4 Aug
2004
4 Aug
'04
3:11 a.m.
I had to just toss 20+ SE/30's and some IIfx's (2 or 3). How close are you
to Houston as there are several of the machines on your list that come up
all the time around here?
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:15 AM
Subject: Re: Gaps in the collection (was Re: rarest computers. )
Well, machines I'd like to have in my collection
are (in no order
whatsoever):
-Laptops & Portables-
Dynalogic Hyperion.
GRiDCase 3.
Zeos Pocket PC.
Acorn A4.
Compaq Portable 3.
Compaq Portable 4.
IBM PC Radio.
HP-85.
IBM PC Convertible.
-Desktops & Workstations-
NeXTStation Color Turbo.
Macintosh IIfx.
Xerox 860.
Original Commodore PET.
Amiga 4000T.
Macintosh Color Classic II.
Xerox 820-II
Macintosh SE/30.
-Miscellaneous-
Cromemco System 3.
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:33:34 +0000, "Ethan Dicks"
<dickset(a)amanda.spole.gov> said:
> On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:48:42PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> > I fact let's start a thread of what items people feel are missing from
> > their collections, Here's mine... (No, I am not asking for any of
these...)
>
> > PDP10 (any model)
>
> Me, too. I missed a KL10 taken home by an ex-CompuServant by six
months.
> (it was in his garage, then he pitched it). I
was hoping to pick up a
> discarded SC-25 or SC-30 when those were obsoleted, but I heard through
> the grapevine that those were collected by Systems Concepts.
>
> So... I have to content myself with running klh10 in the meantime (901
> hours
> of uptime since I last rebooted to get the NI20 going).
>
> > PDP12 (I have the full set of manuals)
>
> Boy, that'd be nice, too... or maybe a LINC-8
>
> > Apple Lisa (I'd like to see how much worse it was than the classic
PERQ)
>
> I wouldn't mind one of those, either. I remember using them before the
> Mac
> came out (at the local University). I couldn't compare them to a PERQ,
> but
> I could compare them to my experiences with the original Macintosh in
> 1984.
>
> In the 12-bit world, I'm still missing a PDP-8/m, a PDP-8/f, and a
WT-78.
> I have an -8/e, so the -8/f is really optional,
but since the -8/m is
> a little different (smaller box, LED front panel...) that'd be a nice
one
> to have, too.
>
> I really have enough classic CPUs to keep me busy for the rest of my
> life.
> What I'm always on the lookout for is *peripherals* for those CPUs,
> especially
> disks for pre-1985 DEC machines.
>
> -ethan
>
> --
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