Retrocosm – Vintage & Retro Computing Blog

Following a 2010 visit to a vintage computer fair I realised how much I missed the computers and hardware that had been a huge part of my teenage life back in the 80′s.  I soon started raiding the loft for my old computers and also scouring Ebay for machines I’d always lusted over in those days but never owned.

Then I got involved in Retrochallenge and the whole thing snowballed from there.  I now find myself surrounded by all sorts of exotic equipment from the 70′s and 80′s and regularly enjoy tinkering with it.

I decided to document my adventures in retro computing for both my own record and for others who may find them interesting and thus Retrocosm was born.

Here’s a list of machines that are at least 10 years old that I currently own and write about:-

• Apple Power Mac Cube G4 – 1
• Apple iMac G4 – 1
• Atari Portfolio – 3
• Cambridge Z88 – 1
• Commodore Vic 20 – 2
• Commodore 128D – 1
• Commodore Amiga 1200 – 1
• Commodore Amiga 500 – 1
• Epson HX20 – 1
• Epson PX4 – 2
• Epson PX8 – 3
• Epson PX16 – 1
• Epson Equity LT – 1
• HP 95LX – 1
• IBM 5140 Convertible – 1
• IBM PC Clones – Several
• Psion MC 400 – 1
• Samsung PenMaster – 1

I’ve also got a fair selection of peripherals, too numerous to list here and several modern Apple machines, the oldest of which is currently an iMac G4.

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Charlie – April 2012