The growth of computers

[LeP]

I started with AMD unitll Atlhon K6 (desktop) and Intel (laptop). After that only Intel (and Nvidia where I need dedicated GPU).

intel 386sx-20, AMD 486 DX-80, Cyrix P166+, AMD K6-2 500, AMD Athlon XP2000+, AMD Athlon 64 3700+, Core2 6600, i7-3770, A10-7850K , Ryzen 2600 upgraded later to 5700X
The A10 and the 2600 were mostly used as second computer, but with the upgrade it replaced the i7-3770
Graphics cards Trident 9000, S3 Trio+, Diamond Monster 3d (3dFX 1st gen), Nvidia TNT2, Nvidia GF2, GF5500, GF6200 ( bought for TV-OUT), GF7800, AMD 5770, AMD 7850 , NV 4060.

Well, if we start from the beginning, then:

- CP/M (school) with Unix datacenter;
- Motorola 6510 (with the Commodore 64, obviously)
- First PC XT with 8086, designed and assembled entirely by me (school assignment, very demanding assignment).
- i286 with Multitasking DOS (maybe MSDOS 4.0, very complex)
- i386DX with 387 math coprocessor and Windows 3.0
- in the middle, UNISYS terminals with xenix SCO.
- i486DX2 (the one with the first integrated coprocessor) and Windows 3.11. WITH THE FIRST 10 MByte HARD DRIVE.
- Windows 95 and Delphi arrive, also with an i486DX2.
- After a few years, I switched to AMD (I honestly don't remember the name of the first AMD processor I used) because it was cheaper.
- I continued with various AMD processors up to the AMD Athlon K6, also using Intel Pentium 4s in the meantime.
- From then on, I only used Intel for both laptops and desktops.

Like video cards, from Hercules, EGA, S3 TRIO, 3DFX Voodoo, and some other Nvidia cards.

[Zvoni]

Similiar with me
- First Computer C64 mid-80s
- First "real" PC was 1995 - Pentium II with Win95 with 8MB RAM and 850MB HardDrive
- beginning of 00's first AMD Athlon with 350MHz (i think) with Win2K
- long time no new computer since provided by the company i work for

regarding "additional" hardware:
I remember having a Matrox Millenium in one of those toasters

oh, and how could i forget: SOUND-BLASTER
That one was always fun juggling the IRQ's
nevermind "Master"/"Slaving" harddrives

[marcov]

If we count non-PC, then a C=64 was my first, quite early (christmas 83 or so).  I switched to PC only before I went to study (the 386sx), for assignments. Secondary school assignments were made with the C=64, and the teacher complained about the (MPS803) print quality :-)

The 386 to 486 and the P166+ to K6-2 transitions were upgrade of cpu+mobo+mem, the rest (case, monitor etc) was kept.

I've also had Sparc Stations (ss5), an Alpha, m68k's (Mac LC III, IIci and 840AV), over half a dozen PowerPCs (and-64). But of those were second hand and for FPC development.  And obviously various ARMs (PocketPCs PDAs, Sheeva's in sheevaplug/openrd/goflex, 4 generations RPI's).    Similarly I've also had 486s, more Athlon XPs and alter a stack of Pentium-Ds for release building (before multi core machines made VMs more powerful) as secondary machines.

But that was architecture collecting mostly to test with FPC, except for the Alpha and the LC III and one of the PPC (5200) that never got that far.  The alpha was a bulky, noisy beast and I donated him to a colleague before the FPC port was ready. I did use one of the Macs (a Mac Mini G4) for a while for a quick browse, because it had hibernation and therefore started up quickly in the pre tablet era

[LeP]

oh, and how could i forget: SOUND-BLASTER
That one was always fun juggling the IRQ's
nevermind "Master"/"Slaving" harddrives

YEESSS, How could I have forgotten?
I spent months "playing" with it: I had the SB16-DSP with voice recognition and software that allowed you to interact vocally with the PC. It was a small set of actions, but at the time it seemed almost like magic.

[zeljko]

This is my first computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksija_(computer)  , and that was the computer for me

[LeP]

This is my first computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaksija_(computer)  , and that was the computer for me

I think you have missing the last ")" in the link ...

But that was a laptop. My first laptop (in the 1990) was a Zenith with white case and LCD display (terrible with the low temperature), next one was with a plasma display (EDIT: with orange plasma ... a little havey to view in the evening).

[Marc]

oh, and how could i forget: SOUND-BLASTER
That one was always fun juggling the IRQ's
nevermind "Master"/"Slaving" harddrives

YEESSS, How could I have forgotten?
I spent months "playing" with it: I had the SB16-DSP with voice recognition and software that allowed you to interact vocally with the PC. It was a small set of actions, but at the time it seemed almost like magic.

Way to expensive. I started with a bunch of resistors on my printer port (I forgot how this was called)

[marcov]

Way to expensive. I started with a bunch of resistors on my printer port (I forgot how this was called)

DIY versions of Covox Speech Thing.

I started with a Sound Galaxy 16something, which was a bit between SB Pro and SB 16, though not 100% compatible with both.