Over the next several weeks I will be liquidating my collection of antique computers. I won't go into the reasons why except to say that the reasons for doing so are not bad. In other words, I'm not being forced to do it by bad circumstances. I'll leave it at this: I need the space in my home to expand a business venture that has brought me a great deal of genuine happiness over the last few months. I will be liquidating the following: TRS-80 Model III with Software Northstar Horizon with spare CPU card and a spare grungy chassis 2 Commodore 128 computers and 1 1571 disk drive and some miscellaneous Commodore peripherals 2 Commodore 64 computers with no PSs in unknown condition Ohio Scientific Challenger in working condition with keyboard and monitor Computer Systems Associations Micro 68000 Development System TEI 22 slot S100 backplane 2 small boxes of S100 cards including an IMSAI cpu board, several static ram cards, a Disk Jockey II disk controller and several others An entire shelf of S100 and CPM documentation including manuals for the IMSAI (original) and the Altair (copies) Epson QX-10 working with all software including CP/M 2.2, no printer Xerox 820 system, with spare motherboards, 2 8" drives, monitors and spare keyboards PDP-11/34 with RK05f and RK05j and last but certainly NOT least 3 PDP-8i systems, one cpu only, one with a high speed paper tape reader punch and one with a DECtape drive, lots of spare parts, full documentation including schematic print sets, DEC OS/8 on paper tape and several boxes of home-grown software on paper tape...includes ASR-33 Teletype in good condition - all condition unknown, not recommended for the beginning retrocomputerist GNT Paper tape reader/punch that connects to RS-232 with manual and a roll of black paper tape Now for what I want out of this stuff... Of course, cash is acceptable. I'll also accept trades for pre-press equipment like Linotype-Hell imagesetting equipment, RIPs and/or media developers/processors, small sheet-fed presses, black and white flatbed scanners suitable for a Macintosh, Quark Xpress 3.x up for the Mac, binding equipment like sheet collators or edge staplers, CD-ROM drive (any speed) for Macintosh, Macintosh font collections, digital duplicators, photocopiers and/or laser printers etc. If you think it's useful for preparing or printing a newsletter/magazine, I may be interested in it. Bet you can't guess what kind of business I'm involved in... =-) In some cases, I'll donate the equipment to a good home if I think it's warranted. The only thing I can't donate is the PDP-8s as I have a significant investment in them and need to get $250-$300 each from them on average to recover my retrieval costs. Buyer/trader must either pay shipping costs from Des Moines, Iowa to your location or come to Des Moines to pick the items up. The PDPs will all have to be picked up as each is in a 6' tall rack about 24 inches wide and deep. All bids and trade offers should be made via private email as this is the only public posting I'll make. I'm not going to make up any complex rules about what bid I'll select or deadlines etc. But if I say you got it for a specific price/trade and a higher one comes in, well that's just too bad for me. So don't expect an IMMEDIATE answer on your bid. If you need more information/specifics on an item, send me private email and I'll give you all the info I can to help you make a decision. Let the frenzy begin!!! =-) Anthony Clifton - Wirehead PS: I'll be discontinuing the website at www.retrocomputing.com in a month or so I can focus all my resources on the new venture.

Hi, I am a teacher here at the local elementary school in Humble, TX. To be honest, the computer department here at the school is rather pathetic, two Apple //e's and an XT that was donated that I can't get to work. To be frank, these kids are going into a world where they are illiterate in the basic workings of a computer. I hate to sound desperate, but I have just exausted all leads I know to take on the matter. I saw your ad and thought

Hi, I am a teacher here at the local elementary school in Humble, TX. To be honest, the computer department here at the school is rather pathetic, two Apple //e's and an XT that was donated that I can't get to work. To be frank, these kids are going into a world where they are illiterate in the basic workings of a computer. I hate to sound desperate, but I have just exausted all leads I know to take on the matter. I saw your ad and thought that there could still be a chance. I am a little familiar with computer collectiong myself, I have none but have read all the antique computer museum site in order to more educate myself on what I am loking for. From what I understand, the TRS-80 Model III has BASIC language built in???? Any difference, if were to ovtain this computer, I would search vigorously for eduaction software, I'm sure I could find this somewhere Like in an old Radio Shack warehouse or something. And if there is BASIC on it, I could use to perhaps teach a small summer class on computer programming and incorporate the to Apple //e's. Unfortunatly, I am a little short on funds at the moment (this moment has lasted about all my life) and the school district will no longer return my calls. If the TRS-80 Model III or any other computer is still available, I would be more than happy to pay the shipping costs to ZIP code 77346. I hope you could find it in your heart to lend a lerning tool to a group of children from first grade to 5th. If not, a simple reply telling that you cannot donate would be sufficient. However, if you can, I would like to work out the specifics such as shipping addresses and prices or if there is something else that I can do for you. Thank you for reading this message, I hope that I have not come accross to strong. Thank you. -Justin Teague