My first computer... the IBM PCjr
I had a Ventel 300 baud mode on it as well.. I think I got it in 1984. From the ten worst computers of all time list (grrrr....). We soldered extra chips into the side memory card to get to 512k--good times. :-)
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(Page 1 of 1)2. My first PC as well. All I remember was playing Black Cauldren on it like a mug. Good times indeed.
Posted at 10:51PM on Oct 22nd 2006 by Blake Snow
3. Me too! I removed the 8088 proc in it and replaced it with an NEC V20 for some extra juice... I also had the TECRAM 2nd floppy drive, and the 640k upgrade board. I loved me some Kings Quest... :D
Posted at 10:41PM on Oct 23rd 2006 by Richard Yoo
5. Wow, Jason!
I remember when you and I first got these, we tore them apart with the Norton Technical Reference Manual. I recently came across some old sidebuses and the huge 5mb HD! Wow, I loved that thing.
Ken
Posted at 12:08AM on Oct 25th 2006 by Ken Nassar
6. I OWNED THAT COMPUTER ALSO...i got it was for my 13 th b'day.........the problem came when i went to get programs (games, spead sheets....) it will run on an ibm compuiter...BUT NOT A PCjr...soon after that, I heard IBM will no longer make pcjrs
Posted at 9:21PM on Dec 30th 2007 by KEVIN
8. I think that everybody had such a computer and, of course, I had one too. It is very funny seeing that picture here and looking at my new laptop in the same time.
Posted at 12:31PM on Jun 6th 2008 by Technology Transfer
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1. Wow, Jason, this was my first computer, too! Of course, it was already many years obsolete when I got it, and I moved up to a Gateway 486/DX2 soon after, but I have fond memories of that hunk of junk. I had the extended memory sidecar, but no modem.
Posted at 9:20PM on Oct 22nd 2006 by Jordan Running