Cool Retro-Boxes on eBay

Charlie · 24 July 2008, 16:07

Title Says it all...

Mac SE FD HD

I know, but it is a nice one & having bought one recently to
turn into a PC for my daughter, I was amazed by the quality
of these things.

NMW Server

Oh, come-on! Never heard of it? What does
that matter?

Ti 99/4a

Now this one's going for silly money...
...but imagine a brushed-steel A1200 with black CDTV
keyboard. Hmmmm.

SGI Indigo2

Ahhh, what a pervy boot-message...
...Do you notice the Lavender coloured case? This is a VERY
special Indy2 - I'm not sure the owner even realises. I'll let you
do a bit of Googling to find out why. And a fearsome amount of
kit to go with it too!

C= 128D

Need I say more?

Compaq Portable III

Damn it! Pick up only...
Such a cool, old-school portable. Plasma screen. Ooo, to put some modern
guts in this sucker...
...or how about squashing an A4000 in there..?

NeXT NeXT Station

I'd sell my daughter to get my hands on one of these - sadly my wife
won't let me...

Oric-1

It's an Oric-1. You know, sooo much better than a Speccy,
but possibly wins the prize for the most bugged-ROM ever
found in a computer released to the public...
...that's ok though. This one has an Atmos ROM too. Oh,
and I happen to have a spare brand-new Atmos case that
Oric-1 guts will go right into if anyone wants to make me an
offer.

Tandy TRS-80 model 4

Utterly useless! But if we wanted useful computers why
would we be members of a retro-computer BB..?

Epsom? Epson HX-20

With all the goodies! Great keyboard, & still a very
useful travelling word-processor. Some hacks in
the press still swear by these things.

Atari Mega 1

Atari? I spit on your Atari! I dangle my genitals in your
general direction...
...still quite a cool retro box.

Intertec Superbrain II QD

'Hey, I've got a Superbrain!' With one of these, for once,
you wouldn't be lying...
...and the hours of hilarity you sould have:
'I've got a Superbrain'
'Yes, I've got a Superbrain II'
Laugh? I nearly started.

Charlie · 24 July 2008, 16:07

BBC Master 128

This ones got a few rather nice goodies.
What? You've never yearned to play the Master-Turbo version of Elite on the real thing with one of those lovely analogue sticks?
Your sick man, sick.

Sharp MZ-80A

One of the platforms like the Research Machines M-Z80K
that died a death in the UK when the Beeb came along...
...Har, har!

Cobalt Qube 3

Now, unlike to Qube 2 which must be to world's coolest server,
the Qube 3 is almost as cool & is actually useful!
Mind you, this one's being sold by a highway robber!
Never heard of a Qube? How dare you! Look @ the Avatar and
weep!
I'll resurrect that old thread - I'm warning you!

Is this a fun thread?
Feel free to make comments / additions.
Maybe if one of the mods is as exited as me they'll make it
sticky.

Zetr0 · 24 July 2008, 17:04

@Charlie

Clearly Awesome!!!!

thats a trip down retr0-lane if ever there was one...

I am quite Keen on the NeXT station, C= 128D, SGI Indigo2, Ti 99/4a and the uber cool (and colossal) NMW Server.

the latter always reminds me of something from Buck Rogers.... mind you if it came with the female Col. Dearing in tight spandex... i may well have to buy it

chiark · 24 July 2008, 17:10

A 128D will be mine one day, but not for 90 quid!

Photon · 24 July 2008, 17:54

Charlie, regarding the Epson HX-20 - I think you mean another common Epson, with more than 20 characters per line

And he didn't have 4 AA batteries to test it with? Fishy.

Shoonay · 24 July 2008, 17:55

I'd hit that...

Charlie · 24 July 2008, 18:38

A Retro-Babe for Zetr0:

Ah, positive responses - I'm all a-glo!

I'll look for some more fleaBay delights...

Zetr0 · 25 July 2008, 11:11

Mmmmmm Jumpsuit Wlima......

its the suit i would jump her in

cosmicfrog · 25 July 2008, 11:33

Retrp computers and a pic of wilma , my morning is now complete
I`m all set up for the rest of the day now

TheCorfiot · 25 July 2008, 13:37

Let me see pic of TRS 80 Model 4 or Gorgeous Wilma

Ah Yes Wilma ..... Love the outfit

TC

Charlie · 25 July 2008, 14:34

Ooo, ooo - Some British Cool

Acorn Electron: Plus1, Plus3

You don't see a bundle like this come up too often. £72.00 @ the time of
writing - I expect it to go WAAAY higher than that before bidding is done...
...bets?
I'll put 50p on £300.00!

