What got ya into Computers?

[Diso]

I remember upgrading to Windows 95 from Window 3.1 using the 13 disk set, it was so magical. It's like a whole new world opened up. Now that I look back on it, Windows 95 blew huge chunks. 

Yea it did. 98 was a good OS and I still use it now

[shotodaad]

I got into computers when i was in fourth grade and i caught a boy playng Pacman on the computerin the school comp lab. From then on i have been a pc gamer

Edited July 25, 2004 by shotodaad

[Agozer]

I got a Commodore 128 when I was six. Took me a while to learn all the quirks of GUI and various commands, but it was well damn worth it. It had a tape drive too.

[roofus]

When I was 4 or 5 or so we used to have a Kaypro I would play Sesame Street Learning Safari and Spiderman Graphical Adventure (a text based game that would slowly draw scenes of the screen to accompany the text). But I didnt really get interested in computers until I was 6 when my dad showed me a little Basic because I was up early and he wanted me out of his hair. From there, I taught myself all sorts of different languages and eventually started prying into hardware, and was totally hooked.

[Ryuken]

my uncle started teaching me about computers when i was 13 and i started using my computer 24/7

[Smilee]

I was hooked onto SNES for a while until my friend showed me Warcraft. Then I bought Starcraft after we got our 98 and got hooked ever since. What really sucked was that my first computer was a mac.

[Jjangthekid]

i first got my computer when i was in 6th grade??.. bought an awesome Compaq Presario.. pentium 1, 5gb, i dont know how many ghz.. and the cdrom and floppy drive..

 

a son of my moms friend brought over some dos games.. like some jungle side scroller, duke nukem, commander keen, than got into duke nukem 3d and the c&c series..

i had that computer till like 10th grade.. and than finally bought an ok computer than iam using right now..

[Wizard]

A p1, I'm guessing 200Mhz or....150.

[Jjangthekid]

A p1, I'm guessing 200Mhz or....150.

yea probably 200mhz or somewhere around 150-200...it was f#($*# slow! argh.. took at least 5-7 minutes loading up star:bw.. and out of the 5gb.. 3-4 was gone in 1-2 days..

 

"shudder" hate to think of those years with that computer

[Agozer]

A p1, I'm guessing 200Mhz or....150.

yea probably 200mhz or somewhere around 150-200...it was f#($*# slow! argh.. took at least 5-7 minutes loading up star:bw.. and out of the 5gb.. 3-4 was gone in 1-2 days..

 

"shudder" hate to think of those years with that computer

Hey man, quit bitching. I still have the same type of computer, except with a 8 GiB HDD. And it's my primary one.

Edited July 26, 2004 by Agozer

[Jjangthekid]

A p1, I'm guessing 200Mhz or....150.

yea probably 200mhz or somewhere around 150-200...it was f#($*# slow! argh.. took at least 5-7 minutes loading up star:bw.. and out of the 5gb.. 3-4 was gone in 1-2 days..

 

"shudder" hate to think of those years with that computer

Hey man, quit bitching. I still have the same type of computer, except with a 8 GiB HDD. And it's my primary one.

aww that sucks! get a new computer..

you need to follow up with new technologies..

[L.S.D]

Games.

I still remember the first two games that got me hooked on computers are Digdug

and Burgertime. Then we have karateka. Man, those were the days. I can still remember the catchy Digdug tune in my head

 

And Cominus dancing sig start to freak me out.

[-VIOLENCE-]

learning that i didn't have to buy dirty magazines anymore

[OverlordMondo]

I'd say Starcraft really got me into them, that and emulation/music sharing.

But earlier I used them for Warcraft and Command and Conquer.

[Captain FuKu]

Initially, I had zero interest in computers. Ultimately, it took certain picky teachers and school assignments to force me to get my own computer. Some teachers were picky and wanted papers to be typed, and also for some classes, the internet made a very handy tool for resources.