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Oh I wish I kept them all....
In order:
Atari VCS (Yeah I know, not really a game system)
Sinclair ZX80
Timex Sinclair ZX81
TI99/4A
Vic20
Commodore64
Atari PC1 (8088 level clone)
IBM PCjr (used)
Amstrad Portable XT (used)
468-20 SLC (Beige box)
AMD 5x86-133 (Beige box)
Pentium 200 (Beige box)
Celeron 300a (Beige box)
Celeron 1100(Beige box) current
98 GL sport (V6 MTX)
The Durable Duratec? - (DMD, Metal impeller WaterPump, Synth & Stinky in the tranny)
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Originally posted by Bob Blaylock:
The original IBM PC, IBM PC-XT, and all the earliest clones all had 8088 processors running at 4.77 MHz. In those days, if you were writing a program that was timing-sensitive, you wrote it to waste as many CPU cycles as needed, by executing spurious instructions, in order to run at the desired speed. This, of course, depended on being able to make solid assumptions about what processor you were running on, and at what speed.
Ah, okay. I used to try to play a game called Bouncing Babies on our 8 MhZ 8088 compatible; you controlled two firemen holding a trampoline outside a burning building, and you tried to bounce as many falling babies as you could into an ambuliance. At 8 Mhz it was impossible after the first level. 
--T.J.
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time killer!  Originally posted by TJSwoboda:
Originally posted by Bob Blaylock:
The original IBM PC, IBM PC-XT, and all the earliest clones all had 8088 processors running at 4.77 MHz. In those days, if you were writing a program that was timing-sensitive, you wrote it to waste as many CPU cycles as needed, by executing spurious instructions, in order to run at the desired speed. This, of course, depended on being able to make solid assumptions about what processor you were running on, and at what speed.
Ah, okay. I used to try to play a game called Bouncing Babies on our 8 MhZ 8088 compatible; you controlled two firemen holding a trampoline outside a burning building, and you tried to bounce as many falling babies as you could into an ambuliance. At 8 Mhz it was impossible after the first level.
--T.J.
i remember that game, i still play it sometimes 
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Similar thing here ... there was a shareware game called Brickles Plus that I played all the time on the Mac LCIII ... when I tried playing it on my PowerBook 3400c it became impossible AT the first level!!! I guess those 175 extra MHz made a big difference ... 
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First owned (as purchased): 386SX-16, 16MHz, no math co-processor !M RAM (SIPP) 256K video RAM 40MB hard drive "AdLib" compatible sound card 5.25" and 3.5" floppies 14" monitor Upgrades for it which I started from week 1  : extra 1 Meg of RAM math coprocessor (387) Oak Tech. SVGA card with 1 Meg RAM First computers used: Tandy TRS-80 model II and model III, cassette storage and 5.25" floppy. CLOAD from cassette and DLOAD from floppy is most I can remember. Was in my 6th grade classroom, learned some Tandy Basic... Bug Hunt and TaiPan were the most used programs.
'95 'stiqueLS 2.5L ATX
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1/4" TH fix
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Xenon bulbs
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Originally posted by Trapps:
Apple 2e
BASIC and silly games...
heh... Oregon Trail... Did you have that one?
2003 Sonic Blue SVT Cobra Coupe
2003 RedFire SVT Cobra Convertable
2005 Dark Toreador Red F150 XLT 4x4
2000 Black SVT Contour - Beater
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First computer I owned was a Commodore VIC 20, with the cassette memory. This was around 1984. I had some limited experience with computers at work since we had just gotten a Cromemco (2 8" floppies, no hard drive, 19" color terminal, circa 1982) that was dedicated to data gathering in a powerplant.
First "modern" PC computer at work was a Zenith 8086, monochrome monitor. The "important" people had just gotten upgraded to Zenith 286's with hard drives (12 mhz, 20 meg HD), making the rest of us very jealous.
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208,000 miles
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Originally posted by mmars:
heh... Oregon Trail... Did you have that one?
Played it at school! Cool game. There were later versions with more graphics and more stuff that could happen to your party...
--T.J.
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Originally posted by TJSwoboda:
Originally posted by mmars:
heh... Oregon Trail... Did you have that one?
Played it at school! Cool game. There were later versions with more graphics and more stuff that could happen to your party...
--T.J.
My party kept getting snake bites.
'01 GTP: 3.3" pulley, Headers, 3" Exhaust, Straight Pipe, Intense Air to Water Intercooler. Pictures
Old Ride: 95 Mystique LS V6 ATX: Pictures
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Originally posted by Tim:
Originally posted by TJSwoboda:
Originally posted by mmars:
heh... Oregon Trail... Did you have that one?
Played it at school! Cool game. There were later versions with more graphics and more stuff that could happen to your party...
--T.J.
My party kept getting snake bites.
What would you like to do?
1) Ford the river?
2) Caulk the wagon and float it across?
3) Hire a native to take you across?
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neener neeeeeener, Your entire party was lost.
For Sale:
- Sony PSP with a Baseball 2k6 and the movie Crash. $100
- 1973 Karmann Ghia Convertible w/ Auto-Stick. Needs Restoration. $1200 OBO
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