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When we finally got some computers in school (around 1989 - two years after they stopped making them) we got these
I remember happily reprogramming the worms program via quickbasic on dos 5.5. I couldnt do GCSE computers studies because the teacher had a nervous breakdown and left, so I had to content myself with helping the business studies teacher run the computer club after school on Tuesdays. Happy days.
My first PC was a hand me down from my dad's work
loved it, I had GEM working on it (precursor of windows) and spent a lot of time mucking around with cover disks from PC Plus magazine.
By the time I left school and went to do my BTEC in computer studies, my dad decided to buy me my own computer - I was pretty excited. It was 1990-91 I specced it out myself.
It was made by a company called Multiplex - sort of like a precursor of dell.
15 inch SVGA screen
4Mb Ram
110Mb HD
486SX Processor 20Mhz
Twin 3.5 and 5.25 drives (so I could use my media from the Amstrad)
Epson Colour dot matrix printer - fuck it was loud
It cost £1800, I remember my dad taking me to pick it up from Multiplex in Battersea and him counting it out in 20's in front of the young salesman. I'd never seen that much money in my life. I don't think he had either.
I think I sold it for about 40 quid 6 years later.