Reply 80 of 89, by dysamoria
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Amiga 1200, x2 (CF readers instead of HDs) - for retro-gaming/music, but I have no 15KHz monitor and can't justify buying one on eBay
Apple II Plus - Rescued from a sidewalk many years ago; it works, but I have no idea what to do with it
Apple IIgs, x3 (using a ROM3 unit with a ReActiveMicro Drive/Turbo) - for retro-gaming/music
Apple PowerMac G4 Quicksilver - dead PSU, which I cannot afford to replace; hand-me-down from an ex, which I used to use to serve alternate iTunes libraries on my network
Apple iMac 12,2 - obsolete to Apple, but works fine; main computer, and have been waiting for Apple to market a proper desktop machine for ages to replace it... still waiting...
Apple MacBook Pro 5,5 - obsolete to Apple, but works fine; mostly a secondary/backup machine
Atari MEGA ST4 (with an UltraSatan to replace the SCSI SupraDrive) - for retro-gaming/music
Commodore 64, x11(?) - bought one boxed unit for retro-gaming/music (but it wont work with any known good SID chip in it), and also bought a batch of questionable units & parts (some work fine; needs mass storage)
Generic white metal-cased Pentium PC, upgraded with SCSI, from an old workplace; it's a heavy junker with WinXP, BeOS R5, & Haiku beta on it
Tandy 1000 TL/2 - for retro-gaming/music; failing to get an XT-IDE card booting to CF
Tandy 2500 XL/2 - for retro-gaming/music; spent lots time/money on it (3.5" drive, new ROM for Music Quest PC MIDI card, Monotech XT-IDE ROM card, & CF-to-IDE reader to replace dying HD)
Tandy 2500 RSX - for retro-gaming/music(?); has Windows 3.11 on it, but I don't use it for anything right now (should replace hard drive with CF)
Self-Built Lian Li black-cased Asus/Pentium 4 with various I/O - mostly for Amiga Forever/Explorer, as it was replaced by:
Self-Built Antec black full-sized tower EVGA/Intel Core 2 Duo - former main PC, now just for games from 2008 or earlier (this machine's various incarnations has taught me I never EVER want to build a PC again!)
UMAX SuperMac e500 - used to serve diskette-creation needs for the Apple IIgs, also has BeOS R4 on it
28? I used to have several other DOS/Windows computers (and HUGE PILES of parts of PCs), but finally got rid of the least interesting/useful ones, and one Dell PSU died (though I should've kept more parts from everything).
I have too much stuff and no real use for any of it, honestly. The classic stuff was originally bought off eBay when I was made impulsive by an SSRI drug. I told myself it was for the purpose of making a retro music studio setup. I put that on hold almost immediately when I realized not having modern mass storage sucked. A decade later, I spent hundreds of dollars in the last year to rectify the mass storage issue, mostly to "shit or get off the pot" on this stupid project. Most of the software is unpleasant to use. UI design/usability changed for the better over the decades since.
I can play most DOS games on my iMac with DOSBox. I'm not sure I will ever have a decent display (or desk space) for the Amiga(s), so it's not enjoyable to use for music apps or games, though it's been an interesting learning process. Apple IIgs music software is poor (though better than the Tandy software). IIgs versions of Sierra AGI games have better music & sound than the DOS versions, so that's cute... for the ones I can get to actually run from CF without runtime errors. The Atari seems to be working fully now, and I haven't really tried to play many games, yet. Could be used to edit my MT-32, but I don't know why I would bother.
This is a stupid hobby, but the nostalgia of reliving my childhood ... and the semi-nostalgia of trying to relive parts of my childhood that weren't actually IN my OWN childhood (Amiga, Apple IIgs, Atari ST)... has been... interesting. That's all I have to show for the money and time spent? Sigh.