When did you start your GEEK LIFE...

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Well I mean, when was the first time you used COMPUTERs and Entered this crazy world.

Please answer the questionary below to shown your GEEK career !

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1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?

M

1. Never
2. Windows 98

1. Never used IBM
2. Windows 98

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1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?

Never

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?

Win 2000 [Installed by Computer shop guy when purchased my First PC [SR1420IL] , then installed 98[Dual Boot][Friend of mine gave me original disk when he got many Original 98 SE disk's when he purchased pc's for office (bk then i had no idea about piracy)] (Installed 98 cause 98 was using in my school )

1. Never
2. Windows 98

1.I guess I was not born when IBM computer had DOS in it.
2.Windows XP Pro

1)Never
2)Win 98

I first touched the computer when I was 7 years old. It was my Uncle's computer and I played RoadRash in it. :windows:

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1. Never
2. Windows XP

I remember some IBM Computer. It used to boot up in like 2 seconds, like a TV. Used to show 32K OK.

1. Nops..

2. I Used Xp...in 2004 i was in 4th class or may be 5th

G

1.No
2.Windows 95

Well, 1st touched a computer in 1995. Some BBC or like. Doesn't like them much at that time. Started using internet for study purpose since 2000, OS might have been Win 95/98. Seriously started using computers since 2002 thanks to purchase of a PC at home, Test Drive 6 and Digit. And hooked ever since...

Regarding your queries:-
1. Used during PG a couple of times, but can't remember anything properly. I was bio student, you know.

2. Windows Me. :hyper:

The finest piece of art MS ever created...

i started using computers when i was in 4th grade(1994)..I am not sure if it was DOS on IBM machines...but i remember the computer looked same as in the picture posted above. It was a computer with b/w crt monitor...LOL its hard to remember anything now..

They used to teach us LOGO-beginners programming language..No wonder every kid in my class used to get atleast one hit on his head on each computer class from our teacher....LOL

...i still can't believe they made us learn a programming language from 4 th grade at that time period...

I remember i used windows 95 (Our computer lab had a huge upgrade with shiny new branded computers and all sorts of stuff.. including a new teacher

)

But i couldn't own a PC till i got into 11th grade and life was never the same as it used to be

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I don't Know why but i am not really proud of being a geek anymore)

Skud said:
Well, 1st touched a computer in 1995. Some BBC or like. Doesn't like them much at that time. Started using internet for study purpose since 2000, OS might have been Win 95/98. Seriously started using computers since 2002 thanks to purchase of a PC at home, Test Drive 6 and Digit. And hooked ever since...

Regarding your queries:-
1. Used during PG a couple of times, but can't remember anything properly. I was bio student, you know.
2. Windows Me. The finest piece of art MS ever created...

I guess the below one is the one...! I learnt to type of that. And basic DOS commands. 5 1/2" floppies...! Oh what a life that was.

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And the craze about floppies...

^^5 1/2" floppies were huge....& now we have huge capacity tiny pendrives as small as thumb nail :grin:

I still remember going to cybercafe for printout with floppy....& dealer used to say...
"floppy read nahi ho raha boss..corrupt ho gaya..." & i used to do this :pullhair:

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asingh said:
I guess the below one is the one...! I learnt to type of that. And basic DOS commands. 5 1/2" floppies...! Oh what a life that was.

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Skud said:
And the craze about floppies...

Zangetsu said:
^^5 1/2" floppies were huge....& now we have huge capacity tiny pendrives as small as thumb nail

I still remember going to cybercafe for printout with floppy....& dealer used to say...
"floppy read nahi ho raha boss..corrupt ho gaya..." & i used to do this

Yes buddies,
That's true NOSTALGIA!!

I used that machine when I was in class II back then, and as @asingh said, it was indeed a great life, getting oppourtunity to touch a COMPUTER

We used to learn GW BASIC then, the computer used the below 5 1/2" floppy to boot..... :-D

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And the GW BASIC : GW-BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

^^
On that computer our teacher used to make us learn typing. He would cover our hands+keyboard with a cloth..so we could not look down..!

yea, those discs went corrupt really fast.

