I don't consider myself a collecter, per se. I just like computers from the era when I was learning about them.
I'm 38 years old now, but my interest in computers goes back to when I was 10 years old and read Robert Heinlein's Red Planet. That led to general electronics, amateur radio and computers within a year.
At present, I have the following computers in my modest collection:
NorthStar Horizon
NorthStar Horizon 5
CompuPro System 8/16
Hewlett Packard 125
Hewlett Packard 150
Heath/Zenith Z-121
Kaypro 2-83
IBM PC-XT 5160
AMD Athlon XP 2700 based system (Primary PC)
AMD Athlon XP 1900 based system (Backup/Linux PC)
Western Digital OEM 286 PC
I use the AMD based machines for Internet browsing, writing and games, while the CP/M based machines are fired up regularly to do some programming in a system where I actually understand everything that's going on instead of being locked out ot my own machine.
I've taken pride over the years in doing things with my computers that were 'beyond' their limits, and continue to take satisfaction from making an old machine do things that are still cutting edge on the newest machines.
One daydream is to build various S-100 cards to provide various capabilities that are taken for granted on new systems to the older machines.
Best regards,
Tom Martin
I'm 38 years old now, but my interest in computers goes back to when I was 10 years old and read Robert Heinlein's Red Planet. That led to general electronics, amateur radio and computers within a year.
At present, I have the following computers in my modest collection:
NorthStar Horizon
NorthStar Horizon 5
CompuPro System 8/16
Hewlett Packard 125
Hewlett Packard 150
Heath/Zenith Z-121
Kaypro 2-83
IBM PC-XT 5160
AMD Athlon XP 2700 based system (Primary PC)
AMD Athlon XP 1900 based system (Backup/Linux PC)
Western Digital OEM 286 PC
I use the AMD based machines for Internet browsing, writing and games, while the CP/M based machines are fired up regularly to do some programming in a system where I actually understand everything that's going on instead of being locked out ot my own machine.
I've taken pride over the years in doing things with my computers that were 'beyond' their limits, and continue to take satisfaction from making an old machine do things that are still cutting edge on the newest machines.
One daydream is to build various S-100 cards to provide various capabilities that are taken for granted on new systems to the older machines.
Best regards,
Tom Martin