1st – Start of It All

Way back when I was still in preschool and trying not to wet the bed, my mother bought our first computer. The whole Windows 95 set included the desktop, monitor, and speakers.  The beige color desktop had an insert for floppy disks on the front panel as well as a “revolutionary” CDrom drive. The monitor that came with it was a bulky monstrosity that appeared like a miniature analog television. The dual speakers were connected together by an unremovable power wire and detachable brown audio plug. Audio control was on one of the speakers (left or right I do not really remember) and turned the apparatus on/off by moving the dial past a certain nick in the audio level.

The whole set rested on top of the gray, L -shaped computer table on the corner of the 2nd floor away from the windows. Unfortunately, due to poor wire management (as is usual in most houses), the backside of the computer, underneath the table was a complete mess. The black wires hanged from various directions tangling with the various audio and power cords. This whole hodgepodge made the back area a sort of forgotten zones where things would fall in accidentally and be subsequently lost forever. It was not until years later when we relocated the computer to the 1st floor, that we found so many lost items behind the computer.

CDrom Games – Gateway to PC Gaming

The early games that my mother bought for me and my sister were geared for young children. My mother believed that these educational games would help to improve education performance and encouraged us to play during our time off from school. They were all cartoon games ranging from imaginary farms to exotic zoos. I distinctly remember four series Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt, Rugrats, and Spy Fox.