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Operating System Specific Discussions => Other Operating Systems => Topic started by: lassie on October 27, 2012, 09:50:55 PM
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
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Why?
Are you a burglar?
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I'll bite :)
Aside my A2000....
- c128 (in the loft...)
- A2600 (in the loft...)
- windows 7 big box for heavy duty stuff
- Lenovo W510 with Fedora 17 for work
- Macbook Air for fun & everything else
mostly OS (not UI) agnostic but leaning towards MacOS for ease of use
TomUK
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The only thing I really collect besides computers/consoles is LPs - got most of the discography of Yes, Genesis (the real Genesis, not the twee pop band,) ELP, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and other classic progressive rock, plus a bunch of other interesting old thrift-store and record-store finds. I do need to get a nicer turntable and a proper amplifier, though...
As for computers...I've got a handful. I've got:
- My Commodore 128, tricked out with 64KB VDC, JiffyDOS, and a 512KB REU.
- The A1200 in my signature, my primary Amiga.
- An A500, which IIRC has only KS1.3 and 1MB chip/slow RAM, which I mostly have for testing purposes when I finally get around to my game projects...
- A Macintosh SE/30 in need of recapping - love the design on it, easily the best compact Mac.
- An iMac G3 (original Bondi model B) that used to belong to my uncle - still have to get his old files off there for him.
- An iMac G4 (15" 700MHz model) - love the design of this thing, and this is one of the first models, which could still boot OS9 (if it can't boot classic Mac OS, it isn't a real Mac.)
- A Powerbook G4 (1GHz TiBook) - this is a no-distractions machine for writing and drawing. Might also be a machine to give MorphOS a try on, if they ever start supporting TiBooks...
- The Power Mac G4 in my signature - MDD model, the last desktop Mac to boot OS9. I don't do enough with this, but it's got a solid video card (Radeon 9800) and runs games pretty well.
- A Packard-Bell IBM AT clone (12MHz 286.) Don't actually do much with this, but I haven't gotten around to finding a home for it yet.
- A Tandy 1000RL - one of the last machines to support Tandy graphics and sound, and also probably one of the first low-profile (pizza-box) PCs.
- A generic 386 box, running a pretty nice Shuttle motherboard with a ton of cache and Am386DX/40 support - pretty zippy, it only chokes up a little on Doom II.
- A 486 box I'm in the process of assembling - it was going to use the 486 equivalent of my 386 motherboard, but sadly that turned out to be dead - I did, luckily, find a fairly nice board on eBay that supports the 486DX/50, but unfortunately the seller decided to remove the BIOS, so I'm waiting for a guy I know with the same board to dump the EPROM and send me the image...
- A Packard-Bell Pentium/166 machine - actually pretty crappy, I need to find a new home for this.
- An Athlon machine I assembled to run Morrowind - not sure what I'm going to do with it, now that I've got...
- My old P4 gaming rig that I lent to my brother for a while. Nothing extremely mighty, but it runs Oblivion quite satisfactorily, and what more do you need?
- A little Core 2 Duo uATX box that I use as a combination media-storage machine and audio-editing workstation (it's got a nice high-quality M-Audio sound card in it.)
- A Pentium III laptop that was my writing machine for a while in place of the Powerbook, until I realized that it was the same weight but over a smaller area, with sharp corners, and that's why my legs hurt so much when I spend too long at a stretch using it. Still sees use as a Win98 machine to drive my EEPROM programmer.
- A Pentium M machine that's my Haiku-acclimation environment, though it's currently in the middle of getting a little TLC (read: halfway disassembled.)
- My daily driver, a Core 2 Duo laptop running XP. Not a terribly exciting machine, but a reliable workhorse.
- A Raspberry Pi that needs more love.
- And finally, my new favorite thing: my MicroPDP-11. Started as an 11/23, got upgraded to an 11/73 when I found another machine at the recycle center that they let me strip. Super-cool; I've wanted a DEC mini for years, but I've never had the budget or space for one of the classic fridge-sized machines. This is nearly the size of an apartment radiator, but still quite a bit more manageable :D Still need to see if I can get the SCSI controller I got to work with this thing...
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In addition to my A500, CD32, and PC, I have a RetroDuo2.0, a couple of Playstations, a Nintendo64, a Dreamcast, a Gamecube, an XBOX360, and various Gameboys.
It seems like a lot when I list it, but most of it is in the closet, and almost all of it was free or close to it.
I really don't see myself buying any more consoles, and my next handheld will probably be a smartphone or tablet.
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Why?
Are you a burglar?
No of course i am not a burglar.
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The only thing I really collect besides computers/consoles is LPs - got most of the discography of Yes, Genesis (the real Genesis, not the twee pop band,) ELP, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and other classic progressive rock, plus a bunch of other interesting old thrift-store and record-store finds. I do need to get a nicer turntable and a proper amplifier, though...
As for computers...I've got a handful. I've got:
- My Commodore 128, tricked out with 64KB VDC, JiffyDOS, and a 512KB REU.
- The A1200 in my signature, my primary Amiga.
- An A500, which IIRC has only KS1.3 and 1MB chip/slow RAM, which I mostly have for testing purposes when I finally get around to my game projects...
- A Macintosh SE/30 in need of recapping - love the design on it, easily the best compact Mac.
- An iMac G3 (original Bondi model B) that used to belong to my uncle - still have to get his old files off there for him.
- An iMac G4 (15" 700MHz model) - love the design of this thing, and this is one of the first models, which could still boot OS9 (if it can't boot classic Mac OS, it isn't a real Mac.)
- A Powerbook G4 (1GHz TiBook) - this is a no-distractions machine for writing and drawing. Might also be a machine to give MorphOS a try on, if they ever start supporting TiBooks...
- The Power Mac G4 in my signature - MDD model, the last desktop Mac to boot OS9. I don't do enough with this, but it's got a solid video card (Radeon 9800) and runs games pretty well.
- A Packard-Bell IBM AT clone (12MHz 286.) Don't actually do much with this, but I haven't gotten around to finding a home for it yet.
- A Tandy 1000RL - one of the last machines to support Tandy graphics and sound, and also probably one of the first low-profile (pizza-box) PCs.
- A generic 386 box, running a pretty nice Shuttle motherboard with a ton of cache and Am386DX/40 support - pretty zippy, it only chokes up a little on Doom II.
- A 486 box I'm in the process of assembling - it was going to use the 486 equivalent of my 386 motherboard, but sadly that turned out to be dead - I did, luckily, find a fairly nice board on eBay that supports the 486DX/50, but unfortunately the seller decided to remove the BIOS, so I'm waiting for a guy I know with the same board to dump the EPROM and send me the image...
