My Museum

Several of these items were obtained through Astro Too. If you are in the Melbourne area, please stop by and check out their enormonous electronics surplus warehouse! Located on NASA Blvd. near the intersection of NASA and Wickham.

Name Made By Manufacture Date Date Obtained Description
Commodore 64 Commodore Unknown May 2002

The Commodore 64 is a personal computer that was manufactured around 1985. It was famous for its ability to be expanded, along with other things. It has an operating system that is run by a BASIC interpreter. The CPU is a 6502, the same as in the NES and Intellivision.

This particular unit is somewhat damaged; the '8' key on the keyboard is missing.

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Commodore 64 1541 Disk Drive Commodore Unknown May 2002

This is the oldest of the 2 C64 5.25" floppy drives I have. It's really bulky and heavy unlike it's younger (and better looking) cousin, the 1571.

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Commodore 64 1571 Disk Drive Commodore Unknown May 2002

The youngest of the 2 C64 5.25" floppy drives. It's nice and sleek, and was designed to match the look of the redesigned C64 units that came out near the end if its lifespan.

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Atari 2600 Atari April 1993 March 2002

This is the second generation Atari 2600 without any faux wood paneling. It works very well but I need to add better RF shielding (I sort of destroyed the old one by accident.) Also modified to output composite video. There is sign of damage on the bottom right corner of the unit.

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IBM PC XT IBM October 30, 1988 December 1st, 2003 (Astro Too)

The second PC that IBM has ever produced, the XT was extremely popular for its low price point and ease of use. It sports a 4.77MHz Intel 8088 CPU with 256KB of ram and two 360k half-height floppy drives, as well as a CGA video card and a 65.5MB hard drive which still doesn't have an interface card. I should be getting the RLL card soon for the hard drive.

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Macintosh LC Apple 1990 December 4th, 2003 (Astro Too)

The Macintosh LC was the first Mac I ever used back in elementary school. Its low price point ($2,500 at the time) made it a popular item for educational markets as well as people looking to save some money. The codename for this machine was "Elise" and it sported a 32-bit 68020 CPU on a 16-bit data bus.

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Apple High Resolution Monitor Apple 1991 December 5th, 2003 (Astro Too)

A 14" Trinitron monitor designed for LC systems, supports a high resolution 1024x768 display.

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Macintosh LCIII Apple 1992 December 9th, 2003 (Astro Too)

The successor to the LCII which was the successor to the LCIII.

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Apple Macintosh Color Display Apple 1990 December 9th, 2003 (Astro Too)

A low-end 14" monitor for the LC, supports 640x480 display.

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20MB Hard Drive Magnetic Peripherals, Inc. 1985 December 11th, 2003 (Astro Too)

Very large, heavy MFM hard drive

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