VOGONS


First post, by SquallStrife

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So, what home computers are you guys pimpin' these days?

My collection is quite small:

- Amiga A1200 (No accelerators, 4MB trapdoor RAM, 802.11b wifi, 4GB HDD)
- Commodore 64 (original breadbin, brown keys, 1x 1541, 1x Datasette)
- Apple IIgs (ROM 01, 256KB, my current project is a 4MB expansion for it)
- Sinclair ZX Spectrum+

What I'd like to chase down is perhaps an Atari ST of some kind, and a TRS-80 CoCo of some kind.

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Reply 1 of 17, by Chewhacca

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PowerMac G3 (Beige)
PowerMac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door)
PowerMac 6100/66AV (With a 400MHz G4 upgrade card)

Edit: Forgot to add a Dell Optiplex 745 as my HTPC (Core2 Duo)

Reply 3 of 17, by F2bnp

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He is not talking about Retro PCs, but rather Home Computers from the 80's and early 90's, like the C64 and ZX Spectrum.
Only home computer I've ever owned were a couple of Amigas, an A500 and later an A1200.
I couldn't stand the floppy access time and constant swapping on the A500, so I got an A1200 and installed a Harddrive with WHDLOAD, however my PSU was acting weird and was never able to give sufficient power for my A1200 and Memory Expansion board...

WinUAE is much better really, like DOSBox. However, for some reason I'd still like to get another A1200 one day and make it work properly!

Reply 5 of 17, by SquallStrife

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Not PCs you silly bunses, Home Computers

VIC, C64, Amiga, Sinclair, Atari ST, Atari XL, etc. If you've got em, show em off! 😁

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Reply 6 of 17, by elianda

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I have no inventory list, so
several old and new C64, several 1541 / 1541 II / 1571, a 1581, 2x C128, a C128D and additional peripherals, like Action Replays / FC3 etc.
CBM 8296D
Amiga A500, A600
Atari STfm, Mega1 and a Atari TT030 early version.

Some videos in my YT channel were recorded from this machines.

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Reply 8 of 17, by megatron-uk

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Excluding PC's/Apple's:

Amiga 500+ (bare - faulty keyboard)
Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 68060, SCSI-2, tower case, Mediator PCI [which is flaky and rubbish, btw])
Acorn A7000 (CF to IDE)
BBC Master 128 + Second cpu wedge (GoMMC mmc/sd interface)
Spectrum 128K +3 (+Divide IDE interface + CF)
Amstrad CPC 464 (bare - just a tape drive and broken 3" floppy)

...and not necessarily home, but also a SGI Indigo 2 MaxIMPACT with R10k-195, and a Octane 2 V8 with dual R12k-400.

My collection database and technical wiki:
https://www.target-earth.net

Reply 9 of 17, by Hatta

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Apple IIgs
Macintosh SE/30
Commodore VIC-20
Commodore 64
Commodore 128
Amiga 500
Atari 600XL
Atari 520ST
TRS-80 Model III
TRS-80 Model IV
Tandy Coco 1
Tandy Coco 2
Tandy 1000TX
TI99/4a
Mattel Aquarius

There's a lot of really obscure computers from the 70s and 80s that I don't have, mostly business computers. I'm mainly interested in games. The few platforms I'm missing that I want would be a BBC and a Sinclair. That, and an AGA Amiga would be awesome. But i have my hands full as it is. I probably forgot a couple even.

Reply 10 of 17, by MaxWar

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C64 x2
Apple 2Gs
Tandy 1000TX
Mac Classic
Mac G3 Beige
Sharp X68000 Expert HD
Sharp X68000 XVI compact
Fujitsu FM-towns 2F
Fujitsu FM-towns II MA

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Reply 15 of 17, by CapnCrunch53

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Only one I have at the moment is a Commodore Plus/4, a not particularly successful business-oriented successor to the C64. Its main weaknesses seem to be poor C64 compatibility, lack of sprite capability and lack of the SID chip. Thus, it's not very useful for games. I need to get a C64 sometime.

PCs, Macs, old and new... too much stuff.

Reply 16 of 17, by SquallStrife

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Those Japanese computers look rad! They always seem to command high prices on evilBay though, which kinda puts me off...

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Reply 17 of 17, by MaxWar

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SquallStrife wrote:

Are Macs "Home Computers"?

I have a few, but I didn't think they counted... 😖

I was not sure either, the distinction can be blurry sometimes. To me however the tiny Mac classic has a "home computer vibe".

Also blurry for the X68000. Was not intended as business machine, nor exactly as a home computer. It was more like a geek's dream machine back then. Mainly aimed at content creating artists, hardcore gamers and power users at home. But it was also used, I.e, by Capcom as a development platform for their arcade titles. It cost quite the fortune also.

The FM-Towns definitely is a home computer though.

SquallStrife wrote:

Those Japanese computers look rad! They always seem to command high prices on evilBay though, which kinda puts me off...

They are badass. The place to get em however is Yahoo auction directly from japan. Forget about evilbay here :p

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