- A Packard-Bell Pentium/166 machine - actually pretty crappy, I need to find a new home for this.
- An Athlon machine I assembled to run Morrowind - not sure what I'm going to do with it, now that I've got...
- My old P4 gaming rig that I lent to my brother for a while. Nothing extremely mighty, but it runs Oblivion quite satisfactorily, and what more do you need?
- A little Core 2 Duo uATX box that I use as a combination media-storage machine and audio-editing workstation (it's got a nice high-quality M-Audio sound card in it.)
- A Pentium III laptop that was my writing machine for a while in place of the Powerbook, until I realized that it was the same weight but over a smaller area, with sharp corners, and that's why my legs hurt so much when I spend too long at a stretch using it. Still sees use as a Win98 machine to drive my EEPROM programmer.
- A Pentium M machine that's my Haiku-acclimation environment, though it's currently in the middle of getting a little TLC (read: halfway disassembled.)
- My daily driver, a Core 2 Duo laptop running XP. Not a terribly exciting machine, but a reliable workhorse.
- A Raspberry Pi that needs more love.
- And finally, my new favorite thing: my MicroPDP-11. Started as an 11/23, got upgraded to an 11/73 when I found another machine at the recycle center that they let me strip. Super-cool; I've wanted a DEC mini for years, but I've never had the budget or space for one of the classic fridge-sized machines. This is nearly the size of an apartment radiator, but still quite a bit more manageable :D Still need to see if I can get the SCSI controller I got to work with this thing...
You sure have a lot of cool stuff :)
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My old stuff :)
Amiga 4000 030 18 mb ram, 16 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 030 9 mb ram, 1 giga hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 5 mb ram, 500 mb hard disk
Amiga 2000 68000 1 mb ram
Amiga 1200 030 34 mb ram 8 GB Hard disk
Amiga 600 4 mb ram, 4 giga hard disk
Amiga 600 1 mb ram
Amiga 500 1 mb ram
Amiga cd32
Commodore 64
Commodore 64c
Commodore 128
Commodore 128D
Atari st
Nintendo Nes
Super Nintendo
Nintendo 64
Sega master system 1 and 2
Sega mega drive 1 and 2
Sega mega cd 1 and 2
Sega 32x
Sega Saturn
Atari Jaguar
Playstation 1 and 2 and 3
Xbox
Philips Cdi
And some old pc
Famicom
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I have one amiga 500+Hxc floppy emulator,playstation 2, psp, gp2x, macbook pro uni, mac mini with morphos 3, i7 Pc/hackintosh powerhouse. Want to buy a Cd32. At the time i'm putting together a pc system with a second monitor ( commodore 1080 ) to run winuae in a real way, and to play some arcade mame games with the 15khz feeling. Will get the mini ipad one of these days.:quickdraw:
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A lot of my accumulation of PC style ...um... treasure... I got rid of during the move. All I got at the moment are:
an A2000 that is my DD miggy
A4000, needs to be recapped
my intel macbook that my school gave to me
some AMD box that was Dells bottom line a year or two ago.
A Dell XPS M1710 running win7 - this is my eldest sons box
A raspberry Pi
and then my i7-2600K sandybridge monster with win7, 8, ArchLinux, AOS 3.1, and whavever is catching my fancy at the moment in the linux or AROS or BSD or Haiku world.
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Other than too many Amigas, I have a
Commodore 128D with JiffyDOS and 512K REU
Commodore 128 with JiffyDOS, GEOS v2.0 ROM, 512K REU, 64K VDP
2x Commdore 64C (non-E motherboard... want... bad...)
2x 512K REU (upgraded from 256K)
2x Commodore SX-64 (one non-working)
Commodore VIC-20 with VIC-1541 and RAM expansion
Atari plotter, modem, and cassette drive
Some Mac stuff (128k, SE/30, iBook G3, PowerBook G4)
A500+ w/50MHz Derringer 32MB
A1000 w/50MHz Derringer, AdIDE, Kickstart ROMs, Fast PALs
A1200 w/Blizzard 1260 192MB SCSI, external SD/FF, wireless, 4GB DoM
A2000 w/Blizzard 2060 128MB CD-RW, Ariadne II, Spectrum 28/24
A4000 w/CyberStorm MKII 128MB, 16MB, Deneb, Picasso IV, USB network and audio, DVD-RW, multi-card reader
Out of service:A600, couple of 500s
TI-99/4A QI (non v2.2) console
Peripheral Expansion Box (PEB) 32K TI-DISK I/O
Peripheral Expansion Box (PEB) 32K I/O, SNUG-DISK, SCSI 102MB
TI-92 graphing calculator
NES w/remote controllers, light gun, PowerPad
Sega Genesis II w/ Sega CD II
Activator, IR remote controllers, Enforcer light gun
Sears Intelligames (2600 clone)
Atari 2600 (w/S-Video mod)
Atari 5200 (2-port and 4-port, S-Video mod)
Atari 7800 (w/ S-Video mod)
Atari 2600 adapter for 5200
ColecoVision with 2600 adapter
I think that about covers it.
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Why?
Are you a burglar?
:roflmao:
No, he sends his buddies :laughing:
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Amiga 500, 2 dreamcasts, ps vita, gameboy advance, Pandora 1ghz, psx, sega saturn,n64, intel inspiron laptop, 2 xbox 360's, ps3, ps2, think thats all.
Im gonna buy another amiga soon.just not decided what model yet.
Otherwise I also collect transformers g1 figures (their figurines not toys lol)
I have a large collection of vintage marvel comics from my childhood stored away too.
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I sell everything I don't use.
I have a Hackintosh running OSX and Win 7 (via Parallels),
a Pmac running MorphOS,
Two Intel Atom netbooks,
An Atari 130XE with a Hitachi 63B09E processor,
and a Color Computer 3 (also using the above processor).
I've considered buying an Amiga 4000 or 1200, but AmigaForever seems adequate for whatever MorphOS won't run
Oh, and I guess if you count game machines - an Atari 7800, Sega Genesis, Sega 64, Sega Dreamcast, and a Nintendo Wii
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As for computers...I've got a handful. I've got:
- And finally, my new favorite thing: my MicroPDP-11. Started as an 11/23, got upgraded to an 11/73 when I found another machine at the recycle center that they let me strip. Super-cool; I've wanted a DEC mini for years, but I've never had the budget or space for one of the classic fridge-sized machines. This is nearly the size of an apartment radiator, but still quite a bit more manageable :D Still need to see if I can get the SCSI controller I got to work with this thing...
