Areala
Gen X nerd, retro gamer, writer, and socially inept dork.
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- October 2026
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Areala's first PC
- Make and model:
- Toshiba Satellite 105CS
- Year you got it:
- 1995
- Processor:
- Intel Pentium
- Processor speed:
- 75 Mhz
- Memory (RAM):
- 8 MB
- Hard drive:
- 504 MB
- Floppy drives:
- 3.5" 1.44 MB
- CD-ROM drive:
- 2x External PCMCIA
- Graphics:
- 1MB Vesa onboard
- Monitor:
- 10.4" Dual Scan Color Passive Matrix SVGA
- Sound card:
- None
- Music device (MIDI, MT-32...):
- None
- Modem or network:
- External 33.6 Serial US Robotics
- Operating system:
- Windows 95
- Joystick or controllers:
- None
- Other hardware:
- AccuPoint mouse pointer, 100 MB Parallel Port ZIP drive
- First game you played on it:
- Microsoft Golf 2.0 (pre-installed)
Frantically stuffing the external modem under a pillow to muffle all the noise when I was connecting to the internet at midnight, trying not to wake the whole house, is definitely something I do not miss having to do.
