iMac
Two analogue video recorders
TV with built in VCR (probably hasn't been switched on in a year)
2500 old vinyl records and three turntables
56k external Modem
but, saving the best till last
Video Genie
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zyzygy surely.
I ported ISIS-II to a 1MHz Z-80 based 'home computer' of my own design, built from components.
2x 8" drives. PSU you could weld with. 16k RAM, 16k EPROM.
Weighed a ton.
Best bit was when I wired the RAM board so it would write to RAM with bits 0-7 but read bits 7-0 i.e transposed MSB to LSB. Oh how I laughed....
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Originally posted by zeitghost
I think there's a couple of 8" drives in the shed too...
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Originally posted by Diver View PostI have several English dictionaries too!
Started to read them, but the plots were all the same
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Last time I played the I'm-sadder-than-you game at work, I played my "I still have my flowchart stencil" card. Everyone else in the room opened their desk drawer and pulled out theirs.
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Originally posted by zeitghostDunno.
I think there's a couple of 8" drives in the shed too...
I hope they aren't under the leaky bit of the roof.
Started to read them, but the plots were all the same
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Originally posted by zeitghostI've got several boxes...
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I've got loads of those old IBM green cards (and other colours) including such ones as IBM 360 Assembler registers (and the training manual in German,) hexadecimal translation, PROFS users and a load of crap in my office but occasionally something comes in useful
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I've got a board with core memory on it.
Hand-crafted little magnetic cores threaded together with wires.
Damn, I vowed not to keep getting involved in these sadder-than-you threads.
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Until a couple of years ago, I still had an old IBM system 36 in the cellar at home - it kept the house warm.
Took 7 of us to get the bugger out of the house.
Still have an 8" floppy drive in the attic....
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