Old PC thread

[rajan1311]

We all would remember our first PC, some of them could be pretty old. Lets share some memories of our first experiences with the now so very common, but back then, a luxury, Desktop computer.

Here is my 16 years old, first desktop computer,primarily used by my father for CAD and MS office. I don't exactly remember the full configuration, but it was 8MB RAM, 1GB HDD, Intel Pentium 133MHz processor, 4X CD ROM and windows 95. Here are some pics, many of you would not have seen such stuff

Here is the RAM:



Here is the Motherboard, any idea what those big black slots are for ?



Here is the CPU Fan, it sits on the CPU heatsink. Really small,40mm in diameter.




The processor itself, much larger than most current processors, notice that it says ES (engineering sample is it ? )



The CPU had its own Heat sink stuck to it, this is how it looks:




Sorry for the Picture size, originally shot at 5MP, just enjoy the slowness of loading too

[just4kix]

Very nice thread. Photos are too large - you may wish to consider downsizing them in future.

I have worked on PCs from the days when they have dual floppy disks (5.25 inch) and no HDD. The processor was 8086 and memory was 256 KB.

IBM came with the PC-XT, in 1986/7 with a 10 MB HDD and 640 KB memory. Bill Gates even said, "640 KB memory should surely be enough for everybody".

[rajan1311]

really sorry for the picture size, don't want to do the resizing again...

Got any pics of your first PC? Even first laptop would do

[gaggan4392]

I don`t have the older PC now, but my first one has 512 MB RAM , 40 GB HDD, 64 MB internal Graphic Card, Intel Pentium 4 Processor.

The pictures you used are really very larger in size but the loading of page took only 5-6 seconds as at the time I am using 4 Mbps internet in my college.Page is of 1.6 MB.

[imrock]

i had my first pc with 256MB RAM,Intel P4 1.86GHZ, Monitor with 800x600resolution

Then Came 512MB RAM in it,then 1GB.

then my C2d pc arrived.i love it.

[rajan1311]

We should have auto image resize on IBF IMO. Everyone here is so busy who to tell...
1.6MB for 5 images is not too bad man (320KB each !)

[imrock]

We should have auto image resize on IBF IMO. Everyone here is so busy who to tell...
1.6MB for 5 images is not too bad man (320KB each !)

lol IBF members are being lazy!
And i have a question!

How did the pc perform with 8MB RAM

[meetdilip]

I am still using my first PC. It used to have 256 MB RAM,80 GB hard disk.

[rajan1311]

It was pretty smooth actually. I could not play any games though.... i had DAVE, the original DOOM and one flight simulator game...cant remember the name...

[imrock]

I am still using my first PC. It used to have 256 MB RAM,80 GB hard disk.

good. and as i know u have the amd phenom??

It was pretty smooth actually. I could not play any games though.... i had DAVE, the original DOOM and one flight simulator game...cant remember the name...

Lol i loved to play DAVE.when i was small like 4-5 years then my dad brought that pc.i was on 5 level of DAVE

[meetdilip]

good. and as i know u have the amd phenom??

My processor is AMD Athlon 3000+

[imrock]

My processor is AMD Athlon 3000+

won't u like to upgrade with the contest money?

[rajan1311]

won't u like to upgrade with the contest money?

I don't think he got it yet.
Why will he even need to, its good enough for his needs.

[imrock]

I don't think he got it yet.
Why will he even need to, its good enough for his needs.

ok.

maybe he's buying another phone or mobile.if i was him i spent the money right after it arrived.

[rajan1311]

ok.

maybe he's buying another phone or mobile.if i was him i spent the money right after it arrived.

He just got a Nokia 5800 bro !

going off topic, stop.

[imrock]

He just got a Nokia 5800 bro !

going off topic, stop.

oh yaa.

Any idea about the oldest pc?

I say-
1MB RAM
1MB Hard disk
Intel Pentium/2(pentium divide by 2)

[essbebe]

You were not Born in 1974!

There is debate about what machine was the first personal computer, the Altair 8800 (1975),
the Mark-8 (1974), or even back to Kenbak-1 (1971). The computer in the January 1975 issue
of "Popular Electronics"captured the attention of the 400,000 or so readers of Popular Electronics
. Before then, home computers were lucky to sell a hundred units.
The Altair sold thousands in the first year. By the end of 1975 there were a dozen companies
producing computer kits and peripherals

In the March, 1974, issue of QST magazine there appeared the first advertisement
for a "personal computer." It was called the Scelbi (SCientific, ELectronic and BIological)
and designed by the Scelbi Computer Consulting Company of Milford, Connecticut.
Based on Intel's 8008 microprocessor, Scelbi sold for $565 and came with 1K of programmable memory,
with an additional 15K of memory available for $2760.
The second "personal computer kit" was the Mark-8 (also Intel 8008 based) designed by Jonathan Titus
. The July issue of Radio Electronics magazine published an article on building a Mark-8 microcomputer,
information the general public was hungry for. At the same time, the Intel company introduced
the new 8080 microprocessor chip, made for controlling traffic lights.
It was to become the microprocessor inside the very successful Altair computer

Source : Google search.

[matrix]

Really a curious thing. All are gone as e-waste!!! How to get a photo of the same. I started in the same time say 1987 and the first PC I worked is a 8086 640KB RAM amber monitor and 20 MB HDD with 5.25 inch floppy drive. I use Wordstar for editing text file as well as documents. We have to specify whether to open a document or a non-document by opening thru different commands.

When started networking (Netware 3.11) The then server a normal PC with 150MB HDD, the memory to be upgraded to 15 MB. A lot of memory chips added to a board and put on one of the extension slot. All the work stations are disk less with boot ROM cards. There was no TCP/IP then just ipx.

And it is a very long way. Those computers performed better with those applications available those days. Some of them load as TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident), can be activated by using hot keys.

Cannot continue as it is endless..............

[kartikoli]

good 1 TS :thumbup: