[Coco] Anyone else collect other old computers/game consoles beside the Coco?

[Sean]

Try gun collecting... I think that would top model airplanes easily.

Then try collecting both guns and video games.  It's tough to
prioritize sometimes! :)

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Michael Needham <jmikeneedham at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I collect Tandy Coco naturally, but I also own a TRS-80 Model 4 with 128K
> expansion in perfect condition!  I just got rid of most my older machines
> that were mainly Amiga (still have two monitors) and C64 and C128 that I
> also no longer have.  I do have an old 486 in case I want to play with my
> old BBS (MajorBBS) and I also was thinking about fiddling with my OS/2 Warp
> 4, though I have yet to get anything like a stable install of that thing.
>
> I basically want to acquire a TI/99 and maybe a DEC Rainbow, but I am also
> cutting WAY back on my collection... which reminds me... The TRS-80 Model 4
> could be had for the right price :-)  Here is the caveats:  I would be REAL
> leery to ship this unit, I think it would cost as much as it worth
> ($100-$200) to ship it properly, so I am only willing to sell it if the
> person is willing to come to Kansas City to pick it up.  But if there is any
> interest, let me know off-list.
>
> Yeah, I think we are all equal-opportunity 8 bit people (or at least I think
> a lot of us dabble in other platforms).  BTW:  My first BBS machine was a
> Tandy 1000 TX.  It was a pretty reliable machine for the BBS.  Wow, the days
> of 1200bps modems :-)
>
> My collection also includes a 300bps acoustic couple modem (Tandy Phone
> Adapter II) and I have quite a few US Robotics Couriers too.  I also used to
> collect Apple II and IIgs machines, but got rid of those guys a while back.
>  My first ever interaction with a computer was a TRS-80 Model 1 and then in
> junior high and high school, it was mainly an Apple IIe.
>
> It is a cool hobby, however, it used to be that running a BBS was the 2nd
> most expensive hobby (in the US at least) only under Model AIrplanes.  I
> think vintage computing collecting can be as expensive as model airplanes.
>
> --
> 73,
>
> J. Mike Needham <KDØJXP>
> Olathe, Kansas USA
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