Re: Survey: Vintage Computer Collecting

[Tayles <tayles_100@yahoo.com>]

Problem is that from where I live if I venture closer to London, a boot
sale is somewhere where you can get your head kicked in for free and
further west and the only boot sales I might find consist of high
falootin types flogging old barber jackets out of the back of their
Range Rovers. Bah!


In article <38CE2C46.FFAB6561@sunderland.ac.uk>,
andrew.barker@sunderland.ac.uk wrote:
> [Snip]
> > Here are the questions:
> >
> > 1: Why do you collect vintage computers?
> >
> > For instance: nostalgia, programming, historical interest, gaming
>
> Nostalgia, and to test how games should load and what models
> they work on.
>
> >
> > 2: Where do you collect vintage computers?
> >
> > For instance: thrift shops, garage sales, eBay, other auction sites
>
> Car Boot Fairs, and one from ebay, but ebay is generally a rip off.
>
> >
> > 3: What advice would you give someone just starting out collecting?
> >
> > For instance: what to avoid, how to restore dirty/broken systems
>
> Get yerself to your local car boots and pay between �5-�10 for any
> speccy stuff. You won't know if the item works until you get it home
> and in my expreience they are usually broken in some way or another.
> Even though the sellers will tell you they work, beware.
> Start at a low price and barter them. Stay at your accepted limit.
>
> For �6 I got the following items:
> 1 x Huge box of games
> 1 x Big plastic bag containing 6 josticks and interfaces
> 1 x Currah uspeech
> 2 x ZX Spectrum 48k+s, one has dodgy keyboard membrane but can be
> replaced ;-), the motherboards have different
> issue numbers.
> 1 x Tape Recorder.
>
> A real good find that day.
>
> > Extra credit: I'd be really interested to hear what computers people
> > collect (e.g., micros or minis, brands, age range)
>
> I collect only Spectrum stuff. I already own the following machines:
> 2 x ZX Spectrum 48k+ (different issues)
> 1 x ZX Spectrum 128k +2 (Grey)
> 1 x ZX Spectrum 128k +2a (Black, has printer port)
> 1 x ZX Spectrum 128k +3 (Disk drive is broken and a new one didn't fix
> it either ;-()
>
> I've just won a bid on ebay for a rubber key 48k speccy. For �26
> (gulp), but I've
> been after one for a while, and it comes with a printer ;-)
> I saw a pristine conditioned rubber job at a car boot sale for �15
> including
> a sh1t load of stuff. I wish I bought it now, but never mind.
>
> I still require a 128k original speccy, but I refuse to pay the amount
> they go for
> on ebay. I'm actually not bothered about the packaging, so it should
be
> cheaper.
>
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your participation! Look for the first
results on
> > March 15th. As more responses come in over time, I'll upgrade the
> > collecting area on the site with the additional details!
> >
> > Earl Evans
>
> Regards
>
> Andy Barker (MIS Maintainer -
> http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~as0aba/MIS.html)
>
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