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Mick's Collection of Obsolete Computers | |
| Computers | CPU's | Printers | |
| My Main Computer Accorn Risc PC700 BBC 64K Microcomputer Macintosh IIci Macintosh IIcx RM Nmbus PC 386/25 RM Nimbus PC 486/25SX RM PC 466 PCI |
Pent Arm 8086 386 6512 286 486+ 286 486 486 386 486 486 286 286 286 286 286 386 386 68030 68030 68030 68030 186 186 386 486 486 386 386 286 ? |
 This is a list of the computers, printers and other peripherals that I have managed to collect since I first started collecting in the spring of 2001. It is interesting to see the way that the design and construction has changed over a fairly short period of time. Basically I didn't really know anything about computers at the time, but after having spent the last thirty years working on cars I had got fed up with them and decided that it was time I got another interest and so now I have a house full of computers. I have found it an interesting pastime to dismantle & clean these old machines. It gives you a chance to try to understand how they work. It is even nicer when you get one that doesn't work when you first get it but by the time you have cleaned and checked it all you manage to get it going. I think that the most useful site I have found for advice is the Obsolete Computer Museum Helpline , a very friendly & helpful group of people. I have learnt a great deal reading through there messages each day. It does seem that IBM tried various different set-ups on there P/S2 range in the early days before settling for the present day standard design. This is partly the reason that I decided to create a list of the part numbers of the components that are in each computer. At least this way if I have a problem with one I can check and see if I have another computer with the same part to try in it. But as is quite often the case in the early machines parts are not that interchangeable.
The picture above is of a Transdata Model 305 portable data transmission terminal. This I came across at a local scrap yard in August 2002, does any one remember these. I picked it up because I thought it looked unusual. |
Amstrad MPS 1270 Apple ImageWriter II Apple LaserWriter 11NT Brother HL-760 Citizen 120D Citizen 224 Epson JX-80 Epson LX-300 Epson LX-800 Epson Color 11 HP DeskJet 500C HP Desk Jet 520 HP DeskJet 550C HP ThinkJet Olivetti PG306 Star LC10 Colour
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| Portable Computers | CPU's | Word Processors | What's this HP processor? |
| Amstrad PPC640
Compaq LTE 5000 |
? Z80L 8086 P75 NECV20 NECV30 ? 286 Z80 |
Brother
WP-6 Brother LW-35 |
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| Games Consoles | |||
| Coleco Vision | Z80 ? |
Please E-mail Me
if you have any info or manuals Etc. on any of the items above,
or if you have any suggestions about anything
that needs adding.
Last Updated 13th September 2002
