First Machine…

[C3PO]

…Apple Performa 8200 IIRC…circa 1996

Many flights fuelled by sparkling wine.

Edited February 4, 2022 by C3PO

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

Nothing beats that old computer aesthetic. It felt so exciting and new. Now it's the mundane. Not that I'd give up my current system for my old man's 486 from back in the day.

Edited February 4, 2022 by MiG21bisFishbedL

[Svsmokey]

Mine was a 486-33 back when it was cutting edge . A month later , the 486-66 was introduced I used a CH stick as well .

Edited February 4, 2022 by Svsmokey

[Kang]

Mine technically would be my dad's Schneider/Astram CPC when I was 4 and - while blissfully ignorant of any how to - kept trying to take off a simulated 727.

[Viper1970]

My first own computer was a 386DX 40 from Profex in 1992. My first computer I was playing Flight Simulator II on, was my dad's C-64. After this he went over to IBM compatible PC's and bought a ridiculously expensive Genie 16.

I was really pissed, cause this was such a huge step backwards for gaming compared to the C-64. Only CGA graphics with two three color schemes to choose from (Magenta, Cyan, White or Red, Yellow and Green) .

Anyway I have played Flight Simulator II (the PC version), Sublogic's Jet, and Chuck Yeagers advanced flight trainer endless hours on this machine. I bought such an analog stick for it, which looked like one of the sticks out of an RC transmitter and glued a Quickshot II grip from the C-64 on top of it . The analog stick was a huge upgrade for flying compared to the digital sticks of the Comodore.

Edited February 9, 2022 by Viper1970