'ACP Advanced Rom Mk 1 Adaptor containing Slogger T2P3 (Tape to Plus 3)
convertor' - Now that's an important bit of kit of any seroius Electron fan.

T_hairy_bootson · 25 July 2008, 14:36

This thread rates a 9.7% on my awesome thread scale.

(you lose .3% for lack of exposed female chebage)

Zetr0 · 25 July 2008, 16:49

@THB

Quote:

Originally Posted by T_hairy_bootson

This thread rates a 9.7% on my awesome thread scale.

(you lose .3% for lack of exposed female chebage)

thats a harsh scale my friend what happened to the other 90%?

T_hairy_bootson · 25 July 2008, 16:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

@THB

thats a harsh scale my friend what happened to the other 90%?

There was an error in the thread scale awesome percentage software, shutting the system down, doesn't help that it is being run on a commodore 8 digit calculator.

TheCorfiot · 25 July 2008, 17:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie

Ooo, ooo - Some British Cool

Acorn Electron: Plus1, Plus3

You don't see a bundle like this come up too often. £72.00 @ the time of
writing - I expect it to go WAAAY higher than that before bidding is done...
...bets?
I'll put 50p on £300.00!

'ACP Advanced Rom Mk 1 Adaptor containing Slogger T2P3 (Tape to Plus 3)
convertor' - Now that's an important bit of kit of any seroius Electron fan.

Got 1 of those but using the Better ACP 3/4 Disc interface

Time to sell methinks
TC

webhead · 25 July 2008, 22:26

well you have shown possibly the best most fun computer i ever had and that was my very first comput my mum won in a raffle prize.

il tell you it was the texas instruments TI-99-4A , i spent years playing parsec the best game at the time vector 3d graphics and on a cart very interesting i loved that baby wish i never sold it,maybe i go buy another 1 ,

Charlie · 27 July 2008, 01:28

Sharp MZ-80A

You see, the Japs (oo-sorry: The Japanese) did sell some micros in the UK.
This wasn't a bad one - but yet another that lost out to the good-ol' Beeb.

Another Oric1
Did I mention I have a brand-new Atmos case that an Oric1 mobo will go into if anyone is interested..?
Thought so...

C= PC1

What were C= playing at..? Included because crazy rubbish
is now quite rare & it's sometimes nice to get your hands on
physical evidence of a company's mistakes - just for:
'I wouldn't have done that if I wuz you' value.

Sharp PC 1211

Didn't you just hate the boy @ school who had one of these?
But didn't you really think: 'That's so cool, I wish I had one
too - the b*stard!'
Go on, admit it...

Zetr0 · 27 July 2008, 01:42

I learned to program C on a Commodore 386

monochrome 3 hour load time PC... ahhh.... such memories

Charlie · 27 July 2008, 01:43

Hi Zetr0

Charlie · 27 July 2008, 01:46

Atari 800

IT'S AN ATARI 800 for GODS SAKE!!!

ZX81

I HATED my ZX81 - such a SH1T computer. But looking back
on all those frustrations: No memory, no GFX, no sound, ram
pack wobble. Hours typing in crappy little progams only to
spend the next few hours looking for the typing mistake(s)
only to either:
a) Discover it wasn't worth the effort (again).
or
b) The revenge of the ram pack wobble would strike!
Somehow the memories seem to leave a rosy glow...
Belated tip:
Beat the ram pack wobble! Turn the little b*stard over and
drip hot wax all over the connector - that won't be moving
again!

Dragon32

I had to think why the 'D' 32 should be included...
...then it struck me. Let's face it no-matter what machine
you had you could always look down your nose at the
Dragon owners and think 'At least I didn't buy one of them!'
(Unless you owned a Mattel Aquarius - Har, Har!)
Hell even the Tandy owning loonies could feel happy, safe
in the knowledge that here was a person who owned a bad
clone of their own bad computer...
...Still the Dragon owners have their revenge: Just about
the best 8-bit OS ended up on their humble box.

