I'm *ALSO* new to this list!

From: Shaun Stephenson <marino13_at_btinternet.com>
Date: Thu Jul 26 13:38:34 2001

> I'm also in the UK, but I have a fair range of minicomputers and the odd
> workstation. Not all UK collectors like micros...
>

I appreciate that but I think its fair to say that probably the majority of UK
collectors are micro-based!

>
> I'm not normally interested in games, but the Vectrex is one console I
> spent real money on. Reason ? It's got the right CPU (68A09) and a vector
> display. Vector displays are fun...
>

Bloody great machine and in good nick the screen is incredible. Wish I had one boxed
:(

>
> Err, there are some other UK people on this list. And I am not sure how
> my collection (a dozen PDP11s, a couple of PDP8s, a couple of VAXen, a
> Sun, 4 PERQs, 3 P800s, an HP2100, and a lot of micros, of course),
> differs from some US collections.

Well you're probably in a moniroty but, as for arcade collecting (yes, I dabble in
this too!), the US guys get a better share of the goodies, and generally get the
really juicy goodies too. Still... looks like a nice collection mate, I'm jealous!

Shaun
Received on Thu Jul 26 2001 - 13:38:34 BST