--- Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
...a big snip...
Ok, what do you play with most? And, dear Lord, most
I can tell you first what I used least. That's the 8 bit home micros. I
do admit ot using the Acorn Cambridge Workstation from time to time
(often as 'just' a BBC micro), and I have a soft spot for TRS-80s because
my first computer was a Model 1. But I don't really use the Apple ][s or
or C64s or...
As regards what I use most, that depends... Recently I've been spending a
lot of time on HP stuff, current;y there's a 9817 in bits on the bench
(yes, I know that wasn't on the list, nor is the 9816, the 9820, or a
couple of other machines working their way onto the bench). The reason
I'm doing a bit with HPs is that there's an active HP user club in the UK
(HPCC), and it's fairly easy to get motivated to investigate these fine
machines.
Other stuff I use a lot are the PERQs, at least one PDP11, etc...
Probably after doing a bit more with HPs I'll move onto something totally
different, maybe a VAX or something.
of this stuff has to be in storage, no? I know
there's
loads of castles in England, and it sure as heck would
No, it's all packed into a normal-ish London house.... Along with a lot
of books, photographic stuff, tools, and the like.
take one to house all that! There's a bloody
small
fortune there besides.
Is there? Anything that strikes anyone as particularly rare/valuable?
-tony