AmigaJules
Experienced Member
Hi folks,
I've been reading a bunch of posts on here and it feels like coming home!
In college, I worked at a computer store in Rockville, MD. Initially we sold Atari, Commodore & Apple 8bit computers & software (mostly games), then the IBM PC came out and the boss figured that was where the real money was. For the next 4 years or so we sold (and I learned A LOT) about IBM PCs, XTs, ATs, AT&T 6300's, Compaqs. Then later some of the first 386's like AST Bravos. I vaguely remember being sent to a customer's office once to re-install Unix on an AT&T 6300 - had no idea what I was doing but several hours and tons of floppies later the job was done.
I was bitten by the collecting bug about 3 years ago. I'd had an Atari 800 in high school in the 80's and had given it away to a friend of the family's a while ago. I was browsing e-bay and came across one in good condition with a 1050 disk drive and just HAD to have it.
My next few systems were old macs from a school in upstate New York that had been sitting in storage for years.
My wife and I moved to Denton from New York a little over a year ago and (to her dismay) I started acquiring Amigas. I picked up a "broken" A2000 & A1200 and fixed both. And I paid WAY too much for an A3000 with a video toaster & mac emulator card inside.
One of the more interesting systems in my collection is an SAIC Galaxy 1100 (http://www.openpa.net/systems/saic_galaxy_1100.html) that I picked up for $40 + another $10 for a 4gb SCSI disk. It's currently running Debian for PA RISC that I installed by netbooting from another linux server. I'd like to get HP UX on it, but sounds like I'd need more RAM for it to run somewhat acceptably.
At the moment, my collection consists of:
Atari 800 & 1050 disk drive
Amiga 2000, 3000 & 1200
Mac Performa 200
Mac LCII & B&W display
Mac Performa 6400/180
Motorola Starmax 4000/200
Bondi Blue Imac 233mhz G3
SAIC Galaxy 1100
Ipaq 3635 pocket pc
Handspring Visor Edge
I know most of those aren't "vintage" yet, but you have to start somewhere.
One of the things I regret the most is parting with an IBM XT w/ hercules card & IBM display before we moved from NY. I'm sure I'll find another down the road. I'd also love to get my hands on some Next hardware. I remember working with a Novell Netware guru in the early '90s that absolutely LOVED his cube & nextstep. He talked up that system every chance he got.
I just discovered the First & Third Saturday Sales in Dallas in a post from another member. Looking forward to checking them out soon.
I guess that's enough rambling. Glad I found you guys!
I've been reading a bunch of posts on here and it feels like coming home!
In college, I worked at a computer store in Rockville, MD. Initially we sold Atari, Commodore & Apple 8bit computers & software (mostly games), then the IBM PC came out and the boss figured that was where the real money was. For the next 4 years or so we sold (and I learned A LOT) about IBM PCs, XTs, ATs, AT&T 6300's, Compaqs. Then later some of the first 386's like AST Bravos. I vaguely remember being sent to a customer's office once to re-install Unix on an AT&T 6300 - had no idea what I was doing but several hours and tons of floppies later the job was done.
I was bitten by the collecting bug about 3 years ago. I'd had an Atari 800 in high school in the 80's and had given it away to a friend of the family's a while ago. I was browsing e-bay and came across one in good condition with a 1050 disk drive and just HAD to have it.
My next few systems were old macs from a school in upstate New York that had been sitting in storage for years.
My wife and I moved to Denton from New York a little over a year ago and (to her dismay) I started acquiring Amigas. I picked up a "broken" A2000 & A1200 and fixed both. And I paid WAY too much for an A3000 with a video toaster & mac emulator card inside.
One of the more interesting systems in my collection is an SAIC Galaxy 1100 (http://www.openpa.net/systems/saic_galaxy_1100.html) that I picked up for $40 + another $10 for a 4gb SCSI disk. It's currently running Debian for PA RISC that I installed by netbooting from another linux server. I'd like to get HP UX on it, but sounds like I'd need more RAM for it to run somewhat acceptably.
At the moment, my collection consists of:
Atari 800 & 1050 disk drive
Amiga 2000, 3000 & 1200
Mac Performa 200
Mac LCII & B&W display
Mac Performa 6400/180
Motorola Starmax 4000/200
Bondi Blue Imac 233mhz G3
SAIC Galaxy 1100
Ipaq 3635 pocket pc
Handspring Visor Edge
I know most of those aren't "vintage" yet, but you have to start somewhere.
One of the things I regret the most is parting with an IBM XT w/ hercules card & IBM display before we moved from NY. I'm sure I'll find another down the road. I'd also love to get my hands on some Next hardware. I remember working with a Novell Netware guru in the early '90s that absolutely LOVED his cube & nextstep. He talked up that system every chance he got.
I just discovered the First & Third Saturday Sales in Dallas in a post from another member. Looking forward to checking them out soon.
I guess that's enough rambling. Glad I found you guys!