ZX Spectrum+

Now, I never found the old Speccy to be that cool. Didn't
then, don't now. Maybe it's my being scarred by the ZX81,
maybe it's the rubber keyboard that made you feel like you
were poking a corpse's anus... (shudder)
But the Speccy+ is a different matter: It's black, it didn't
sell well (sympathy), and it didn't make me feel like I was
being forced to take part in Clive Sinclair's perverted plot
to make every young boy in the country find out what a
dead anus felt like! ahem.

Ooo, another Oric1
Did I mention I had a spare Atmos case..?

Dead Anus
AKA: Spectrum 48k

Tandy CoCo

Not a Dragon32, so cool-ish.

24 July 2008, 16:07	#1
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Cool Retro-Boxes on eBay Title Says it all... Mac SE FD HD I know, but it is a nice one & having bought one recently to turn into a PC for my daughter, I was amazed by the quality of these things. NMW Server Oh, come-on! Never heard of it? What does that matter? Ti 99/4a Now this one's going for silly money... ...but imagine a brushed-steel A1200 with black CDTV keyboard. Hmmmm. SGI Indigo2 Ahhh, what a pervy boot-message... ...Do you notice the Lavender coloured case? This is a VERY special Indy2 - I'm not sure the owner even realises. I'll let you do a bit of Googling to find out why. And a fearsome amount of kit to go with it too! C= 128D Need I say more? Compaq Portable III Damn it! Pick up only... Such a cool, old-school portable. Plasma screen. Ooo, to put some modern guts in this sucker... ...or how about squashing an A4000 in there..? NeXT NeXT Station I'd sell my daughter to get my hands on one of these - sadly my wife won't let me... Oric-1 It's an Oric-1. You know, sooo much better than a Speccy, but possibly wins the prize for the most bugged-ROM ever found in a computer released to the public... ...that's ok though. This one has an Atmos ROM too. Oh, and I happen to have a spare brand-new Atmos case that Oric-1 guts will go right into if anyone wants to make me an offer. Tandy TRS-80 model 4 Utterly useless! But if we wanted useful computers why would we be members of a retro-computer BB..? Epsom? Epson HX-20 With all the goodies! Great keyboard, & still a very useful travelling word-processor. Some hacks in the press still swear by these things. Atari Mega 1 Atari? I spit on your Atari! I dangle my genitals in your general direction... ...still quite a cool retro box. Intertec Superbrain II QD 'Hey, I've got a Superbrain!' With one of these, for once, you wouldn't be lying... ...and the hours of hilarity you sould have: 'I've got a Superbrain' 'Yes, I've got a Superbrain II' Laugh? I nearly started. Last edited by Charlie; 25 July 2008 at 13:40.

24 July 2008, 16:07	#2
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	BBC Master 128 This ones got a few rather nice goodies. What? You've never yearned to play the Master-Turbo version of Elite on the real thing with one of those lovely analogue sticks? Your sick man, sick. Sharp MZ-80A One of the platforms like the Research Machines M-Z80K that died a death in the UK when the Beeb came along... ...Har, har! Cobalt Qube 3 Now, unlike to Qube 2 which must be to world's coolest server, the Qube 3 is almost as cool & is actually useful! Mind you, this one's being sold by a highway robber! Never heard of a Qube? How dare you! Look @ the Avatar and weep! I'll resurrect that old thread - I'm warning you! Is this a fun thread? Feel free to make comments / additions. Maybe if one of the mods is as exited as me they'll make it sticky. Last edited by Charlie; 25 July 2008 at 13:37.

27 July 2008, 01:28	#17
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Sharp MZ-80A You see, the Japs (oo-sorry: The Japanese) did sell some micros in the UK. This wasn't a bad one - but yet another that lost out to the good-ol' Beeb. Another Oric1 Did I mention I have a brand-new Atmos case that an Oric1 mobo will go into if anyone is interested..? Thought so... C= PC1 What were C= playing at..? Included because crazy rubbish is now quite rare & it's sometimes nice to get your hands on physical evidence of a company's mistakes - just for: 'I wouldn't have done that if I wuz you' value. Sharp PC 1211 Didn't you just hate the boy @ school who had one of these? But didn't you really think: 'That's so cool, I wish I had one too - the bstard!' Go on, admit it... Last edited by Charlie; 27 July 2008 at 01:42.*

27 July 2008, 01:43	#19
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Hi Zetr0 Last edited by Charlie; 27 July 2008 at 01:48. Reason: Damn it! the lower-case d's strike again :(

