Gaps in the collection (was Re: rarest computers. )

From: Keys <jrkeys_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Aug 4 10:11:52 2004

I had to just toss 20+ SE/30's and some IIfx's (2 or 3). How close are you
to Houston as there are several of the machines on your list that come up
all the time around here?
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> Well, machines I'd like to have in my collection are (in no order
> whatsoever):
>
> -Laptops & Portables-
>
> Dynalogic Hyperion.
> GRiDCase 3.
> Zeos Pocket PC.
> Acorn A4.
> Compaq Portable 3.
> Compaq Portable 4.
> IBM PC Radio.
> HP-85.
> IBM PC Convertible.
>
> -Desktops & Workstations-
>
> NeXTStation Color Turbo.
> Macintosh IIfx.
> Xerox 860.
> Original Commodore PET.
> Amiga 4000T.
> Macintosh Color Classic II.
> Xerox 820-II
> Macintosh SE/30.
>
> -Miscellaneous-
>
> Cromemco System 3.
>
>
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:33:34 +0000, "Ethan Dicks"
> <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov> said:
> > On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 11:48:42PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > I fact let's start a thread of what items people feel are missing from
> > > their collections, Here's mine... (No, I am not asking for any of
these...)
> >
> > > PDP10 (any model)
> >
> > Me, too. I missed a KL10 taken home by an ex-CompuServant by six
months.
> > (it was in his garage, then he pitched it). I was hoping to pick up a
> > discarded SC-25 or SC-30 when those were obsoleted, but I heard through
> > the grapevine that those were collected by Systems Concepts.
> >
> > So... I have to content myself with running klh10 in the meantime (901
> > hours
> > of uptime since I last rebooted to get the NI20 going).
> >
> > > PDP12 (I have the full set of manuals)
> >
> > Boy, that'd be nice, too... or maybe a LINC-8
> >
> > > Apple Lisa (I'd like to see how much worse it was than the classic
PERQ)
> >
> > I wouldn't mind one of those, either. I remember using them before the
> > Mac
> > came out (at the local University). I couldn't compare them to a PERQ,
> > but
> > I could compare them to my experiences with the original Macintosh in
> > 1984.
> >
> > In the 12-bit world, I'm still missing a PDP-8/m, a PDP-8/f, and a
WT-78.
> > I have an -8/e, so the -8/f is really optional, but since the -8/m is
> > a little different (smaller box, LED front panel...) that'd be a nice
one
> > to have, too.
> >
> > I really have enough classic CPUs to keep me busy for the rest of my
> > life.
> > What I'm always on the lookout for is *peripherals* for those CPUs,
> > especially
> > disks for pre-1985 DEC machines.
> >
> > -ethan
> >
> > --
> > Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 04-Aug-2004
01:20
> > Z
> > South Pole Station
> > PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -70.5 F (-57.0 C) Windchill -115.3 F
> > (-81.8 C)
> > APO AP 96598 Wind 18 kts Grid 034 Barometer 666 mb
> > (11160 ft)
> >
> > Ethan.Dicks_at_amanda.spole.gov
> > http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html
>
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