Wow.... back when I was a field engineer for Burroughs, I installed and repaired a giant laser printer that used a pdp 11/34 as a controller. The beast could do 120ppm in duplex.
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Wow.... back when I was a field engineer for Burroughs, I installed and repaired a giant laser printer that used a pdp 11/34 as a controller. The beast could do 120ppm in duplex.
Nice :D I don't have any such fancy peripherals, though I did get the controller board for a mass spectrometer from the scrapped unit o_O (No software, though.) Been having a lot of fun talking with the DEC guys over on the Vintage Computer Forum (http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/forum.php) since I got it.
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Nice :D I don't have any such fancy peripherals, though I did get the controller board for a mass spectrometer from the scrapped unit o_O (No software, though.) Been having a lot of fun talking with the DEC guys over on the Vintage Computer Forum (http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/forum.php) since I got it.
We just OEM'ed the thing from Xerox. They called it the 9700. In addition to running the printer, it had a 9 track tape drive, a disk pack, and a dumb terminal to control. It was fun to open up the interlocks and watch it run, especially in duplex.
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- All Amiga Computers A1000, A500, A600, A1200, A2000, A3000, A4000 (Several of each)
- Many Amiga Stuff
- Some Commodore 8Bit, as C=Vic20, C=64, C=SX64, C=128, and many many C=8Bit Stuff
- Vintage Yamaha Drums Set´s
- Volkswagen Aircooled & Watercooled
- Honda Minibikes
- Without wanted Cellphones
- Several PCs, Desktops and Laptops
- And some Atari Stuff, like 2600, Atari Home Computers Stuff.
- Some vintage Handheld Games Casio, Bandai, Nintendo
for now I think that's all..
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Commodore 64 x2
Vic-20
Megadrive
SNES
NES
Commodore 64GS
PS1, PS2, PS3
Nintendo 3DS
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I'm into mopeds these days.
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I'm into mopeds these days.
Cool, I've got a Derbi Predator LC I've had for several years.
Been thinking about bumping it up to 70cc.
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I stuck a 70cc kit on my Tomos LX, it only lasted about 700 miles, piston kinda melted. Should've put on a bigger carb, I think. 50mph was nice, though.
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I stuck a 70cc kit on my Tomos LX, it only lasted about 700 miles, piston kinda melted. Should've put on a bigger carb, I think. 50mph was nice, though.
50 mph on a Tomos would be cool.
I can manage 40 to 45 on the Derbi with an unrestricted exhaust.
Luckily, with liquid cooling I probably don't have to worry about a meltdown.
Wish I had the bigger wheels of a Tomos though.
The Derbi can be a handfull with its small wheels.
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I have the usual computer collection (tons of PCs, one in working condition, similar collection of laptops); my Amiga fix (when I need it) is handled by WinUAE.
On the non-computer side I have a bookcase full of pen and paper role-playing games, the crown jewels of which are a set of Original D&D rules (specifically one of these (http://acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/original.html)) autographed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, plus a bunch of cool boardgames (a 2nd edition and the much rarer 3rd edition of Space Hulk).
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I think it is cool that a lot of people collects old stuff :) I sure use a lot of time on things from yesteryear :)
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I stuck a 70cc kit on my Tomos LX, it only lasted about 700 miles, piston kinda melted. Should've put on a bigger carb, I think. 50mph was nice, though.
Hi it was a shame the engine could no last with the 70cc on it.
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
Way too much stuff to list here! Suffice to say I have 2 A2ks, an SX-64, a C=64, an A500, 1 Raspberry Pi, and over 30 working PCs, notebooks and netbooks running every OS from Windows 98SE to Windows 8. I also dabble in robotics.
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An ancient Z80 CP/M system and homebrew Z80 stuff
An ancient (retired) A2000HD system with AmigaOS 3.1
MicroA1 PPC system with AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5
Some PC systems and a laptop
iPod touch and iPad
One of my PC systems is dual boot ... Windows XP or QNX
This system also has AmigaExplorer.
I used this system as a back-up device and CD burner when I was first setting up my OS4 system.
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
No consoles except an original gold-screen GameBoy with a lot of dead pixels and only about 2 games.
I've got the old model Mac Mini that I'm typing on right now. It runs MacOSX Snow Leopard.
I've got a Win7-based Sony Vaio laptop that hardly ever gets used.
All the rest of my computers are Amigas of various stripes including a MorphOS-based PowerMac G4, a MicroA1, and an A1200.
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Besides my around 10 classic Amigas I have several MorphOS machines (Pegasos1, two Mac minis, PowerBook) and then some other systems I've got for free (I won't pay for anything if it's not going to be for Amiga use, for god's sake!) :)
Those freebies include:
- Too many PC systems... for example three 2.8GHz P4 machines. One of them is in use as a torrent machine, rest of those I haven't even bothered to test yet.
- iMac G5, for creating some PDF files of scans and as a guest machine
- C128D for 8 bits... gave away other C64 stuff to make some space :)
I also used to have some Sparc stuff, but sold them, because I really didn't have any need for them anymore...
Oh and gf has PS3... I occasionally play NHL or racing games with driving wheel (GT5, Dirt3, WRC...) with it.
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Havent had an Amiga for years WinUAE does the trick.
This is my main PC http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?p=795824#post795824
dual Opteron 2389 (quad Core)
12GB ram
8x U320 scsi drives
SLI GTX295s
etc
Just recently got a DROID 3 and it has almost replaced the PC, wont play borderlands though :)
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Newest project is a 1954 Ford Customline 2 dr with a chopped top, and 383 Chevy engine w/5spd.
There's also a new C-128 system...
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I got a ZX81 and a 3 month old(New opened) Sony mono cassette player. :)
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A few things:
Mac's:
15 and 17" powerbook with MorphOS
Macmini with MorphOS
Powermac with MorphOS
Emac With MorphOS
Powermac G5.
2 680xx mac.
PC's:
Intel 486 33mhz and a dx2 66mhz
intel P-100 fully loaded with a MT-32 roland
some P III pc's
P4 2.8ghz pc with catw mk4 with floppy and sid's (my retrofile and amiga image box)
i5 workhorse
i7 work/gamer box
core2duo mediabox
i7 gamer laptop
i5 work laptop
atom netbook
android eee tablet
Consoles:
playstation 1,2 and 3.
