RWallmow
Veteran Member
First some back story, I have been collecting vintage computers since the mid 90's when I was in junior high (though it probably started earlier when I got an Apple //c in elementary school). All this time I have never had a proper workshop, I just worked on them in my bedroom growing up, and later my office when I got my own place.
I have finally finished renovating a space in an out-building on my property into a proper workshop, complete with large shelves to display and use my collection, my own nerd-cave/museum if you will. It's not a super large space (about 7x20'), but it is much better than my cramped office, I don't have to rotate computers in one or two at a time anymore, I can have a whole bunch at a time on working display now. My workshop is even complete with a vintage 10Base-T network (I have found some old NIC's won't negotiate a link on modern switches), and a vintage AT&T Merlin Legend PBX to facilitate computers and terminals dialing into a Linux box.
I have finally finished renovating a space in an out-building on my property into a proper workshop, complete with large shelves to display and use my collection, my own nerd-cave/museum if you will. It's not a super large space (about 7x20'), but it is much better than my cramped office, I don't have to rotate computers in one or two at a time anymore, I can have a whole bunch at a time on working display now. My workshop is even complete with a vintage 10Base-T network (I have found some old NIC's won't negotiate a link on modern switches), and a vintage AT&T Merlin Legend PBX to facilitate computers and terminals dialing into a Linux box.