creepingnet
Veteran Member
I collect both vintage consoles and computers built around the time that I really remember as being the most pleasant to be a gamer/computer geek in a hardware sense.
My computers are usually used for both work and play (yes, even my XT clone gets some work once in awhile surprisingly enough), and are often pushed to their utter performance limits beyond what manufacturers could believe (eg. 486's running Windows 2000 professional, 286's running SVGA and 16 bit Sound, and whatnot), however, I'm growing a weak spot for Vintage (pre 1988) Compaq Deskpro and Portable stuff.
Computers
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Duracom 5110D Notebook PC
Flight 386 SX w/ ZEOS 32 bit Upgradable Systems Mainboard (486)
GEM 386 DX-20 AT clone w/ Case Modded to fit Micro ATX Mainboard
Custom XT Clone w/ Pentium 200 MMX guts running RedHat Linux
Compaq DeskPro 386 (Revision 2 Mainboard), 16 MHz, DOS Networking
Compaq DeskPro 286 (12 MHz), Long Term Restoration Project
MCC XT Clone Model 0A, 8088 crippled by IBM 5150 BIOS to 4.77 MHz
Various Other Hardware (just old stuff listed to save time/space)
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"The PC Keyboard" PC/XT compatible 84 Key keyboard
IBM 83 Key PC/XT keyboard
IBM PS/2 Model "M" "Space-Saver" Keyboard
Northgate Omni-Key 102 XT layout XT/AT switchable Keyboard
MicroSpeed PC-TRAC Serial 3 button Trackball
Unisys VP 1337 Dot Matrix Printer
Compaq Portable Carrying Case (Not really hardware, but worth mention)
A massive stockpile of expansion cards and DIP, 72/30 pin SIMM memory
1 Seagate ST-225 Hard Disk Drive (Spare)
1 CDC/Magnetic Perhipherals 94 MB ESDI 5.25" Half Height Hard Disk
A couple old IDE 3.5" Hard Disk Drives (Spares for 486 and less)
Logitech 3-Button Mouse (The original Logitech Serial Mouse)
Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Slackware Linux 96' w/Books by Patrick Volkerding
RedHat Linux 6.1 w/Learning Linux, a Self Taught Guide
IBM OS/2 2.1 w/ Win OS/2 & Multi-Media (Windows 3.1 inside OS/2)
Microsoft Windows 3.0
System Software (Just a small taste)
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Borland Turbo C++ v.1.0 for DOS
Voyetra Sequencer Pro (SoundBlaster Midi Kit for SoundBlaster Pro)
The Secret Of Monkey Island (256 Color 720K Floppy Version, 1990)
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist (Really Bad Shape)
QEMM 8 Memory Manager For DOS, Windows 3.1x, & Windows 95
Turbo Cad + 3-D Module (Very Very old CAD program for 8088-286)
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
Microsoft Word 1.0 for the Tandy 1000
I also collect old Video Game consoles, just for play, besides, it rocks to have some friends over for some old Nintendo and such, so rare are there any good "group" games on the modern consoles.
Atari 2600 - 73 Game Cards (est)
Mattel Intellivision II - 8 Games (All in Boxes, most w/ Overlays & Man)
Nintendo Entertainment System - 50+ Games, about 4-8 boxed
Sega Genisis - 3 Games, X-Men 2, Sonic 1, Sonic 2
Super Nintendo - around 12-14 Games, Mostly RPG's and Mario stuff
Sony Playstation - 3-5 Games, Mostly Driving, Emulation, or...Driving
So I basically have lots of ways to spend my time, shame is as of late I've had a little too little time to do anything with my stuff since I've been so set on moving, taking care of work, and furthering my studies in the IT field.
My computers are usually used for both work and play (yes, even my XT clone gets some work once in awhile surprisingly enough), and are often pushed to their utter performance limits beyond what manufacturers could believe (eg. 486's running Windows 2000 professional, 286's running SVGA and 16 bit Sound, and whatnot), however, I'm growing a weak spot for Vintage (pre 1988) Compaq Deskpro and Portable stuff.
Computers
----------------------------------------------------------
Duracom 5110D Notebook PC
Flight 386 SX w/ ZEOS 32 bit Upgradable Systems Mainboard (486)
GEM 386 DX-20 AT clone w/ Case Modded to fit Micro ATX Mainboard
Custom XT Clone w/ Pentium 200 MMX guts running RedHat Linux
Compaq DeskPro 386 (Revision 2 Mainboard), 16 MHz, DOS Networking
Compaq DeskPro 286 (12 MHz), Long Term Restoration Project
MCC XT Clone Model 0A, 8088 crippled by IBM 5150 BIOS to 4.77 MHz
Various Other Hardware (just old stuff listed to save time/space)
---------------------------------------------------------------
"The PC Keyboard" PC/XT compatible 84 Key keyboard
IBM 83 Key PC/XT keyboard
IBM PS/2 Model "M" "Space-Saver" Keyboard
Northgate Omni-Key 102 XT layout XT/AT switchable Keyboard
MicroSpeed PC-TRAC Serial 3 button Trackball
Unisys VP 1337 Dot Matrix Printer
Compaq Portable Carrying Case (Not really hardware, but worth mention)
A massive stockpile of expansion cards and DIP, 72/30 pin SIMM memory
1 Seagate ST-225 Hard Disk Drive (Spare)
1 CDC/Magnetic Perhipherals 94 MB ESDI 5.25" Half Height Hard Disk
A couple old IDE 3.5" Hard Disk Drives (Spares for 486 and less)
Logitech 3-Button Mouse (The original Logitech Serial Mouse)
Operating Systems
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Microsoft Windows 98 SE
Slackware Linux 96' w/Books by Patrick Volkerding
RedHat Linux 6.1 w/Learning Linux, a Self Taught Guide
IBM OS/2 2.1 w/ Win OS/2 & Multi-Media (Windows 3.1 inside OS/2)
Microsoft Windows 3.0
System Software (Just a small taste)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Borland Turbo C++ v.1.0 for DOS
Voyetra Sequencer Pro (SoundBlaster Midi Kit for SoundBlaster Pro)
The Secret Of Monkey Island (256 Color 720K Floppy Version, 1990)
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist (Really Bad Shape)
QEMM 8 Memory Manager For DOS, Windows 3.1x, & Windows 95
Turbo Cad + 3-D Module (Very Very old CAD program for 8088-286)
Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer
Microsoft Word 1.0 for the Tandy 1000
I also collect old Video Game consoles, just for play, besides, it rocks to have some friends over for some old Nintendo and such, so rare are there any good "group" games on the modern consoles.
Atari 2600 - 73 Game Cards (est)
Mattel Intellivision II - 8 Games (All in Boxes, most w/ Overlays & Man)
Nintendo Entertainment System - 50+ Games, about 4-8 boxed
Sega Genisis - 3 Games, X-Men 2, Sonic 1, Sonic 2
Super Nintendo - around 12-14 Games, Mostly RPG's and Mario stuff
Sony Playstation - 3-5 Games, Mostly Driving, Emulation, or...Driving
So I basically have lots of ways to spend my time, shame is as of late I've had a little too little time to do anything with my stuff since I've been so set on moving, taking care of work, and furthering my studies in the IT field.