"In The Beginning" - My First Computer @ PCMECH
This is soooo cool!, I mean granted this is old talking about old but my first computer was a Tandy 1000 SX. Basically the upgraded version of the one in this article. Mine started out with 384KB of RAM and 2x 5.25 DD floppy disks. I later upgraded it to 640KB of RAM and added a 2400 Baud modem so I could surf the BBS'es
It was the Shiz!
Ahh yes, the many hours of NetHack I could talk about, at one point the saved game got so huge I had to save the game files to the secondary 5.25 just so I could load the thing. I also setup a RamDisk to make level loading faster and was actually the first time I thought 1MB of RAM would be beneficial.
Sadly those days have passed and the ole Tandy 1000 was given to the Youth Ranch as a donation. 
The Tandy 1000, introduced in 1984, was manufactured to compete directly with the IBM PC. The one I had came standard 128Kb of RAM, one double density 5.25″ floppy disk drive and a 16 color RGB monitor. As add-ons, dad had the foresight to also purchase a matching dot-matrix printer and a Tandy joystick.
Not sure I would ever go back to those days but it's good to imagine.
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