danboid wrote: 12 Mar 2025 20:42
There can't be many home computers left now that that you don't own. Do you have a bucket (thimble) list?
Not as such, it's more a 'What's out there that is interesting that isn't a stupid price'.
I don't have many PCs and this came up for a very good price. I'm not too bothered about PC's as it goes, but I like what I have.
However there is a lot in the home computer arena from the 70's & 80's, when it seemed like in the UK a computer was launched every week, that I would like, but are out of what I'd class as sensible price ranges.
For example, there are the Atari 800, ZX80, Osbourne 1, Kaypro, Jupiter Ace, the Grundy Newbrain, Camputers Lynx, Memotech MTX, Sam Coupe, Elan Enterprise etc, the list goes on. All too expensive.
Then there are others like the the Tangerine Microtan and NASCOM1 which have just seem to vanished off the face of the earth.
For some, like the Science of Cambridge MK14, and OSI 600D/UK101, there are replicas which I've built, but even they aren't cheap from a component perspective. At least if you're building a replica it is possible to spread the cost out over time.
I now have all the machines that crossed my path when I was young, plus what I owned personally, so anything now is going to either be something I get cheaper than normal or something unusual. I did at one point suggest I'd collected enough, but I just can't help myself...