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Mystery Of Vintage Computers Stacked To Ceiling In 3 Houses

So I won't pretend to be an expert on Australia, but according to TV there are these giant 3-trailer tractor trailers that can go on unimproved roads. Think everything could fit in one of those, if carefully packed?
 
I'm sure we could get a truck out there, its just going to take a bit. I've promised the owner I'll go back soon and some more videos, then work out a strategy for dealing with it all.
 
It is a truly eclectic mix of the ancient(machines from all the way back in the 60s) and the newly-vintage(apples from the G4 era) with everything in between. All I know is I wish it wasn't on the opposite side of the world.
 
Simon Johnson said:
I'm sure we could get a truck out there, its just going to take a bit. I've promised the owner I'll go back soon and some more videos, then work out a strategy for dealing with it all.
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That sounds like a good idea:) I'm sure there's someone out there who would be willing to help who owns a truck of some sort, then it could be stored somewhere and sold:)

Here in Australia, we definitely need a better selection of vintage computers at a lower price XD
 
sashast said:
That sounds like a good idea:) I'm sure there's someone out there who would be willing to help who owns a truck of some sort, then it could be stored somewhere and sold:)

Here in Australia, we definitely need a better selection of vintage computers at a lower price XD
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Yes its a tough one. The issue is also that people think their stuff is worth millions because some guy told them so, or they saw some eBay listing for an outrageous price. What they dont think about is cleaning, testing, spare parts, transport, storage, time etc.. Unfortunately big collections like this take forever to move. Will see what happens.
 
Ruud said:
Is there an update available?
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It has been a while, but I think he just got a bit busy with life happening - He's far from retired and sometimes our day jobs just get in the way for all of us, and I believe this may be why he hasn't updated.

But so far, from my conversations with him, @Simon Johnson went out and documented everything and I believe collected everything. He hasn't produced any videos of what is there yet, but you can contact him directly about anything in the video and he will respond relatively quickly. Hence I tagged him here.

You can also PM him directly and it's best to follow his activity on Facebook since that's his primary medium of communication. As for his videos, I follow those instead since he always preceeds any communications with videos of what he has, which he edits and uploads to https://www.youtube.com/@RetroRarez

I've been keeping an eye on his channel, but aside from some IBM keyboards I was interested in, I'm guessing he hasn't had time to update... But once he sees the tag, he'll probably drop by and you can get an update from the man himself.
 
Maybe I'm just too old, but it looks more like hoarding than collecting to me.
And they are almost all Macs.
If they were Altairs, I'd be impressed!
-J
 
johnx993 said:
Maybe I'm just too old, but it looks more like hoarding than collecting to me.
And they are almost all Macs.
If they were Altairs, I'd be impressed!
-J
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I'd be impressed if they were even Apple 1's. More impressed even.

And don't mention the "Hoarding" word too loudly around here... I imagine many of us have collected more old computers than we care to admit to. ;)
 
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