Demography?

From: Richard A. Cini <rcini_at_email.msn.com>
Date: Mon Mar 2 19:30:45 1998

Well, here's my bio:

    I am a 31-year-old banker in Syosset (Long Island), New York. Many of my
waking hours involve lending millions to near-bankrupt companies without a
clue. It's not sexy, but it's a job <g>. As expected, I worked at Radio
Shack from high school through college (I even got a 5-year service pin)

    Anyway, I digress. I really began collecting old computers about three
years ago. It all started with the VIC-20 that I got when I was in junior
high school (my all-time favorite; I learned 6502 machine language on that
machine. Snif, snif. Sigh). From there, I added a Fat Mac that I owned in
college. Then, a PET 4032 system (a gift from my former junior high school
computer teacher), an IBM Datamaster (blown F8 ROM :-( Now a useless POS),
two Tandy Model 1's (one 4k, one 16k, with expansion chassis; works fine), a
complete Model 100 system (with DVI and monitor), and an original IBM PC
with expansion chassis. That was it for a long time. Then, I found this
group...

    Well, I've loaded up on an Apple ][+, an Apple /// with a ProFile HD,
several more VIC-20's (spares if anyone needs parts), a C64, several other
CBM parts, a Compaq SLT/286 and dock (not really a classic, but free, all
25+ lbs of it), an original Atari 2600 in the box, a complete Apple //gs
system, a Mac SE/30, and a Northstar Horizon with many random boards (this
is my next fix-up project).

    I also have some software that I've collected (not all originals,
though): DOS 1.1 through 6.22, Windoze 1.01, 2.0, 3.0, etc., VisiCalc,
Lotus, and others.

    Then came my "drive and get it" phase, aka, the too big and heavy to
ship. I have a Sun 3/50 and shoebox (more on this later), a DEC uVax-I in a
BA23 case with several RD52 drives, and a complete PDP-11/34 system. This
was the best - a complete system, just as if the guy ordered it 20 years ago
with all manuals and enough spares to last a lifetime. I still don't have a
complete inventory of the spare parts, but the rack has 2 RK05 drives, the
CPU, and an expansion chassis. I just picked-up several RK05 disk packs with
the original RT-11 distribution on it. It came with several boxes of
documentation, and several binders that clip into a metal holder (like would
hold the OED dictionary).

    My major focus from here on (because my wife has *suggested* that I have
enough computers) is fill-in stuff:

    * Commodore software/hardware (cartridge slot expander, speech synth,
IEEE card, games)
    * Apple game software/hardware (i.e., paddles and joysticks)
    * Apple Lisa (not really fill-in, but I can always slip one by...)
    * IMSAI 8080 (this one is pre-authorized by the "computer police")
    * Copy-II-PC card
    * PDP stuff for transferring files (maybe a paper tape reader/punch).
I'm also in the process of
         getting an RX02 drive for my system.
    * Embedded/SBC stuff (like a KIM-1 or SYM-1)
    * Intel iAPX432 processor set

    I also am looking for non-classic stuff along the lines of embedded-PC
stuff (x86 PC card on an ISA backplane, for example; for experimentation). I
also have a passing interest in robotics (I'm specing a Mars rover style
autonomous robot), gardening, and golf.


Rich Cini/WUGNET
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