PSP
gameboy
gameboy advance
gameboy DS
NES
SNES
N64
Gamecube
wii
sega master system
sega Mega drive
sega saturn
sega dremcast
PCengine turboduo
PCengine GT
FM town marty
NEO GEO CD
NEO GEO NVS
Sega virtua fighter arcade cabin with lot of game PCB's
1066 in 1 Mame arcade console
Sigma supergun
xbox
xbox 360
c64
c64c
c64GS
C-one
c128
c128D
Amstrad CPC
Minimig 1.1
Summertime I use my
Kawasaki ZX9R and Honda CRF 450 a lot :)
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I got a ZX81 and a 3 month old(New opened) Sony mono cassette player. :)
Wow!!!! - I've still got an old ZX80 in kit form - New in box, still cellophane wrapped with the original WHSmith price tag - I might get brave one day with the soldering gun and try building it.... :)
PC Stuff
AMD Phenom 3.2 - 4Gb RAM, 3.5Tb hd - Media server
2 x A1200 (1 030 Blizzard 1 Stock)
1 x A4000 in renovation
1 x Raspberry Pi (Arrived yesterday!)
1 x Athlon 2600 Aros box
1 x P4 Dual Celeron lppy - Music collection!
1 x Samsung r590 - Wifes laptop, usually full of cat hair and kid grub!
Aside from that and a compy workshop full of spares, I don't own anything, life is way too complicated fixing other peoples mistakes to have a hobby or a real life! :quickdraw:
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Windows' laptops:
1. HP Elitebook 2760p Laptop/Tablet - Windows 7 Business
2. Asus 17" Laptop - Windows 7 Premium
3. Dell Precision 17" Laptop - Windows 7 Pro
4. IBM - Thinkpad 11" - Windows XP
5. IBM - Thinkpad 15" - Windows XP
Android:
5. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 - Android Ice Cream Sandwich
6. Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 - Android Gingerbread
7. Samsung Galaxy II - Android Ice Cream Sandwich
8. Samsung Galaxy III - Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Game consoles:
9. XBox 360 w/Kinect
10. Sony PS III
11. Nintendo Wii
12. Sony PSP x 2
13. Nintendo GB 3D
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I've usual x86 stuff, several laptops and gaming machine.
My other retro computers are :
2 Commodore 64 computer, new and old model
2 Commodore 128 computers
1541 Ultimate, 1541 disk drive, casette palyer etc.
Salora Fellow, with joystics, 16kb memory addon and original casette player.
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1117
Philips Videopac G7000 with 12 game modules
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey%C2%B2
My Amigas are
A1200 on Micronic tower and zorro extender. Blizzard 68060 66mhz, GVP Spectrum, Delfina lite, DVD, 240gb hd, wlan etc
A1200 in original desktop case, apollo 68040 40mhz slim dvd drive, 140gb hd and wlan
A500 1mb chip 2.0 rom with GVP HD8+ 4mb ram and 4gb hd
A500 1mb chip 1.3 rom
5 other workin A500 computers
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Wow!!!! - I've still got an old ZX80 in kit form - New in box, still cellophane wrapped with the original WHSmith price tag - I might get brave one day with the soldering gun and try building it.... :)
That sounds collectable to me. Could fetch a good price if still sealed etc. You'd be suprised what that could fetch.
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My little collection - More on the website
KIM-1
PET
CBM 3032
CBM 4032
C16
C116
Plus4
VC20
VIC20
C64
Australian C64
SX-64
C64C
C64G
C64GS
C128
C128d
SFX
Laptop
Laptop II
C386SX-LT
386SX-20
TV3000H
Amiga:
A500
A500 II
A5000
A500Plus
A600
A600HD
A690
Amiga 1000
A1200
A1200HD
A1200HD/40
A1200Tower
A1400 Bogus
A1500
Checkmate
A2000
A2000HD
A2000 3.1ROM
A3000
A3000T
A3000UX
A3000 - AMAX II
A4000d
A4000T
Cardboard Amiga
EZ-Tower
Ateo Concepts
MiniMig
CD32
CDTV
SX32
Acorn
Atom
Electron
Archimedes
A3000
A3010
A3020
A5000
A7000
RISCStation
Pocket Book
AEG 2000
Colour Genie
Alcatel
Telic
Amstrad
GX4000
CPC464
464 Plus
CPC664
CPC6128
6128 Plus
PC1512 DD
PC1512-HD20
PC16
PCW8256
PCW9512
PCW9512+
PCW9256
PPC 512
PPC 640
Notepad
NC200
Alt386SX
MegaPC
PenPad
DDI-1
MP-3
Apple
Macintosh
Apple II
Apple IIe
Classic
PowerPC
Quadra 650
LCII
Performa
G4
iMac
MacStuff
Apricot
Apricot XI
Portable
Mitsubishi VS550
Atari
400
800
Woody CX2600
2600
2600 Junior Short Rainbow
2600 Junior Large Rainbow
600XL
800XL
7800
Falcon
Jaguar
65XE
XE
130XE
520 STFM
1040 ST
1040 STFM
1050
Lynx
Portfolio
BBC
Model B
Master System
Drive
Bit79
Bit79
Cambridge
Z88
Canon
Canon V-2
Casio
PB-100
FX-720P
FX-802P
Cifer
Club
DataView
DataView25
Dk'Tronics
Dk'Tronics
Dragon
Dragon
Dragon64
Enterprise
Sixty Four
Epson
HX-20
Franklin
Spellmaster
Grundy
New Brain Model A
New Brain
Husky
Hunter
Jupiter Cantab
Jupiter Ace
JVC
HC-7
Matra Hachette
Alice
Mattel
Aquarius
Memotech
MTX500
Miles Gordon
Sam Coupe
Mitubishi
MSX ML-F48
MSX ML-F80
ORIC
ORIC-1
Atmos
Osborne
Osborne-1
NEC
8300
Panasonic
REAL 3D0 FZ-1
Philips
Philips G7000
Philips V6-8010
Philips CDi 210
Philips CDi 450
Sanyo
MSX PHC-28L
MSX MPC-100
MBC-550
Sharp
PC 7221
MZ-80K
MZ 711
Sinclair
ZX80
ZX81
Spectrum 16K
Spectrum 48K
Spectrum +
Spectrum +128
Spectrum +2
Spectrum +3
Sinclair QL
PC200
Sinclair Extras
Microdrive
Interface 1
Alphacom
Rotronics
MiniTV
SONY
HiT BiT
HB-101P
PRN-C41
Sord
GGL M5
Spectravideo
SVI 728
Systema
Type-right
Tatung
Einstein
Texas Instr.
