I mainly specialize in DEC stuff, single-board computers, and
supercomputers. I have "sub-interests" in older systems from SGI,
Sun, NeXT, Tandy, AT&T, IBM, and some others.
My DEC interests lie in the pdp8, pdp11, and VAX line. I also hack
lots of Alphas, but they're more current "production" machines for me.
The only pdp8 model I've owned is the 8/e, but I hope to change that
someday. I've owned pdp11/03, /04, /05, /23, /24, /34, /44, /60, /70,
and /73 machines, and have all of them now except for the /60 and /70.
I've owned VAX11/725, /730, /750, 8250, 8350, 8700 and many different
4000-series machines. I currently have a /730, an 8350, and several
4000s, and I'll be getting another 11/725 later this week.
I really dig SBCs. I have many eval boards for various processors
from the 70s...8085, Z80, 6502, 6800, 2901...as well as one bizarre
eval board for the MIPS R2000 and a few 68000s.
Supercomputers are my favorite. The "collectible" ones that I have
currently are two Cray YMP-EL98 systems, an EL94, and an EL92. These
machines are nearly ten years old but are still fast by today's
standards for floating point applications. I also have a Cray J90,
which is a much more current "production" machine and not really a
part of the "classic" collection.
All of my machines are functional (but not necessarily currently
assembled) save for the pdp11/05, /44, and one of the YMP-EL98s.
I am currently looking for an AT&T UnixPC (though it looks like I've
found one!) and a TRS-80 model I.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
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