carmel_andrews Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Like it says on the tin, what classic/retor computing hardware do you or did you own Here's mine Do own Atari 800 (only sort of works) Atari 800 XL (ram and os upgraded) dunno if it works 1 65XE (dunno if it works) 2 standard 130xe's (dunno if it works) 1 4-1 OS modified 130 xe (dunno if it works) Did own Atari STFM Atari STe (4 meg ram and tos switchable o/s 1.6 and 2.0 i think) Commodore Amiga 600 and A1200 ( i did have 2 1200's but not at the same time) Commodore 64 Sinclair Spectrum 16k, 48k, plus, 128, 128+2 BBC model B (Loaned from a computer repair place while they were fixing my speccy) Amstrad cpc 464 (i think) MSX (can't remember which companies MSX though) A 3rd party version of an Apple II (can't remember the make/brand, but the system lasted about 5 seconds as I managed to blow it up due to wrong voltage setting) I didn't care much as I bought it for a tenner and it was 2nd hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonsDad Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 It wasn't supposed to be a gaming machine but I owned (and miss) a Tandy 1000 EX Personal Computer. I had a nice collection of Mastertronic (budget / discount) games for it, like: Ninja, Feud, Storm, Turbo Champions, Prowler, etc. (Most are all still available at hotu.org) GideonsDad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzamess Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Have: IBM PCjr Timex Sinclair 1000 (aka ZX81) Had: Apple //+ Atari 400, 800, 800XL, 130XE, XEGS Atari 520STfm Commodore Amiga 500 Commodore 64, 128, SX64 Commodore VIC-20 Mattel Aquarius Tandy Coco1, Coco3 Tandy Model 100 Tandy 1000EX TI 99/4a Timex 2068 (the ZX Spectrum for the US)--but it never worked Corona 8088 PC clone with weird 640x400 mono graphics (same as AT&T's PC used, not Hercules compatible, emulated CGA) Various DIY PC Clones: models of each generation 8088 to present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Had: Atari 400, 800, 600XL, 65XE All the officially produced 400/800 and XL era peripherals, and many of the XE era ones. Apple //c, 9" green screen monitor, 12" color monitor, external floppy drive, ImageWriter II printer. TI-99/4a, voice module, joysticks. Commodore Vic-20 Commodore 64, disk drive. Various others that I don't even remember the specifics of. Have: Atari 800XL, 1200XL, 130XE (boxed) (2)1050 drives (1 boxed) (2)XF551 drives (1 boxed) (1)1020 Printer/Plotter (boxed) Okimate 10 w/ Atari module (boxed) XMM801 printer (boxed) 830 modem (boxed) (2)850 interface And probably some other Atari stuff I don't even recall right now. Nearly everything is packed away in the basement, and I haven't looked at the stuff for years. Probably a sign I should get rid of most of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Let's see.... I have: Atari 400, Atari 800, Atari 1200XL, Atari 130XE, Atari 520ST, Atari 1040STf, Atari Portfolio Commodore VIC-20 IBM PCjr TI-99/4a Currently working on getting: Atari 600XL Atari 800XL Commodore 64 & 128 Tandy CoCo 3 Timex Sinclair 1000 Edited December 17, 2009 by CebusCapucinis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Here's my mostly complete list of systems/platforms that I presently own: http://www.billandchristina.com/vgamecomp/systems.htm Edited December 17, 2009 by Bill_Loguidice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Here's my mostly complete list of systems/platforms that I presently own: http://www.billandchristina.com/vgamecomp/systems.htm Holy cow that's a lot of systems! Are they consigned to the depths of storage bins or do you cycle through them? I'm just imagining someone in this huge room full of computers frantically typing on 3 at once... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Loguidice Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Here's my mostly complete list of systems/platforms that I presently own: http://www.billandchristina.com/vgamecomp/systems.htm Holy cow that's a lot of systems! Are they consigned to the depths of storage bins or do you cycle through them? I'm just imagining someone in this huge room full of computers frantically typing on 3 at once... I have a large basement with a separated storage area. Most stuff, outside of the modern items which are in the primary rooms in the house, are on shelves on large metal or plastic units. When I need access to a system, I just go to its area, pull down what I need, then hook it up in one of the other rooms in the basement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) I have no classic computer hardware at the moment (other than an Atari 2600). I have owned: Color Computer I (original model, bought new in 1983) Portable IBM PC w/ built-in 5"? monitior (well loved, gift from a friend, 1994-ish) About four other PCs (1988-present), including a Tandy 1000 SL. Around 1985 or 1986, I considered getting an Atari ST at a local shop, but I was put off by the cost of the floppy disk drive (sold seperately, even though the computer was unusable without it). The package was close to $1000. Edited December 17, 2009 by jhd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Laird Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Like it says on the tin, what classic/retor computing hardware do you or did you own Here's mine Do own Atari 800 (only sort of works) Atari 800 XL (ram and os upgraded) dunno if it works 1 65XE (dunno if it works) 2 standard 130xe's (dunno if it works) 1 4-1 OS modified 130 xe (dunno if it works) Did own Atari STFM Atari STe (4 meg ram and tos switchable o/s 1.6 and 2.0 i think) Commodore Amiga 600 and A1200 ( i did have 2 1200's but not at the same time) Commodore 64 Sinclair Spectrum 16k, 48k, plus, 128, 128+2 BBC model B (Loaned from a computer repair place while they were fixing my speccy) Amstrad cpc 464 (i think) MSX (can't remember which companies MSX though) A 3rd party version of an Apple II (can't remember the make/brand, but the system lasted about 5 seconds as I managed to blow it up due