Mining Monday: the hardware collection

October 03, 2005

There’s a fine line between collecting and just not knowing when to throw stuff out. Sometime in the last few years I switched from the latter to the former – in the realm of vintage computer hardware, anyway. Because the OCD aspects of collecting kind of freak me out, I don’t get too organized about it. I like portable stuff; I like Apple stuff; I like stuff that’s cleverly designed. I like stuff I’ve actually used; I like getting stuff really cheap on eBay.

Portability and/or small size is a theme, though not a rule. It helps keep storage requirements in check.

With that preamble I present the hardware collection. If you’ve got any of the items on my wish-list, please get in touch!

EpsonHX-20 Microsoft CP/M card for Apple II Osborne 1 Newton and Palms PowerBook 100 and friend