Your Hardware Collection, Consoles & Computers

[JAHGoVeg]

Sudoku game thing

I love how you randomly throw in a Sudoku thing

[Bumcake]

Picked the vectrex up today, Dad wouldnt buy me one from woolworths in the 80's even when they reduced them to under £40



What my son has unpacked in his room at the moment.

[Roman78]

I just upgraded my collection whit a HP 85b and 3 sharp MZ800.

You won't believe it.. yesterday i went there to pic up the 3 MZ800's . It was by a model train club, and they are busy cleaning up. So the computers where on a table in the corridor whit a paper on it "will picked up Thursday". So i was there... no computers, only diskettes, a printer and a self made case for a diskdrive. Someone put those 3 machines in the garbage can outside. So we fished those out of the trash.

What a day that was....

Now my car smells like a trashcan.....

Need to clean the machines first, that i'll make some pictures for here.

[Hot Trout]

That is a good way to find old hardware. Please do post some pictures when you can.

[Roman78]

And here some pics of my new hardware:

[Roman78]

Can only post 5 pics in one message. So here the next one.

As i said: i got 3 sharps MX800 whit a lot of stuff.

[Roman78]

And 2 more photo's....

[Hot Trout]

That is a proper retro find. Well done and many thanks for the pictures. I would not mind one of those for my collection.

[Roman78]

Yesterday i received a tele-play thing from 1978.

Be warned.... this look terrible...

[crustyasp46]

1982 Kaypro 2 portable computer with original disks and documentation. It sports a Z80 CPU, 64KB of RAM, 2 5.25in floppy drives and runs the CP/M 2.2 operating system.

Legend has it that Arthur C. Clark wrote "Rendezvous with Rama" on one of these machines.

This would be a great addition to any vintage computer collection as it was meant to be a competitor to the Osborne I - the first portable personal computer.

This system boots and both disk drives work. The green CRT is clear and bright with no burn-in. Keyboard works perfectly. Cosmetic condition is good with some scratches and scuffs typical of a used portable computer of this age. Original power and keyboard cables included.

ALL of the original disks that shipped with this amchine are included!

I booted the CP/M master disk and the MBASIC disk. I have not tested the other discs and suspect that some may have issues given their age but most should be in good, readable condition. I will also include copies of many of the disks which I made a while back as well as a CD full of Kaypro techinical docs I've collected from the web. Also included is a box of blank IBM 2D 5.25in floppy disks - the best available back in the day - so you can make backup copies of these rare original disks.

Original Kaypro disks included are:
CP/M Version 2.2 Master
CP/M Version 2.2 working diskette
Microsoft BASIC-80 Master
Microsoft BASIC-80 working diskette
Profit Plan Master #2
Profit Plan working diskette #2
The WORD Plus Master
The WORD Plus working diskette
Datastar, Supersort, and Calcstar Master
Datastar , Supersort, and Calcstar working diskette
Wordstar and Mailmerge Master
Wordstar 4.0 Professional Release Educational Version
Wordstar 4.0 Professional Release Dictionary
Wordstar and Mailmerge working diskette

Also included is a complete set of documentation that shipped with this system. Book titles included are:

Microsoft BASIC QUick Reference Guide
Wordstar Command Card
Kaypro User's Guide
Mailmerge Reference Manual
Profitplan
CP/M Ref Manual
Calcstar User's Manual
Datastar Training Guide
Supersort Ref Manual
Datastar Ref Manual
Wordstar Ref Manual
Wordstar Training Guide
Microsoft BASIC Ref Manual
The WORD Plus
Word Processing on the Kaypro

The ad I responded to, mine this evening, mine I say

PS: Ht, if you ship that right thingy with proof of DNA, it could be yours