Porker Turbocharged June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Any of you know what happened to this local brand? It was around sometime in early 90s... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnomish 2nd Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Long extinct. That time was when I was using the Amiga. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 uop lorry loong time ago.....oni one still standing now is ranger....datamini, compro all uplorry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 my first pc was a ranger... AT286 with 1MB RAM (4 x 256K DRAM modules), 20MB HDD, 1x5.25" 1.2MB FDD, 1x3.5" 1.44MB FDD, 14" VGA Monitor, MS-DOS 5.0 OS. I paid $2,000 for it, scrimped and saved from my 1st job to pay for it. Later got Lotus 123 spreadsheet, Wordstar 5.0 wordprocessor. I became very good in writing autoexec.bat and config.sys to optimise the base 640K RAM to allow many games to be played, including the original Wing Commander game, because the games could not directly access the 384K of Extended memory (EMS). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 my first pc was a ranger... AT286 with 1MB RAM (4 x 256K DRAM modules), 20MB HDD, 1x5.25" 1.2MB FDD, 1x3.5" 1.44MB FDD, 14" VGA Monitor, MS-DOS 5.0 OS. I paid $2,000 for it, scrimped and saved from my 1st job to pay for it. Later got Lotus 123 spreadsheet, Wordstar 5.0 wordprocessor. I became very good in writing autoexec.bat and config.sys to optimise the base 640K RAM to allow many games to be played, including the original Wing Commander game, because the games could not directly access the 384K of Extended memory (EMS). same same bro..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 (edited) my first pc was a ranger... AT286 with 1MB RAM (4 x 256K DRAM modules), 20MB HDD, 1x5.25" 1.2MB FDD, 1x3.5" 1.44MB FDD, 14" VGA Monitor, MS-DOS 5.0 OS. I paid $2,000 for it, scrimped and saved from my 1st job to pay for it. Later got Lotus 123 spreadsheet, Wordstar 5.0 wordprocessor. I became very good in writing autoexec.bat and config.sys to optimise the base 640K RAM to allow many games to be played, including the original Wing Commander game, because the games could not directly access the 384K of Extended memory (EMS). also u remember that era 20MB hdd can cost you $600 Edited June 10, 2011 by RadX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arowana1 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 my first computer is an XT 640kb of RAM NO hard disk (back then, 20Mb is king and cost an arm and a leg) 2 x 3.5" floppy drive monochrome display 9-pin dot matrix printer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 my first computer is an XT 640kb of RAM NO hard disk (back then, 20Mb is king and cost an arm and a leg) 2 x 3.5" floppy drive monochrome display 9-pin dot matrix printer yeah.. I was still in school or NS when the XTs came out- and I think they cost something like 5 grand. No way my dad could afford anything like that.. so I had to wait till i started work before can afford my own PC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 yeah.. I was still in school or NS when the XTs came out- and I think they cost something like 5 grand. No way my dad could afford anything like that.. so I had to wait till i started work before can afford my own PC. yah...last time datamini was king...Simlim go copy sw...oni years later then windows 3.1 came out, and Apple was wayy too ex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 also u remember that era 20MB hdd can cost you $600 yeah... and I upgraded to 2MB RAM at $200 ... woohoo, I had one of highest RAM PCs at the time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 yeah... and I upgraded to 2MB RAM at $200 ... woohoo, I had one of highest RAM PCs at the time! eh...tt time 2MB ram...sibei fast already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 yah...last time datamini was king...Simlim go copy sw...oni years later then windows 3.1 came out, and Apple was wayy too ex LOL.. I remember datamini... they came out with one of the first all in one PC, with built in speakers at the front. Somehow AIO PCs never took off at the time - only now they make a comeback and seem to be rather popular. Datamini, ahead of its time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmOm 5th Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 My first computer was a TI-99/4. It was the machine that I learned BASIC programming on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A It could save data onto cassette tapes and had a speech synthesis upgrade box that could be plugged into the main keyboard/CPU console. To use the modem, you attach the telephone receiver onto it. my first computer is an XT 640kb of RAM NO hard disk (back then, 20Mb is king and cost an arm and a leg) 2 x 3.5" floppy drive monochrome display 9-pin dot matrix printer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemdk 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 my first computer is an XT 640kb of RAM NO hard disk (back then, 20Mb is king and cost an arm and a leg) 2 x 3.5" floppy drive monochrome display 9-pin dot matrix printer Sounds like my first computer too, except mine had 2 x 5.25" floppy drives. I still remember playing Karateka on that thing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmOm 5th Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Remember King's Quest and the Ultima series of RPGs? Sounds like my first computer too, except mine had 2 x 5.25" floppy drives. I still remember playing Karateka on that thing... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Requiemdk 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Remember King's Quest and the Ultima series of RPGs? But of course.. the Zork series... and also the Leisure Suit Larry series... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyz 5th Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Sounds like my first computer too, except mine had 2 x 5.25" floppy drives. I still remember playing Karateka on that thing... is the white karata guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkingidiot 1st Gear June 10, 2011 Share June 10, 2011 Remember King's Quest and the Ultima series of RPGs? I like the ultima underworld... later on came the baddest of the lot: Castle Wolfenstein! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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