those where the days… Later i got a Megafile 30 and had to build a custom cable...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

My first computer was an Acer desktop from the late 90’s. Not sure of the specs but I loved it. It was all black, and I thought it looked so cool.

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I need a new laptop or tablet.

I’ve been using a MacBook Pro for the past several years and it’s time I get a new laptop or tablet that can be used to replace a laptop. What are some good laptops and tablets that won’t break the...

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Reply To: What was Your First Computer?

Brad – I had an Acer about that same time. Win 95 and a 56kbit modem- I thought I was rockin! Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. - Mark...

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Home Router Reviews or Options

Having some strange wifi issues between my Apple airport & my newer Lenovo T440s. With that said I’m also looking for functionality to control the internet browsing in the house with young kids....

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Reply To: Home Router Reviews or Options

There are a couple of reviews on site here. This one I found particularly useful personally: http://geekbeat.tv/editors-choice-belkin-n750-db-wireless-dual-band-n-router-review/ There are only 10...

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