Some new shots of my area, cleaned it this weekend after reassembling basically all of the computers I own.

creepingnet wrote:

Some new shots of my area, cleaned it this weekend after reassembling basically all of the computers I own.

Love it!

I hesitate to post this because it's always such a mess... But whatever, here's the retro side of my "office".

ab0tj wrote:

I hesitate to post this because it's always such a mess... But whatever, here's the retro side of my "office".

That looks pretty orderly to me 🤣

Well...maybe except for room for to use a mouse 😜

Yeah I was gonna say. 🤣 You should see my computer room, it's just equipment piled everywhere. Hell even in my room there is usually two or three computers half being worked on. 🤣

ab0tj wrote:

I hesitate to post this because it's always such a mess... But whatever, here's the retro side of my "office".

That's a cool IMSAI. Do you run anything on it aside from CP/M?

Tetrium wrote:

Well...maybe except for room for to use a mouse 😜

No mouse required for the 70's technology on that bench, but the two 90s era machines on the right have mice. 😁

gdjacobs wrote:

That's a cool IMSAI. Do you run anything on it aside from CP/M?

Thanks. It has a monitor that I wrote stored in ROM, but it doesn't get used much now that CP/M is up and running. This thing will be on the internet as well, once I finish writing software for the ethernet board...

Niiice. Also, definitely not a mess. For a mess you want my study, currently being moved to another room. Pictures when it's finished in a few months..

cleaned up abit beforehand 😁

'a bit' - you mean 'a lot' and you got the vacuum out too.. 😉

I must sort mine out, it's going to have wall to ceiling computers but be so organised. Hoping I can fit my Amstrad PCW in there as well as all the old PC stuff, and Unix boxes..

ynari wrote:

'a bit' - you mean 'a lot' and you got the vacuum out too.. 😉

I must sort mine out, it's going to have wall to ceiling computers but be so organised. Hoping I can fit my Amstrad PCW in there as well as all the old PC stuff, and Unix boxes..

My gf did the vacuum cleaning 😉
My collection isn't big enough yet that I need the other wall for stacking towers (not yet but soon)

Richo wrote:

cleaned up abit beforehand 😁

I don't see any Abit's, only an empty case without a motherboard 😕

😜

And if you stack completed rigs on top of each other, label them on the front (an optical drive with a small piece of paper tape might be a good idea) so you can see it on the front quickly. Don't make the mistake that you have to actually take out a rig, open it up and then figure out what the hell that rig was for 🤣!
And on top of each rig you could use paper tape and tape a sheet of paper with more detailed bits of information (like the parts used, OS and function of that particular rig).

You gotta know your stuff 😎

🤣

Attached are some pics of my "nerd station" as my brother calls it. I do CAD work during the day so didn't want to come home and sit on my rump some more (not healthy!) while gaming and such so came up with this. It's made from 3/4" plywood pieced together with glue/screws. Shopped around for a standing station that had the dimensions I needed but the prices were crazy so decided on a DIY model. Would like to come up with something to tame the "rat nest" of wires behind it -any ideas out there let me know. The systems are listed in my signature, just two at the moment but debating on squeezing a modern rig in there at some point.

Reorganized, added a lot of stuff. Messed it up a bit again because i found a lot of stuff lately that needed to be played with/tested. 🤣

love the last picture!

Richo wrote:

love the last picture!

Thanx! Top shelf 3dfx agp and pci, 2nd shelf nvidia agp and a hand full of matrox, 3th shelf left pci, right isa vlb etc. Lower there is a slot1 cpu section and a creative soundcards section.
Need more room, or less stuff 🤣

Nice steering wheel collection! I only have one for my Dreamcast, and really need to attach it to a table so it's easier to play..

ynari wrote:

Nice steering wheel collection! I only have one for my Dreamcast, and really need to attach it to a table so it's easier to play..

yes there are three, a nice thrustmaster, an old logitech force gp and a logitech momo that will replace the gp.
I use them to race against my son (modern games). i found the momo really cheap on a fleamarket and it works just as nice as the thrustmaster which i bought new.

Figured i'd post an update. The triple head setup was insanely impractical for the amount of space I have. Here's some pics of my computing/media area. Also a pic of my rack which is in storage.

My main collection is in the living rooms. Neatly stowed away, but at the same time eye-candy and easy to fetch when the retro feeling is overtaking you.
For more picture from my collection: https://sites.google.com/hageseter.com/retro