What's your specialty?

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Feb 6 00:27:51 2002

On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:

> Ok, now's your chance to discuss your specialty and get the attention
> of other folks who have stuff that you may want.
>
> I disqualify myself from this discussion because technically a
> "Specialty of Everything" is not really specialization.
>
> I want everything and anything ;)

If I had the warehouse space Sellam has, I would be in the same situation,
or might even fill it more ;)

Currently, I'm limited to a 20ft. x 28ft. building, 1/3-1/2 of it filled
with computers of various makes and models. All the computer gear is due
to move into a 12ft. x 16ft. building once conduit for electrical and low
voltage cable is installed and the sheetrock goes up.

My current "collection" includes (not all are yet complete or functional):
  SGI 4D series systems, including 85GT, 210S, 310GTX, and 310VGX
  Sun workstations, including 3/160, 3/260, and 4/260
  A lone Digital MicroVAX II
  Tandy/TRS-80 systems, including models 1, 2, 3, 4, 1000, and 2000
  Tandy/CoCo systems models 1, 2, and 3
  Apple II systems, including II, II+, IIe, and IIe platinum
  Apple Mac systems, including 128k (if I kept it), 512k, and II
  Commodore systems, including VIC20, C64, and Amiga
  A few small HP systems I can't recall the models of
  IBM PS/2 systems, including models 30, 50, 55SX, 60, and hopefully soon p70
  A few Genuine IBM PC/XT/AT systems in various configurations
  Compaq branded AT class workstations of the 386 era and earlier
    (I'm from Houston *shrug*)
  Many other systems I can't remember right now.

My favorite systems seem to be SGI, Sun, IBM PS/2 and Apple. I'd still
like to add some NeXT systems to the lineup.

My favorite peripheral devices would have to be Pioneer cdrom changers and
Hayes modems/devices.

I'm a hardware hacker by nature, and software hacker by necessity. I don't
have any inhibitions to working on a system down to its board or BIOS/boot
code level. I tend to repair boards and other hardware when possible
instead of replacing the whole unit.

I also collect vintage audio equipment, and don't mind the repair and
restoration of that kind of gear.

My favorite audio gear from the 60s to early 80s was typically made by
Pioneer, Sansui, or Sony.

-Toth
Received on Wed Feb 06 2002 - 00:27:51 GMT