The RonTurner Collection

[RonTurner]

Here are some photos of the odd computer or two from my collection: (more to follow)


Video Genie and System-80 - Printer cable, Artic computing (Planet Nebula) tape and Dick smith software tape.


An interesting Apple II clone, brand unknown ?

comments welcome

[RonTurner]

Already shown this photo, self explanatory...

Here are some more, A few clones in this lot

You can see a missing space bar and badge, don't worry ,got them, "fell off"
There are some other Apples stashed around the place, you can never have to many Apples

UNISYS Kennedy Tape Drive Unit, and a couple of big ol' heavy Hard drives underneath:

Got plenty of Cassettes and Tape Reels for it. The whole setup weighs quite a bit, took two people to
get it up on the table, lucky its got wheels now, cause thats one big tape deck !

Inside one of my System-80 interfaces, a board has been added, a switch at the back and a new printer socket:

Looks like if you had a system-80 you mod'd it, then look at the chip piggy backing on the
added board, looks like when you run out of mod's you mod'd the mod ?

Had to get to a fuse in an Apple IIc 9inch monitor, not a task to be taken lightly:

Will have to put it back together now ! , had to remove 44 screws to get to the fuse
you could say the fuse wasn't in the most convenient location
The filter caps had cracks then subsequently shorted out when powered up, blowing the fuse,
replaced the filter caps and fuse, two more IIc monitors to do now before the smoke comes out !

And the photo of it back together and working , who says the magic smoke coming out is the end ?

Not bad for two hours work !!! took awhile to figure out how to put it back together!

[RonTurner]

Here it is the Amstradcpc464

[tezza]

That System 80 expansion mod is a double density card, yes?

[RonTurner]

That System 80 expansion mod is a double density card, yes?

Yup its a double density card

[tezza]

Yup its a double density card

Nice. At some stage I'll be doing some updates on my System 80 site. Do you mind if I use that image to show people what this mod looks like?

[RonTurner]

go for it in fact I will email you some more clearer photo's of it around this weekend sometime

[tezza]

go for it in fact I will email you some more clearer photo's of it around this weekend sometime

That would be great Gavin, thanks!

[RonTurner]

My Bread-bin collection, just the computers, I have cables,tape decks,drives, commodore monitors etc for each one.
I also have original boxes, PSU's, books, Carts,tapes,Disks and other kinds of commodores, these are just my bread-bins,
I have some mint boxed items stored in large 120 ltr plastic containers that look almost brand new
don't ask me whats going on with the yellow Vic-20's ? but both the yellow ones and the white ones are Vic-20's
One of those really yellow VIC20 cost me $5 with tape deck and PSU + cables and it works !
I also have in my possession almost every last issue of C.C.U.G. user group monthly publication.
4 x C64 , 4 x VIC20 , 2 x C16, they all work except for both the C16 (black screen of death)

The C64 was the perfect cross breeding of game console and computer

[Gibsaw]

The C64 was the perfect cross breeding of game console and computer

Almost. It had all the elements, but was more than a bit rough around the edges.