to wrong voltage setting) I didn't care much as I bought it for a tenner and it was 2nd hand So you go on about what a massive A8 fan you are but you don't actually know if any of your A8's actually work or even use them? I own: Sinclair Spectrum 48k Sinclair Spectrum 128k +2a Sinclair ZX81 Atari 520 ST fm Atari 800 XL Did own: Sinclair Spectrum +2 (Broken used for parts) Atari 520 STE (broken used for parts) Some ancient Sharp laptop that was Commodore Pet compatible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Have still: IBM PC 5150 Dual 5 1/4 IBM PS/2 286 w/ MSDOS 6 IBM 486 w/ OS/2 Atari 400 w/ 410 tape drive Atari 800 w/ 410 tape drive Atari 1200XL w/ 1050 5 1/4 drive Coleco Adam Family Computer w/ dual tape drives Commodore 64 w/ datasette drive Used to have: IBM PC 5160 w/ dual 5 1/4 drives, had DOS 2 on it. ...should have never sold it, having an awful hard time finding a monochrome monitor for my 5150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieAtari Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Have (all in perfect working order): Apple IIe with original monitor Apple IIc with original monitor (but no stand, anyone have a spare IIc stand they would like to sell?) Apple II+ with original monitor Mac Colour Mac SE in Mac Bag Mac original IBM PC original 8088 unit with original matching monitor PC clone 486 TI99/4A Amiga 500 Atari STFM C64 "breadbox" C64 later model various dot matrix printers, disk drives etc for the above Had: Spectrum 48KB Many CoCo's Vic 20 PC's - 286, 386 Other "unusual" micros such as Spectravideo, Sega SC3000 etc Atari 400 Atari 800 Atari 1200 Sinclair ZX80 Sinclair ZX81 Coleco Adam I've probably missed a few that are in rooms/cupboards/boxes I have not opened for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potatohead Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Have had: Apple ][+ with a fair number of expansion cards, disk, printer, 80 column, language, etc... Color Computer 3, 2 TI with that *heavy* expansion box Ataris 400, 800, 800xl Sega Genesis, Master System Odyessy / pong Have: CoCo 3, Atari 400, 800XL, VCS, 7800, Dreamcast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seob Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Own TI 99/4a Commodore Vic 20 Commodore C64 (2x) Commodore Amiga (3x with 8mb memory expansion. (Don't know where to use it for)) Philips MSX Philips MSX2 (3 different models) Apple LC-II Atari 800xl Used to own Philips P2000T Laser 2001 old computers Pictures it took of my unit Schneider CPC-464 Comx 35 Old computers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafivehole Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 My first computer was an Atari 800XL (w/Indus GT drive). Next was an Amstrad 1512. From there, it was (I think) a 386 clone from CompUSA and the rest is a blur... Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazyace Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Owned: ZX80 Spectrum Atari 800 C64 Amstrad CPC664 800XL QL 4160STe Amiga 2000 Various PC's 7800 Net Yaroze PS2 linux PS3 linux Saturn Dreamcast Xbox Gamecube Wii Xbox360 Retro ( now ): Plus4 2600 XE GS 130XE Jaguar 1040ST ( not tested, no room to set up on desk - and emulators pretty good ) Colecovision SuperCassetteVision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) Sadly, all former. Atari 800 Texas Instruments TI99/4A (Well, I don't miss that. It was the stupidest execution of a computer [even for its time] ever!) Coleco ADAM Apple IIc+ (gave it to my high school computer lab after one of their old II+ gave up the ghost and I was going off to college) Packard Bell PC Compatible (without Windows!) Edited December 29, 2009 by Kalvan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalvan Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Now Broken: Atari 2600 Super Nintendo Entertainment System TurboGrafx 16 (That Playstation 3 that grenaded on a firmware update is not retro yet) Still Good: Nintendo Entertainment System (but need to give it the air can every time I open it) Sega Dreamcast Playstation 2 (now given away to my brother) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Had vic-20, trs-80 Still have and functioning C64, C64 model C, and a TI994/A that someone gave me but I never used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToddUGA Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I don't currently own any retro computers but I have owned a few of them in the past: Atari 600 Commodore 64 Amiga 500 Amiga 1200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Rice Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I originally got Atari 400 Apple 2c Atari 600xl Atari 800xl w/ Newell upgrade Atari 800xl Recently, I got: 800 PAL 800 130xe 1200xl 1200 3 XEGS few 800xl PAL 600xl some C64s 1040st 1040ste Mega st I had to stop because it is getting crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Atari 400 Commodore 64 (three power supplies and not one of them works ) Mac Classic Apple IIgs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrozoneorg Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I have a few! Too many to type while on my iPhone anyway You can see almost everything I own here: http://www.retro-zone.org/my_collection.htm I need to update it a little as I now have a snes and game boy advance and some other items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbroddy Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Used to own Amiga 1200 IBM PC Own now Commodore 64 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Have: Atari 800 Atari 1200XL Atari XEGS Commodore VIC-20 Commodore 64 TI-99/4A (silver model) Had: Atari 600XL (had two of them but they were both DOA) Atari 800XL (sold when I got my XEGS) Amiga 1000 (sold because I couldn't get it to work with Amiga Explorer) Panasonic FS-A1F (MSX2 system, sold due to the fact that good MSX games are both hard to find and pricey outside Japan) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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