What other retro computers are you into?

[desiv]

I was collecting several for a while, but just recently realized there were too many I just didn't have time to use..
And I like to use what I collect...

So I just traded my Coleco Adam for some Amiga stuff...  Sad, but it's going somewhere where it will be used much more..  So it's better for him...

Although, it wasn't really downsizing, because I am now awaiting an Amiga 1000 (with an Insider II for c. 2M RAM) which should be here today or tomorrow..  :-)

As for other computers, I have an Apple IIe and IIc which I use from time to time.
The IIe has the color monitor, which is nice, but there's something I really love about the IIc with it's little green screen.. ;-)

I pull out my Tandy Model 100 from time to time...

My C64 was acting up last time, so I have to work on it eventually.
The Vic-20 gets some play time every once in a while..

The Mac Classic is fun..  I'll probably phase out the other Macs I have (IIsi and an LC I think..) as I don't really use them.

I almost never use the TI 99/4A and the ST 520f.
Just not very familiar with the TI and found out that I really shouldn't have gotten the ST..  One letter "m" can make a huge difference.  The 520fm can hook to a TV (m=modulator).  The 520f needs a monitor, and it's just not worth the hassle for me.

Combine those with the Vectrex and 3DO (and other older consoles) and I just run out of time to use them...

Oh, on the Amiga side, I have a 1200 and a 500, although with the A1000 coming, I might phase out the 500...

desiv
(OK, even tho I'm downsizing, I wouldn't mind adding a SOL-20 to my collection at some time.. ;-)

[desiv]

You can buy cables to connect STs to TVs, at least in Europe where we have SCART. It wouldn't be hard to make a composite video either, someone must have done it somewhere....

No SCART in the US.

There are composite MODs for the ST, but I've only seen them on the "m" model.

There is someone making an RGB-Svideo adapter for the ST(including non-m's), but they had to go through several redesigns as the ST wouldn't work properly with the most common converter chip (AD724??).
Found the quote about it:

Out of spec HSYNC signal, so AD72x and friends can't properly sync up.                                      

Supposedly, he has found a converter chip that will work with the ST, but hasn't released it yet.

So, apparently it is kind of hard to do.. ;-)

desiv