Home Computer Genealogy
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Wow! This took a lot more effort than I thought. I did a lot of searching through company product histories and archives of credit card transactions to put most of this together. I previously did the Game Console Genealogy, so here is the Home Computer Genealogy...computers I've grown up with.
- 1982 TRS-80 Model 3 (borrowed from my Mom's school for the summer)
- 1983 TI-99/4A (Joe's computer, but he let me use it)
- Cassette recorder for storing/retrieving data
- Used a color TV as a monitor
- 1984 Apple //e (technically, my first computer)
- DuoDisk - dual 5.25" floppy drives
- Apple Monitor II - monochrome with green phosphor, screen could be tilted slightly up or down
- Okidata dot matrix printer
- 1990 IBM PS/2 55SX (my college gift)
- 16 MHz Intel 386SX
- 2 MB RAM
- 60 MB hard drive
- 3.5" floppy drive
- Sound Blaster MCV
- IBM 14" 640x480 monitor (8512)
- Epson FX-80 dot matrix printer (inherited from Joe)
- IBM PS/2 2-Button Mouse
- 1200 baud modem
- Operating Systems
- 1993 USA Flex (Mail Order PC)
- 40 MHz AMD 486 DX 40
- 3.5" floppy drive
- Sound Blaster 16
- Monitors
- 15"
- 17" NEC MultiSync
- Printers
- Modems
- 2400 baud
- 14.4k baud
- 28.8k baud
- Operating Systems
- 1997 Homebuilt PC
- 233 MHz Intel Pentium MMX
- 64 MB RAM
- 24X CD-ROM
- 3.8 GB Quantum hard drive
- 3.5" floppy drive
- Monitors
- 17" NEC MultiSync
- 21" Compaq P110 - bought this right before I left my job at Compaq so I could get the 50% employee discount. The monitor was originally $2000, but I paid (you guessed it!) $1000.
- ATI Rage graphics card
- Sound Blaster AWE64
- HP Deskjet 660cse color ink jet printer
- 56k baud modem
- Operating Systems
- $2,000
- 1999 Homebuilt PC
- Dual 500 MHz Intel Pentium III's
- 3.5" floppy drive
- ATI All In Wonder (3D Rage II) Graphics Card/TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Live!
- 21" Compaq P110 monitor
- HP Deskjet 660cse color ink jet printer
- Operating Systems
- 2001 Dell Inspiron 8000 Laptop
- 1 GHz Mobile Intel Pentium III
- 512 MB RAM
- Nvidia GeForce2 Go
- 1600x1200 LCD
- 24X CD Burner/DVD
- 3.5" floppy drive
- Windows XP Professional
- $4,000
- 2002 Homebuilt PC
- CPU's
- 2.2 GHz Intel Pentium 4 (overheated and died an early death)
- 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4
- 1 GB RAM
- Graphics Cards
- HP DVD Writer dvd200i
- 3.5" floppy drive
- HP Scanjet 5470c
- 21" Compaq P110 monitor
- Printers
- CPU's
- Windows XP Professional
Comments (2)
I remember the IBM PS/2 (sweet Arkanoid); I also had a computer from USA Flex but can't remember any specs; I remember your 233Mhz, since that was the first one that had the power switch where you twisted it and held it to go into S3, right? I remember you talking about the dual cpu machine, and I remember you talking about a laptop.
Posted by Steve's Cat | May 14, 2006 11:08 AM
Posted on May 14, 2006 11:08
Yes, the 233 MHz was my first ATX form factor PC. ATX, at the time, was a new platform that was designed to replace AT. The major difference being AT had a physical power switch and ATX could be turned off by software.
Posted by David | May 14, 2006 12:29 PM
Posted on May 14, 2006 12:29