Hardware

Vintage Computing Collection

Bill Gates – “Microsoft has had clear competitors in the past. It’s a good thing we have museums to document that.”
[Infoworld, October 1, 2004]

The purpose of this collection is to document some unique items that have been used over the years.  Some of the items here have been used on various projects related to medical informatics or global health.  As I have time, I’ll try to document how the equipment was applied and which projects it was used on.

Statistics (219 computers/workstations)

  • 44 Apple computers and Laptops
  • 18 Atari computers
  • 34 Commodore computers
  • 2 DEC workstation (AlphaStation 600, DEC 3000 Alpha)
  • 6 Silicon Graphics workstations (Indy, Indigo, Octane, O2)
  • 33 Sun Microsystem workstations
  • 3 NeXT (workstation and Cube)
  • 4 HP 712/Apollo workstations (700/735/712-60)
  • 72 Misc computers (Texas Instruments, Osborne, Mattel, etc)

Recent Additions:

  • Apple Macintosh Color Classic
  • Amiga 500 with GoTek drive (box) (220v PS)
  • Amiga 500 Motherboard
  • Amiga 500 
  • Amiga 3000 (no keyboard)
  • Amiga Magazines
  • Compaq Portable II
  • Apple Macintosh Classic
  • Sun SparcStation 20 
  • Apple II+ with 2 5.25″ floppy drives (Microsoft CPM card, 80 column card, memory card expansion)
  • Apple II Clone
  • Macintosh SE
  • Macintosh Plus
  • Macintosh Performa 580CD
  • Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3D workstation
  • Sun External Digital Data Storage (model: 611)
  • Apple II Plus – Bell and Howell model
  • Novation CAT acoustic modem
  • Commodore PET 2001 computer
  • Commodore PET 8032 computer
  • Commodore 5050 dual disk drives
  • Commodore 2022 printer
  • Commodore 4023 print
  • Commodore 1702 monitor
  • Bell AlexNet Terminal
  • Sun 4/110
  • Commodore SX-64
  • 3 Apple Macintosh Plus 1mb
  • Apple Macintosh SE
  • Osborne
  • IBM NetVista Pentium III
  • UniSys/Burroughs ICON (CPU/monitor/keyboard) with Documentation/Disks
  • Atari Mega ST2 (missing keyboard/mouse)
  • HP 712/60 (missing keyboard/mouse)
  • Oculus Rift DK1
  • Amiga 500, Amiga 2500, Amiga 3000 Desktop, Amiga 3000 Tower w/ Video Toaster (all missing keyboards and mice)
  • NeXT Cube + 19″ Monitor, Keyboard (no mouse), Lots of Documentation, Word Perfect and Lotus Improv. 
  • Commodore C128D (missing keyboard)
  • Various office software (Lotus 123 for Windows v1.0, Corel WordPerfect Suite for Win 3.1, Word Perfect Dealer Employee Package, Software Bridge (document conversation))
  • Visual Communter Laptop
  • Acer Aspire NetBook
  • Apple PowerBook 170
  • SyQuest EzFlyer (220mb), SyQuest EzJet (1.5gb), IOMega Jaz 2gb
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • AT&T Unix PC (2), tape drive, and software
  • DEC Multia Alpha processor with TruUnix software
  • Silicon Graphics Inc O2 Workstation
  • Amiga Floppy USB drive
  • NeXT SCSI2SD Card
  • HeathKit ET-3400 Microprocessor Trainer System
  • Apple Power Mac 7600 and 7600/132
  • Apple PowerPC 9600/200 Sidecar
  • Apple IIe with Monitor and 2 disk drives (and printer)
  • Sun JavaStation 1 (Demo unit with original packaging)
  • Commodore PC-10 II w/ keyboard/disks/instructions
  • IBM PS/2 Model 50 Z
  • Atari 520ST with original packaging
  • SunRay 150 Thin Client
  • Sun Sparc Voyager with Sun cases and keyboard/mouse (2)
  • Atari 800, 810, 410 with vinyl covers + lots of documentation
  • Amiga 590 Hard Drive (2)
  • IBM 300GL Pentium @ 133mhz 32mb
  • Sony Clie Handheld PEG-S300
  • Sony ViEW System VIW-5000A (Laser Disc 286 computer)
  • Sun Sparstation 5 (6)
  • Apple Newton H1000 with 2mb and case
  • Set of IBM manuals and software (DOS, XT, AT, Os/2)
  • Atari Stacy Portable
  • Sun JavaStation Krups
  • Sun Voyager Sparcstation Model 146
  • Microsoft Windows 1.0
  • Turbo Pascal 3.01a (1983), 4.0 (1987),  5.5 (1988) manuals and disks
  • Turbo Pascal for Dos v7.0
  • Apple HypoerCard
  • IBM C Compiler
  • Microsoft J++
  • Digital Research – Dr Logo 
  • Amiga 2000 Mac and PC Emulator cards
  • Turbo C (1986) manuals and disks
  • Symantec Think C for Mac (v6.0)
  • Symantec Think Pascal for Mac (v2.01)
  • SGI Indigo 2 Impact
  • Sun Ultra 2 with Sun Penguin 400mhz PCI Emulation card
  • HP  9000 PA-RISC Gecko 712/60 32MB 1G HDD
  • HP 360lx palmtop pc
  • Next Cube workstation, Monitor, keyboard, mouse, academic kit
  • Sun Sparcstation 1
  • Sun Cobalt Qube 3 450MHz 40GB Web Server
  • Sun Sparc Classic, matching external hard drive, external cd drive
  • Commodore PET CBM 2040 Dual Disk Drive 
  • Hyperion Computer
  • Atari 810 floppy Drive
  • TI-99/4A with Synthesizer
  • Hyundai Neuron Laptop (486)
  • IBM PC jr
  • TRS80 Pocket Computer Model: PC-2 with Printer
  • TRS80 Pocket Computer Model: PC-4
  • HP Apollo 700 Workstation
  • HP Apollo 735 Workstation
  • Coleco Adam Computer
  • Commodore Pet 2001-8 computer + monitor
  • One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
  • Sun SparcStation 10
  • Amiga 1000
  • Timex Sinclair 1000
  • KayPro II Portable Computer
  • Convergent Workslate WK-100 Spreadsheet Tablet (unopened)
  • IBM 5140 Laptop
  • Atari Programming Languages Cartridges – Microsoft Basic, Atari Basic, Atari Assembler, Atari Pilot (unopened)
  • Atari Portfolio
  • IBM 5150 Personal Computer + IBM Monitor
  • Commodore 64 CP/M Operating System (Cartridge), PaperClip (unopen), Logo, Basic
  • Microsoft XBox 360
  • Two Macintosh Portables (1989)
  • TI-58C programmable calculator (1978)
  • Amiga 1000 with 1080 monitor (original packaging)
  • Apple IIC with Monitor (and Star dot matrix printer)
  • Mattel Aquarius with tape recorder, 40 column printer and Mini expansion unit (1983)
  • Apple IIGS with 5.25″ drive, two 3.5″ drivers and Kenginston System Saver IIGs (1986).
  • Mac Performa 630CD (1994)
  • Indus GT Atari 800 Disk Drive
  • Sun Java ring + iButton Serial Port connector (1998)
  • Yahama CX5M II Music Computer (1984)
  • Commodore 1701 Color Monitor (1982)
  • Commodore 1702 Color Monitor (1982)
  • Apple Power Mac G5 (2003)
  • IBM DOS version 2.1 manual and 5.25″ disks (1983)
  • IBM OS/2 version 3.1 (1994)
  • Microsoft Fortran Compilers – v2.8 (4/9/79) and v3.1 (11/2/78) – 8″ floppy
  • Intel Intellec ISIS-II Diskette Operating System (1978) – 8″ floppy
  • Intel Intellec ISIS-II Fortran Compiler – 8″ floppy (1978)
  • SUN Solaris 2.3
  • SUN Solaris 2.4
  • SGI Personal IRIS Guides
  • SGI IRIS-4D 14 Binder Series
  • SGI IRIS Workstation Series 3000 Binder Series (1986)