T

^^ Old is GOLD!!

Look where we have gotten ourselfs now!!

You will be surprised to know that my AT machine with windows 95 on it is still in working condition ......... :-D

, have stopped using it anyway, long back!

1. I have used IBM old PC which had DOS or some wired OS in it...We used to put those biggg floppy in it and run program.

2. 1st OS may be Win 95 in computer institutes...

I own PC from 1999 but went to comp classes from 1996 onwards...aah feel soo old now :razz:

sujoyp said:
I own PC from 1999 but went to comp classes from 1996 onwards...aah feel soo old now

??? celeron,pentium I,II

asingh said:
^^
On that computer our teacher used to make us learn typing. He would cover our hands+keyboard with a cloth..so we could not look down..!

yea, those discs went corrupt really fast.

LOL.....learning to type on computers while i was a kid was nothing but a nightmare to me...

my teacher used to pinch on my ears yelling keep your eyes open while i was frantically searching for keys

Zangetsu said:
??? celeron,pentium I,II

yup pentium II...sold it in 2003 :smile:

1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?
don't know whether it was a IBM machine...but i started with DOS,lotus notes....and the first game i played on pc was none other than DAVE and pacman...

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?
DOS

The first computer game i ever played was Road rash
huh...it was a treat for my eyes and brain..in those days
Today kids are lucky enough to have their own pc even before they reach high school

R2K said:
The first computer game i ever played was Road rash
huh...it was a treat for my eyes and brain..in those days
Today kids are lucky enough to have their own pc even before they reach high school

seriously..........i got my first pc when i was FYJC......

I remember first time seeing a pc in 1st grade in my school in year 2000, it had a monochrome monitor with win 98 and the teacher only allowed us to play dave on it

Windows 3.11

then 95. then 98. then NT 3.51 and 4. got my computer which had ME. back to 98SE within 3 days. then 2000. again back to 98SE. then Arch Linux and XP. haven't used Vista for more than 30 minutes in my life. then Ubuntu. back to Arch. Now Arch, Snow Leopard and Win 7 - all three of them.

ico said:
haven't used Vista for more than 30 minutes in my life.

Lucky you. My office PC has it and how it has survived 2+ years without any reinstall and repair is still a mystery to me. Particularly after installing and uninstalling so much garbage over the years. And the system partition is just 20gb - system restore is on, hibernation is off and pagefile is on a deifferent partition.

^^ Vista IS a stable version. The only drawback it had was speed, and annoyances like UAC.
But I am glad, since I am hearing rumor that our company will finally upgrade to Windows 7 directly from XP :-D

Skud said:
Lucky you. My office PC has it and how it has survived 2+ years without any reinstall and repair is still a mystery to me. Particularly after installing and uninstalling so much garbage over the years. And the system partition is just 20gb - system restore is on, hibernation is off and pagefile is on a deifferent partition.

well..

the moment i use to see Vista's login screen:

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and such wallpapers:

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I used to feel like vomiting. Windows 7 is very pleasant.

1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?
Never, I am not THAT old! :-D

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?
Windows 98

I don't remember whether my first interaction with computers was in school learning Logo / playing DAVE, OR when I saw a monochrome display with white texts (DOS) on it at my big cousin's room!

But I consider the origin of my Geek life at my Mausi's Pen 3, Win 98 computer, on which I used to play "Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now" and do C++ programming later on.

I do remember the Floppy drives, in which I used to carry "files" and used to store it like it was the most precious thing in my life! And I remember the Autorun virus that was a nightmare with those disks! Counting in MB's was A LOT those days.

I also remember the Sundays for which I always used to look forward to, not because it was the holiday. But because, it was "Internet Day" for me. And I used to plan each and every thing the whole week, for whatever I wanted to do in that 1 or 2 hours in the Cyber Cafe! Like, the content which I would write in the mail, and whom to mail (cousins).
Well, this may sound extreme Geek nature, but I had drawn (by sketchpen) a diagram of a keyboard, and used to "practice" on it, so that I can type faster in front of the actual keyboard in cafe! :-D

Ah.. the good old days, of my childhood!

