What was the first 'awesome' device that you owned

[rod]

i was born in 1980, but believe it or not, i remember playing on an intellivision. in fact, if i go into the attic right now, i can pull the machine out. i remember as a toddler watching my dad play and helping out with that little golden disk on the controller.

i also remember when the nes first came out, we drove to kmart to pick one up. i remember being amazed that the tax alone was ten dollars. haha. i also remember my sister and i not being able to play because my dad wanted to play it first. those were the times...

 

[kaboyd]

My first game I ever played was ob a Commedore 64, but when I got my NES I knew I had arrived.

 

[jimmiem]

The first time I ever felt like I had something awesome before anybody else was the original Compaq iPaq. I had an HP Jornada 430se, I can't believe I still remember the model#, and there was a class action suit against HP for the misrepresentation of the number of colors it could display. As part of the settlement we had the option to return it for a full refund.

I was addicted to Brighthand.com, which at the time was the place to get handheld news. Somebody got a line on one company that had a limited quantity of the iPaq before it was available anywhere else. I remember it so well. I dreamed of that thing. The 206Mhz processor, the transflective screen, the auto-dimming backlight, all of which were firsts at the time.

I returned my Jornada and put the money towards the iPaq. I got my order in and became one of the first thousand people in the US to own one. It was like a dream come true. I loved that thing despite all its shortcomings. To think how much it lacked by today's standards. No media card slot without adding a bulky 'sled' (what everybody called the sleeve for the iPaq that added a CF slot). No built in wireless of any kind. Limited on-board memory. And all the problems... dust under the screen, lose stylus, all-around poor build quality. Still, it was the Cadillac of handhelds at the time and I had it before anybody else.

Thanks for starting this thread. I just got all nostalgic and realized that that was the last time I was as excited to get a new toy as I am today, the day when I finally get my Droid!

 

[omnibus]

Sometime in the early to mid sixties I had one of the first membrane keyboard calculators. It had the 4 basic functions and that's all. No memory keys.

 

[unix.punkx]

Nintendo Sixty Fooooooooooooooooooooooooooooour

I remember my Dad bringing home a Super Nintendo when I was about 6, that made my day. I just wanted to shout out Nintendo Sixty Four like the YouTube video.

 

[rjsurfer]

A Compaq portable PC, or lug-able.

Had a 5" mono green screen and two, yes two 7" floppies. I think it weighed 35 pounds if I'm not mistaken. The first laptop sort of.

Ron W.

 

[Daver]

Parent's got me an NES when I was in first grade, I was the MAN, or so I thought lol. I can remember my mom playing mario with me still, good stuff. After that I got most of the current consoles which is always cool, but my favorite gadget for now is my Droid of course.

 

[PJay801]

TRS-80 aka Tandy Color Computer from Radio Shack. Ah yes...the memories.

 

[DessoThumbs]

I don't remember the first, but the most awesome device I own now is a Roland VS2000cd. 20 digital track multitrack workstation. It's so complex I can work about 1% of it. My Droid is far and away the most awesome hand held device I've ever owned.

Edit - I guess my first was a colecovision game console. The cartridges looked just like cassette tapes. I've owned about everyone since then. Currently Xbox 360.

 

[Backnblack]

July 1979
TRS-80 Model II

I chose it over a Yamaha DT 125 E

 

[dtartini]

Its funny how you can tell how old someone is by the device they deemed awsome. I remember when the original gameboy came out. It was huge, square, and didn't have color but I thought it was the coolest thing around.

 

[thatguychuck]

I used to have a 286 that had Norton Commander on it. It was a hand me down and out of date even then, but it rocked because it was MINE! I burned a lot of hours playing leisure suit larry 2 and police quest, ...using a land line to hit BBS's...*sigh*

 

[souljerr]

First love and most awesome would have to be my Atari 2600 but I was blown away when I was able to actually "go on the world wide web" and play the Sega Dreamcast.

 

[zigzags559]

Well mines was the Nintendo NES...oh man mario bros was so awsome. Then onto Super Nintendo playing Mega Man was my favorite game. Now, its my DROID!!!:icon_ banana::icon_ banana::icon_ banana:

 

[natediddy1120]

First love and most awesome would have to be my Atari 2600 but I was blown away when I was able to actually "go on the world wide web" and play the Sega Dreamcast.

Yes....Atari, I actually have an Atari....but the cords are all eat up from mice where it has been in an attic for years