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Mattel Aquarius (1983)

The Mattel Aquarius was targeted towards the home market.  When it was released it was under-powered compared to other systems.
It had a Zilog Z80 processor, 4K Ram and Microsoft Basic in ROM. The collection includes the CPU, Data Tape Recorder, 40 column printer and Mini Expander. Also, includes LOGO programming language.


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Texas Instruments TI-58C Calculator

The TI-58c was an early programmable calculator from 1977.  It had the ability to add storage “ROM Program Modules” (an insertable ROM chip, capable of holding 5000 program steps).  

Have 2 manuals (Master Library and Personal Programming), Quick Reference Manual and Project Brochure.  Have 25 Solid State Software cards and 8 blank ones.


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IBM DOS 2.1 Manual and Disks

When the IBM PC first came out, the packaging of the user manual and software came in these cardboard boxes with a pull out 3-ring binder.  


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Yahama CX5M II Music Computer (1984)

Uses the MSX operating system which stands for “MicroSoft eXtreme”. Used mainly in Japan, Middle East and Eastern Europe.


Have the manuals and several of the cartridges.  Additionally have a TI Tape Recorder (missing power adapter). 


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IBM 7690 (1992) 

The IBM 7690 is a clinical computer that folds into itself.  It was designed for mounting on a wa
Strangely, there is little information on the internet about this product.


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The NeXTcube was developed by Steve Jobs when he was forced out of Apple.  When it was first released (1990-1993) it sold for $10,000. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple, the Operating System NeXTStep became the basis for The new Mac OS (which is currently still used today).

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The Hyperion is an early portable computer that vied to be the first portable IBM PC compatible. It was a produced by the Canadian company Dynalogic in January 1983. The Hyperion was shipped in January 1983 at C$4995, two months ahead of the Compaq Portable.

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Recent Addition – 5.25″ Floppy Disks

  • 20 boxes 3M DS, HD
  • 6 boxes Verbetim MD 2HD
  • 3 boxes Dysan 100 MD2HD
  • 1 box BASF 2S/2D
  • 1 box Platinum DS/HD

Tablets (Mobile Computing)
One area of interest is around Tablets and their evolution from mobile computing.  Even though the iPad sparked the adoption of tablets in a significant way, bringing other devices like the HP TouchPad, Android and the Microsoft Surface, other devices preceded this evolution.  such as the Apple Newton and Microsoft Ultra Mobile PC .  

