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What non-Apple computers do you have or want?

Mostly I got hooked once to MCA - Micro Channel Architecture systems awhile, because I really liked the concept of that BUS plus SSA - Serial Storage Architecture. So I got IBM Model 95´s and so on, bunch of expansion cards, CPU Overdrives...Besides an PS/1 PC, RS/6000 42T running Windows NT 4.0 PowerPC and an PC Server 325 Dual 300MHz upgrade.

An Amiga 500+ Comptec case edition, which isn´t the All in One thing but a real desktop. Looks more like an Amiga 1000 and can handle Zorro expansion cards thanks to an Zorro Adaptor.

I liked the SGI stuff also, so I got - mostly for free because it was prepared to be dumped (what a cruel thing) stuff:
SGI Indy - SIEMENS/NIXDORF German re-brand
SGI Challenge DM Quad Streaming Server, a monster of a workstation, including a WYSE 50 Terminal.
SGI Indigo 2
SGI Octane 2

I want a SUN machine now and an NeXT Cube, also an Amigia 4000T(ower) and an Amiga One (G3 900MHz/G4 1000MHz) PowerPC System with Amiga OS 4.
 
I still have my original TRS-80... :eek:

;)

A Commodore PET computer (with the real keyboard) like we had at my high school Physics Computer Lab would be way cool...

I have a bunch of vintage computers - purchased before it was "cool" to collect them... ;)

Looking for an Atari 400 Complete-In-Box (I have one by itself and maybe some of the manuals), would be the coolest...
 
I definitely want a NextCube. I had the chance to buy one at a garage sale for $50 but I refused, I think I owed the money to someone. I absolutely regret not buying it.

My uncle, who was an engineer for IBM, had a butterfly thinkpad. I think he returned it to IBM when he left.
 
I don't want anything but Macs. :p

I'm sorry but I'm done with Windows,I hate I have to buy Windows 7 for school and bootcamp it or virtual machine it. :'(
 
macgeek18 said:
I don't want anything but Macs. :p

I'm sorry but I'm done with Windows,I hate I have to buy Windows 7 for school and bootcamp it or virtual machine it. :'(
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There are more things in heaven and earth, macgeek18,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Not a single Windows machine has been mentioned in this thread. ;)
 
I have a NeXT TurboStation with monitor/keyboard/mouse that is hiding in my closet. :( I think I'm going dig it out and find a nice, quiet HD to throw in it. Maybe I'll start typing my college papers on it - the keyboard is fantastic!

By the way - does anyone know a way to have left hand scroll bars in 10.6?
 
awmazz said:
This is the one in my signature. They're darn hard to come by. Took me until just last year to finally acquire. Only about 800 ever made of these dual 603e 133 MhZ. Check out all the ports. :D

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I am sooooo jealous!! I want one!! And they are so damn hard to find!!
 
I still have my old TRS-80 Color Computer 1 that I originally learned on. 4K of memory (2343 bytes available), 8 colors, 1/2 Mhz 6809 processor, cartridges for programs, and you had to use a tape recorder to load/save.
 
nwcs said:
I still have my old TRS-80 Color Computer 1 that I originally learned on. 4K of memory (2343 bytes available), 8 colors, 1/2 Mhz 6809 processor, cartridges for programs, and you had to use a tape recorder to load/save.
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Nice machine! My Dad had one of these while I was young - I learned BASIC on it. I also remember an adventure game called Sands of Egypt that I used to play too. Good times!
 
Commodore KIM-1

I've got an ancient Commodore KIM-1 with 16 KB RAM board and cassette interface. It's a pretty old system, has a hex pad for input, and a set of seven segment displays for output. You can type programs in on the hex pad and then run them. You can also load cassettes, but you have to enter the driver code for the cassette drive before it will run anything. Once you have done this, you can load serial and video drivers, too! Nice ancient system. I've also got an ancient Thinkpad 360 from the mid nineties that works nicely apart from the dead battery.
 
We have an old TI-99/4A home computer. We have some games for it too, Donkey Kong, Ms Pac Man, Burger Time, Sewer Mania, Parsec, TI Invaders and some others. The box on the right is the speech synthesizer required for certain programs and games so they could talk. In the box is a thick thick book that has all kinds of programs to type in in basic.

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SpaceKitty said:
We have an old TI-99/4A home computer. We have some games for it too, Donkey Kong, Ms Pac Man, Burger Time, Sewer Mania, Parsec, TI Invaders and some others. The box on the right is the speech synthesizer required for certain programs and games so they could talk. In the box is a thick thick book that has all kinds of programs to type in in basic.

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I use to have a TI-99 with voice box and the expansion box ( the big box that had the drives and add on slots in it). and a bunch of carts.

Queso said:
Good call. An A1200 with '060 accelerator would be pretty sweet for retro gaming :)
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Now your talking, but heck a bone stock A1200 would do for me.
 
BarnacleGrim said:
I hope it's not too off-topic. IBM PC and compatible will be considered an insult. :D

I'm guessing quite a few of you have other vintage hardware as well.

I have a Tiki-100, a Norwegian Z80 system.

I would like a
Xerox Alto
NeXTcube
NeXTstation
BeBox
68k SGI workstation
68k Sun workstation
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A Cray supercomputer would be nice.
 
An oldish (really late 90's or 2000) Gateway PC
800 MHz AMD CPU 10+40 GB IDE HDs and 40 GB SATA HD, 640 MB RAM and a couple of not hooked up cd drives and a floppy drive.
 
dmmcintyre3 said:
An oldish (really late 90's or 2000) Gateway PC
800 MHz AMD CPU 10+40 GB IDE HDs and 40 GB SATA HD, 640 MB RAM and a couple of not hooked up cd drives and a floppy drive.
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If you're serious, PM me. I have an old gateway PII system and Celeron system somewhere. It's got different specs, but the case might be the same.
 
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