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The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers manufactured from 1979 to 1992. All are based on the MOS Technology 6502 CPU and were the first home computers designed with custom coprocessor chips.
Designed to look like a friendly typewriter, the Atari 800 is an expandable system with two easily accessable cartridge ports under a front cover, and a removable top with four expansion slots inside.
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One of my hobbies is collecting retro-computers, focusing on computers made by Atari. I have currently have eleven different Atari-models, three from Commodore and one other model in my collection.
I came along my Atari Falcon on Sweden's biggest online flea-market "Blocket" in 2011. Someone was selling an Atari Falcon with a 1 GB SCSI-harddrive, Cubase Audio and the Steinberg FDI, a unit that allows you to record sound directly to hard disk with the Falcon. Not many computers could do this back in the beginning of the 1990ies when the Falcon came, and those that could costed a fortune compared to the Falcon. I got all this for a real bargain price.
Before I bought this one I had put away my other Ataris in a storage room, and I guess I never really thought I'd ever own any of the computers I had dreamt of back in the 1990ies when I was a die-hard Atari fan. But buying this computer I realised that I now could buy all these computers that I dreamt of back then. So it is in reality the foundation of my current collection of retro computers.
It was in really excellent condition when I bought it. It even has the protecting plastic film over the logotype still. Since the guy I bought it from had used it for running Cubase Audio it had the internal hard disk removed, so I got a IDE-CF adapter for it. The clock battery was dead and the original fan was noisy so I also replaced these parts, and I also got a memory upgrade for it, a whopping 14 MB.
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Risc PC 700 running Windows 95. Machine has a 486 CPU card in, so this is not emulation!
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EasyFlash is a cartridge for the C64 expansion port. In contrast to traditional cartridges, this one can be programmed directly from the C64.
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Booting up the various retro machines in my living room prior to the show day. BBC Micro on the TV, Mac SE in the middle, Acorn Electron on the RGB monitor. Note the Sony Elcaset in the background.
This adapter allows me to use a IDE disk or CF card on my Sinclair +3.
I've had to install 2 new EPROMS in the machine for it to support IDE devices.
CF card is 128Mb, but as the interface in only 8 bit, only half of the cards capacity is available. Still, 64Mb is a lot of storage for a spectrum!
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe#The_Platinum_IIe
www.vectronicsappleworld.com/collection/appleiiplatinum.html
(this one has 110V US Power supply)
This is THE Altair that you see on the set of the IT Crowd. It was lent to Channel 4 for the recording of the series. This machine is kept at "The Centre for Computing History". You can read more information about the museum at www.computinghistory.org.uk/
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The LED daughter board mounts behind the HEX keypad fascia board, locating each LED adjacent to its corresponding key.
For more information about The National Museum of Computing , visit www.tnmoc.org
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Sinclair ZX Spectrum clone (with a ZX Spectrum emulator cartridge) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timex_Sinclair_2068
I love the Batman joystick!
For more information about The National Museum of Computing , visit www.tnmoc.org
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For more information about The National Museum of Computing , visit www.tnmoc.org
Please take a look at www.retrocomputers.eu for more info about my retro computer collection.
The MPF 1P (MicroProfessor 1 Plus), is an improved version of the MPF 1. Like its brother, it is a learning tool for use in the teaching of microprocessor, microelectronics, and control technology.
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I believe its the same as the Slogger 400. Came with the Pegasus 400 ROM and T2PEG. No idea if it works yet.
It needs a good clean as it came from a smokers house. Im also going to replace the capacitors. I'll upload a new photo once I have refurbished the board.
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EasyFlash is a cartridge for the C64 expansion port. In contrast to traditional cartridges, this one can be programmed directly from the C64.
Please take a look at www.retrocomputers.eu for more info about my retro computer collection.
L'8 luglio 2015 è stato presentato ufficialmente a Highgate, Londra, la nuova console di videogiochi ZX Vega. Basato sull'architettura del Sinclair ZX Spectrum, il Vega è sviluppato e prodotto dalla Retro Computers Ltd (www.zxvega.co.uk), un'azienda fondata da Clive Sinclair, Chris Smith, David Levy e Paul Andrews ed è stato finanziato attraverso una campagna su Indiegogo che ha raccolto circa 150.000 sterline, il 50% in più del traguardo inizialmente fissato. Io sono stato invitato all'evento, unico italiano presente, in quanto nella dotazione iniziale di 1.000 giochi compare anche il mio Cousin Horace, uscito nell'ottobre 2014 (per saperne di più: www.alessandrogrussu.it/diario-2014-10-01.html).
Nella foto: i "tester" dimostrano al pubblico l'uso del Vega.
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On the 8th of July, 2015, the ZX Vega, a new videogame console, was officially presented in Highgate, London. Based on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum architecture, the Vega is developed and produced by Retro Computers Ltd (www.zxvega.co.uk), a company founded by Clive Sinclair, Chris Smith, David Levy and Paul Andrews, and it was funded through an Indiegogo campaign which raised about £150,000, 50% more than the initially set target. I was invited, the only one from Italy, because my Cousin Horace, released in October 2014, has been included in the initial set of 1,000 games coming with the console (more on this can be found at: www.alessandrogrussu.it/diario-2014-10-01.html).
Photo: testers show the use of the Vega to the public.