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Wes_T
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Hello from UK but with Polish soul.

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Hi everyone

Im Wes retro computers fan. :-)
Try to collect and keep live some of them.
My first one? Late 80's in Poland ive got one zx81 from border smugling. In that years iron curtin was closed for electronic devices from west so if you like one you have to find someone who smuggle computer by the border. It was ussualy more than one, beacouse they smuggle computer in parts. Separate cov3r, board, keyboard, psu and others. That was crazy time... you could go to jail for that. next one Atari 800XL about 86- 87 from official Atari distribution in Poland. Jack Tramiel was born in Poland so for him was easy find official distribution in Poland by the Polish goverment. Jack got storage full of old 800xl and 65XE and he looking for market on the east. USA pull up economic restriction and finally we could buy computers And thats it. Rest of this is history. Next Atari, Amiga .... PC and now back to retro
And here I'm
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Wes_T

/ ZX 81 16kB / ZX Spectrum 16kB / ZX Spectrum 48kB / Atari 800XL / Atari 65XE / Atari 520 STFM / Commodore VIC20 / Commodore C16 / Commodore C64 / Amiga 1200 /
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Welcome aboard 😀

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Welcome !
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Hello from Poland
Atari: V4sa TT030 Falcon030 Mega ST Mega STe 1040 STe 520 STm 800XL 65XE Jaguar Lynx I/II 7800 Portfolio / VME: ATW800/2 Mach64 Mach32 ET4000 CrazyDots PAMNet / SM146 SC1435 SM124 / Antonia2 ATSpeedC16 TF536 PAK68/3
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:welcomewave:
Intro retro computers since before they were retro...
ZX81->Spectrum->Memotech MTX->Sinclair QL->520STM->BBC Micro->TT030->PCs & Sun Workstations.
Added code to the MiNT kernel (still there the last time I checked) + put together MiNTOS.
Collection now with added Macs, Amigas, Suns and Acorns.
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:welcomewave:
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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