Yes, I have way too much old crap (just ask my wife). If you'd like to give me more crap, need some crap, or have a crap-related inquiry, drop me a note:
In the late 70s, I learned Basic programming on a Teletype 33-ASR connected to a college
minicomputer (and also engineering Fortran using punched cards). A few years ago, I thought
it might be fun to play with some of that old gear again. I was originally not
looking to get into teletype collecting; I just wanted to get a Model 33 for nostalgia sake.
After a bit of searching, I found the greenkeys email group, and started getting interested in
the earlier baudot machines that were being discussed. I also had this odd little Teletype
machine that I found over 25 years ago -- the folks on greenkeys identified it as a model
31 tape printer, and helped me get it running. Then I was hooked.
I eventually got the ascii M33 of my original quest, but most of my current machines are baudot.
I have a small collection of mostly Hewlett-Packard test gear -- ranging from some
of their rather early audio oscillators, through the great days of nixie-tube meters
and counters, classic RF generators and spectrum analyzers, and other
nice bits up through about the 80s.
A few years back, HP changed the test equipment group's name to Agilent. What the freq
were they thinking? IMHO, if any division should have kept the HP name, it was
Test and Measurement. History and legacy seem to mean little to many of today's business
leaders. After some corporate house-cleaning, HP is back on track, but it looks like the
Agilent name is here to stay.
(need some pics here)
I have collected some interesting old computer bits: a board using the first microprocessor (Intel's 4004),
a couple of core-memory panels, some cp/m S-100 stuff (8080-based),
a couple of HP-85 laboratory machines,
the first "transportable" machine (Osbourne I), the first IBM PC (5150),
early "luggable" machines from Compaq, the first laptop (Toshiba T1000), other early laptops,
an early Mac, spec sheets and other collateral on Cray Research supercomputers (x-mp, y-mp...)...
Also around here somewhere are various old calculators: an enormous desktop fellow with
over a dozen nixie tubes, some nice ones from HP and TI, and a some others. Also
some old phones, telegraph goodies, and other old stuff that just makes me smile.
(need some pics here)