In terms of healthcare, one interesting item was the Zenith CruisePad that was a tablet that essentially did remote control of a workstation (since it lacked the power to run its own applications on the device). 

The Apple Newton was a device that we piloted in ~1994 as a way of collecting data in the ICU.  Interestingly, Apple was developing “graphical icons” for the medical area at that time as well.

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SD Card Interfaces
One thing that I find neat are the new SD card interfaces for old computers (Atari and Commodore). I had always wondered about the lifespan of 5.25″ floppies.  C64 are called SD2IEC; Atari 400/800 are called SIO2SD; Atari ST are called UltraSatan. I havn’t located one for Apple II or the Amiga. 

SIO2SD vs SDrive Comparison

SD drives in the Collection:

  • AtariMax.com – SIO2PC Universal RS232 (allows the Atari 800 to connect to a PC file system through RS232/USB
  • JBrain.com – uIEC/SD v3.1 (allows C64 to use a SD card)
  • SCSI to SD                 http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD

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Atari/ColecoVision/IntelliVision Flash Carts

Another innovative new creation are cartridges that can be programmed using a USB interface which allows them to be used in the original hardware (i.e. Atari 400 computer)
http://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/documentation/


Operating Systems

  • Intel Intellec ISIS-II (1976)
  • MSX (1983)
  • CP/M (1973)
  • DEC VMS
  • SGI IRIX
  • NextStep (1998)
  • Solaris
  • QNX
  • Atari DOS
  • Atari TOS
  • Amiga Workbench
  • Apple MAC OS
  • Apple OS X
  • IBM OS/2
  • Windows 3.11, XP, NT, ME, Vista, Windows 7
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • ChromeOS

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Sun Java ring + iButton Serial Port connector (1998)

Java Ring (iButton) wearable computer with serial port interface. 6K Ram. This ring came from Emil Sarpa (Sun Microsystems) via Dr. Christoph Sensen.

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Eight Inch Disks – Microsoft Fortran v2.8 and v3.1 from 1978.  This is when Microsoft had just 11 employees and was still based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Notice the old Logo. Fortran was Microsoft’s 2nd product after BASIC. It ran on the Intel Intellec ISIS-II Diskette Operating System (DOS) on the Intel Intellec (http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=754).
Microsoft Company history:
http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.htm

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Macintosh Portable (1989)

Two Macintosh Portables (with 1 case).  Ran System 6.0.4 through System 7.5.5.
Motorola 68000@16mhz.


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IBM 5140 (1986)
The IBM PC Convertible, released April 3, 1986, was IBM’s first laptop computer and was also the first IBM computer to use the 3.5″ floppy disk which went on to become the standard. Like modern laptops, it featured power management and the ability to run from batteries. It was the follow-up to the IBM Portable and was model number 5140. 

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HeathKit ET-3400 Microprocessor Training system (1976)
Motorola 6800 1mhz and 256 Bytes

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AT&T Unix PC – this is an interesting computer as it ran Unix. The keyboards are “Hall effect” used in high reliable areas. I acquired 2 of these computers, documentation and disks, rare tape storage device and 2 additional keyboard/mice for spares. 

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DEC Multia Alpha – also known as the Universal Desktop Box since it could run a variety of OS including Windows NT, VMS, DEC TruUnix, BSD. I am hoping that with the Alpha processor it can run OpenGenera (Lisp OS).


Apple Inc

Apple IIe

Apple DOS 3.3, 6502 CPU, 64kb, (1983)
3 systems (Computer+Monitor+Drive)
Apple II Plus – Bell and Howell

Apple Macintosh Classic

Motorola 68000@8mhz  1mb, 20mb HD, (1990)
Apple Macintosh Plus
Motorola 68000@8mhz  1mb, (1986)
  • 4 Macintosh Plus
  • 1 Macintosh SE
  • Apple 5.25 (A9M0107) external floppy
  • MacCrate External SCSI HD
  • Second computer (not working)

Apple Newton MessagePad

320×240, 1mb RAM, (1993)
  • H1000 (Original Packaging)
  • H1000 with 2mb and case
  • Model 2000

Apple IIGS 

Apple ProDos,  65C816 CPU, 1mb memory (1986)
5.25″ drive, two 3.5″ drivers and Kenginston System Saver IIGs

Macintosh Performa PowerPC 630CD

System 7.1, Motorola 68040 @ 33mhz, 4mb, CD (1994)
  • PowerMac 7600 (no HDD)
  • PowerMac 7600/132 (no HDD)

Apple IIc

ProDOS, 65C02 @ 1.023mhz, 128kb (1984)

Macintosh Portable

System 6.0.4 to System 7.5.5.  
Motorola 68000@16mhz. (1989)
Two computers (1 case)

Macintosh Performa PowerPC 6400

PowerPC 603e @ 180/200mhz, 16mb, System 7.5.3, (1996)
– 2 systems (6400/200 and 6400/180) and 2 monitors (Apple 15AV MultiScan, Apple Performa Plus Display)
– Power Macintosh G3 M3979 PPC 266mhz 192mb 4gb HD
​- PowerPC 9600/200 (Sidecar)

eMac

PowerPC G4 @ 1.42ghz, 80gb HD, 256mb, Super Drive (2004)
Designed for the Education Market (No handle – I guess so students don’t walk off with it)
Original Packaging

