FenderGuy1 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Mine would be the C64 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The iphone. I've just had an ipad and it's better for watching things at bedtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 My current one. Packard Bell something or other. Don't know, don't care. At least 4x faster at everything it does than my last one. Starts-up in 20 seconds. Huge RAM. Huge hard-drive. P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Bone Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Univac. I like the classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Kaypro II - it was a great piece of hardware and it was a time when computers were new and exciting and just seeing one was rare let alone having one you could own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Bone Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Kaypro II - it was a great piece of hardware and it was a time when computers were new and exciting and just seeing one was rare let alone having one you could own. The "portable" one, with the keyboard/case lid? Those were so cool. Nowadays, they remind me of those early gigantic hand held cellular phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 my atari ST still have it actually, back in the early 90s i used to be the only kid in school with midi sequencining ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I always liked the HAL 9000 series computers although they were a bit temperamental..... Seriously - I learnt programming on IBM AS400s but I was never great at it. My 1st music computer was an Atari 1040, they were solid machines. Jack Tramiel (Atari founder) passed away recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aster1 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 A Commodore Amiga 3000. What an advanced piece that was when the others were doing mostly word processing & spreadsheets. At one time Disney Studios was using these for animation. I will say I prefer their old hand drawn animation of the classics, but no other computer at that time equaled them with video/graphics work. Too bad they could never break into the masses like IBM & clones with MS OS. Aster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogerb Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 My current one. Packard Bell something or other. Don't know, don't care. At least 4x faster at everything it does than my last one. Starts-up in 20 seconds. Huge RAM. Huge hard-drive. P. The next one (to be decided) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buxom Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I'm going with a technicality and saying a Gameboy Color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Since my favorite computer is one that works fast and reliably, it's kind of hard to answer with any technical accuracy. So I'll go the sentimental route. My favorite computer was the Pentium 166MMX. It was the first one that really allowed for good photo shopping and Flight Simulators. That was the first computer that really felt modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Orac from Blake's 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIPt1YQdiQA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=ukeHdiszZmE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=ukeHdiszZmE Before Hal, there was Agnes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 The one that I built: EDIT: Picture of the desktop because I sort of built that too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 The original computer: the abacus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Audi A7 You did say computer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChanMan Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 My first mod. It's still being used today :). From this: to this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman5293 Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 My first mod. It's still being used today :). From this: to this: Please buy a new case! That one hurts my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Well... Having lived through the "reboot with paper tape and switches" era... I think every generation of machines have to be taken by whether they have appropriate capabilities for what they're to be used for. Almost any 8-bit machine could do decent word processing and database stuff if they had storage that an idiot like me could easily interface with the main board. The CPM machines brought some general ease at doing the above, albeit it seemed every one of 'em required a somewhat different version of CPM. Even the Apple II with the 6502 needed an add-on board that functionally was adding a new computer to the Apple's keyboard to run CPM, WordStar and dBaseII - both of which were worth their weight in compterized gold IMHO at the time. That's also why some folks thought CPM would end up beating "PC-Dos" and its clone MS-Dos on the new 16-bit IBM. Anyway, each generation has offered some unique potentials for folks with either different work/play needs. The question always has been a combination of overall power, built-in hardwired design for any specific need (such as music) human interface working with an individual's "head" or not, and price. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djroge1 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Cray XMP-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I am sure some forum members will enjoy this....the 'Museum of Endangered Sounds'...relevant to this thread. http://savethesounds.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Before Hal, there was Agnes. That wasn't Buck Henry was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaysEpiphone Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Hummm... I though this was the early modern computer... http://www.officemuseum.com/data_processing_machines.htm Or this even... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro_Rate_Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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