silicontare
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Or something like that. I suppose I'm not 100% sure I'm here; I guess if I had to narrow it down, it'd be a mixture of possibly finding the odd person or two I get a long with, help as needed, and another avenue of finding some of my dream machines without being limited to the perpetual suffering and disappointment that is eBay.
My history with computers is incredibly boring. Growing up poor, I didn't get in until the mid 90s WinTel boom, and that was only from the generosity of a family friend buying us a Gateway that was in service for far too long. Unlike a lot of my fellow elder millennial nerds, however, I have zero nostalgia from it beyond the games; beyond that was a miserable computing experience in hindsight, and while it may have fostered an interest, the longterm tech-related suffering definitely wasn't pleasant.
Being a writer/art-focused person in general, most of my interest in vintage tech revolves around creative media: vinyl, VHS, video games, et al., and typically, the more esoteric, the better. My retro computing interests tend to reflect that, focusing on the overlooked, disregarded, and forgotten—minicomputers, Japanese and other "foreign" micros, the odd Macintosh, and so forth. Most of my currently allotted time for this particular hobby revolves around exploring and archiving the wonderfully weird game libraries of the PC-88 and PC-98. So many floppies, never enough time...
My collection is nothing to write home about. There's the two NEC machines: 8801MA and a fairly kitted out 9801RX; a couple of G3 Macintoshes (blue & white PowerMac, iBook 466SE); a Radio-86RK clone that definitely needs some love, but finding the missing odds and ends for it are proving a struggle. Unlike retro console games where I managed to snatch up a lot of rarities 10-15 years ago for practically pocket change in comparison to what they go for now, I honestly started way too late with retro computing.
Something like owning one of the beautiful multi-colored DECs seems like an impossibility these days.
Either way, if you're interested in the few things I do have experience with, I'm glad to help, limited as my skills and knowledge may comparatively be.
My history with computers is incredibly boring. Growing up poor, I didn't get in until the mid 90s WinTel boom, and that was only from the generosity of a family friend buying us a Gateway that was in service for far too long. Unlike a lot of my fellow elder millennial nerds, however, I have zero nostalgia from it beyond the games; beyond that was a miserable computing experience in hindsight, and while it may have fostered an interest, the longterm tech-related suffering definitely wasn't pleasant.
Being a writer/art-focused person in general, most of my interest in vintage tech revolves around creative media: vinyl, VHS, video games, et al., and typically, the more esoteric, the better. My retro computing interests tend to reflect that, focusing on the overlooked, disregarded, and forgotten—minicomputers, Japanese and other "foreign" micros, the odd Macintosh, and so forth. Most of my currently allotted time for this particular hobby revolves around exploring and archiving the wonderfully weird game libraries of the PC-88 and PC-98. So many floppies, never enough time...
My collection is nothing to write home about. There's the two NEC machines: 8801MA and a fairly kitted out 9801RX; a couple of G3 Macintoshes (blue & white PowerMac, iBook 466SE); a Radio-86RK clone that definitely needs some love, but finding the missing odds and ends for it are proving a struggle. Unlike retro console games where I managed to snatch up a lot of rarities 10-15 years ago for practically pocket change in comparison to what they go for now, I honestly started way too late with retro computing.
Something like owning one of the beautiful multi-colored DECs seems like an impossibility these days.Either way, if you're interested in the few things I do have experience with, I'm glad to help, limited as my skills and knowledge may comparatively be.