TI99/4a
Silent 700
Toshiba
MSX HX-10
MSX HX-10 KIT
Tandy
TRS-80 Model 4
TRS-80 Color
TRS-80 Color 2
TRS-80 MC-10
TRS Model 100
Pocket Computer
TRS-Extras
Yamaha
XSM
CX5MII/128
386-486
Commodore
Evesham Vale
IBM AT
IBM PS/1
IBM 300GL
PS/2 Luggable
Compaq Portable
Compaq III
Zenith Data Systems - Desktop
Laptops
Toshiba Satellite Pro
Zenith Data Systems - Laptop
Consoles
Games Systems
Ameltone Stadium
Colourscore
Visionscore
Grandstand 4600
ITML SD-90
Teleng
TV Sport
Genius
Consoles ~ Classic
NEC
Turbografx
Nintendo
Famicom
Famicom Family BASIC
Disk System
Famicom Extras
NES
Famicom Junior
SNES
Gameboy
Gameboy Colour
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Nintendo64
Gamecube
Sega
Master System
Mega Drive
Super 32X
Saturn
White Saturn
Dreamcast
Orange Dreamcast
Mega CD
SNK
Pocket NeoGeo
NeoGeo Console
Sony
Playstation
PSone
PocketStation
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
BanDai
WonderSwan Color
Microsoft
XBOX
XBOX 360 Elite
Board Games
Dark Tower
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My little collection - More on the website
KIM-1
PET
CBM 3032
CBM 4032
C16
C116
Plus4
VC20
VIC20
C64
Australian C64
SX-64
C64C
C64G
C64GS
C128
C128d
SFX
Laptop
Laptop II
C386SX-LT
386SX-20
TV3000H
Amiga:
A500
A500 II
A5000
A500Plus
A600
A600HD
A690
Amiga 1000
A1200
A1200HD
A1200HD/40
A1200Tower
A1400 Bogus
A1500
Checkmate
A2000
A2000HD
A2000 3.1ROM
A3000
A3000T
A3000UX
A3000 - AMAX II
A4000d
A4000T
Cardboard Amiga
EZ-Tower
Ateo Concepts
MiniMig
CD32
CDTV
SX32
Acorn
Atom
Electron
Archimedes
A3000
A3010
A3020
A5000
A7000
RISCStation
Pocket Book
AEG 2000
Colour Genie
Alcatel
Telic
Amstrad
GX4000
CPC464
464 Plus
CPC664
CPC6128
6128 Plus
PC1512 DD
PC1512-HD20
PC16
PCW8256
PCW9512
PCW9512+
PCW9256
PPC 512
PPC 640
Notepad
NC200
Alt386SX
MegaPC
PenPad
DDI-1
MP-3
Apple
Macintosh
Apple II
Apple IIe
Classic
PowerPC
Quadra 650
LCII
Performa
G4
iMac
MacStuff
Apricot
Apricot XI
Portable
Mitsubishi VS550
Atari
400
800
Woody CX2600
2600
2600 Junior Short Rainbow
2600 Junior Large Rainbow
600XL
800XL
7800
Falcon
Jaguar
65XE
XE
130XE
520 STFM
1040 ST
1040 STFM
1050
Lynx
Portfolio
BBC
Model B
Master System
Drive
Bit79
Bit79
Cambridge
Z88
Canon
Canon V-2
Casio
PB-100
FX-720P
FX-802P
Cifer
Club
DataView
DataView25
Dk'Tronics
Dk'Tronics
Dragon
Dragon
Dragon64
Enterprise
Sixty Four
Epson
HX-20
Franklin
Spellmaster
Grundy
New Brain Model A
New Brain
Husky
Hunter
Jupiter Cantab
Jupiter Ace
JVC
HC-7
Matra Hachette
Alice
Mattel
Aquarius
Memotech
MTX500
Miles Gordon
Sam Coupe
Mitubishi
MSX ML-F48
MSX ML-F80
ORIC
ORIC-1
Atmos
Osborne
Osborne-1
NEC
8300
Panasonic
REAL 3D0 FZ-1
Philips
Philips G7000
Philips V6-8010
Philips CDi 210
Philips CDi 450
Sanyo
MSX PHC-28L
MSX MPC-100
MBC-550
Sharp
PC 7221
MZ-80K
MZ 711
Sinclair
ZX80
ZX81
Spectrum 16K
Spectrum 48K
Spectrum +
Spectrum +128
Spectrum +2
Spectrum +3
Sinclair QL
PC200
Sinclair Extras
Microdrive
Interface 1
Alphacom
Rotronics
MiniTV
SONY
HiT BiT
HB-101P
PRN-C41
Sord
GGL M5
Spectravideo
SVI 728
Systema
Type-right
Tatung
Einstein
Texas Instr.
TI99/4a
Silent 700
Toshiba
MSX HX-10
MSX HX-10 KIT
Tandy
TRS-80 Model 4
TRS-80 Color
TRS-80 Color 2
TRS-80 MC-10
TRS Model 100
Pocket Computer
TRS-Extras
Yamaha
XSM
CX5MII/128
386-486
Commodore
Evesham Vale
IBM AT
IBM PS/1
IBM 300GL
PS/2 Luggable
Compaq Portable
Compaq III
Zenith Data Systems - Desktop
Laptops
Toshiba Satellite Pro
Zenith Data Systems - Laptop
Consoles
Games Systems
Ameltone Stadium
Colourscore
Visionscore
Grandstand 4600
ITML SD-90
Teleng
TV Sport
Genius
Consoles ~ Classic
NEC
Turbografx
Nintendo
Famicom
Famicom Family BASIC
Disk System
Famicom Extras
NES
Famicom Junior
SNES
Gameboy
Gameboy Colour
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Nintendo64
Gamecube
Sega
Master System
Mega Drive
Super 32X
Saturn
White Saturn
Dreamcast
Orange Dreamcast
Mega CD
SNK
Pocket NeoGeo
NeoGeo Console
Sony
Playstation
PSone
PocketStation
Playstation 2
Playstation 3
BanDai
WonderSwan Color
Microsoft
XBOX
XBOX 360 Elite
Board Games
Dark Tower
That sure was some collection :)
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Some of you guys have waaay too many toys, do you actually get to use most of this stuff?
I like to keep things to a minimum.
Retro: A1200 AGA 060
Gaming console: XBOX 360
Android: HTC ONE S and a cheap Chinese Tablet (soon to be replaced by a Nexus 7)
Cheap ATOM PC running Win7 used for PC tasks.
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That sure was some collection :)
And in a couple of weeks its going to get a whole lot bigger. The joy of having a known collection is that I am very privileged to be gifted other peoples collections, as a way of ensuring that kit stays together. I think many would be amazed at just what I was offered. And as I say I do feel privilaged. I was even at a meeting with some very senior representatives of a public body a while back and before the meeting I was given a KIM 1 as a gift. What was extraordinary was that the person had no idea what it was. I have been given whole rooms and attics full of stuff. I just received the images of what has been recently offered and I have to say I just feel so humble. Great fun and a real treasure.
