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I still remeber going into electrical shops when they just started stocking computers and doing the old trick - 10 print 'dixons sucks' 20 goto 10; Is that right? We looked like evil computer geniuses for about a month! In my day we simply amended autoexec.bat to include: @echo off :1 echo FU CK OFF goto 1 We were dangerous kids... *n (typing this looking at a 21" Apple CRT made in 1996...This thing probably cost two grand when new...) |
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Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Oct 25, 2007 18:53:45 GMT
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UNF!  phat nineties flava, BWOOOOOY! *n |
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Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
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Stu
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Oct 25, 2007 21:08:58 GMT
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Excellent collection! I have a few old computers knocking around somewhere, mostly early Spectrum's plus my 'Captain Planet' edition Amiga 500+ (a whole 1mb RAM!) which is still boxed from when I bought it, was a fantastic machine!  |
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'89 BMW E30 325i Sport, '04 MINI Cooper S, '09 Volvo V70 D5
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Oct 26, 2007 17:38:37 GMT
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i sold a bunch of boxed spectrums to some guy in finland last year, made some pretty good dollar too ;D ;D. retro motors i love, retro computers erm  ;D |
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"quote hairnet"
I'm not paying nine pound for a pi$$!
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Oct 26, 2007 22:02:51 GMT
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I did computer studies A-level in the the mid 90's, all our programming was done on BBC micros. It was really great fun programming in basic, the cleaver kid in the class got to try quick basic on a PC. I raded the school stores when the Computer studies suit was revamped just as we left. I grabbed a couple of BBC's and a Commadore PET (I think) with the built in green screen. Alas they are long gone now having to negotiate storage from my parents got to be too much hard work.
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Oct 27, 2007 20:31:07 GMT
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I too have quite a collection.
Something like this:
Sinclair:
ZX80
ZX81
Spectrum 48k
Cambridge z88
Plus a ZX bogroll printer and various ZX peripherals
Commodore (all Amigas)
A2000
A500
A1200, a very early one.
Apple
IIGS, one of the limited edition early "Woz" ones.
PCs, at least those of note.
Compaq 486 colour luggable
HP Omnibook 800 sub-notebook
No photos I'm afraid.
My local freecycle obviously isn't as good as yours. It's mostly people begging for impossibly valuable stuff that nobody in their right mind would give away for free. Well done on those BBCs though.
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"Jeremy Clarkson, a man we motor enthusiasts need on our side like Lewis Hamilton's F1 car needs a towing ball and a Sprite Musketeer" My motor |
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Oct 29, 2007 21:21:50 GMT
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Got a Sinclair QL, box of original applications, box of microdrives and Philips Hi Res monitor sitting in my cupboard...............
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Oct 29, 2007 22:01:18 GMT
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Stop all the talking ! Get your PICS out !  |
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The Doctor
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Oct 29, 2007 22:27:27 GMT
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i HAD a Commodore 64 (the one you have to stop by typing PARK in DOS, great ;D) but it died 1 january 2000 (the only one with the millenium bug?  ) |
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Oct 31, 2007 10:59:06 GMT
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Cool - all these old computers take me back   I used to have an Amstrad CPC6128 with the built-in disk drive, complete with the monitor that you had to buy to go with it.... I was the 'boy' up our street when I first had it & everyone else had tape loading C64s & ZX Spectrums.... except games were hard to get hold of. Annoyingly I only got rid of it about 4 years ago - leaving up our local tip with a pile of games, software joysticks (including a 'Crusier') etc. Kind of wish I hadn't & tried harder to give it away to someone who would have appreciated it  |
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Last Edit: Oct 31, 2007 11:13:34 GMT by DerbyDan
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Oct 31, 2007 12:44:24 GMT
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Dude, Got one of those, with monitor and a couple of disks if you want it ! One family owned from new etc etc, very careful owner etc etc |
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Dude, Got one of those, with monitor and a couple of disks if you want it ! One family owned from new etc etc, very careful owner etc etc Nah - thanks for the offer though  I got rid of mine because it was in the way & i had no use for it, just wish I had taken more effort at the time in making sure it went to a good home - I suppose this era of early PC are just becoming collectable so I prob wouldn't have much luck getting rid of mine at the time anyway?  |
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Someone on another forum found this in a cupboard at work:  *n |
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Top grammar tips!
Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated
Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Nov 12, 2007 19:45:08 GMT
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Tonights chaos...  Mending some of my DEAD C64's... If anyone happens to have a stash of working MOS 901227-03 Kernal ROMS ( or can burn some for me ) I would be certainly in line for providing such persons with beer. |
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Nov 26, 2007 21:16:23 GMT
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I got a vectrex made by MB, line vector graphics in full workin order complete with a cart with ALL the games on got off fleabay..
speccy 128 (one which you select the type of PC you want from a menu at the beginning ie 48k etc)
had a vic 20 but it was an odd one as the badge was actually VC20 and yeah had square keys which were such a nicer touch than the c64 keyboards were...
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Nov 27, 2007 13:35:31 GMT
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a VC20 is a german market VIC20 apparently. because VIC in german means something rather rude ! |
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Nov 28, 2007 22:18:42 GMT
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Tonights chaos... I'm intrigued by the chart behind...I can't see anything about fixing old computers on there? |
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Nov 28, 2007 22:43:34 GMT
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AHA !! Mr look behind the scenes ! Yes, thats a whiteboard than my lovely partner and I work out which bits of the house we're going to clean , or in the summer - who is watering the veg, etc etc.. Otherwise we both forget, sit down and nothing gets done man. |
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Heres my latest addtion.Picked up this little beast boxed for 99p. Its a atari 800 xl...  |
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Being British is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian
beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on
the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese
TV.
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Oh happy memories I had an 800xl back in the day had every peripheral you could get for it including radio control joysticks. Was the machine i learned hacking on long before the internet was thought of used to use a system called Micronet 800 if anyone remembers that and an acoustic coupler |
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