16-06-2020, 12:28 PM
Hi all,
My name is John, aka "Cheshire Noir".
I'm based in Perth, Western Australia
I've become a retro-collector in the last 5 years and I'm slowly but steadily increasing my collection. I've so far managed to get a small but comfortable collection of consoles and computers.
Computers:
Cheers!
John
My name is John, aka "Cheshire Noir".
I'm based in Perth, Western Australia
I've become a retro-collector in the last 5 years and I'm slowly but steadily increasing my collection. I've so far managed to get a small but comfortable collection of consoles and computers.
Computers:
- An Apple IIeuroplus. Currently not fully functional. I have a cunning plan involving the tape ports on it...
- A Vic 20. It's hilariously old and yellowed. It needs a recap but is otherwise fine. I even have the caps ready to go. A long weekend job, but I need to finish some other projects first. I have a LOT of carts and memory for it.
- A Sinclair Spectrum 48k. It's been reboxed into a third party shell. I have plans for this one. Evil plans.
- 3 C64s in a working state. I also have a dead one. I have a butt tonne of peripherals for these, which is nice, including a Pi1541 and a 1541 Ultimate II+. I recently hacked a Genesis controller to be a "atari" controller. Best. Hack. Ever!
- A C128D, which finally came back to life last weekend. There's some mods I want to do to it, and the internal drive isn't quite right yet, but after a lot of mucking around, it boots! Turns out it has 64k of VRAM too, which is super nice.
- An SX64. Sadly the PSU is dead. Will need to get this one working but they're an absolute nightmare to work on. That's a weeklong project, just by itself.
- An Atari STfm. What a lovely machine this is! I have added a Gotek FDD to it, and carefully (And reversibly) brought the Gotek screen out with a rotary dial to the top of the system.
- An Amiga 1200. This came in a "tower mod" that was horrible. My current plan is to laser cut a case for it. Eh. Need $$$ for that. Later. It works. It's been recapped. It has a Gotek.
- A BBC Master 128k and
- An Atari 800xl - Both these machines were purchased and shipped to a friend in the UK, who was going to bring them back for me... in April. That plan has now bit the bucket. No idea when I'll see these.
- 2 x Nintendo Entertainment Systems. Neither work. I need edge connectors. I want good ones. That takes time and money.
- A Sega Megadrive. I'd love to get better video out of it. That hasn't happened yet.
- An Amiga CD32. What can I say? It's an Amiga in Console form. The system that bankrupted Commodore.
- A Nintendo 64. Actually two. My first console. Still so pretty.
- A Playstation 2 phat. It's got a HDD and a network adapter.
- An XBox Original. It's got an upgraded HDD. That was the most terrifying mod I have ever done. Unplugging IDE connectors live is not something I want to do again.
- A Wii. It plays Gamecube games. Two generations in one.
- A Wii U. The kids got it as a Christmas prezzie from grandma.
- A PS3. Purchased with overtime money a when the slim came out. Worth it for "Journey". That game made me cry.
- An XBox 360. I got it very cheap.
- An Amstrad CPC. Preferably a 6128.
- A Dick Smith Wizzard / Creativision. Because nostalgia is a strange creature.
- A Microbee! The computer my high school used. (Yes I'm that old)
Cheers!
John
