[mothered]

Still remember the sound of dial up.

That's one sound I'll never forget, nor the disconnection every 4 hours or so.

I remember hitting a download speed of 42 Kbps, and emailed the screenshot to my friend boasting about how good It was.

[Oni]

Still remember the sound of dial up.

That's one sound I'll never forget, nor the disconnection every 4 hours or so.

I remember hitting a download speed of 42 Kbps, and emailed the screenshot to my friend boasting about how good It was.

Spoiler:

[mothered]

Still remember the sound of dial up.

That's one sound I'll never forget, nor the disconnection every 4 hours or so.

I remember hitting a download speed of 42 Kbps, and emailed the screenshot to my friend boasting about how good It was.

Spoiler:

Brilliant.

I've visualized myself sitting In front of my Dell desktop hitting the dial-up Icon. And then a phone call was received on the landline, and the connection dropped. The good old days will always remain In memory.

[./W4rl0rd.kryp73x]

I remember I was about 7/8 years old, prior to the pinnacle moment I first laid hands on a PC for the first time, my parents that year had bought me 10 different LEGO/Knex sets in an attempt to keep me busy. I would finish the largest LEGO aircraft carriers to Knex Rollercoasters & Theme parks in just hours. My uncle (RIP) had seen that I breezed through these puzzles and so he had an idea. Being the 90’s computer/electronics hoarder he was, he had about 20 different dismantled systems in his garage ranging from Apple, Gateway, E-Machine, Compaqs, Dells, and enough cables and external peripherals to start a wholesale company.

Now I don’t remember what brand components I used or what the specs on the machine were (I did this at 10, but didn’t actually begin to pursue IT as a hobby/career until 15) but he brought in an old cigarette hotboxed off-white colored E-machine case, a box of screws, 5 large boxes of internal board components, a sticker covered & nicotine scented CRT monitor from Gateway, and a pirated version of Windows 95. It took me a week with his help to build it and when I pressed that power button, heard the fans start spinning faster and faster, the buzzing sound of the CRT Monitor warming up to my first BSOD! I set the RAM chips only half-way in and shorted them out. So after replacing them I booted to the Win95 setup. I began gaming that year (Mainly Hot wheels websites & Runescape) and my gamer tag till I got into high school was Phatgamer99. The rest is history !

Thanks for letting me share

[JeremiahBullfrog]

This will be a showing of age for some, which is cool to see how we have all come from different walks of life and through our own unique journeys each different from the last ended up at the same spot.

I was 7 or 8 years old playing Wolfenstein 3D on the new edition to our household a 486

[mothered]

I was 7 or 8 years old playing Wolfenstein 3D on the new edition to our household a 486

This Is going back quite a while for me, but If I'm not mistaken, I believe the 486 was sometime In the late 80s.

I too, owned one but don't recall the specs.

[DonaldSilver]

I remember when I got my first desktop PC, it was a moment of joy and I use to feel like a rich man. Kz only me in my friend circle had a computer. And the first Game which I played on it was Beachhead 2000. and 56K Modem Installed and Windows 98 SE was the OS. My Good so many memories.

[mothered]

and Windows 98 SE was the OS.

I actually still have my original untouched copy of Windows 98 SE.

You've given me the Idea to Install It on my VM. It'll be great to reminisce the good old days.

[JeremiahBullfrog]

1992 so close with late 80s

[mothered]

1992 so close with late 80s

It's the same era as myself.

As a matter of Interest, what OS were you using at the time?