This is my vintage / retro computer and games collection and has been keeping me fascinated for the past 13 years. The collection covers systems from various manufacturers over a period of more than 35 years and ranges from machines, consoles, games, software, magazines and books to just about any other retro or vintage computing related items. 

My primary area of focus is IBM and IBM Compatible machines starting from the 8088 up to the early Pentium II systems (last of the DOS days) but the Commodore Amiga, Commodore 64, Atari 520ST, Creativision, Apple II, Machintosh and Sinclair ZX Spectrum also make an appearance as many of the games from the IBM DOS days also appeared on these systems and it's awesome to see how the versions differ over the various platforms. Some of the systems in my collection represent machines that family or friends owned and as such contributed towards my computing interests.

I was never into the console game scene when I was younger and only really got interested in it later in life with the Sony PS2 so for me IBM PC systems from the DOS era with a sprinkle of Windows 9x have the most prominent place in my collection.

On occasion some of the computers in my collection have been used in television adverts, miniseries and film productions.

If you don't see items for a specific system on the website it may mean that I have not had time to capture them or it's something that I don't have in the collection.

As with any collection there are always items that the collector is on the look out for. In my case this would be the following ...

• IBM 5154 EGA monitor
• IBM 5161 Expansion Chassis and related cards
• IBM 5140 Convertable PC
• IBM 5170
• IBM 5162 XT 286
• IBM PCjr
• Intel 486 DX/50 CPU
• Intel 486 DX2/50 CPU
• AMD 486 DX4/133 CPU
• Roland SCC-1
  
• Early Microsoft "green eye" mouse with controller card and steel track ball
• Diamond Monster Voodoo 1 4MB 3Dfx graphics card
• STB Systems Inc. Voodoo 3 3000 16MB AGP graphics card
• An original Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro retail box ("black box") - Just the box and contents no sound card required.
• Diamond Stealth 64 Vision 968 PCI 4MB VRAM graphics card
• Creative Labs Midi Blaster (external)
• Genius Serial 3 button mouse in "floppy style" packing case (GM-6)
  
• Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound card
• LS-120 drive

I am also always on the look out for IBM PC software and games. A more complete list can be viewed here.

August turned out to be a slower month than many of the previous ones. I was however lucky enough to come across a Phillips EGA capable monitor which was part of a system made up of an XT clone machine, 84 key keyboard and Epson LX400 printer. All in excellent condition. Along with the deal was a Phillips Vidpac G7000, 12 games and a Kasparov Sensor Chess board. As an added bonus the XT clone included a Seagate 10MB full height ST412 hard drive with I.B.M face place, ideal for migration into an I.B.M 5150 or 5160.

The EGA monitor was still however the real prize as it supports the higher resolution modes making the text modes crystal clear.