Hello all -
Quick introduction. My name is Anthony and I have been collecting for a while. I started in 1997 and went crazy. I ended up with a lot of stuff as you can see but I certainly started in the golden age of Vintage Computer collecting as I have many many gems.
My website hasn't been updated in quite some time. There is a combination of reasons for this.
- Laziness
- I haven't had a lot of time
- HTML is a pain in the butt and I don't know how I had the time to do it
So. I am going to try to use a blog, insert photos and update this way. Since my last post in February 2002, a lot has happened.
I moved, I had to get rid of stuff because I had way too many machines and I wasn't paying certain lines any attention - eg Amigas, Microbees, Tandys, Amstrads, Coleco Adam, Xerox 820s, Spectrums and lots of obscurities. I decided to rationalise my collection along the following lines -
- Commodore 8-bits and a small range of other interesting Commodore devices
- Atari 8-Bits (bye bye Falcon, TT and STs)
- Apple everything
- IBM PCs (but not clones, bye Compaq portables and other obscurities)
- Game Consoles are IN!
- Whatever I want that doesn't fit in this criteria but I like.
So. Here I am in 2019 with a shed still full of all sorts of stuff.
Here is what it looks like today.
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Roll A Door Top View |
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The Lovely Pets (5 of 11) |
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PC Side - note the software up top is all CBM |
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Alternative view of PC side |
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View of Stack and down Apple Side |
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PC Side to Pets - note drives and tape drives for CBM |
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Some of my Apples |
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Console area (machines below bench) |
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More C64s than you can poke a stick at |
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The scary debris field |
I have deliberately hidden the back area which needs a lot of work. My vision is to have my key equipment on benches in operational condition with their drives available to use while on the upper level - maximising bench space and maximising display rather than being on shelves.
I have also created an area where I can blog, work, do demonstrations of some of my interesting stuff - the IBM JX with 10 MB Hard Disk will likely be my first video demonstration. I will avoid doing videos of equipment that has already been done to death, but some of my unique kit would be worth showing. I have enough accessories, add ons and tools to make the videos interesting.
I also have a nice work bench area with repair and software transferring tools - so I can get all the demonstration stuff working, back the software up and get any software required that I don't already have. I have recently bought the SuperCard Pro and will be putting that through its paces to back up some unusual software that I have in here.
Anyway, I hope to regularly contribute about what I am doing and what my progress is on projects - so... hello! Feel free to comment!