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Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 20:47
by retrocomputercollector
Hi all, from Solihull, West Midlands. Erm, got a few Ataris in the collection, 520STE, STF, STFM x3, 65XE, 2600 x2, 2600 Jr x2, 7800, 800XL x2 along with a couple of 1050 external drives. That's roughly all my Atari bits excluding commodore and everything else. Somewhere around 84 computers and 41 consoles collected and no more space!
I was brought up with 8 bit. Started off with the ZX81, moved to the Spectrum, Atari ST for music sequencing then the Amiga. Sold everything back in the day though. Now I collect and restore as a little personal hobby. A Nostalgic pastime :).
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 20:53
by rubber_jonnie
retrocomputercollector wrote: 19 Aug 2022 20:47
Hi all, from Solihull, West Midlands. Erm, got a few Ataris in the collection, 520STE, STF, STFM x3, 65XE, 2600 x2, 2600 Jr x2, 7800, 800XL x2 along with a couple of 1050 external drives. That's roughly all my Atari bits excluding commodore and everything else. Somewhere around 84 computers and 41 consoles collected and no more space!
I was brought up with 8 bit. Started off with the ZX81, moved to the Spectrum, Atari ST for music sequencing then the Amiga. Sold everything back in the day though. Now I collect and restore as a little personal hobby. A Nostalgic pastime :).
:welcomewave:
Sounds not dissimilar to my own collection and reasons for collecting :)
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 20:54
by Icky
:welcomewave:
I think a lot of us here are in a similar vein.
retrocomputercollector wrote: 19 Aug 2022 20:47
Now I collect and restore as a little personal hobby. A Nostalgic pastime :).
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 21:50
by JezC
:swave:
Welcome to the forum!
Quite a collection - possibly giving @rubber_jonnie some competition there?
:poke: :-D
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 21:56
by rubber_jonnie
JezC wrote: 19 Aug 2022 21:50
:swave:
Welcome to the forum!
Quite a collection - possibly giving @rubber_jonnie some competition there?
:poke: :-D
Now now, we're all in this together ;)
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 22:05
by JezC
rubber_jonnie wrote: 19 Aug 2022 21:56
Now now, we're all in this together ;)
Too true! I just need the time (and money) to finish off the repairs & refurb to most of my collection - definitely time to concentrate on what I have & finish off some of the long-standing projects before starting to do the same on the synth collection - some of those are as old as my original 1040 STF now (dating back to early 1987).
Re: Newbie collector
Posted: 19 Aug 2022 22:24
by stephen_usher
:welcomewave: