Comments on: A Truckload of Vintage Computing

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Gil Megidish

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:44:34 +0000

WANT

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Benj Edwards

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:38:28 +0000

Sharp eyes, Bryan! The NES stuff you see is all empty boxes from games and a NES model 2 system. The contents of those boxes have already been in my collection for some 8-9 years now; my brother's friend sold them to me back then. Now I've got the boxes to go with them.

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Bryan

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:19:31 +0000

I see some Nintendo stuff in that second trash bag (near the back of the truck). Mind telling us what's in there?

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Silencewordsaway

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:05:07 +0000

Quite a haul. Quite a burden.

It's tough to appreciate the utility and beauty of machines long considered archaic and useless by many others. These computers were not merely burdens in their time, they, the output of so much time, effort, and knowledge, into not just ideas, into real material, were monuments of their age to how far humanity had come; a culmination of profound understanding, and a foundation for what was to come. Now fallen to the wayside, overshadowed by their offspring, they struggle to find a place in this modern world they helped create. But that doesn't mean they can't do everything they once did and with gusto, nor learn a few new tricks. No object is useless unless we give it no use and don't appreciate what it does.

(sorry i got on a roll)
(except Windows ME. it has never been useful)

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: John Daniels

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:21:44 +0000

I went from 35 C-64s and Color Computers to 1 Commodore PET after moving them one too many times. Once I got a PC, I never looked back (ok, a little).

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Benj Edwards

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:50:08 +0000

Andrew, as far as I know, I am the nearby computer museum.

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Jake

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:36:28 +0000

W00W! That is incredible!! Wish I was that lucky, no one here even knows what a ZX Spectrum is!

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Andrew

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:58 +0000

Remember, it's always worth seeing if any nearby computer museums could use the kit. They've always got lists of things they need (sometimes common stuff, for parts).

Neat to see stuff saved, in any case!

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Benj Edwards

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:23:28 +0000

Arlandi,

Storage is definitely a problem. I've been meaning to do a post on how I store my stuff for a long time. At the moment, though, most of my stuff is crammed on metal shelves in boxes or plastic bins in my garage. Some of it is also inside my house in a cabinet or two, and some of it is still at my parents' house, where it has sat for 10 years since I moved out.

Comment on A Truckload of Vintage Computing by: Ben

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:12:53 +0000

I suspect storage is a problem for a lot of us, especially since others in out families probably don't "get it".
Last time I moved, I, in the name of space and a little more marital bliss, let go of many boxes of HD 5 1/4 disks (sill in the shrinkwrap), an old Zenith notbook that I took apart one too many times and wouldn't power up anymore (I couldn't clear the password anyways), and several of the more beat-up 386s and 486s (but not before stripping them of cards, drives, mem, processors, PS, jumpers, and plenty of screws and other odds and ends).
My PS/2s and components have survived, based on the argument they're different from the common "beige box". And most of them are fairly small form factor, so they can be stashed away easier .