PowerMac G5

2 x 2.0ghz processors, 160gb HD, 1gb memory (2004)
Macintosh Plus (M0001A)
with 20mb external hard drive and manuals

iMac G3

350mhz, 320mb, 6.3gb HD, OS 10, PowerPC 750 (1998)

Power Macintosh G3

300mhz PowerPC, 64mb, 20gb HD (1999)
2 computers

Apple iMac G4 (M6498 )

“Sunflower” 800MHz 256MB RAM 60GB HDD 2X SuperDrive  (2002)
3 computers (15″, 15″ and 17″), 1 set of speakers

Apple Mac Mini (M9686)

M9686LL/B, PowerPC G4, 512mb, 40gb, CD/DVD, MacOS X 10.4 “Tiger” (2005)
2 computers

MacBook (Black)

Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz, 13 inch, (2006)

MacBook Pro

OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard, PowerPC G4 2.16ghz, 2gb, 160gb HD, 13 inch (2006)

MacBook Pro

Intel Core 2 Duo 2.26, 13 inch (2009)

iBook G3

Clamshell Blueberry, M2453, OS 9.2, 160mb memory, 3gb HDD (1999)

NeXT Computer Inc

Next Computers was the company that Steve Jobs formed after being ousted from Apple Inc.  The computer he created was the Next Cube and Nextstation which were both high end computer workstations.  Apple later acquired Next computers for their Operating system which is the basis of the Mac OS X.  When Apple acquired Next, this lead to Steve Jobs returning to Apple and recreating them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT
http://www.512pixels.net/blog/2011/11/next-the-hardware

NeXTstation N1100

NextStep 3.3, 68040, 16mb, 507mb HD, 1120×832 (1990)
Monitor, keyboard, mouse
NextStep Academic Bundle 
(2 copies)
NeXT Cube
Monitor, keyboard, mouse, laser printer (1993)
NeXT Software Release 1.0 (includes NeXT stickers)

Atari Inc.

Atari is mainly known as a gaming company because of the Atari 2600 gaming console.  However, Atari had a line of computers that began with the Atari 400 (membrane keyboard) and the Atari 800 (regular keyboard).  Other models followed such as the Atari 600XL and 800XL.  These models mainly competed with the Commodore 64 and Apple II computers.  Atari then created a the Atari 520ST/1040ST series which had a Graphical User Interface (TOS) and competed with the Commodore Amiga and Apple Macintosh.  The Atari ST was known for its music capabilities as it included built in MIDI.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST
http://www.voidbred.com/blog/2014/09/programming-the-atari-st-20-years-later/

Atari 400

1.79mhz, 16kb (1978)
Original Packaging (1)
Battlestar Galactica design
2 computers with 1 vinyl cover

Atari Accesories

  • Atari 410 Tape Drive (3)
  • Atari 810 Disk Drive (2)
  • Atari 410 and 810 vinyl covers
  • Atari 850
  • Atari 1050 Disk Drive (2)
  • Atari 1027 Printer
  • 300 baud modem (3)
  • Indus GT 5.25″ Drive (Manuals and Case)

Atari 800

1.79mhz, 48kb (1978)
Original Packaging (1)
3 computers with 1 vinyl cover
Atari Portfolio (2)
IBM PC compatible – 1st PalmTop computer (1989) (flakey OS)

Atari 800XL

64kb (1983)
2 computers

Atari Programming Languages Cartridges – Microsoft Basic II, Atari Basic (2), Atari Assembler, Atari Pilot (unopened)
Kyan Pascal for Atari

Atari 520ST/1040ST

TOS OS v1.0, Motorola 68000 CPU, 512kb memory, 3.5″ floppy, 640×400, SC1224 color monitor (1985)
Three 520ST FM  (512 kB RAM), 1 with original packaging
Two 1040ST F (1 MB RAM, double-sided floppy disk, no RF modulator)
Two 1040ST E (enhanced sound, BLiTTER chip, 4096-color palette)
Two 1040ST FM (1 MB RAM, double-sided floppy disk, RF modulator)
4 Atari monitors (Three SC1224,  SM124)

Atari SH204 20mb HDD

Atari STacy

(1989)

Commodore International

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Commodore Pet 2001-8
The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) is a home/personal computer produced in 1977 by Commodore International.[2] A top-seller in the Canadian and United States educational markets, it was Commodore’s first full-featured computer, and formed the basis for their entire 8-bit product line.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET

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Commodore PET CBM 2040 Dual Disk Drive


Commodore PET 2001
Commodore 8032

8050 Dual Disk Drive
Printer: Commodore 2022

Vic 20

6502, 1.1mhz, 5kb memory (1980)
5 computers (one damaged)
– 2 original packaging (made in Canada)

Commodore 64

6510 CPU, 1.023mhz, 64kb, 320×200 (1982)
7 computers (one damaged). 2 original packaging (Zellers price tag $398cdn)

Made in Canada Serial: 111707

(sold between 13 and 17 million units)

Amiga 1000

Amiga OS, Motorola 68000 @ 7.16mhz, 256kb (1985)
Four computers (one case damaged)
Original Packaging
External 1010 3.5″ drive
External 1020 5.25″ drive
External 3rd party 3.5″ drive (2)
AmigaVision

