6 best computers you can buy! :)

SUBMAN1 · 04-13-07, 04:09 PM

Maybe I'm getting old, but for other old timers here, I think you'll enjoy this.

-S

flintlock · 04-13-07, 05:42 PM

Wow, that sure was a blast from the past.

I still have an old Apple IIc in a box in the basement.

nikimcbee · 04-13-07, 10:37 PM

Will they handle SH4?

lesrae · 04-14-07, 12:48 AM

Sweet!

I had a Dragon 32, close cousin of the TRS-80.

Good site for nostalgics: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=117

joea · 04-14-07, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Will they handle SH4?

Will they handle SH1?? :rotfl:

Godalmighty83 · 04-14-07, 11:28 AM

id buy one, rip out its inards stick a half-decent new system in and bingo. retro fun.

replacing the monitor scrren may be the tricky bit.

STEED · 04-14-07, 12:10 PM

And not us forget the great retro games like Asteroids.

http://www.neave.com/games/asteroids/

flintlock · 04-14-07, 10:05 PM

Asteroids ... fed a lot of quarters into the video game machine slots on that one.

joea · 04-15-07, 05:02 AM

Yup...on holidays going to Vancouver Island as a kid we'd drive aboard the ferry and spend the one tow hour crossing to Nanaimo from Horseshoe Bay. There was an arcade with space invaders (also available on Steed's link) and asteroids...and I'd beg my folks for quarters to waste my time on the passage. Well, given typical BC weather it was not always fun to sit outside.

Skybird · 04-15-07, 06:12 AM

In my late years at school I wanted so very much an Atari 800, and later a TI-99 - that thing looked so cool and slick! It was the time of Matthew Broderick playing "Wargames" in the cinemas. Another time, a better feel of life. Definitely missing it.

I later started with a programmable Casio pocket calculator, and a Commodore VC. Later came an Amiga 500 which i operated until 1998, I think. not before 1999 i came to my first PC. All university work I did on the PC of a girl-friend of mine.

Eighties' magic!

UglyMowgli · 04-15-07, 06:33 AM

My old TRS-80 mod II (16kb of RAM!) is on a Polish sail ship making cruise between Gdansk and La Havana, the computer is use to make positionning computation (the soft is in old BASIC) the captain use sextan he didn't trust GPS system.

Syxx_Killer · 04-15-07, 10:16 AM

For those of you with old computers, you may want to hang onto them. Never know what they may be worth in the future.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...22206&from=rss

GSpector · 04-15-07, 10:31 AM

Interesting ad. I do not recall that the TRS-80 Model 3 ever actually being released. I think it went straight from Model 2 to Model 4 due to some problem and major changes at the time created the Model 4 (which had a few extra white buttons).

fatty · 04-15-07, 10:44 AM

I have a couple of old working computers in my basement, namely a C64 and some from Zenith and Olivetti circa 1985. Eagerly awaiting the day I can strike it rich on them!

Puster Bill · 04-16-07, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by GSpector

Interesting ad. I do not recall that the TRS-80 Model 3 ever actually being released. I think it went straight from Model 2 to Model 4 due to some problem and major changes at the time created the Model 4 (which had a few extra white buttons).

Nope. I *LEARNED* on a Model III. In fact, I learned better than my teacher, which was a continuing source of hilarity, and a couple of warnings, like to not poke a certain memory location to lock up the keyboard, then poke the white graphics thingy into all of the display memory (takes a reset to fix it).

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lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Sweet! I had a Dragon 32, close cousin of the TRS-80. Good site for nostalgics: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=117 __________________ DOLPHIN 38

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Godalmighty83 Sonar Guy Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 398 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	id buy one, rip out its inards stick a half-decent new system in and bingo. retro fun. replacing the monitor scrren may be the tricky bit. __________________ Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	And not us forget the great retro games like Asteroids. http://www.neave.com/games/asteroids/ __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

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flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow, that sure was a blast from the past. I still have an old Apple IIc in a box in the basement.

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flintlock Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,177 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Asteroids ... fed a lot of quarters into the video game machine slots on that one.

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joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Yup...on holidays going to Vancouver Island as a kid we'd drive aboard the ferry and spend the one tow hour crossing to Nanaimo from Horseshoe Bay. There was an arcade with space invaders (also available on Steed's link) and asteroids...and I'd beg my folks for quarters to waste my time on the passage. Well, given typical BC weather it was not always fun to sit outside.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	In my late years at school I wanted so very much an Atari 800, and later a TI-99 - that thing looked so cool and slick! It was the time of Matthew Broderick playing "Wargames" in the cinemas. Another time, a better feel of life. Definitely missing it. I later started with a programmable Casio pocket calculator, and a Commodore VC. Later came an Amiga 500 which i operated until 1998, I think. not before 1999 i came to my first PC. All university work I did on the PC of a girl-friend of mine. Eighties' magic! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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UglyMowgli Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 784 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	My old TRS-80 mod II (16kb of RAM!) is on a Polish sail ship making cruise between Gdansk and La Havana, the computer is use to make positionning computation (the soft is in old BASIC) the captain use sextan he didn't trust GPS system. __________________ Modern Naval Warfare Community Manager

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Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	For those of you with old computers, you may want to hang onto them. Never know what they may be worth in the future. http://hardware.slashdot.org/article...22206&from=rss

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GSpector Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 676 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Interesting ad. I do not recall that the TRS-80 Model 3 ever actually being released. I think it went straight from Model 2 to Model 4 due to some problem and major changes at the time created the Model 4 (which had a few extra white buttons). __________________ Specter

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fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I have a couple of old working computers in my basement, namely a C64 and some from Zenith and Olivetti circa 1985. Eagerly awaiting the day I can strike it rich on them!