When I was five or six I think...?

1998...I spent a lot of time on it between being made redudant and giving birth....especially at night when heartburn kept me awake.

I can't even remember tbh....Initially it was at work,that much I am sure ,when is another story.


Edit to add when I left work and was bored senseless at evenings at home I slowly began to use the PC to relieve that.

When the ZX81 came out

I'm fairly new as regards comps. I only got my first one about 9 years ago just after mam died. That was a PC but now I'm on a lappy   Oh, reading Lee's post I had one at work too now I think 

We had a ZX Spectrum in the 80s - loved it.





First internet PC not til 2003

I do remeber my brother having one and writing programmes and generally pfaffing about before I left home in 1987 but I never had anything to do with that.

1998 - it was a Time one ,

Does anyone remember Time computers?
It was great

When I was studying in 1995 and they scared the heck out of me

I've always had computers, since the spectrum days  and have been on the internet since you logged on with two empty bean cans with string attached..in other words I can't remember, but it must be mid to late 90's.

2006/7.

It was a while ago and it was a Commodore Vic20, my son was little so it was in the 80s and I brought it second hand.

computers...    way back, boy next door had a BBC...   brother had a spectrum (if you can call it a computer)

Interweb....    1998 ish.    Twas very early days.   Online shopping was pretty much restricted to books on amazon..    and in chatrooms you had to wade through a lot of pervs or IT peeps to find another normal person!

I remember the start of webcamming...   webcam chatrooms....   first one I ever went in they were having a Furbie night...   all sitting there with their Furbies next to them!    Webcam chatrooms never appealed to me...    the beauty of chatrooms and online chatting was being able to go on the pull, with no make up, looking dog rough in your pjs! 

yeah, I remember them!

And Apricot computers!!    twas a bizarre fruit filled world back then

2006.
Before that I had always said "Why would I need a computer?"

Computer erm i can't remember not using one.
inetwebbythingimajig abut 94ish I think at work and home about 98/99.

I stuck to emails and booking holidays and so forth from the late 90's on but really got stuck in from 2002 when my marriage broke up and I was left with two small children fast asleep by 7.30pm and 3 hours to kill before bed.


Started off on GBBF and took it from there.

yep!!   Me too!!   

Suddenly being a single mum wasn't such a lonely existence anymore!

I wasn't expecting this many replies!......i can't remember...think it was  circa 1988 when I first had a computer? ....When did the www become available?

My first experience of a home computer was the Vic 5 which belonged to someone else.

I then bought a ZX81.  Followed by ZX48 Spectrum, Commodore 64 (still got those 2 in a cupboard)

Then I got an Amiga 500.  Followed by my first desktop linked to a dial up modem.

Many more desktops have followed over the years but I usually build my own these days.

Was just saying the other day that 'google it' is, well, just what you do!....Poor ol 'Ask Jeeves' didn't make it!...Wonder why?

I can't remember the exact year but it was way back when PC's were utterly crap. I got an Amiga 500

Prom.....your presence is required elsewhere 

first PC had windows 98 on it

I think I know where you mean Soops. Just posted 

That operating system was the work of Satan himself.

BB2, found the BB forum, lurked for some time .

LOL Brisket, I said that about six years ago about mobiles. I think I've had about 5 since then 

The first family(ish) one was the ZX81. Well, it was my brothers but I used it. I remember playing Jumping Jack

used them at work in the early 90's, didn't get one at home till 2007 (couldn't afford one before) joined ch4 and have never left you lot since

And wondered what the hell you did joining us nougats! 

LOL Brisket, I said that about six years ago about mobiles. I think I've had about 5 since then 


Sprooot I couldn't function without my mobile - my new one is one of those new fangled things with internet on it too 


Technology moves too fast for me

My house didn't get cleaned for nearly a month when i first joined  i had people to talk about BB with, it was heaven for me

Netty!     Noooo! I don't do that on me moby. Texts and calls and a few piccies only  

Suddenly being a single mum wasn't such a lonely existence anymore!
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Too right!!! I have to say GBBF kept me (almost) sane.

And as a plus I met some grand people.

This June I'm off to the wedding of one of my oldest "online" mates (DJDave if anyone remembers that old name from GBBF) with another one (Msmiaow) and we're both wondering how the hell we explain how we all met.  People like us don't think twice but non-cyber bods still freak a little.

My mobile is always switched off, it drives my daughter potty

Ah! you're one of them  

cos Jeeves was a bit crap...  and required his friends, Lycos, Yahoo & Dogpile to help out! 

Around about 2006. 

I didn`t even know how use a mouse. 

The pointy arrow scared me.