Kurthamm
Experienced Member
So, I am sure my story started like everyone else's. I happened upon an old computer while window shopping on ebay. It was an Apple IIe and I had always wanted one when I was younger. I just couldn't afford it. Well, now I could and I got the computer with a bunch of software. I played on it for hours.
Then... I started trolling the ebay Vintage Computing section. Wow! There was an original DEC Rainbow 100! I used to sell those a very long time ago. I gotta get one of those.
I think you know how it went from there. Kaypro! Tandy! Osborne! COMMODORE! Oh, the computers of my youth.
Here is my current collection: http://pinterest.com/kurthamm/vintage-computer-collection/
With each purchase, I told myself "This should do it". Yeah... Right...
Well, now I have entered Phase II of my Vintage Computer Addiction. Upgrades/peripherals/spare parts. I mean, these things aren't going to last forever and you need to have some backup equipment! I gotta have a serial board for my TRS-80 Model I expansion unit. My DEC Rainbow has a color adapter card and I would really like to find a VR-241. Actually, it would be nice to have a Rainbow 100+ with a hard drive! Oh yeah... You know, my IBM PC collection is not really complete without a PC AT 5170.
So, my only recourse is to have my wife change my ebay password and never let me have it. I need to find a good support group. Retrocomputing Anonymous. I am going to do that just as soon as I find that perfect IBM 5153 Color Monitor.
I really need one of those.
Kurt
Then... I started trolling the ebay Vintage Computing section. Wow! There was an original DEC Rainbow 100! I used to sell those a very long time ago. I gotta get one of those.
I think you know how it went from there. Kaypro! Tandy! Osborne! COMMODORE! Oh, the computers of my youth.
Here is my current collection: http://pinterest.com/kurthamm/vintage-computer-collection/
With each purchase, I told myself "This should do it". Yeah... Right...
Well, now I have entered Phase II of my Vintage Computer Addiction. Upgrades/peripherals/spare parts. I mean, these things aren't going to last forever and you need to have some backup equipment! I gotta have a serial board for my TRS-80 Model I expansion unit. My DEC Rainbow has a color adapter card and I would really like to find a VR-241. Actually, it would be nice to have a Rainbow 100+ with a hard drive! Oh yeah... You know, my IBM PC collection is not really complete without a PC AT 5170.
So, my only recourse is to have my wife change my ebay password and never let me have it. I need to find a good support group. Retrocomputing Anonymous. I am going to do that just as soon as I find that perfect IBM 5153 Color Monitor.
I really need one of those.
Kurt