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John Chaplin

Mon, 30 May 2016 03:50:19 +0000

Hi Terry,
its been a long time since I last contacted you and I can't remember my log in.
I am still collecting but am having a clean out of a few machines and looking to repair a few others.
I have an Apple Lisa 10/2 ( XP? ) which has a faulty power supply and am looking for someone who I could contact to have it fixed.
It is completely dead and keeps blowing fuses, so assume something is not right.
I have read of what to look for, but I am not suitably skilled to go repair it myself, so would welcome any recommendations who I could send it to.

many thanks
John

Wayne

Sun, 24 Apr 2016 11:52:50 +0000

Thanks so much for the site on the System 80 and its history. It brought back A LOT of memories.. As a kid I collected aluminium cans at 1c a can to get that machine. Absolutely love it. Thank you.

Carlos Teixeira

Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:28:30 +0000

Great stuff Tezza, i sometimes re-watch your videos.

You collection needs at least a Tandy 1000 and a PCjr. :)

Mike

Wed, 09 Mar 2016 05:09:14 +0000

Hi there Just wondering if any one has any information on how to repair a Grand Stand video master colour computer game made by Grand Stand Leisure NZ Ltd as it will not turn on. Any help would be appreciated cHeers

Duncan

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 12:18:19 +0000

An absolute wealth of information for computer lovers, thankyou

Alan Edmonds

Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:46:21 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to make all those great video. You've covered machines I owned, machines I wanted to own, and machines I didn't know much about. :-)

J. Rain

Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:29:45 +0000

Hi Terry. WONDERFUL WORK with your retro computer YouTube videos. Your back history and computer showcase are easy to follow and detailed enough without being boring. PLEASE MAKE MORE!!!

Oliver Beames

Fri, 15 Jan 2016 23:54:04 +0000

Hi Terry,
love your videos. The Spectrum bought for me by my mum & dad is now loading WAV files from a PC in my garage. I also did a composite video conversion. I have an Atari 600XL I expanded internally to 64K running SIO2PC connected to the same PC. ! Keep up the good work! Oliver

Mark

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 00:34:37 +0000

really enjoyed the videos and information. Wish I had kept the Apple IIGS I had.

Cheers,
Mark

Andreas Kohlbach

Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:01:16 +0000

I miss your documentaries. :-)

I am reading some older computer magazines and in the American BYTE 1/1984 I saw a report about the Zenith Z-100. Cannot tell whether that was available there, neither did I have one. But having 2 CPUs it seems to be a quite interesting computer.

In case you have no "new" computers in your collection and can get hold of a Zenith may be you can add this to your collection and make a video?

Thanks.

AJC

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 20:51:54 +0000

You must start making videos again on ANY subject involving classic computing. Your series on Youtube is amazing.

Bryan Caudle

Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:00:13 +0000

Great work preserving and demonstrating these classic machines. I have really enjoyed your videos.

Graeme Carter

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:30:34 +0000

Great site, keep it going
3 to 4 am nights on the commodore 64 I was king after the Tandy1000 was a prince
Amstrade 1614 getting close to a commoner
now windows 10 just a plebeian.

Hazardous

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:37:47 +0000

Interesting website.

Any Commodore 64 fans should check out my game, "Hangman's Hazard", which can be found at gamebase64.com, csdb.dk, and elsewhere.

If you like word games and are highly competitive, you might enjoy a game that was designed to be the best of the Hangman / Wheel of Fortune category.

Especially good with 3 or 4 players and can be played comfortably from across the room.

The dungeon scoring system is unique and was described as "admittedly the animation is nifty" in a review in Run magazine of Oct 1992.

Check it out.

Mike

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:17:49 +0000

Great site Terry and I really enjoy watching the Youtube videos. I hope to see you continue for a long time to come with more computers and videos soon. Mike.

jim

Wed, 29 Jul 2015 19:23:21 +0000

Great site and youtube videos. Thanks for all the hard work!

Daniel

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 16:44:30 +0000

Great website!

On behalf of all vintage computing enthusiasts, thanks for sharing all your toys and knowledge with the rest of us geeks who still remember these old machines. Your videos and website have satisfied my thirst for nostalgia.

Keep up the good work! Your dedication to the cause does honour to the spirit of computing I remember as a youth.

Andreas Kohlbach

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:27:22 +0000

Hello Terry,

I recently discovered your web series. Nice. :-)

I would like to note some things though. The volume is sometimes too low; you could speak little louder. Also that it would be nice to add some video clips of that time. Like ads or reports about the then new computer you are reviewing.

For the Sinclair QL you mentioned though it has multitasking. Correct, but it was also the first commercially available computer that had it, predating the Amiga by more than a year.

There is also a nice video I recommend from 1983 or so where a young Bill Gates talks about the MSX computers (did you ever make an episode of these?). And then a quite arrogant Clive Sinclair bitching about Gates and that Sinclair had the UK market on his grasp, with no chance Microsoft could get a larger share. Then he sais it gets even better, since the Sinclair QL was just around the corner. Well that didn't work. But nice witness of time. I could try to locate this video (runs about 20 minutes) if interested.

And for the Osborne. As far as I know they didn't go bust because others had similar devices but with larger screens. Rather than he announced the Executive too early, wasn't able to get it on the shelves, and people canceled Osborne 1 orders. It became to be known as the "Osborne Effect" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect>

Steven Stevenson

Tue, 23 Jun 2015 16:50:38 +0000

Loved your Dick Smith System 80 pages. I had one back in the day, which I sadly fried after owning it a few months by using on a beanbag and blocking the ventilation holes. :( I didn't get a new 'puter until the Commodore Amiga came along, which was also impressive and affordable for its time, compared to the competition.

I'm a Microsoft-compatible man since the turn of the century, but old computers one owned have a special place in the geek heart - thanks for your voluminous efforts at keeping the memories going!

niall

Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:29:00 +0000

What a fantastic site i have discovered.
Really fascinating and i always have had a love of retro computers etc..

Thanks!