Well,
I feel a bit like Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson, but "I'm back..." I've
been fighting a few demons, some still unsuccessfully, but I feel like I can
devote more time to my beloved hobby now...
The collection has grown a bit, and shrunk a bit :-), some given away, some
sold, some gotten free, some purchased (are there any other ways? :-)).
Some stuff will continue to leave over the next few months as I settle down
a bit ...
So, to keep on-topic, what have I gotten lately?
- A SWEET Heathkit H89, with manuals, disks, etc. (Yes, I'll be contacting
Tom off-list). This was bought from a man in Kansas, who was the original
builder, and even included the original receipts! He kept great records,
and passed it all on to me. Cool! Now I just need to find some blank 5.25"
hard-sectored disks to make backups of what he sent me.
- A couple of Motorola Single-board computers, 6802D5 and 6800D2 I believe
- An Intel SDK-85 -- Needs work on the keypad, but OK otherwise
- A Xerox 820 (CPU/Monitor, Keyboard, 5.25" floppy drives), with
disks/manuals/spare parts.
- An Apple IIe "upgraded" to a IIgs -- This is basically a IIe case, but
with a ROM 01 IIgs motherboard, and a special back plate for the IIgs ports.
Also replaces the IIe logos on the case with "IIgs" ... Very nice!
- Various Apple II stuff -- CMS SCSI cards w/ manuals and disks, A "Quickie"
hand scanner for the IIgs w/ manuals and disks, RAMfast SCSI card, Zip GSX
accelerator for the IIgs, Syquest removeable 44MB drive for the IIgs (not
Syquest drive, but uses Syquest 44MB media), High-Speed SCSI card, various
software
- PowerMac 8500 w/ 500MHz G3 (1MB cache) upgrade -- Yeah, not vintage, but a
sweet deal! :-P
Anyway, thanks for letting me ramble ...
Rich B.
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Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 12:45:01 BST