Amiga 500

Amiga OS, Motorola 68000 @ 7.16mhz, 512kb, 736×567, upgraded to 14.0mhz, (1987),
20md external HD
Original Packaging
5 computers (one 220v)
Missing 2 Power Supplies
Amiga 590 20mb Hard drive (2)
20mb External Hard  Drive (1)

C64/Vic20 Peripherals

  • Four 1530 Datasette (Tape Recorder) – 1 original packaging
  • Six 1541 Floppy Drive (2 original packaging)
  • One Epson LX-810 dot matrix printer

SD card Interface

JBrain uIEC/SD v3.1 and SD2IEC and C64-SD2IEC (below)

Commodore Monitors

Two 1701 (1 original packaging)
Four 1702 (1 not working) 
Commodore SX-64

Amiga Monitors

1080, 1084, 1084
Original Packaging (1)

Gaming Systems

Vectrex

Model HP 3000, Vector Monitor (1982)
The Vectrex is unique as it included a built in vector monitor. This differs from modern monitors as the vector based monitor actually draws lines – compared to using pixels.

Xbox

(2003)
Additionally, two black xBox (1 of them none functioning)

Playstation 3

Cell microprocessor (3.2ghz PowerPC with 8 Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs)) , 60gb, Blu-Ray Player, Bluetooth, WiFi (2006)
Original Packaging

  • Sony PS/2
PS3 3D Monitor

24″, 1080p, SimuView (2 players can play the same game while viewing 2 different screens)


Sun Microsystems Inc

Sun Ultra Enterprise 1

UltraSparc 1 167mhz, 64mb, (1995)
2nd computer – not working

Sun Ultra Enterprise 2

2 computers + 1 Sun Penguin PCI Emulation Card

Sun Blade 1500

UltraSPARC IIIi. 80GB and 120GB HDD, 4GB ram, video controller, SUN mouse and keyboard. Solaris 10 (2006).

Sun Blade 2500

Solaris 9, UltraSparc 1.6ghz, 4gb, 73gb HD (2006)
Sun Sparcstation 1
The SPARCstation 1, or Sun 4/60, is the first of the SPARCstation series. (1989)

Sun Sparc 5

Sparc, 32mb,  (1994)
7 units
Sun Sparc 10

Codename: Campus2 (1992)

2 computers

Sun PCI PC Emulator

2 cards 
SunPCi 1.1.2 – 400mz
SunPCi 2.0.1 – 600mz
Sun 4/110

Sun Sparc 20

SuperSPARC 60mhz, 128mb, 1280×1024 (1994)
2nd computer – missing cover
Sun Voyager 
Sparcstation Model 146 (3)

  • 2 cases
  • 2 keyboard and mice

Sun Ultra 60

UltraSparc II CPU, 2gb (1998)
Sun Ultra SCSI External Hard Drive Exclosure
4 units

Sun SunRay1

Virtual Desktop, 1280×1024 (1999)

Sun SunRay 270

Integrated into a 17″ LCD, mountable (2009)
SunRay 150 with original packaging
Sun JavaStation Krups
(1996)
Sun JavaStation 1 
(1996) – Demo Unit

Java Ring

Java Ring (iButton) wearable computer with serial port interface. 6K Ram (1998)

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Sun Cobalt Qube 
450MHz 40GB Web Server

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Sun Sparcstation IPC
matching external hard drive, external cd drive

  • 5 Sun Microsystems Keyboard and Mice
  • 25 new Sun Smart Cards

Digital Equipment Corp (DEC)

DEC 3000 Alpha

DEC 3000 Model 300LX PE32A-CD, 125MHz Alpha CPU, 128MB RAM, VMS, + Storage Expansion unit (1994)

AlphaStation 600 5/333

Alco Family, CPU 21164@333mhz, 32mb (1996)
note: case only

IBM

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IBM 5150 (Personal Computer) (1981)
Intel 8088 @ 4.77 MHz, 16KB, 5.25″ floppy, 5mb Hard Drive, IBM Monitor and Keyboard (1981)
The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer

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IBM PC JR (1984)
The IBM PCjr (read “PC junior”) was IBM’s first attempt to enter the home computer market. The PCjr, IBM model number 4860, retained the IBM PC’s 8088 CPU and BIOS interface for compatibility, but various design and implementation decisions led the PCjr to be a commercial failure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr


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IBM 5140 (PC Convertible) (1986)
The IBM PC Convertible, released April 3, 1986, was IBM’s first laptop computer and was also the first IBM computer to use the 3.5″ floppy disk which went on to become the standard. Like modern laptops, it featured power management and the ability to run from batteries. It was the follow-up to the IBM Portable and was model number 5140. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_Convertible

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IBM 7690 (1992) 
The IBM 7690 is a clinical computer that folds into itself.  It was designed for mounting on a wall.  Strangely, there is little information on the internet about this product.

