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Re:"Seriously - those first 386 chips barely worked at all. ... by geedee77 on Monday February 07, 2011 @05:09AM (#2188396)
Wow I feel old now - the first one I was around to buy in that family was the 8088! I remember getting excited when we got our first 286
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Re:"Seriously - those first 386 chips barely worked at all. ... by michaelcampbell on Monday February 07, 2011 @06:09AM (#2188506)
Same here; my first purchase was pre-286. I remember when PC-AT's were the new hotness.
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Re:"Seriously - those first 386 chips barely worked at all. ... by egor83 on Monday February 07, 2011 @08:55AM (#2188875)
Well, the first computer I owned was Spectrum clone... but this was in Russia in mid-nineties, so I might look older than my age.
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Re:"Seriously - those first 386 chips barely worked at all. ... by jrockway on Monday February 07, 2011 @01:16PM (#2189986)
I should have clarified; the first computer I used was a Tandy 1000 (8088 / 4.7MHz). This is the first one where I got to go to the computer store with my parents and "help them" decide :)

(Incidentally, I started crying when the computer salesman dude said we would have to wait until Monday to get the computer. It was Saturday.)

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