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TI 99/4A (Release:1981,End:1984)
CPU : TI TMS 9900 (with 256 bytes 'cache', actually it accesses to 256 bytes of RAM) @ 3,3 MHz (The TMS-9900 was the only 16-bit processor to be used on a 1981 home-computer).The CPU can only access its main memory through the 9918A, hence the low speed of the system.
COPROCESSOR : TMS 9918 (TMS 9929 in Europe) - Video / Sprite (8bit)
.The TMS-9918A was used in the ColecoVision/ADAM, MSX series.
RAM : 16 KB - Memory expansion card can be added, 4 KB or 32 KB (up to 52 KB)
VRAM : 16 KB
ROM : 26 KB, 8 KB ROM connected to the CPU + 18 KB ROM in byte-serial bit-mapped circuits (usually known as GROM, Graphic Only Memory)
Text modes : 32 x 24 (16 colors), 40 x 24 (2 colors)
Graphic modes : Multicolor mode 48 x 64 with 16 colors,
256 x 192 with 16 colors (only accesed via machine code)
Sprites :
The display chip also has a nifty sprite engine. Up to 32 sprites are supported. Up to 4 (bits of) sprites can share the same scan line, though. Any more sprites aren't drawn on that scan line. Some programmers used this limitation to create special effects for games. (only with TI-Extended Basic)
Colors : 16
Sound : 3 channels, 5 octaves (110hz to 55khz) and 1 noise channel (periodic and white)
I/O ports  : Tape interface (450 baud), RGB video, Joystick (2), cartridge slot (Solid State Cartridge).The joystick port is incompatible with Atari joysticks, despite the fact that it's a male 9-pin D socket.
OS : Its ROM BASIC was even more horrible than the Commodore 64's: there was a minimal set of graphics/sound routines, but no POKE/PEEK/CALL commands for accessing the ROM directly or writing machine code programs. One of the most popular modules, Extended BASIC, offered access to almost all of the hardware (even optional peripherals, like the famous Speech Synthesiser, with a built-in vocabulary of 300 words).
Retail price :  £ 99 (UK, 1983)
WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

1 computer in great working order.
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Serial number: 5244284 - LTA0186 MADE IN USA)
1 Speech Synthesizer
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Serial number: 9425160 - LTA4582 MADE IN USA)

MODULES (SOLID STATE CARTRIDGES)
1)   PARSEC (C+M)
2)   ADVENTURE (C+M)
3)   VIDEO CHESS (C+M)
4)   TUNNELS OF DOOM (C+M)
5)   FOOTBALL (C+M)
6)   TOUCH TYPING TUTOR (C+M)
7)   RETURN TO PIRATE'S ISLE (C+M)
8)   HOUSEHOLD BUDGET MANAGEMENT (C+M)
9)   ALPINER (C+M)
10) HOME FINANCIAL DECISIONS (C+M)
11) M*A*S*H (C+M)
12) TERMINAL EMULATOR II (C+M)
13) TI EXTENDED BASIC (C+Book)

33 Tapes full of proggys, custom made monitor cable and RF modulator.

 


COMMODORE 64 (Release:1982,End:1993)
CPU : 8bit 6510 @ 0.985MHz
VICII, SID, 64K RAM, 20K ROM
Text modes: 40 columns X 25 lines
Graphics: several, most used : 320X200
Colors: 16+16 border colours
Sound: 3 voices / 9 octaves, 4 waveforms (sound output through TV)
Media: Cassette unit,170 KB 5.25'' floppy disc unit (1541),cartridges.
Retail price: $ 595 (USA, 1982) - £ 229 (U.K. 1984)
One of the BEST home computers - My first one !
WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

Three (3) computers :
- C64
serial no. UKB1334202 MADE IN ENGLAND (garbage on screen, burned PLA chip ?)(CPU: 6510)
- C64C
serial no. HB41168277E MADE IN CHINA (100% mint and operational)
- C64G
serial no. HB4170799 MADE IN CHINA (little yellowish,100% operational)(CPU: MOS 8500)


One MMC 64 cartidge (BIOS updated to v1.04)
Two (2) 1541-II external floppy drives / 1 boxed
Two (2) datassettes (tape recorders) / 1 boxed
Mouse and joysticks (lots !)
5 carts (Music Composer, Jack Attack, Currah Micro Speech, Final Cartridge,Games)
(ThanX to Alexandros Dimitriadis who donated Jack Attack ! )
Commodore printer (803)
SANYO RGB/PAL monitor, special video cable rgb to scart.
....Tons of proggys,books and mags ;-) - My first love !


ZX SPECTRUM  48K + (Release:1984,End: ? )
CPU : Zilog Z80A @ 3.5 MHz
RAM : 48k
ROM : 16k
Text modes : 32 x 24
Graphic modes : 256 x 192
Colors : 8 with two tones each (normal and bright)
Sound : 1 voice / 10 octaves (Internal beeper)
I/O ports : Expansion port, tape recorder (1200 bauds), RF video out
OS : Sinclair BASIC
Retail price : 40000 - 45000 dr. (Greece)
WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

1 boxed computer in excellent condition
1 Currah Micro Speech (boxed)
1 Dktronics Light pen (boxed)
1 Kempston (clone) interface
Couple of  joysticks (including a QuickShot IX)


