Timmah! on 02 September 2007
Just for kicks, I'll post my family's first computer when I was young (given to us by our church when they upgraded to 286s):
Processor: IBM 8088 running at 4.77MHz
Graphics card: Ha!
Memory: 640K TOTAL!
Motherboard: IBM Compatible 8-bit motherboard
Operating System: MS-Dos 3.0
Hard Drive: 32MB 700RPM Drive (and it was HUGE)
External Drive: 5.25" Floppy
Modem:4800 Baud Modem
Sound card: Beep
Monitor: 12" Orange Monochrome CRT
Cost:Free!
We've come a long way...