27 July 2008, 01:46	#20
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Atari 800 IT'S AN ATARI 800 for GODS SAKE!!! ZX81 I HATED my ZX81 - such a SH1T computer. But looking back on all those frustrations: No memory, no GFX, no sound, ram pack wobble. Hours typing in crappy little progams only to spend the next few hours looking for the typing mistake(s) only to either: a) Discover it wasn't worth the effort (again). or b) The revenge of the ram pack wobble would strike! Somehow the memories seem to leave a rosy glow... Belated tip: Beat the ram pack wobble! Turn the little bstard over and drip hot wax all over the connector - that won't be moving again! Dragon32 I had to think why the 'D' 32 should be included... ...then it struck me. Let's face it no-matter what machine you had you could always look down your nose at the Dragon owners and think 'At least I didn't buy one of them!' (Unless you owned a Mattel Aquarius - Har, Har!) Hell even the Tandy owning loonies could feel happy, safe in the knowledge that here was a person who owned a bad clone of their own bad computer... ...Still the Dragon owners have their revenge: Just about the best 8-bit OS ended up on their humble box. ZX Spectrum+ Now, I never found the old Speccy to be that cool. Didn't then, don't now. Maybe it's my being scarred by the ZX81, maybe it's the rubber keyboard that made you feel like you were poking a corpse's anus... (shudder) But the Speccy+ is a different matter: It's black, it didn't sell well (sympathy), and it didn't make me feel like I was being forced to take part in Clive Sinclair's perverted plot to make every young boy in the country find out what a dead anus felt like! ahem. Ooo, another Oric1 Did I mention I had a spare Atmos case..? Dead Anus AKA: Spectrum 48k Tandy CoCo Not a Dragon32, so cool-ish. Last edited by Charlie; 27 July 2008 at 02:30.*

24 July 2008, 17:04	#3
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Charlie Clearly Awesome!!!! thats a trip down retr0-lane if ever there was one... I am quite Keen on the NeXT station, C= 128D, SGI Indigo2, Ti 99/4a and the uber cool (and colossal) NMW Server. the latter always reminds me of something from Buck Rogers.... mind you if it came with the female Col. Dearing in tight spandex... i may well have to buy it

24 July 2008, 17:10	#4
chiark Needs a life Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: England Posts: 1,707	A 128D will be mine one day, but not for 90 quid!

24 July 2008, 17:54	#5
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Charlie, regarding the Epson HX-20 - I think you mean another common Epson, with more than 20 characters per line And he didn't have 4 AA batteries to test it with? Fishy.

24 July 2008, 17:55	#6
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,105	I'd hit that...

24 July 2008, 18:38	#7
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	A Retro-Babe for Zetr0: Ah, positive responses - I'm all a-glo! I'll look for some more fleaBay delights...

25 July 2008, 11:11	#8
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Mmmmmm Jumpsuit Wlima...... its the suit i would jump her in

25 July 2008, 11:33	#9
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	Retrp computers and a pic of wilma , my morning is now complete I`m all set up for the rest of the day now

25 July 2008, 13:37	#10
TheCorfiot Amibay Senior Staff Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cardiff / Wales Posts: 1,302	Let me see pic of TRS 80 Model 4 or Gorgeous Wilma Ah Yes Wilma ..... Love the outfit TC

25 July 2008, 14:34	#11
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Ooo, ooo - Some British Cool Acorn Electron: Plus1, Plus3 You don't see a bundle like this come up too often. £72.00 @ the time of writing - I expect it to go WAAAY higher than that before bidding is done... ...bets? I'll put 50p on £300.00! 'ACP Advanced Rom Mk 1 Adaptor containing Slogger T2P3 (Tape to Plus 3) convertor' - Now that's an important bit of kit of any seroius Electron fan.

25 July 2008, 14:36	#12
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	This thread rates a 9.7% on my awesome thread scale. (you lose .3% for lack of exposed female chebage)

25 July 2008, 22:26	#16
webhead Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: swindon Posts: 148	well you have shown possibly the best most fun computer i ever had and that was my very first comput my mum won in a raffle prize. il tell you it was the texas instruments TI-99-4A , i spent years playing parsec the best game at the time vector 3d graphics and on a cart very interesting i loved that baby wish i never sold it,maybe i go buy another 1 ,

27 July 2008, 01:42	#18
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	I learned to program C on a Commodore 386 monochrome 3 hour load time PC... ahhh.... such memories

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