COMMODORE AMIGA 500+ (Release:April 1987 for Amiga 500)
CPU: 68000 @ 7.14Mhz
Chipset: OCS or ECS (more common)
CO-PROCESSOR: Agnus (MMU), Denise (video), Paula (Sound & I/O)
RAM: Standard CHIP RAM: 512K (OCS version), 1MB (ECS version) 512 KB(expandable to 9MB : 512 KB CHIP RAM + 512 KB Slow RAM + 8 MB FAST RAM)
ROM 256 KB (DOS 1.2)
RAM sockets: None
Hard Drive Controllers: None
TEXT MODES: 60 x 32 / 80 x 32
GRAPHIC MODES: 320 x 256 / 320 x 512 / 640 x 256 / 640 x 512
COLORS: 32 (for 320 x X modes), 16 (for 640 x X modes) among 4096 + 2 Special modes : EHB 64 colors and HAM 4096 colors on static display.
SOUND: 4 voice 8 bit PCM
OS: AMIGA WorkBench 1.2 (first deliveries) then 1.3
Kickstarts: V2.04 (1 x 40pin DIL)
Expansion Slots: 1 x 86pin Side Expansion slot
1 x 56pin Trapdoor Slot
Drive Bays: 1 x Custom Floppy Drive Bay
Expansion Ports: 1 x 25pin Serial
1 x 25pin Parallel
1 x 23pin RGB Video
1 x 23pin External Floppy
2 x 9pin Joystick/Mouse
2 x RCA Audio (Left/Right)
FLOPPY: 1 x Internal 880K Floppy Drive
POWER SUPPLY: External PSU
PRICE: £599 (UK, 1988)
£369 (UK, 1990)
WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

One computer in mint condition (serial no. 173223.MADE IN CHINA)
Motherboard rev.8A.1 with Fat Agnus (
s/n 1279566/92), 512K RAM (early version), ECS chipset.
2 X 512k RAM boards (replaced batteries), 3 external floppy disks, special video cable RGB to SCART.
Lots of game disks (incl. 100 cover disks)


ATARI FALCON 030 (Release:1992)
CPU : MC68030 @ 16MHz
4MB RAM, 512K ROM
Text modes: 40 or 80 chars. x 25 lines (bitmapped graphics)
Graphic modes: ST Modes, TT Modes, VGA (640 x 480), True Color.
Colors: Two modes : 16 / 15 bit with True color mode or 262144 with paletted mode
Sound: 8 channel 16 bit PCM audio system
I/O ports: RGB, VGA, PAL, DSP, SCSI, Stereo IN/OUT, Midi (2), LocalTalk, Cardridge, RS232c, Centronics, Analog Joystick (2), Digital Joystick (2), 68030 Bus
Media: 3.5'' FDD and 2.5'' IDE hard disk (44, 65 or 80 MB) depending models.
OS: TOS + GEM (4.04 in ROM)
Retail price:
1175 ¬

ATARI stopped its production to focus on Jaguar console development. :-(

WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

Found in a trash can !!! - fully restored, 100% working. (No Box)
68882 math copro installed, brand new internal DALLAS clock,14 MB RAM, external SCSI II 4.5 gigs hard disk and PLEXTOR 12/20 CD ROM
CUBASE (Original with hasp key)
VGA adapter, Joypad, mouse and...lots of proggys ;-)

ATARI at its BEST ! - a dream machine !


COMMODORE AMIGA 1200 (Release:October 1992)
CPU: Motorola MC68EC020 @ 14,19 MHz in PAL version, 14,31MHz in NTSC
CO-PROCESSOR: Alice (AGA display controller), Lisa (AGA graphics coprocessor), Paula (audio and I/O controller), Gayle (system address decoder and IDE controller)
RAM: 2Mb CHIP RAM + 8Mb Fast RAM max. (and more with an accelerator board installed)
ROM: 512 Kb
TEXT MODES: 60 or 80 characters x 32 lines, emulated on graphic screens
GRAPHIC MODES: from 320 x 200 pixels noninterlaced 50 Hz up to 1280 x 512 pixels interlaced 50 Hz or, 640 x 480 pixels noninterlaced 60 Hz or, 640 x 400 pixels noninterlaced 70 Hz...
COLORS: up to 16.8 million colours (24 Bit), 256 of them displayable simultaneously or up to 262144 in HAM-8 mode
SOUND: 4-Channel Stereo Sound standard, each 8 Bit PCM
I/O PORTS: ''Clock'' port, 150 pin local bus expansion, PCMCIA 2.0 expansion bus, RS-232 serial port, Centronics parallel port, 2 mouse/joystick ports, Colour composite video port, 15kHz colour RGB analogue video port, 31KHz SVGA video output, 2 stereo audio output ports, external floppy, internal AT IDE, internal floppy
BUILT IN MEDIA: 3.5-inch double density disk drive (880 KB/1.76 MB formatted) or any IDE hard disc drive (orginaly 40 MB, up to several GB)
OS: AmigaOS 3.0, Kickstart 3.0
POWER SUPPLY: External PSU, 110 volt/60Hz 23 watts (220-240V/50Hz for Europe)
PRICE: £399 (UK, 1992), £329 (UK, 1995)
WHAT I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION ?

1 desktop computer with brand new UK keyboard and internal floppy drive, internal HD Fujitsu 2.1 GB (44pin), Blizzard 1200/4 expansion card (4 Megs) with new Lithium battery, PCMCIA CF -> adf transfer card, WB 3.1, PCMCIA Alfa Data CD1200, IdeFix splitter, external DVD/CD-ROM Toshiba and one extra brand new floppy drive.


(my wife will divorse me ... :-))

Last updated 13/6/2007


Please do not ask me questions like : " Will you sell me your ***** PCB / tabletop / computer ? " Sorry but can't sell. If I wanted to get rid of them I wouldn't have bought them myself in the first place. I'm not in this to try to make money off of people. I just collect them.