My first (and the one) "PERSONAL PC" was only when I reached college! That was/is Pen 4 with XP.

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^^ Ya Cyber Cafe's used to charge a B0MB those days!! --- Rs 60 + per hour :-D

(On Dial-Up !!)

Good old days are gone... :sad:

1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?

Don't remember whether it was IBM machine, but yes, it had DOS running on it. It was year 2000, when we were taught basic DOS commands, and all the fundamentals of computers in my school.
I still remember the Y2K problem which made me famous in my friends' circle because I had correct information on it.

I still remember those days, when I used to watch those fascinating ads given by Intel for their Pentium III processors. I used to learn most of those things from national English newspapers and weekly magazines.

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?

DOS (if you call it a real OS :shock:

) Before I got my hands on my PC, I used Windows 95, Windows 98 (& 98SE). Then I got my PC with Windows ME on it. Then moved on to Windows XP, Windows Vista (which forced me to get into the world of Linux, thanks to Digit).
There-after I learned many things with Linux. Used Windows 7 for a while. Switched back to Linux with Linux Mint 9.

These questions really made me nostalgic. :-o

vineet369 said:
1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?
Never, I am not THAT old!

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?
Windows 98

I don't remember whether my first interaction with computers was in school learning Logo / playing DAVE, OR when I saw a monochrome display with white texts (DOS) on it at my big cousin's room!

But I consider the origin of my Geek life at my Mausi's Pen 3, Win 98 computer, on which I used to play "Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now" and do C++ programming later on.

I do remember the Floppy drives, in which I used to carry "files" and used to store it like it was the most precious thing in my life! And I remember the Autorun virus that was a nightmare with those disks! Counting in MB's was A LOT those days.

I also remember the Sundays for which I always used to look forward to, not because it was the holiday. But because, it was "Internet Day" for me. And I used to plan each and every thing the whole week, for whatever I wanted to do in that 1 or 2 hours in the Cyber Cafe! Like, the content which I would write in the mail, and whom to mail (cousins).
Well, this may sound extreme Geek nature, but I had drawn (by sketchpen) a diagram of a keyboard, and used to "practice" on it, so that I can type faster in front of the actual keyboard in cafe!
Ah.. the good old days, of my childhood!

My first (and the one) "PERSONAL PC" was only when I reached college! That was/is Pen 4 with XP.

LOL....intresting..
I also used to do the same while going to internet cafes in those days except for i used to make the list of cracks and stuff i must download in order to activate the softwares and games i get from Tech magazine cds

i even used to save webpages of thinkdigit forum into CDs and carry it home to view as reading it from there in that limited time was just out of question

not to mention posting

Times have changed a lot....so am i :smile:

R2K said:
i even used to save webpages of thinkdigit forum into CDs and carry it home to view as reading it from there in that limited time was just out of question not to mention posting
Times have changed a lot....so am i

LOL. Ditto. I forgot to mention that! I too used to download AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, and then bring it back for offline viewing.

Damn! How can I describe that feeling, which I used to have, while watching a Yahoo Mail page offline, and wishing that clicking on a hyperlink would actually work! :-D

No man.. I just can't! Feeling Nostalgic! :-(

R2K said:
I don't Know why but i am not really proud of being a geek anymore)

The reason behind this may be the spread of technology, which was not there in the past. Now everyone is surrounded by so many technologies, we don't feel so much proud of being a Geek!

^^ Or the reason may be loneliness.
Being a Geek is never easy. Girls try to stay away from Geek's since they prefer dumb terminals to delegate all their work too.

But they DO come to ask for help, when their's no other way! FTW!

^we should be proud of being a geek

^^we should be proud of being a geek and getting girls is not that hard...my siggy

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1. Never used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it.

2. First OS : Windows 95

3. Current OS : Mint + XP

I've used the IBM's with DOS, and the 5 1/2" floppies to boot. Though, I feel I'm not a true geek anymore (and it brings me sadness). The greatest symbol of that is perhaps not owning a Desktop. Somewhere over the years the time spent on modding PCs was replaced by pretty ladies. Life was much simpler back then, I knew exactly what to do to get things to work (things that interested me, i.e. PCs). Not so much anymore.

