Vintage Computers

Rouxenator said:
Period correct GTA III hardware - all beige. The surround sound worked remarkably well on that Sharp prologic Dobly system.

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Fun fact - that 17" Cornerstone monitor in the above picture has a Hitachi elliptical dot shadow mask tube. I was looking for one after reading this review on tomshardware and my computer trading guy hooked me up with that one. Brilliant 17" monitor.
 
Mr.Jax said:
Anyone perhaps have a 8 or 16 bit ISA VGA card that they're willing to sell?
Or, perhaps a working Hercules/CGA monitor?

I've got an old 286 I'd like to get up and running, but It only has a Hercules/CGA capable video card.
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Where are you based?
 
kemiy= said:
Who all has collections of older systems, and what do you collect?

For me, it's TRS-80 Model 1, III and 4, along with the Apple ][, ][+, //e and //c. Of those, the Apple ][ is the only one I have yet to lay my hands on. For the others, I have at least one working system of each.

I'm delivering a Model II to Adrian Black (Adrian's Digital Basement) in the near future. At the same time, I'm also delivering a Model II disk expansion to a rocketry person.

For those who don't collect them, if you have an old computer you want to get rid of, send me the details - I'll help you find someone who wants it, to keep it from becoming e-waste and landing in a landfill. Last fall, I made a 13 hour round trip to Ness City, KS to rescue some computers from that fate. I've farmed all but the 2 I wanted out to new homes, at no cost to their new owners.

I also have a PiDP 11, which is a PDP-11/70 emulator running on a Raspberry Pi, with a replica PDP-11/70 control panel. Blinkin' lights!

I once had a crack at an Altair 8800, but couldn't offer the guy a fair price, considering that it also had a hard drive with it.
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Remember to send some sweets.
 
kemiy= said:
Who all has collections of older systems, and what do you collect?

For me, it's TRS-80 Model 1, III and 4, along with the Apple ][, ][+, //e and //c. Of those, the Apple ][ is the only one I have yet to lay my hands on. For the others, I have at least one working system of each.

I'm delivering a Model II to Adrian Black (Adrian's Digital Basement) in the near future. At the same time, I'm also delivering a Model II disk expansion to a rocketry person.

For those who don't collect them, if you have an old computer you want to get rid of, send me the details - I'll help you find someone who wants it, to keep it from becoming e-waste and landing in a landfill. Last fall, I made a 13 hour round trip to Ness City, KS to rescue some computers from that fate. I've farmed all but the 2 I wanted out to new homes, at no cost to their new owners.

I also have a PiDP 11, which is a PDP-11/70 emulator running on a Raspberry Pi, with a replica PDP-11/70 control panel. Blinkin' lights!

I once had a crack at an Altair 8800, but couldn't offer the guy a fair price, considering that it also had a hard drive with it.
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@jannievanzyl has a nice collection of old Tandy computers
 
kemiy= said:
Who all has collections of older systems, and what do you collect?

For me, it's TRS-80 Model 1, III and 4, along with the Apple ][, ][+, //e and //c. Of those, the Apple ][ is the only one I have yet to lay my hands on. For the others, I have at least one working system of each.

I'm delivering a Model II to Adrian Black (Adrian's Digital Basement) in the near future. At the same time, I'm also delivering a Model II disk expansion to a rocketry person.

For those who don't collect them, if you have an old computer you want to get rid of, send me the details - I'll help you find someone who wants it, to keep it from becoming e-waste and landing in a landfill. Last fall, I made a 13 hour round trip to Ness City, KS to rescue some computers from that fate. I've farmed all but the 2 I wanted out to new homes, at no cost to their new owners.

I also have a PiDP 11, which is a PDP-11/70 emulator running on a Raspberry Pi, with a replica PDP-11/70 control panel. Blinkin' lights!

I once had a crack at an Altair 8800, but couldn't offer the guy a fair price, considering that it also had a hard drive with it.
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I will look out for the Model II on a super mini mail call. :)

I'm focusing on late 70s to early 80s ... currently I have ...
  • 3x Sinclair ZX81
  • 2x Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
  • 1x ZX Spectrum +3
  • 1x Commodore 64
  • 1x BBC Micro
  • 1x Micro-Professor MPF-1
  • 2x Atari 2600
  • 2x Famicom Clones
  • 1x Columbia Data Product Luggable IBM PC Clone
My (current) wishlist:
  • Science of Cambridge MK14
  • Sinclair ZX80
EDIT: Some of my machines in action ... https://www.instagram.com/dadecoza/?hl=en
 
dadecoza said:
I will look out for the Model II on a super mini mail call. :)

I'm focusing on late 70s to early 80s ... currently I have ...
  • 3x Sinclair ZX81
  • 2x Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k
  • 1x ZX Spectrum +3
  • 1x Commodore 64
  • 1x BBC Micro
  • 1x Micro-Professor MPF-1
  • 2x Atari 2600
  • 2x Famicom Clones
  • 1x Columbia Data Product Luggable IBM PC Clone
My (current) wishlist:
  • Science of Cambridge MK14
  • Sinclair ZX80
EDIT: Some of my machines in action ... https://www.instagram.com/dadecoza/?hl=en
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What can a ZX80 do these days? Aren't they very limited on RAM?
 
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