Little OT, but some old good computers :D

[Henry]

Here is my first computer...



NAME ZX SPECTRUM
MANUFACTURER Sinclair
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR April 1982
END OF PRODUCTION 1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Sinclair Basic
KEYBOARD QWERTY rubber keyboard (40 keys) with up to 6 functions by keys !
CPU Zilog Z80 A
SPEED 3.5 MHz
RAM 16k or 48k (42k left for programming)
ROM 16k (Basic & OS)
TEXT MODES 32 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES 256 x 192
COLORS 8 with two tones each (normal and bright)
SOUND 1 voice / 10 octaves (Beeper)
SIZE / WEIGHT 23 x 14,4 x 3 cm / 550g
I/O PORTS Expansion port, tape-recorder (1200 bauds), RF video out
POWER SUPPLY External PSU, 9v DC, 1.4A (centre polarity = -ve)
PRICE 16k model :282 (France, 83)
48k model : 365 (France, 83)

My Second Computer...




I had the 65XE first and then the 130XE, with 2 FDDs, 300baud modem and a color printer...


NAME 65 / 130 XE
MANUFACTURER Atari
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1985
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Atari Basic
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 57 keys, 5 function keys (Help, Start, Select, Option, Reset)
ESC, TAB, CONTROL, SHIFT (x2), DELETE, BREAK, RETURN, CAPS, GRAPH MODE
CPU MOS 6502C
SPEED 1.79 MHz
COPROCESSOR GTIA (video), POKEY (Sound, I/O), ANTIC (Video), FREDDY (memory)
RAM 130-XE : 128 kb
65-XE : 64 kb
ROM 24 kb
TEXT MODES Five text modes, maximum : 40 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES 11 graphic modes, maximum : 320 x 192
COLORS 16 colors with 15 intensity level each
SOUND 4 channels, 3.5 octaves
I/O PORTS Composite video output, Cardridge port, Expansion port, SIO peripheral port (tape, disk, printer, modem), 2 x joystick connectors
POWER SUPPLY External power supply unit (1A, 5v cc)


Can anyone beat me ???
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[Cheese]

My first was...



NAME C 64
MANUFACTURER Commodore
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR 1982
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Basic
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard, 4 function keys, 66 keys
CPU 6510
SPEED 0.985 MHz (PAL) / 1.023 MHz (NTSC)
COPROCESSOR VIC II (Video), SID (Sound)
RAM 64k
ROM 20k
TEXT MODES 40 x 25
GRAPHIC MODES several, most used : 320 x 200
COLORS 16
SOUND 3 voices / 6 octaves (sound output through TV)
I/O PORTS RGB (composite, chroma/luma and sound in/out), 2 x Joystick plugs, Cardridge slot, Tape interfarce (300 bps), Serial, User Port, TV RF output
POWER SUPPLY External PSU
PRICE $595 (USA, 1982)



Rob.

[linear]

My first was


NAME APPLE II+
MANUFACTURER Apple
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN U.S.A.
YEAR June 1979
END OF PRODUCTION 1983
BUILT IN LANGUAGE AppleSoft Basic
KEYBOARD Full-stroke keyboard
CPU MOS 6502
SPEED 1 MHz
RAM 48 KB (64 KB max. with language card)
ROM 12 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 24, 80 x 24 (with 80 columns card)
GRAPHIC MODES 40 x 40-48 (16 colors), 280 x 192 (6 colors)
COLORS 16
SOUND one channel beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT Unknown
I/O PORTS Monitor, Internal Slots (8), Memory slot, Tape
POWER SUPPLY Built-in PSU
PRICE $1195 (1979, USA)


Booting from ROM rocks! I had the 64 KB RAM upgrade, and the dual floppies like pictured. I even got a thermal printer later on, but that got replaced fast by an Epson 9-pin dot matrix. I wrote tons of crappy Applesoft BASIC programs that did various useless (but impressive) things, including play music by calling a subroutine written in assembler, graph parabolas from their equations with autoscale axes, and I even wrote a hack to AppleDOS that made student disks unique enough that files couldn't be exchanged between students (copy protection!).

[relix]

My (dad's) first was...



NAME ATMOS
MANUFACTURER Oric
TYPE Home Computer
ORIGIN United Kingdom
YEAR February 1984
BUILT IN LANGUAGE Tangerine Basic
KEYBOARD QWERTY, mechanical keyboard, 58 keys. 4 arrow keys.
ESC, CTRL, DEL, RETURN, SHIFT (x 2), FUNCT.
CPU 6502A
SPEED 1 mHz
RAM 48 KB
ROM 16 KB
TEXT MODES 40 x 28
GRAPHIC MODES 240 x 200
COLORS 8
SOUND 3 voices, 8 octaves
SIZE / WEIGHT 28 x 17,5 x 5,5 cm
I/O PORTS Power supply, Expansion port, Printer/Centronics port, Tape-recorder DIN plug, RGB video out, RF TV out
POWER SUPPLY External PSU
PRICE
365 eur (France, december 84)
150 eur (France, december 85)


Has anyone also noticed that the speed of Henry's first comp was higher than Henry's second comp? Even this PC is 3.5 times slower than Henry's PC of 2 years younger...