1. Never
2. Windows XP Home Basic when I was 6 years old.

jsjs said:
^^we should be proud of being a geek and getting girls is not that hard...my siggy

wow.. ur siggy is nice! Thanks for the insights...

My pleasure man

vineet369 said:
^^ Or the reason may be loneliness.
Being a Geek is never easy. Girls try to stay away from Geek's since they prefer dumb terminals to delegate all their work too.
But they DO come to ask for help, when their's no other way! FTW!

Most of the time Being a geek kept me away from social life.
I think my computers and Tech madness while i was a teen was the main reason of me becoming an introvert. You don't realize this Until you are out there in the world away from your home dealing with different ppl u don't even know.

Girls were never a concern. I know a lot of ppl(even my close relatives) who are so fu*ked up in their life and career just because they got into a relationship).....Moreover most of my neighbours and relatives consider me as a quite/silent kinda guy who does not cause or get into any type of trouble unlike other ppl in my area in my age group....so getting a girl is not a difficult option BTW

Prime_Coder said:
The reason behind this may be the spread of technology, which was not there in the past. Now everyone is surrounded by so many technologies, we don't feel so much proud of being a Geek!

Not really buddy

@jsjs
Do list the places where u can find that kinda girls like in your siggy other than computer stores

.....others might call you a weirdo and warn their brothers or dad abt you

R2K said:
except for i used to make the list of cracks and stuff i must download in order to activate the softwares and games i get from Tech magazine cds

me too....in a floppy

R2K said:
Most of the time Being a geek kept me away from social life.
I think my computers and Tech madness while i was a teen was the main reason of me becoming an introvert. You don't realize this Until you are out there in the world away from your home dealing with different ppl u don't even know.

Girls were never a concern. I know a lot of ppl(even my close relatives) who are so fu*ked up in their life and career just because they got into a relationship).....Moreover most of my neighbours and relatives consider me as a quite/silent kinda guy who does not cause or get into any type of trouble unlike other ppl in my area in my age group....so getting a girl is not a difficult option BTW

Can't even begin to say how much Agreed I am on your opinion!
I was also a quiet guy, and never cause or get into any trouble. But now sometimes I feel, maybe I should have.
Being the biggest sibling had its repercussions.

vineet369 said:
Being the biggest sibling had its repercussions.

+1 from my side.

@R2K
that's just a siggy thing man which i had read somewhere, nobody including me would ever say that to a girl.
Btw i thought only i was introvert and sat infront of my pc when others were out playing. Now i know most geeks are alike

vineet369 said:
Can't even begin to say how much Agreed I am on your opinion!
I was also a quiet guy, and never cause or get into any trouble. But now sometimes I feel, maybe I should have.
Being the biggest sibling had its repercussions.

guess i am not the only one

jsjs said:
@R2K
that's just a siggy thing man which i had read somewhere, nobody including me would ever say that to a girl.
Btw i thought only i was introvert and sat infront of my pc when others were out playing. Now i know most geeks are alike

LOL.....i know that

BTW if u are still a teen, better try to get out there and start hanging out with your friends....Believe me... it gets so much hard to go back once you start to hate real social life :smile:

^thanks for the advice

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R2K said:
Most of the time Being a geek kept me away from social life.
I think my computers and Tech madness while i was a teen was the main reason of me becoming an introvert. You don't realize this Until you are out there in the world away from your home dealing with different ppl u don't even know.

Girls were never a concern. I know a lot of ppl(even my close relatives) who are so fu*ked up in their life and career just because they got into a relationship).....Moreover most of my neighbours and relatives consider me as a quite/silent kinda guy who does not cause or get into any type of trouble unlike other ppl in my area in my age group....so getting a girl is not a difficult option BTW

Not really buddy

Ya AGREE with you on this buddy. Things change once you grow older.

vineet369 said:
Being the biggest sibling had its repercussions.