IBM NetVista Pentium III
133mhz, 128mb, 20gb HDD
​Windows 2000
IBM 300 GL
  • IBM  OS/2 Extended Edition v1.3 (unopened) – large box
  • OS/2 Warp 3.0 (unopened) – small box
  • IBM C Compiler
  • IBM OS/2 Warp (unopened)
  • IBM OS/2 release 2.0
  • IBM OS/2 release 3.1

Hewlett Packard (HP)

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HP Apollo 700/735
The 700 Series was introduced in mid-1991. It was HP’s first range of technical desktop computers based on the PA-RISC CPUs, starting with the PA-7000. For the previous ten years, HP technical desktop computers had been based around the Motorola 680X0 family of CPUs.
http://www.hpmuseum.net/exhibit.php?&cat=13
http://www.openpa.net/systems/index.html

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HP MediaSmart Server
The HP MediaSmart Server is a home server from Hewlett-Packard that runs Microsoft’s Windows Home Server operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_MediaSmart_Server

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HP 9000 
PA-RISC Gecko 712/60 32MB 1G HDD


With NextStep Academic Bundle for HP 9000 Series 700 workstations


Other Systems

Mattel Aquarius

Zilog Z80 processor, 4K Ram and Microsoft Basic in ROM. (1983)
The collection includes the CPU, Data Tape Recorder, 40 column printer and Mini Expander. Also, includes LOGO programming language.  Original packaging.

Osborne 1

Zilog Z80 @ 4mhz, 64kb memory, 2×5.25″ floppy drives, CP/M (1981)
2 computers

TI-99/4A

Texas Instruments TMS9900 @ 3mhz, 256bytes RAM (1981)
Original Packaging
2 systems, 1 speech synthesizer, 4 joysticks, 1 cover
15 game cartridges (4 duplicates)

  • Yahama CX5M II Music Computer

MSX-system compatible computer with 8 voice FM Synthesizer (1984)  with Texas Instruments Tape Recorder

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Coleco Adam Computer
The Coleco Adam is a home computer, and expansion for the ColecoVision (port 3), released in 1983 by American toy manufacturer Coleco. It was an attempt to follow on the success of the company’s ColecoVision video game console. The Adam was not very successful, partly because of early production problems
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

IBM PC 8088 XT Clone

PCII – 8088 CPU, 640KB memory, 2 5.25″ Disk Drives. AT Keyboard. 

Compaq Deskpro 5100

OS/2 Warp, 486 processor (1996)

2 systems
Sony ViEW System VIW-5000A Laser Disc 286 computer

HP NeoWare e370 Thin Client / eFusion Cart

17 inch, Windows XP Embedded, 1ghz, 512mb flash memory (2006)

Compaq Armada 7360DMT

200MHz Intel Pentium, 128mb, CD, Win95  (1998)

IBM ThinkPad 365XD 2625

11.3″ – Intel Pentium 133.0 MHz – Win95 OSR2 – 8 MB RAM – 1.35 GB HDD (1996)

Toshiba Satellite

Celeron 1.7mhz, 512mb, 60gb HD, Windows 98 (1998)

Other Laptops

  • Compaq Contura 3/25, Win 3.11, 386SL running at 25Mhz, VGA monochrome display, 4MB RAM, 60 MB of Hard disk (1994)
  • Compaq LTE5000, Win 3.11, Pentium/75, 8mb RAM, 10.4″ CSTN/VGA, 510mb HDD (1996)

Nvidia Tesla Card

  • Nvidia Telsa C1060
  • Nvidia Tesla C2075
  • Nvidia Tesla C2075
High Performance Computing card. Many Super Computers are made with hundreds/thousands of these cards assembled together
HYUNDAI NEURON 
433SLCC (1993)
Dynalogic Hyperion
(1983) Was the first IBM PC portable clone.  Was a Canadian company.

2 computers, 1 case, 1 acoustic modem coupler

Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI)

Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI) created high-performance computer software and hardware directed toward computer graphics.  SGI was located in Mountain View, California and incorporated in 1981.  SGI filed for bankruptcy on April 1, 2009. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Graphics
http://www.sgi.com/

SGI Indigo2 Impact

Silicon Graphics (SGI) Indigo2 IMPACT 10000 Workstation R10000 CPU@195Mhz, 256MB RAM, Solid IMPACT Graphics card, Seagate ST19171N (9.1GB) SCSI Drive, 
IRIX 6.5.18 (1995)
(2 computers)

SGI Octane

MIPS R10000 CPU, 225 MHz, 320MB RAM, 4.5 GB SCSI hard drive, IRIX 6.5 (1997)

SGI Indy

R4600 133MHz IP22 CPU, 96MB Memory, 2GB HDD, Indy 24-bit graphics, 3.5-inch Floppy/Floptical disk drive, RGB Indy Balls, IRIX 6.5 (1993)

2 computers (with keyboards and mice)

SGI Indy Carry Case

SGI 1600SW Monitor

2 Monitors
  • SGI IRIS-4D 14 Binders Documentation (1990)
  • SGI IRIS Workstation Series 3000 Binders (1986)
  • SGI IRIX 6.5 Software
  • SGI Trading Cards
  • SGI RBG Juggling Balls
  • Indigo2 Impact workstation Owner’s Manual
  • IRIX Admin: Software Installation and Licencing manual

Monitors (Interesting Types of Monitors)

Dell ST2220T 21.5″ Touch Screen Monitor

(2010)

ASUS 23″ 3D Monitor

(2011)

Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision

(2011)

HP 24″ Rotating Monitor

(2009)

Seiki 39″ 4K Monitor

3840×2160 (2013)
WinSplit Revolution virtual window manager

IBM 4707 9″ Monitor

(1992)

