On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Swift Griggs <swiftgri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've stack-ranked all the classic items that I, to my everlasting shame, > let go of at some point and now I feel like it was a mistake: > > 1. Amiga 2500. I ditched it thinking I'd pick up a 3000 then never did. > Ugh. It was free. They were using at some radio station where I helped > them fix their PCs but then decided I wanted their Amiga (stashed in a > closet) to subsidize my fee. > > 2. SGI Indigo R4400 with pristine KB + mouse, Maxxed RAM, and Elan. Ugh. > /me bangs head against wall > > 3. Mac IIci with 060' accelerator. I put the accelerator in and paid $$$ > for it. Darn it. That was a cool system. > > 4. Sun Voyager. These go for a fortune now on Ebay. I *gave* mine away. > Not this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sun_Voyager > This one: http://tinyurl.com/lhzjfks > > 5. NeXTStation Color Turbo. I got tired of the proprietary-everything and > the space it was taking to keep it working and pristine. Still. I wish I > hadn't sold it. > > 6. Mac Quadra 660AV. This was a pizzabox M68k classic mac with a video > frame capture (a crappy one but still...) capability. I notice you can't > really even buy classic macs on ebay anymore. There used to be scads of > them. Damn... does that mean I'm old now? > > 7. SGI Origin 200 dual R12k 270Mhz. It's the top model Origin 200 and it > had good skins etc... If I had it today it'd be running in my garage with > the rest of the zoo. I had to ditch some gear to move way back when, and > this box was a casualty. > > 8. Sharp Wizard OZ-8000 organizer. This thing rocked. I'd probably be > tempted to *use* it. I got a lot of mileage out of it "back in the day". It > ran on a Z80 and took AAA batteries (yes!). Plus I had (and maybe I still > do) a DB9 serial interface for it. You could use it as a vt220 terminal, > IIRC. > > 9. Atari Lynx. I had all the cool games. Like a fool I sold mine for some > quick money in college to help fund a silly trip with some chick who is > long gone long ago. Ugh. I'd rather have the Lynx back... > > 10. TRS-80 model 100. I didn't really like it that much, but nowadays it'd > look cool in my collection and I have more nostalgic love for the > trasheighty. Plus it takes AA batteries (I love that!). > > -Swift > That's a pretty good list. I agree with you on the Atari Lynx. I miss mine as well...bought it brand new and ended up buying about 21 games for it for dirt cheap when they started clearancing them off (most games I paid $2-6 for brand-new at Kay Bee Toy Store). Other than that: 1. Amiga 3000 2. Tandy 1000HX Most everything else I remember fondly but don't have any particular feeling I need to go back.