Your first computer story
By nunubanget
@nunubanget (130)
Indonesia
May 26, 2010 12:53pm CST
My first computer is a 486DX100. (486 proc, 100Mhz clock, 8MB EDORAM, 2MB VGA, 512MB Storage). as I remember, it came with windows 3.11 installed. the price was the same with a new coreduo laptop today. Then I replace the OS to Windows 95. when windows98 beta version had launched by microsoft, I really want to try but I had to upgrade the memory to 32MB to meet minimum requirement. As a 2nd year student, i took the job to rewriter thesis draft that will be submitted.
Finnaly i could spend some money to upgrade my EDORAM to 32MB, my HDD to 1.2GB, and rent a windows98 beta version instaler. With my roommate friend I installed the 98. It took 26 hour to install 98 :( I used it no more than a week. My computer became crash, hang, and stop working.
with a deep sorrow, I rolled back to windows 95. 6 months later, i could upgrade my computer to pentium 233Mhz, and used it till I pass my college. Thanks God, my first computer was 485DX100
How about your first computer story? do you have one?
3 responses
@nunubanget (130)
• Indonesia
26 May 10
I cant remember either. Maybe you can tell us what year it was, and the operating system. So we can figure out about it.
@kenites (337)
• Philippines
27 May 10
My brother and I bought our first computer way back in 1994. I really cannot remember the exact specs of the computer. But I think that was also a 486 with an 8mb edoram and 2mb video card, I think the hard disk was around 200mb and also a 3.1 windows as the OS. Then we slowly upgraded it. I think our first upgrade was this: it become a Pentium I with 32mb edoram, a 8mb video card and a 1.2GB hard disk and a windows 95 OS. I don't think I can still remember correctly but I think my last upgrade before I junked that PC is this: a windows 98 OS, Pentium II, 64ram, 16mb video card, 2gb hard disk..Those were the days :)
@nunubanget (130)
• Indonesia
27 May 10
I guess we had our computer at the same period. By that time, the specs were not as many as today. And it was expensive enough, was it? we must learn hard to operate the program. But it made us more creative, and it was making us understand many programs more easily today.
