Justin Rocque As...

The Computer Hacker

I first started using a Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer II when I was around twelve The computer consisted of the computer itself, which was sort of a big, bulky keyboard that hooked up to a TV screen for use as the monitor. I familiarized myself a bit with the language the computer at that time understood, called “BASIC.”

A Few years later, I was eventually given another computer. It was the Tandy 1000sx, which had a 7mhz processor and two 5 ¼ inch floppy drives. This computer ran DOS 3.2.

It was a couple months after I had started learning more about computers because I then received an AST computer with an Intel 386sx 16mhz processor, 4MB RAM, 40MB hard drive, which ran DOS 6.2 and Windows 3.1. Even though it was still pretty outdated compared to the others on the market at that time, it was decent enough for me. I was given a 14.4kbps modem by a friend and installed that and had a free Juno e-mail account (which is still currently active, even though I don't use that one anymore. Now it's just collecting spam). It was around this time I started subscribing to PC magazines. I used this PC until July of 1999 until I moved to Florida. I left the PC with my friend up in New York.

When I moved to Florida, I was using an IBM PC with a Pentium 133mhz processor, 16MB RAM, 1GB Hard Drive, a 3 ½ inch floppy and CD-ROM drive, with a 33.6kbps modem, running Windows 95.

A few months after I moved to Florida, I read in one of his PC magazines about a company called FreePC, which was offering 10,000 PC's for free if you sign up on the website. I had my grandfather sign up for it because a credit card was required and a few months later, the PC came in the mail. It was a Compaq PC with an AMD 400mhz processor, 64MB RAM, 4GB Hard Drive, 3 ½ inch floppy and CD-ROM Drive, running Windows 98.

Since there were now two PC's in the house, I took the older IBM PC and put it in my room. Later on, I upgraded the computer to 64MB RAM, 13GB Hard Drive, and a 400mhz overdrive processor. I also upgraded the operating system to Windows 98, then Me.

In 2001, it was time for a new computer because I took his old IBM to its limits. I bought an HP Pavilion 6835 PC, which consisted of an 800mhz Intel Celeron processor, 128MB RAM, 30GB Hard Drive, 3 ½ inch floppy drive, CD-RW drive, and 56K modem. The PC was running Windows Me. During the two years I have had it, I had upgraded it to 256MB RAM and Windows Xp. A few months ago, I added a network card to network his desktop and laptop. Then, I added a 160GB Hard Drive to it. Currently, I had upgraded it again to 512MB RAM, dual 160GB Hard Drives, Bellsouth DSL Access, running Windows Xp.

On January 6, 2004, I was browsing around in Circuit City and saw an open box PC for $300. It was an HP Pavilion 505n and came with a 2.20ghz Intel Celeron processor, 256MB of RAM, and a 60GB Hard Drive. Considering the one I currently had was only a 800mhz and the rest I have upgraded, I decided to buy this one and cell my other PC to my sister. The other main reason why I got this PC was because it had a bigger case with more expandability. I bought it and took it home, turned it on to make sure everything was all good, then swapped out the hard drives (two 160GB's) from my old PC and stuck it in this one and put the 60GB which came with it into my old one. I wanted to swap the RAM also but the newer PC required the newer DDR RAM. The other PC I had used the SDRAM. The onbaord ethernet did not work so I purchased a Linksys PCI Network Card and took care of that problem. I also bought another stick of 256MB DDR RAM to equal 512MB.

So, currently I am now using an HP Pavilion 505n with a 2.20Ghz Intel Celeron, 512MB DDR RAM, dual 160GB Hard Drives, and running Win Xp Home.

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This Page was created on May 16, 2004
Last Updated on July 11, 2004