I have to think ...
I have a chassis and a stack of Multibus boards. Tje chassis is for.an 80286, not sure if that predates the IBM PC/AT. But maybe.
(I have a IBM PC/AT also).
It's kimd of weird. Maybe I have early onset dimentia.
I have a Sony System 35 model 10, no keyboard.
I don't focus on old. Just groovy.
I have 2 Canon AS-100s. 1982.
Shoot my collection is looking kind of lamo.
Alright proceed -
I have three Apple IIe computers, circa 1983.
Next oldest is probably my Epson Equity I, circa 1985.
I have a real nice Epson keyboard. I want to say it's for the oldest model.
My oldest two are a Phillips G7000 and a CPC464.
The oldest not in storage, is a Pravetz 8m about 83-84 and a IBM/XT clone (not sure the age yet).
I have a ZX81 in storage, think that is probably the oldest (81-82)
Game dev since last century
I used to have a commodore 64 and that would have been my oldest but I sold it , so currently my oldest is an amiga 500 and 1200. Everything else is late 90s and after.
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-01, 01:36:I have a real nice Epson keyboard. I want to say it's for the oldest model.
Is it one of these keyboards?
This is the earliest Epson keyboard I have, a model Q503A. Has an 8-pin DIN connector.
About a year ago I bought an Atari 800XL. I didn't have an A8 back then but it got me interested ever since I learned about them in the 2000s.
I adapted a PSU for it and connected the SVideo signal, but the keyboard is unusable and needs to be replaced. It's a common problem with them. I haven't wanted to spend the money, so I haven't touched it since.
In the x86 realm my oldest are a couple of 486 boards and a 1993 Pentium board.
The ISA-only 486 has battery damage. I desoldered a bunch of parts but still have more to go. The parts I removed are stuck into a sheet of paper labeling where they go, but I got sidetracked. I hope I don't lose/confuse that mess before I finally get it back together. Some of those parts might also need to be replaced due to how contaminated they are from the battery.
The Pentium is 2nd oldest, I think it's the original Intel socket-4 board. It improves on the 486 by using a Dallas chip. I bought a replacement for that chip and I think the board works but haven't tested it thoroughly.
The VLB 486 board is newer than the Pentium and uses a coin cell battery. It was an eBay bargain a few months ago, it was having some flaky issues but after a lot of chip reseating, deOxiting, and some resoldering, I *think* it's all fixed and reliable now.
Everything else is socket 7+ so I'd class them as "modern" from a long range point of view. Things got more standardized pretty fast at that point.
Commodore PET 2000 series, so 1977-1978ish.
Have some TV game systems (IE Pong/Tennis) that possibly predate it, but that's my oldest fully working computer.
My collection database and technical wiki:
https://www.target-earth.net
That would be my Macintosh LC II from 1993-ish, followed by my P233 rig that I think is around 1994-95..
Proud owner of a Shuttle HOT-555A 430VX motherboard and two wonderful retro laptops, namely a Compaq Armada 1700 [nonfunctional] and a HP Omnibook XE3-GC [fully working :p]
My oldest one is Sharp PC-1500 Pocket Computer, so 1981.
I suspect it'll be one of my 486's probably this one. Like many I threw out so much good stuff in the early 2000's 🙁
I accidently got a TCS9510 486 VLB PC
Actual oldest computer I own would be two VIC-20s, but if we count based on the architecture, then it would be my TI-99/4A. Although the TI is one of the later revision beige ones with an Alps keyboard which is from around '82 or '83 I think. So, physically oldest would still be the VIC-20.
Here's my oldest, an early 1998 theme pc:
Guess what's inside 😀
Shponglefan wrote on 2023-12-02, 18:04:Is it one of these keyboards? […]
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-01, 01:36:I have a real nice Epson keyboard. I want to say it's for the oldest model.
Is it one of these keyboards?
Epson Q503A keyboard.jpg
This is the earliest Epson keyboard I have, a model Q503A. Has an 8-pin DIN connector.
Looks just like that. I paid too much on ebay. Figured I'd get a jumpstart on securimg an original E1 for myself. As I guess I was experiencing a hankering.
My oldest is an IBM Display Writer from 1980, complete with display, dual floppy drives, keyboard and (massive) printer.
Second, more usable, Sinclair ZX81 and TI-99/4A... both released in 1981.
PC-'compatible' is an IBM 5150. It still works but it's hardly used.
Doesn't the Display Writer have an 8088?
kant explain wrote on 2023-12-15, 13:26:Doesn't the Display Writer have an 8088?
It had a 8086 and ran proprietary software (Display Write). I do believe you could run DOS or CP/M from floppy.
I don't have anything older than THIS. I also don't have any interest in owning anything older or anything that isn't IBM compatible.