Input Devices (Interesting Types)

LiveScribe Pulse SmartPen

(2009)

FlyFusion SmartPen

(2007)

P5 Virtual Reality 3D Glove

(2007)

Virtual Laser Keyboard

(2006)
Other Input Devices

  • UnMouse (MicroTouch)
  • Watcom SD-510C
  • Mouse Systems Trackball
  • Cirque SmartCat Glidepoint Control
  • Trackball
  • Philips Speech Device
  • Jam Studio 
  • AceCad
  • SmartPad (Seiko Instruments)
Modems

  • Global Village Communicate Fax/Modem
  • SupraExpress 33.6K

Zenith Data Systems CruisePad

Thin Client, Windows 3.1, (1995)

Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

Maemo Linux, 64mb, 128mb flash memory, 800×480, (2005)

Magellan GSC 100

OrbComm Satellite two-way messager (1998)

Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC)

7″ LCD (800×480), 512mb, 40gb HD, Windows XP Tablet (2006) 

Samsung Series 3 ChromeBook

1.66ghz Intel Atom N570, 11.6″ screen, 1366×768, 2gb DDR3, 16gb SSD, ChromeOS (2011)

HP Compaq 2710p

Convertible tablet, Intel Core Duo @ 1.80ghz, 12.1″ screen, 1280×800, 2gb memory, 110gb HD, finger print reader, Windows Vista Business (2007)

3Com Audrey

Internet Appliance, touch screen, infrared keyboard, QNX OS, 200mhz Geocode GX 1 CPU, 16mb ROM, 32gb RAM (2000)

MicroPC

CF card, Thailand (2006)

Raspberry.Pi

Raspberian Wheezy Linux, (2012)

Adapteva Parallela

Ubuntu, Dual-Core ARM A9 CPU with 16 core, 1gb, Kickstarter project (2013)

Nvidia Jetson TK1

NVIDIA Kepler GPU (192 CUDA cores), NVIDIA 4-Plus-1™ quad-core ARM® Cortex-A15 CPU, 
2 GB memory, 16 GB eMMC (2014)

MSN Direct Abacus Smartwatch

FM-Radio Connectivity (2004)

Texas Instruments eZ430 Chronos

Development Kit, 3-axis accelerometer, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, wireless (2010)

Microsoft Kin

Designed for Social Networking. (2010)

TRS-80 Model 100

Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 24k portable laptop computer (1983)
2 systems (1 with case & manual)

HandSpring Visor PDA

Palm OS, 33 Hz Motorola DragonBall VZ processor , 160×160 (1998)

Sharp Zaurus SL-5000 PDA

206MHz Intel StrongARM processor and 32mb, Linux, Camera attachment, sliding keyboard, 240×320 (2001)

Dell Axim X50v PDA

PocketPC, 480×640 (2004)

Apple iPod Touch

(2007)

Apple iPhone 3GS

(2009)

Samsung Galaxy SIII

(2012)

LG Optimus 3D P920

3D Camera, Cell Phone (2011)

Pharos 619 Traveller Cell Phone

Quad Band, Windows Mobile 6.0, (2008)

RIM Blackberry Curve 8310

(2007)

Nokia E62

(2006)

Nokia C3

(2010)

Other Cellphones

Nokia 6188
Nokia 2610
Nokia 2760
Nokia 2220
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic
LG-4600
Motorola V710 
HTC 621

Amazon Kindle

6″ e-ink (2009)

Amazon Kindle DX

9.7″ e-ink (2009)

AMPE A85

CPU: All Winner A10, 1.0GHz, Cortex A8; GPU: Mali 400, Android 4.0., 1gb, 8gb flash, 
8.9″ 800 x 600, (2012)

HP TouchPad

32gb, Android/WebOS (2011)

IOMega Ditto Tape Drive

(1993)

SyQuest EzFlyer 230mb External Backup

(1995)

Panasonic PD650 Disk

(1997)
Motorola AOL IMFree

Seeking Items:

  • Apple G4 Power Mac Cube (2000)
  • Apple iMac Aluminum (2009 era)
  • Apple Power Macintosh 7200/7500 PowerPC Desktop (1995) 
  • Apple Performa 5200 – All in One (1995)
  • Apple iPad (version 1)
  • Apple iPhone (version 1)
  • Apple III (1980)
  • Apple Lisa (1983)
  • Apple Mice (~PowerPC vintage)
  • Apple Macintosh 20th Anniversary (1997)
  • Atari Portfolio (1989)
  • Amiga 500 power supply (3)
  • Commodore 64 disk drive cable (1982)
  • GRiD Tablet (1992)
  • Apple III (1980)
  • BBC Micro (1981)
  • RIM Playbook (2011)
  • Sharp PC-1500A Pocket Computer (1981)
  • RadioShack TRS-80 Pocket Computer (1982)
  • HP 200LX Handheld Computer
  • HP Jornada 720 Handheld PC 2000
  • Microway Quadputer (transputer)
  • IBM PC Jr (1984) power supply
  • IBM Simon Phone
  • Ohio Scientific (1978)
  • Sun Sparc 20 case cover
  • CP/M User Manual
  • Sony AIBO
  • Chumbly (2008)
  • Ambient Devices Orb (2002)
  • SCSI cables
  • FPGA devices
  • Arduino devices
  • Xerox Alto workstation
  • Symbolics Workstation
  • Symbolics MacIvory
  • HP Integral PC
  • MTU-130 computer
  • Acquired

