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Collecting Classic Computers

Posted by timothy on from the don't-do-it-for-the-babes dept.

chriton writes "There's an interesting article at Reuters about collecting classic computers. There's mention in the story of an even more interesting website www.classiccmp.org Unfortunately, most of the website is still under construction. The mailing list has been around since Jan 1997, and they clearly have plans for more accessible resources, but that just hasn't happened yet. If you are like me and have a an old Osbourne 1 in the closet and Commodore 128D stored at your mother's house she's telling you to take home lest she chuck it, you might find the list archives none the less."

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  1. Not what was intended by DasBub · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess my bedroom full of 486 cases and broken monitors isn't what they had in mind...

    1. Re:Not what was intended by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess that my old Pong and Atari 2600 consoles don't count either eh?

      I just threw away my 486 about 2 months ago... I guess that wouldn't have counted either.

      Oh well.

      Hey, is anyone selling an old IBM 370? My wife would love that in the basement. "But honey, it's a collectors item. Really."

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      Huh?
  2. Extremely classic computers by handy_vandal · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd like to collect Stonehenge, but where would I keep it?

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    -kgj
  3. Scrap heap somewhere by moankey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had a original IBM XT, Commodore 64, Mac Plus, and other peripherals that went with those machines, keyboards, mice, joysticks, modems, etc...
    Figured one day I was going to make a lobby museum or something in my office building while on my road to global domination.

    But sadly last month I found out my mom said that it had been sitting in her garage for the last 10 years so she figured it was safe to toss and she did so to make room for her Xmas decoration boxes which consist of Jingle Bell Rock dancing Santa, Fish on the wall with SAnta hat, X-Mas decorations, outside lights, and other festive crap...

  4. More useful things to do than collecting by sys$manager · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps you could use those old computers for something more useful than just collecting them.

  5. Some I wish I kept by TheRealFixer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sold my Amiga 500 with monitor for a song a few years back. It was fun to play around with, kind of wish I still had it.

    Also used to have a Commodore PET with a CBM 4040 years ago. But I got it from someone who stored it in a basement, and it smelled like mouse poop, which my family didn't appreciate.

    On a side note, found this gem when searching eBay for "Amiga 500":

    Commodore AMIGA 500 computer system in original box with Keyboard, Power Adapter, Video Cable, and Mouse. Very clean and box in great shape with some wear but has all inserts and packing material. Untested due to unfamiliarity, could not find ON button.