I did something similar a couple weeks ago. Cleaning out the basement, came across my first computer, a Tandy Color Computer. Still in original box with manuals and everything. Don't think I'd looked at it for 15 years. Purchased it about 1981. This was a couple years before IBM got into the PC business. Hooked it up and it fired right up. Loaded up some programs from cassette tape (also in box :). Had forgotten how nice it was to have < 5 seconds boot up time. uP is Motorola 6809 running at .89 Mhz. OS is Basic by a (at that time) unknown company called Microsoft. RAM is the full 65K addressable by the 16 bit bus. Was kind of fun :) A pix of one is here: http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/coco1/ Bob Samuel MacDonald wrote: > I recently acquired an Apple ][ GS, not just the CPU unit but the whole > package. > > 12 inch RGB display > 3.5 and 5.25 inch floppy drives > Keyboard and Mouse > Every book and warranty card > Original System diskettes > The Apple stickers in the original unopened plastic bag. > It has a memory card in it, I think it's a 1 megabyte card. > Even the Imagewriter test page is in the documentation. > I have the printer that was purchased with it as well. > > This is a one of a kind find made special by what's on the front of the > CPU unit. > "Woz Limited Edition" > It all works like it was new, I'll have to test the printer but I'm sure > it works. > > For me it gained special interest when I saw the name of someone I use > to work with. He worked for Computer Land back in the day. He was the > tech that ran the setup-test on the unit. I can trace the original > owner, the place it was sold, and the tech that did the setup-test. > > I think I was meant to be in the computer junk business. I just find > this kind of history so amazing because of the whole package. I'm > going to setup the whole thing, with the books, and take a picture. > > Way off topic I know but I thought it would be fun. > > Sam. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list