You are correct! It has been a while and my memory didn't quite serve me. I remember now that my mighty 486 DX2-66 could switch between 33mhz and 66mhz modes. I am still not sure why, maybe it was because of power consumption or maybe because of overheating? I guess it could also be to ensure older programs ran properly.

mine too.

then <span class="bold">sam coup&eacute;</span>

My first computer was Atari 800 XL, chipped so he could load the games from tapes 12 time the original speed :D In that way you could compress your games and put more than 100 of them on single 90 minutes tape.

I still have the computer somewhere, but I think, I have already forgotten the procedure how to activate the chip :(

Sam Coupé is legendary and rare computer and is on my wishlist till now. Fortunately Simcoupe emulator exists.:)

Mine was the amazing Vic 20 with it's huge 5k memory , this is where i taught myself to program in basic to start with and then assembly soon after and it was quite simply a life changing event. Fortunately it had a long lasting effect on me and i then progressed on to the C64 & Amiga systems afterwards and did get some games released as well but those were just the best of times complete with your long loading non turbo loaders which very often crashed just as it was about to finish, great memories.

Another Vic-20 guy here. What a great machine to start to program with.

That would be Citadel (I had a BBC micro as my 1st computer): [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_(video_game]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel_(video_game[/url])

Those monsters made a fantastic noise when you killed them!

Edit - Damn, you're making me want to reinstall Beebem now and replay these classics :)

I'm using my first computer right now:

Dell InspironN5110
Windows 7! ;-)
64bit
8GB RAM

Although the first computer I remember using was some old windows XP thing...

TRS-80 Color Computer. Went through all iterations up to the CoCo 3, at which time we also got the Tandy 1000.

My first computer was a Commodore 64. :)

Technically an IBM PC Jr. No HDD, booted DOS 2.x from a 5 1/4" floppy. Had BASIC on a cartridge. But it couldn't play anything worth mentioning except Sopwith Camel.

First "real" computer was a Packard Bell 486sx 25Mhz. Was able to play Ultima Underworld et al on it. Dos 5. Upgraded to Dos 6. Ran "Doublespace". Needed to learn how to reformat shortly thereafter.

First one that was solely mine was a Gateway 2000 486 dx4100. Dos 6.22. Ran Doom like a champ. Quake not so much. Had a US Robotics 28.8 external modem that I still have (yes, it still works! Things back then were really built to last) and an ATI Mach 64 video card and a Sound Blaster Pro 2.0. Full tower!

Eventually upgraded the motherboard to one with a Pentium 133Mhz and upgraded to Windows 95. Then I could play through Quake no problem.