{"id":1288,"date":"2011-02-28T15:29:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2011-02-28T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T14:29:49","slug":"computer-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeburrage.com\/blog\/archives\/1288","title":{"rendered":"Computer History"},"content":{"rendered":"

I made a post on a forum about my “computer history” and thought I’d share it here on my blog, for the sake of nostalgia.<\/p>\n

First computer in the house:
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\nAmstrad Word Processor. Also good for Basic, text adventures and chess.<\/p>\n

A bit hazy on the order, but:
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\nAmstrad 464. Games and more Basic programming. Save your games to cassette tape!<\/p>\n

And then I got the next model up! An Amstrad 6128, with a colour monitor and a disk drive. The games loaded sooooo fast!<\/p>\n

That one was mine. My brother got a black and white TV, so didn’t need a monitor. He got:
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\nZX Spectrum +2<\/p>\n

Next up, Amiga 500:
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\nThis was actually usable as a word processor, for image creation, even making animated movies. Also the sound on this system was way ahead of any other system. Oh yeah… it had a mouse!<\/p>\n

And then, Amiga 1200:
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\nThis motherfucker had a HARD DRIVE! Enough to store something like 20 floppy disks worth of games for super fast loading. And 2MB of RAM. Awesome! I did my first music sequencing with this one. <\/p>\n

To be clear, I never bought any of these new. Always second hand, so I was always a bit behind the curve.<\/p>\n

Then I bought a 386 PC, with Windows 3.11 for Workgroups. I used it to run Cubasis, a very streamlined midi sequencer which could control my keyboard. Yay.<\/p>\n

I guess it looked a bit like this (just like every PC tower case).<\/p>\n

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Next was 486. It was a bit better.<\/p>\n

Next was a Pentium computer, which was my first ever brand new computer. Windows 98! It ran the latest games, and had a 20gb Hard Drive. I put in a Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live card, with a breakout port in the front slots where a CD drive would go. Now I could do audio recording, and play back multiple tracks in real time without lags and skips. I upgraded a few times, and added a DVD drive.<\/p>\n

I then bought an all-new PC system, but only used it for a few months. I bought a Macbook for traveling, intending to use the more powerful PC when at home. It turned out that once I got used to OSX, I could never face going back to Windows XP.
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As I bought the Macbook as a travel laptop, it was a bit underpowered right from the start. So a few years later I upgraded to a waaaaay more expensive MacBook Pro.
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\n15 inch high res screen, SSD hard drive, 8 GB RAM. Super fast and works perfectly as a desktop (with an external monitor) and for traveling. I also run Windows 7. Moore’s Law kind holds true for me, but I think the price went up each time too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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