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I wanted to start off by saying that tonyj, the guy that listed a commodore 64 lot and a bunch of Ultima IBM games, just up and cancelled the purchase on me Friday after having the deal worked out for well over a month. Not only am I disappointed that I didn't get the stuff, but he waited so long to tell me that 'he wasn't comfortable shipping the hardware' that I missed out on that Apple I replica on here that I really wanted. Had I known that those funds were freed up I would have bought it immediately. (I've been buying a lot lately so I thought, Beau, you should show some restraint...)

And now for the 'you win some' part. (another reason I didn't immediately jump on the Apple I, I didn't know how much this would cost me. Turns out not that much since the owner (a family member) was happy just to have someone help clear out his garage!)



I got home with that at about 1am last night. What is that? Well, I know there's at least...

An Osbourne Executive (The first and only thing we plugged in, which started smoking immediately lol)
A couple TRS-80 Model 1
A model 3
An expansion unit for a model 1
A tandy hard drive

Apple II Plus
Apple 512k mac
Apple IIc
Apple profile hard drive (boy that got my hopes up fro a Lisa when I saw it)

A few commodore 64s
A commodore 128
A few other commodore systems which I can't remember

Several Atari computers

A few IBM 5151 monitors
A 5153 that wasn't screwed together...
A model M and a model F keyboard (the one with a badjilliion function keys)
Several 5150, 5160, and 5170 computers in various states, all with rust unfortunately
An IBM 5140
A couple other clicky keyboards
LOTS AND LOTS of mfm/rll hard drives and full height 5.25 floppy drives
A few other 808X and 286 computers

Lots of CGA/monochrome monitors

Printers, cables, accessories, books, probably a thousand floppy disks etc etc.

Unfortunately this stuff was pretty much kept in a barn so a lot of original boxes(nothing exciting) and books were destroyed. Quite a bit made it through seemingly 'okay' though. I'm going to be crazy busy sorting out the good from the bad!
 
Thanks. Hopefully it will stop raining so I can unload things and take a couple teaser pictures until I get done sorting things later this week.

Speaking of pictures, this is what it looked like going through the garage.









And if you look at the last picture you'll see an unopened 1967 playboy puzzle in a can...
 
Certainly sounds like a win overall. Nice haul! Wow (pics). If you didn't already know that PB puzzle is probably worth a bit. Not sure why anyone would have interest in old adult magazines, etc but for whatever reason they seem to be collectible to the right people.
 
Well Basically, you should check all caps, since the electrolyte might have been leaking next is battery acid damage both are liable to go faulty in such conditions.
And i hope for you the moist hasn't settled in the chips.

Long story short, take security pre-caution before trying to start the system.
 
Crypticalcode0 said:
Well Basically, you should check all caps, since the electrolyte might have been leaking next is battery acid damage both are liable to go faulty in such conditions.
And i hope for you the moist hasn't settled in the chips.

Long story short, take security pre-caution before trying to start the system.
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That's pretty much what I'm going to be doing with all of these. Once I check the inside of each system I'll probably power them on the garage floor with a surge protector and a fire extinguisher nearby.
 
*sighs* I hope it's CO² Extinguisher then.

My personal routine for just arived old systems of which i am not sure is to open them up and clean them.(Removing dust bunnies, fire hazard)
Then I visualy inspect the board for leaking electrical components like batteries in Amiga's, and Electrolyte caps in systems i am sure of they are older then 9 years.(systems at that age i check bi-monthly for defects)
Tantalums are fun parts too, SRAM is sensitive for ESD and the list goes on. ;)

Just call me a Electronics Fanatic.

I suppose everyone has their own routine of starting up a untested machine.
 
Good job on saving everything, I wouldn't quite consider outside a great storage place. Being as it looks like most of the stuff was outside I would open everything up and check for any creatures you don't want inside, also helps to see if anything deteriorated beyond workability (not a word is it?).
 
The stuff was in the garage but we did go through pretty much every box. Although there was nothing living in them, it was apparent that at least one cat and some mice had been living out there at one time or another...
 
Hey, even though the Replica 1 fell through for you, life turned around and gave you some stuff from your want list! I'd say the TRS-80 Model I's are the best things out of that haul - and you got the rarer expansion chassis for it.

I wonder if the Profile was used with the Apple II? A Profile interface card for the Apple II is probably rarer than the Profile itself. (A working profile is even rarer, though.)

If you got a Commodore 128D model, that'd be awesome. I've been looking for one of those for a while. Had one in college.

I'l also echo the "don't turn on old electronics until you've reformed the capacitors using a variac or replaced the caps with new ones". I had a TRS-80 model II that I got impatient to use, so I disconnected the power supply from the main boards, power it on and hoped for the best. 5 minutes later I went to get a drink from the kitchen, and my roommate said "uhh, why is the garage full of smoke?"
 
Soupwizard said:
Hey, even though the Replica 1 fell through for you, life turned around and gave you some stuff from your want list! I'd say the TRS-80 Model I's are the best things out of that haul - and you got the rarer expansion chassis for it.

I wonder if the Profile was used with the Apple II? A Profile interface card for the Apple II is probably rarer than the Profile itself. (A working profile is even rarer, though.)

If you got a Commodore 128D model, that'd be awesome. I've been looking for one of those for a while. Had one in college.

I'l also echo the "don't turn on old electronics until you've reformed the capacitors using a variac or replaced the caps with new ones". I had a TRS-80 model II that I got impatient to use, so I disconnected the power supply from the main boards, power it on and hoped for the best. 5 minutes later I went to get a drink from the kitchen, and my roommate said "uhh, why is the garage full of smoke?"
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Yeah that's what I meant by 'You win some, you lose some'.

The II+ is in a box right now but I'll definitely check later to see what expansion cards it has. I didn't even think that the profile could have gone with that.

There is at least one C128 in the bunch. I don't know if it's a 128D or just a 128 or there's even a difference. A lot of this stuff will go up for sale/for trade once I get done sorting through it.

I appreciate everyone's concern but I'm sure I'll be fine testing stuff out and replacing capacitors is no big deal for me.

And as promised, a few teaser pics of stuff that isn't buried in boxes.

A DEC Rainbow?


A PC JR with 3 other IBMs behind it


One of these is not like the others


Even though we didn't find my 5170 in the lot, I think this is actually what's left over of my 3rd computer


A strange NEC monitor that has a special video card


Another Commodore


A Coco2. What's neat about this one is that it still has the price tag from when it was for sale at my grandmother's store
 
It is in fact a B128-80. I'm pretty anxious to start going through this but I actually have one more place that I might pick up some more equipment from. Who's up for having a swap meet in Cincinnati? :D
 
Wow. Great haul there, and a good variety of systems.

That Packard Bell computer is a bit different. The PB logo was the one in bigger letters, and the model name was below it in smaller letters. Yours is switched around. I have not seen many of that type.
 
Well I found an Apple III profile card. I guess that went with the profile. I also found an unopened copy of IBM MS-DOS 3.3



And here's a pic of that keyboard from earlier. I think I saw a thread earlier saying that this was for a terminal?



I'm hoping to start testing systems tomorrow.
 
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