Retrocomputing

At the start of the pandemic, I acquired a 386 luggable which kicked off a latent interest in computing systems of the 1970s and 80s. I’ve since acquired way too many old computers, which I am in the process of restoring, using and learning from, and playing with. Hopefully someday I can figure out a space to show them off and let others play.

• TI-99/4A (1981) - 2x, one in box
• Commodore 64 (1982) - in box
• Nabu Personal Computer (1982) - in box
• TRS-80 Color Computer 2 (1983) - in box
• Texas Instruments CC-40 (1983) - in box
• TRS-80 Model 100 & 102 (1983 & 1986) - one in leather slipcase
• Sharp Pocket Computer PC-1246 (1984)
• Commodore 128 (1985) - in box with 1571 floppy in box
• Mac Plus (1986) - 2x, one in padded carrying case
• DB Spectrum+ (India’s ZX Spectrum+, 1988) - in box, loan from Sam Grover
• LCD-386 (Dolch PAC clone, 1989) - in canvas carrying case, read the restoration journey

And a few bridge machines to help connect the decades:

• Power Macintosh 8500 (1995) - with internal Jaz & external SCSI drives
• AMD Athlon custom PC build (since 1998) - FreeBSD 13, 5.25" & 3.5" floppies, CD & DVD burners
• Various PowerPC and Intel Mac laptops (2005-2013)

I’ve got a few interesting historic calculators and handhelds, too, as well as a couple Atari 2600 VCS consoles in various states of restoration.

• HP-35 (1972) - in leather case
• TI-30 (1976)
• HP-15C (1982) - in leather slipcase
• TI-85 (1992)
• TI-92 (1995)
• Palm Pilot 1000 (1996)