Areala

Areala

Gen X nerd, retro gamer, writer, and socially inept dork.

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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.

Beaten