  • AT&T UnixPC (1985)
  • HP-UX CDs
  • IOMEGA Zip 100 External Drive (1994)
  • IOMEGA Jaz External Drive (1995)
  • Sun JavaStation-1 “Mr. Coffee”
  • Sun SunRay 150 terminal with keyboard and mouse
  • IBM PS/2 (1987)

Software Wanted

  • Boot Disks (Apple II, C64, Atari 400/800, IBM DOS, CP/M)
  • Borland Turbo Prolog
  • IBM Visual Age for Java 
  • Borland JBuilder
  • Symantec Visual Cafe for Java
  • Arena Simulation
  • IBM PC Compilers (Pascal, Cobol, etc.)
  • Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks
  • Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion 
  • Mac OS 10.7 Lion
  • Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Mac OS 10.5 Leopard
  • Mac OS 10.3 Panther
  • Mac OS 10.2 Jaguar
  • Mac OS 10.1 Puma
  • Mac OS 10.0 Cheetah

Operating System Disk Images in the Collection

  • NeXTStep 3.1 Intel
  • NeXTStep 3.1 Developer
  • NeXTStep 3.2 Developer
  • NeXTStep 3.3 Developer
  • NeXTStep 3.3 HP/Sun
  • OpenStep 4.0 User
  • OpenStep 4.2 User
  • OpenVMS 8.3 Alpha
  • OS2 Warp 4
  • SGI IRIX 5.3
  • Solaris 1.1.1
  • Solaris 1.1.2
  • Solaris 2.3
  • Solaris 2.4
  • Solaris 2.5.1
  • Solaris 8
  • Solaris 9 u9
  • Solaris 10 (sparc/x86)
  • Solaris 11 (sparc/x86)
  • DEC Multia VMS Version 7.2

Interesting Computers

  • Enterprise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_(computer)
  • Amstrad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC_464
  • SpectraVision SV-318 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV-318
  • MindSet http://www.bytecellar.com/2004/04/02/mindset_compute/
  • http://www.mindsetcomputer.com/history/
  • http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue19/MTU-130_New_6502_Microcomputer.php
  • Symbolics – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolics
Software Collection

Some unique items:

  • Microsoft Windows 1.0
  • Rational Rose 98
  • MedModel Simulation Software
  • Arena v7.01 Academic Software
  • GPSS/H (Wolverine)
  • MatLab and Simulink Release  14 (2004)
  • MatLab and Simulink R2009a
  • Stata release 11
  • Borland Turbo C++ for Windows v4.5 (unopened)
  • Digital Research – DR Logo
  • IBM C Compiler
  • IBM OS/2 Warp (unopened)
  • IBM OS/2 release 2.0
  • IBM OS/2 release 3.1
  • IBM DB2 Universal Developer Edition v7.1
  • IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner v7.1
  • IBM DB2 Intelligent Miner Scoring v7.1
  • IBM DB2 Spatial Extender v7.2
  • IBM Visual Age for Java – Enterprise Edition
  • Microsoft J++
  • Oracle 9i JDeveloper
  • Oracle 9i for Sparc Solaris 
  • English Wizard
  • NextStep Academic Bundle (2 NeXT, 1 HP 9000)
  • Apple WebObjects 5.0
  • Sun Solaris 2.3
  • Sun Solaris 2.4
  • Sun Solaris 7 Media (unopened) (6 copies)
  • Sun Solaris 8 (1 unopened and 1 opened)
  • Sun Solaris 9 (unopened)
  • Sun Solaris 10
  • Sun Java Desktop System (2003)
  • Sun One Starter Kit (2002)
  • Sun Developer Tools (2005)
  • Sun Java Studio Creator 2
  • Sun Netbeans 5.0
  • Sun StarOffice 6.0
  • Mac OS Tiger 10.4
  • SGI IRIX 6.5
  • SGI IRIS-4D 14 Binder Series
  • Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS R2.3 3.5″ (no manuals)
  • IBM PC DOS 6.1 3.5″ (1993) (no manuals)
  • Lotus SmartSuite (1998) (no manuals)
  • Microsoft MS-DOS 6.2 3.5″  (1994) (no manuals)
  • Microsoft Word v4.0 3.5″ (1987) (no manuals)
  • Microsoft Access  v1.1 (1993) (no manuals)
  • Microsoft Office v4.0 3.5″ (1993) (no manuals)
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 (unopened)
Computer Posters

  • Elephant Memory Systems (~1985)
  • Apple Life Sciences – Watch Life Take Shape – Blue (2007)
  • Apple Life Sciences – Watch Life Take Shape – Orange (2007)
  • Sun – The Network is the Computer (2003)
  • Amiga Bouncing Ball (2)
  • Apple iMac Ying and Yang (2)
  • Apple iMac Smoke
  • Apple Jane Goodall Think Different (2)
Other Vintage Computer Sites

  • http://simh.trailing-edge.com/

Computer Museums

Retro Computer Podcast 

Computer Supplemental Hardware and Software

History of Computers

Emulators

Forums

MESS (Multi Emulator Super System)