And being the smallest also!! (as I am!)

I first saw a computer live in college hostel. The senior used to guard the PC like his most precious thing and we freshers were allowed to watch from the back wall. Obviously we must not touch!!! Had to oil him too much to first use MSPaint.

My geeklife started with one incident. Second sem. I had bought PC and knew nothing of it apart from how to play song in Winamp and WMP. Got the Winamp s/w from one of senior. Now my Winamp got crashed and I went to the senior for the s/w. He made me wait three days and lots of hot words how he's the superior human being etc. I have had enough. I asked his roommates where from he gets the s/w and they told me the secret word "Digit".

I saved money from my tiffin, cut budget from other expenses and next month bought Digit. Since then there was no stopping.

Next phase was when I was allowed to enter Internet lab (second yr)!!! That was my turning point in my life. Whenever I used to get time I was in the lab. Kaise na kaise maine Lab-ke sir ko pataya (we became great frnds later, I used to give him all songs he could imagine and he would let me sit in the lab, remember only me, none else

)

I still remember, in final year one gal wrote in my slambook how she hated me for sitting infront of the computer for hours and not talking to them.

^^ Interesting story pal! Computer labs have been the Haven for almost every geek out there, and a stepping stone for everything he does afterwards!
But it's sad, how most of the geek stories ends up in the word(s) synonyms to absence of social life.

My geek life started in the year 2000.My friends big bro was doing engineering so he used to read Digit(Chip) back then.

Out of curiosity I borrowed one issue from him and rest as they say is.....

Got to admit.It started since I started reading digit. And glorified when I started here as a noobie member. Back in 2006. When I was 15. hmmm. So, it was 6 years ago. And yes, this life did cost me a bit/a lot of social life. And I don't want to throw blame on any factors. Because.. I clearly made the choice. There was a time, when I had to choose from pulling some info from web and to go out and hang out with friends. I have clearly chosen the former. And, there were times, when I regretted my decisions. But, not more than couple of times.

1. How many of you have used the IBM Computer with DOS sitting on it?

Never , Its the worst thing in the pc

2. Which was the first Operating System (OS) you have used ?

My father bought a pc at home for working remaining things in TAlly . When I was in class 3rd , So my 1st OS was 98

jsjs said:
Btw i thought only i was introvert and sat infront of my pc when others were out playing. Now i know most geeks are alike

Talking of introverts, Top ten myths about introverts - Jerry Brito

^thats totally correct.

Yeah... TFS @SyGeek for that Article! Fun read.

I first used a PC when I was in class 7th.

1. No never used that.
2. Win 98.

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1. Never
2. Win 95
First time when i use computer was long time back(more precise year is 1995),when i was in 5th class and my computer teacher telling me various advantages of computer.

Till then its a long journey and pc makes lots of changes..

I first used pc when i was in 4th.

1.yes the computer i used was ibm having DOS on it. Also teacher told me how to boot it. Cls...cls :))

and there was my first game Super Mario :-D

2.WIN ME(in 6th , there were 16 pc in lab with differ os but first day i got Win ME)

oh i remember those days playing Dave, Aladdin , Skyroads, prince of persia.

1. I never used IBM

2. My first Os was Windows 95 & windows 98. Both on dual Boot.

I was using computers in school in 98,99 I guess But I got my first computer in year 2000. I didn't even now which model or what was that. I just knew It was Computer @ that time. I was 11 years old and I used to enjoy it playing, customizing look, and learning basic,logo,.

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1. I didn't work on it but seen people working on it. I was in school those days.

2. Win98

3. and yes i used that floppy too.

I started using PCs since when I was in class 4th. Learnt almost all DOS commands by class 5th, learnt BASIC by class 6th and could disassemble and reassemble a PC by class 7th. Also learnt Windows 3.1 in class 7th, learnt C in class 8th, FOXPRO in class 9th, C++ in class 10th and Java in vacations of class 12th.

Not to mention system maintenance and troubleshooting.

1. IBM Compatible 286 XT
2. DOS 6.22

1. Never
2. Windows 2000