So looks like I will be having a busy Christmas cataloguing stuff again. Its what I do.
One day though I will have to give all of it away to another worthy individual. The only requirement is that it must never be broken up and or sold.
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Some of you guys have waaay too many toys, do you actually get to use most of this stuff?
Not all of it every day, but yes. A lot of my machines have a particular purpose - the PowerBook is my writing machine, the 386 is my DOS gaming box, and so on. So that get used for that, and the rest I just play around with, when I feel like it :)
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
Commodore:
- Commodore 64 breadbox + 1541 + cassete player.
ZX:
- ZX Spectrum 48 (russian clone)
- Scorpion 256 (updated russian clone with floppy, memory, hard disk, sound card)
Amiga:
- PegasosII G4 1.0/1Gb/80Gb/Ati 9200/MorphOS/Debian
- a4000/PPC 233mhz/68060 50mhz/128mb/cv ppc/toccata/x-surf/kickflash/indivision/AOS3.9-4.0
- a1200/PPC 200mhz/68060 50mhz/256mb/bv ppc/delfina/wifi/indivision sd+ff/AOS 3.9-4.0
- a600/68000 7mhz/8mb fast/wifi/AOS 3.0
Mac:
- Mac classic (some issues with MB, still in progress)
PC:
- Pentium2 500/256mb/4gb/ati rage 128+voodoo2/SB awe32 8mb+db50xg/GUS PnP 8mb/TB Tropez 2mb
- 486 DX2-66/32mb/2gb/tseng3000 2mb/SB 16+WaveBlaster/GUS Classic 1mb
- 286 12mhz/4mb/512mb/Vga 1mb/SB 2.0+Covox
(love to play old games and experimenting with old pc sound, even have comparision page: http://kawai.spb.ru/files/sound/index.html )
I would like to have more of the old hardware, but here, in large Russian cities are quite expensive apartment (I pay about 230 thousand usd mortgage for 40 square meters), and my wife would kick me from house if I bring home something more. :)
So i use some custom computers house to keep minimal used space: http://easyjohn.livejournal.com/107601.html
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Lately I've started collecting MIDI gear as well; I'd forgotten until recently that MIDI was actually pretty good until everybody started using that wretched Roland sample set that ships with Windows. (And now Microsoft doesn't even want to let you use anything else!) I've got four pieces of gear, but there's no reason to assume my collector instincts won't have gotten me more by the next time this thread gets resurrected:
- Roland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMh26Ne7PZc) MT-32 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrP6ug6URU) - classic Sierra/LucasArts synthy noises! I need to learn my way around editing custom patches.
- Yamaha TX-81Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHNO2SFPRc) - classic DX-style FM tones with some extra versatility added. Shame it's not General MIDI-compliant.
- Korg 05R/W (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATAO0_lFg0) - really nice wavetable synth, and I say that as someone who really isn't normally a fan of wavetable synths.
- microKORG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yxfVUs1lY) - probably the closest thing I'll ever get to a Minimoog...
I've also added the VAX in my signature. It's been interesting fooling around with VMS; it's quite a different animal than either DOS/Windows or Unix...
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.....(And now Microsoft doesn't even want to let you use anything else!)
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...I've also added the VAX in my signature. It's been interesting fooling around with VMS; it's quite a different animal than either DOS/Windows or Unix...
You can still use midi mapper on Windows 8. I am using it. : http://www.sierrahelp.com/Utilities/SoundUtilities/PutzlowitschsVistaMIDI_Mapper.html
Get a cheapy USB midi interface rather than trying to get a soundcard one working.
I got one of these it works a treat. : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-MIDI-Keyboard-Interface-Converter-Cable-Adapter-/320438116273
As for VMS, it was a little simular to Unix if I remember correctly. I also remember a fun game call "qwix?" You had to keep fencing off a snake(The quix) while sparx chased you around the perimeter. Don't ask me how I remember that I think it was in 1987 I played on VAX VMS.
My Korg AG10 works beautifully on Windows 8..
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I would like to have more of the old hardware, but here, in large Russian cities are quite expensive apartment (I pay about 230 thousand usd mortgage for 40 square meters), and my wife would kick me from house if I bring home something more. :)
So i use some custom computers house to keep minimal used space: http://easyjohn.livejournal.com/107601.html
I have some space issues myself--a collection of electronic gear accumulated over the last 25 years or so and not much space to keep it in. I stopped using desktop PCs and have been using Thinkpad laptops as my main PCs for the last 10 years. Lately, I have been collecting PDAs--mostly Palms, Palm is now gone and like Amigas, there will be no more made. I also have a couple of the better Windows Mobile PDAs. The great thing about PDAs is that a good collection of them fits on a small bookshelf. And they are cheap.
Ironically, the only desktop computers I have are my Amigas and my Atari Megas and they do take up quite a bit of space. Especially the A4000T I bought last week. I thought the A2000 was big, how little did I know. It is in great condition and has no functional issues, the problem is where to put it. It looks like I am going to have to do some carpentry and move an applicance a couple of inches to make room for it and it is still just barely going to fit.
Lately I've started collecting MIDI gear as well; I'd forgotten until recently that MIDI was actually pretty good until everybody started using that wretched Roland sample set that ships with Windows. (And now Microsoft doesn't even want to let you use anything else!) I've got four pieces of gear, but there's no reason to assume my collector instincts won't have gotten me more by the next time this thread gets resurrected:
- Roland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMh26Ne7PZc) MT-32 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrP6ug6URU) - classic Sierra/LucasArts synthy noises! I need to learn my way around editing custom patches.
- Yamaha TX-81Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHNO2SFPRc) - classic DX-style FM tones with some extra versatility added. Shame it's not General MIDI-compliant.
- Korg 05R/W (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATAO0_lFg0) - really nice wavetable synth, and I say that as someone who really isn't normally a fan of wavetable synths.
- microKORG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yxfVUs1lY) - probably the closest thing I'll ever get to a Minimoog...
My interest in electronic music predates my interest in Amigas by a few years. It actually goes back to the late 70s when I was a teenager. MIDI indirectly led me to the Amiga. I had to take a music course at one point to graduate, and there was an electronic music course offered. I thought it would be just theory and history but the school actually had an electronic music studio with 2 analog modular synthesizers, a DX7, an FB01 and an Amiga 500 with sequencing and scoring software. I didn't like the Amiga for sequencing but it had much better color graphics than the Atari 1040ST I had at home.
