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vegas:
myself & f0dder were discussing computers a bit in the irc chan, just thought this might make an interesting thread.

I'm 30 years old now and this is my history with computers I've owned.

tandy1000 (1986) -> 286 (1993) -> pentium75 (1995) -> pentium 300 (1998) -> pentium 550 (1999) -> amd 1100 (2001) -> amd 2500 (2003-current) -> ????? (amd x2 4400+ coming soon)

mouser:
cromemco z-2d z80/cpm/teletype (1978?) -> ibm pc (1981, were on early waiting list) -> ibm pc at (woot a hard drive!) -> boring upgrades -> amd xp2000 (current machine)

favorite computers to program on other than those above: trs80,radioshack colorcomputer
least favorite to program on: apple macintosh
most drooled over and never owned: apple lisa

interesting chart: http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_tecnologia/03_computing_history.html

f0dder:
24 years old from .dk, been using computers for "a while".

Started with a Commodore 64, later upgraded to amiga 600. For a while my PC access was limited to school computers and when I visited my dad.

Then came 486dx4-100 -> pentium/mmx-200 (new box) -> amd k6-II 333mhz (same parts as the pmmx, borrowed mobo+cpu from a friend) -> athlon700 (new box) -> P4 2.53GHz (new box) -> AMD64 3500+ (new box) -> AMD64x2 4400+ (new cpu+mobo)

That's the chart for my "workstation". I also have a p3-celeron 1.3 working as server, and I have a p4-celeron 1.7 that used to be my secondary workstation, which my younger brothers have inherited (along with the main P4). For win9x/win2k/linux/osdev testing I have a p2/mmx 350MHz which a friend of mine found lying around at his company's basement :)

I really wouldn't mind playing around with some embedded-size computer that still has reasonable power - like somehing ARM based, or perhaps just one of those nano-ITX boards from via. But it's a bit much cash to spend on something that I'd only toy around with :)

nudone:
atari 2600 (i know it's not a computer - just wanted to point out i've still got it and it works!) -> sinclair zx spectrum -> commodore 64 -> atari st -> 386 -> 486 -> pentium 133 -> amd 500 -> pentium 3 -> amd xp2200 (current machine) -> amd athlon 64 x2 dual core 4800+ (by the end of this week, yep, buying my own christmas present, sad eh?)

sorry, but i really can't remember the years - it's hard enough trying to remember the model numbers.

a few other computers (pentium 2's and the like) lying around the place not worth even turning on - i'd throw them away but it would be unfair to the environment. oh, and a couple of laptops - pentium 2 and pentium 4. er, pocket pc ipaq 5500. you know what - i still ain't got enough  :)

wr975's post reminded me i had an amiga 500 also.

wr975:
Philips G7000 (aka "Magnavox Odyssey 2") -> C64 (w/ datasette! Yay!) -> Amiga 500 -> 486 DX2/50 -> P60 -> K7 500 -> K7 1000 -> XP 1700 -> XP 2400

Graphic cards history: Trident (yay!) -> Matrox Mystique -> 3dfx Voodoo 2 -> Geforce 2 MX 440 -> Sapphire Atlantis Radeon 9600 -> Leadtek Winfast GeForce 6800

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