Keatah Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 What was your favorite PC (and compatibles) company BITD? I personally liked Practical Peripherals because they had excellent documentation, didn't change their packaging theme every week, and their boards and things were fully populated and feature-complete. Supra and U.S. Robotics were also good for different reasons but I don't have time ATM to elaborate on why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 My first PC (not counting c64, Amiga, etc) was pretty expensive IIRC, but I used it all throughout college and I learned a lot on it. Some kind of 386, I don't remember the brand. It did have a huge 120mb hard drive, though. I debated taking my Amiga to college, but by the last couple of years every class more or less required a PC or a Unix box in the lab so that probably worked out for the best. VGA + SoundBlaster was my favorite era of PC games, too. After I graduated and got a job I *think* I got an HP Pentium from Best Buy or something... I don't remember that PC much, it wasn't that great, but I do remember splurging on a giant 17" monitor. That thing was fantastic, and I got probably 20 years out of it and used it across many different PCs. I built my own PC once or twice, but they were always a little flaky. My Dell P4 was pretty solid. I always thought Tandy had some neat PC clones, with a lot of built-in software... although I believe there were occasional compatibility problems. Never owned one, but they seemed interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Wait, are we talking about peripherals or computers? Thread title and first line seem to suggest PC. Rest are talking about peripherals that fit inside or are external to PC's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Love(d) the Model M clicky keyboards from the 5150 IBM machines BITD. No 'A' for my Amigas, or 'option' or 'command' keys for my Macs though, so the Model M keyboard I have (before Win95 keys) with its PS/2 to USB adapter sits idle waiting to be used in some way, some day again. Probably won't hack my TI, but it would be kinda cool to use that M keyboard with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 I would like to talk PC peripherals. I didn't get the thread title right, but I suppose systems are ok too. Maybe a mod can change the title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 You should be able to edit the thread title for a limited time. Go to Edit your first post, the select Use Full Editor to change the title... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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