I have a Micro Korg too. They have a really unique architecture and as analog monophonic synthesizers go, are quite good and very underated. They are really good at rough, rock band/punk type sounds. My nickname for the Micro Korg is the Rude Boy
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Lately I've started collecting MIDI gear as well; I'd forgotten until recently that MIDI was actually pretty good until everybody started using that wretched Roland sample set that ships with Windows.
MIDI is awesome and just as useful today as it ever was. Thing is, people have to remember that MIDI is a communication protocol like serial or USB and has nothing to do with a particular sound-set. i.e. MIDI can be used to control theatre lighting, automate mixers, etc.
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Besides a dozen or so computers and consoles, the few main things I collect are guitars (along with assorted gear (I love my Takamine gx-100 explorer the most)), movies (dvd, hd-dvd, bluray), games (amiga, megadrive, ps2, pc, and xb360 mostly, but a few other assorted machines), and books (shedloads of computer reference books on most subjects spanning from c64 to amiga to pc (old and new), but probably 75% are novels. King, Koontz, and Laymon feature pretty heavily amongst my collection although Ive recently started enjoying James Patterson and others like Brian Keene.
Shame, but reading seems to be a bit of a dying artform these days (or maybe Ive only just tarted to realise what a niche reading for entertainment is, not sure which).
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
Besides the Amiga's in my sig, I also have:
- Goldstar 3DO console
- IBM ThinkPad T60
- Dell GX280 configured as a dedicated AROS machine
- Dell GX620 configured as a WinUAE (hosted on Windows 7-64 bit) machine
- MS XBox console
- Casio CZ101
- I have other PC compatible desktops (Quadcore) and laptops (Core2Duo), on Windows 7-bit which I have installed WinUAE as well.
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Old stuff:
Amiga 500
Amiga 1200
Apple lc2
Atari Jaguar
SNES
N64
Dreamcast
PS2
Wii
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
DS
New Stuff
360
Wii u
Frighteningly expensive gaming pc
Synology Nas Server
3ds
Currently considering getting an amiga cdtv as I had never heard of them before and now think they look like the coolest Amiga ever!
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I'm selling or giving away most of my excess.
My two Power mac G4s are going to people who can use them (one a regular poster here and another that wants to port Libre Office to MorphOS).
I've sold off most of my X86 equipment except for an older AGP system I use to flash video cards (except for a netbook so i can run Silverlight .
I have a 1.67 Power book running MorphOS 3.1.
AmigaDave is sending me a G5 Power mac for MorphOS.
I've an A2000 I'm slowly upgrading (don't really care about AGA - an Indivision ECS will be more then adequate).
And for experimenting with old 8 bit code, I keep an Atari XE130 around that has been modified with a Hitachi 63B09E processor (and an old Color Computer 3 which I never use as the emulator works better).
I only use "modern" computers when I have to.
I'd love to see a new board created in A2000 or ATX form factor that would take the last AGA revision components and use Zorro III/PCI slots in companion. Maybe you could add one ISA/PCI slot for an X86 SBC.
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What Computers/Consoles do you own? Or are there anything special you collect besides Computers :)
Sold most of my Amiga stuff in the past couple of years so now I only have a CD32, Minimig and X1000 and a few little expansions laying around.
I also have a Sam Coupe which I'm thinking of selling but the floppies need cleaning/restoration since most of them wouldn't boot anymore.
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Apple ][+ Bell & Howell w/ Transwarp @ 3.75 Mhz and CFFA 3000
Apple //e Platinum w/ Transwarp @ 3.75 Mhz @ Focus Card
Apple IIGS + TWGS @ 12.5 Mhz w/ 8 Mb Ram and CFFA 3000
Apple IIGS + PC Transporter & Focus Card
Laser 128 EX
Powermac 6500 w/ G4 500mhz Upgrade
Mac Mini G4 1.45 Ghz
Pegasos G4 1 Ghz
Amiga 4000T CS MkII @ 66Mhz
Amiga 4000D
Amiga 3000D
iMac 27 inch i7
Hackintosh Box Core i7 3930k @ 4.0 Ghz w/ 32gb Ram
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I've got four pieces of gear, but there's no reason to assume my collector instincts won't have gotten me more by the next time this thread gets resurrected:
- Roland (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMh26Ne7PZc) MT-32 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrP6ug6URU) - classic Sierra/LucasArts synthy noises! I need to learn my way around editing custom patches.
- Yamaha TX-81Z (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpHNO2SFPRc) - classic DX-style FM tones with some extra versatility added. Shame it's not General MIDI-compliant.
- Korg 05R/W (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATAO0_lFg0) - really nice wavetable synth, and I say that as someone who really isn't normally a fan of wavetable synths.
- microKORG (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0yxfVUs1lY) - probably the closest thing I'll ever get to a Minimoog...
What the hey, might as well resurrect the thread. (Not like we're talking about much else at the moment.) A whole lot has changed since this post; I'm afraid I'm now a full-fledged synth fiend...
- Got an E-mu Proteus/1 (http://synthmania.com/proteus_1.htm) module in March - glorious '80s sampler cheese (with a solid multitimbral MIDI implementation,) though it's surprisingly lacking in shakuhachis and orchestra hits. They did, however, sample the opening vocals from "Tarkus," which is awesome. Just wish I could find the support patches for various Sierra games...
- However, things really started in earnest in April, when I bought an Oberheim Matrix-6 (http://www.vintagesynth.com/oberheim/mat6.php) from a guy in Superior who used to play in a local band. I sold my microKORG to buy it, but that's okay - it's a real analog polysynth, while the microKORG was clearly digital in spite of being analog-modeling. (Though the microKORG really is excellent for grainy, crunchy trance/industrial-techno sounds - but that's not my thing.) And it has a patch matrix just like the microKORG, only with more slots, sources, and destinations. It's very much a jack-of-all-trades, even if it's a master of none - not as big as the big Oberheims, not rich like a Roland, not smooth and delicate like the Prophet-5, but good in its own way, and oh so versatile.
- I had to sell the 05/RW, unfortunately (needed the cash.) Still keeping my eye out for a low price on its big brother, the X5DR...
- In June, I traded the TX81Z up for a Yamaha V50 (http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/v50.php) - basically two TX81Zs plus a basic (but nice) effects unit, sequencer, and crappy drum machine in a quite nice keyboard, with more patch space and a vastly improved multitimbral MIDI implementation. (Even got a basic GM-compatible patch set/map for it!) Like the TX81Z, it can't match some of the complex, multi-part sounds the 6-operator DX7s can do, but the multiple operator waveforms allow it to achieve some rich or gritty timbres the DX7s can't match...
- Also in June, I placed an order for Korg's new MS-20 Mini, (http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ms20mini.php) a recreation of their classic analog monosynth.
I am STILL waiting for the damn thing. :angryfire: The retailer I ordered from has been getting their shipment pushed back for three months now. It seems Korg decided to ultra-faithfully recreate a sought-after cult classic, priced it at the same dollar amount it originally went for in 1978 dollars, and then didn't anticipate anybody wanting it...
- In July, I got two keyboards: first, a Casio HT-6000, which is a fully-programmable digital-analog hybrid synthesizer in the guise of one of Casio's cheap home keyboards. It runs complex, evolving digital waveforms through analog filters and amplifiers, and achieves a very neat sound. Like most of Casio's keyboards, it's awfully lacking in bass (though I need to test it with something other than the built-in speakers,) and it's not great for your classic analog lead sounds, but for dreamy pad sounds it's something of a hidden gem. Just a shame the keybed is in such rough shape...at least I can control it over MIDI.
- The second was a Hohner String Performer, a simple but nice analog string machine. It doesn't have multiple settings for its ensemble/chorus effect the way some of them do, but the single setting is pretty nice, and unlike a lot of them it articulates each note individually across the whole keyboard. It's also got some additional polyphonic sounds like "Piano" and "Clavichord" that aren't that great, but layer with the strings in interesting ways, and a cheesy li'l preset monosynth that can be used on the upper half of the keyboard. Good stuff all-around, and it folds up into its own self-contained flight case!
- In August, after way longer than I would've liked, I finally scraped together enough money to buy the Roland Super JX-10 (http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/jx10.php) from the guy who sold me the Oberheim. Oh my God is this thing a beast. Big 12-voice analog polysynth with a big, lush sound and lush stereo chorus, and a voice architecture that emphasizes stacking patches to make it even bigger. I could have only this one synthesizer and still have a wealth of excellent sounds to discover. The sound on this thing is what finally convinced me that analog modeling will never be a 100% satisfactory substitute for the real deal...
- Shortly after that, I grabbed a Casio CZ-1000 (http://synthmania.com/cz-1000.htm) super-cheap from Music-Go-Round. The CZ series use Phase Distortion synthesis, which is a kind of mirror-universe patent-avoiding take on Yamaha FM - a bit grittier and brighter, whereas FM tends toward glassy and cool...it's a neat little synth, even if its 4-note polyphony is kind of underwhelming.
- Towards the end of August, I also picked up a Korg DW-8000 (http://synthmania.com/dw-8000.htm) on the cheap, non-working. I've gotten it to the point where it boots and basically works, but it's seriously in need of further cleaning and calibration on multiple fronts (at present, it's common for the delay-effect feedback to go above unity and bring the thing close to blowing out speakers - luckily I've only used it on some cheap crap ones!) It's another digital-analog hybrid, like the HT-6000, but more typically analog in character, just with complex digital waveforms as a base. To my ears it's kind of like the SID chip on steroids, dark, weird, and wonderful...I can't wait to get it fully fixed up.
- Finally, in mid-September, I spotted a Yamaha DX7 (http://synthmania.com/dx7.htm) for a modest price on Craigslist. I'd had the TX7 module version for a while, but I just never used it, because all my keyboard synths were so much more immediate (I'm on the lookout for a Proteus MPS to replace my Proteus/1 for the same reason.) So I nabbed this and sold my TX7, and got a Grey Matter E! expansion to boot (adding more patch memory, splits and layers, and a bunch of other fun stuff.) What a glorious synthesizer. Everbody knows the DX Rhodes sound from a billion sappy pop ballads, but there's so many more possibilities lurking in this thing, in so many different corners of the sonic spectrum. It doesn't quite dethrone my JX-10 as "desert-island synth," but it certainly comes close.
And of course it hasn't stopped there...I'm saving for a Roland D-50 (http://synthmania.com/d-50.htm) from the guy I bought my Matrix-6 and JX-10 from (and maybe his Ensoniq EPS-16+ sampler, too...every time I get burned out on the nearly-exclusive omnipresence of sampled sounds in modern music, being part of the Amiga community reminds me why it can be wonderful in spite of being overused,) and I'm crossing my fingers that, come tax time, I'll get enough in refunds to be able to cajole someone into sending me a Minimoog...
...boy, am I in trouble :lol:
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Interesting post!
Let's see...
- recently acquired Amiga 1200 with M-TEC 1230/28 RTC+68882; loving it!
- Atari 1040 STe (which I am about to sell)
- Macintosh SE/30 (same as above)
- Macintosh Quadra 650 (same as above)
- Atari 1040 STf + SM124 monitor (left in Italy; probably going to sell as well at some point)
- boring Acer PC at home (mostly used by the wife)
- boring Compaq laptop (mostly for work)
- almost boring Asus EEEPC 701
Consoles:
- first Game Boy with two games (left in Italy)
- PS3 60Gb (the one with hardware compatibility with PS2)
- Nintendo Wii
I have sold/am going to sell the other retro machines because, between work, wife and a little child, I don't have the time nor the space to keep/use them, sadly :( My main interest is assembler programming and playing Sierra games, so the Amiga 1200 fulfills these needs perfectly. I am sad to let go the Macintosh SE/30, but it's a very noisy machine (can't stand noise,) and moving software to it is a pain, so it will go.
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PC (3Mhz PowerHouse!)
360
Nexus 7 (old model)
A phone
:)
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I removed most of my computerstuff from my hobby room last month and plan to sell most of it in the near future. This includes some nice items like a CMD SuperCPU, CMD Ramlink, CMD HD and the likes. Some of the older pc related stuff will simply get scrapped and there are several items I am in doubt whether to keep them or not (most of the latter are Amiga related).
I realized I could not find the time to use most of the items I own on a regular basis. And to be honest, it feels a lot better with all the extra space in that room. It's like a weight lifted from my shoulders. :-)
I plan to keep several hobby machines, though. But now it is much more managable for me: a C128 (flat), an A600 (with ACA630 & Indivision ECS) and a Sun Ultra2.
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Besides my A1200 system? I have two PC laptops with dead batteries. One has Win7 on it and I'm going to try to put Haiku 1.0rc4.1alpha on the other one. I'm typing this on my Mac Mini (Core 2 Duo running Snow Leopard). I also have 2 PowerMac G4's that are my MorphOS machines (the one that's registered is broken) and a dormant Micro A1-c that probably still works but never gets used anyway.
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D'oh! I forgot I have a working Commodore 64 at my parents' house.
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I have added: a Power PPC Mac (MorphOS bound), Sega Genesis, Sega Dreamcast, and a R Pi plus an older Windows XP machine.