PICTURES - Home & Hobby Computers

Atari 800 I don't have a power adapter for this so I've never been able to use it. It came with a couple of cartridges including Basic. Two joysticks Atari Tape Recorder/Loader I got a clue online about using an adapter I may already have for power. I have a universal power adapter I use for a couple of laptops, maybe I have the right tip and can set the correct electrical signals.

Color Computer 2 CoCo 2 This computer used to work but now I can't get anything to come on screen accept some vertical lines inside a green border. I have some game cartridges, including Sokoban, etc. and some business app cartridges. It has a Tandy Tape Recorder/Loader Single Joystick Modem Cartridge/Adapter - 300 baud

Commodore 64 This was the computer I always wanted to purchase when I was still in High School. But I could never get the money together (it was over $300 with no accessories and no monitor. I didn't have the cash then). I first got my hands on an original PET in Jr. High School and I had a room mate after High School who owned a C64 and let me use it once in awhile. But I never owned one until this one I picked up at a garage sale. I don't have any software for it. But I can type in to the built-in Basic. It has a Commodore Tape Recorder/Loader Uses same joysticks as Atari. I added a 1541 Floppy Drive from another garage sale. I have a Magnavox CM8562 RGB 80 monitor that should work with this computer but I do not have the A/V patch cord. I use an old TV and the RF signal for now.

Apple IIe CPU/Keyboard Unit DUO Disk Double Disk Drive Apple Mono Green Monitor It has a Super Serial card and I was able to connect it to one of my Intel PC's and transfer some files and save to floppy disk. I haven't got any further yet. I found this in a dumpster at our local college and retrieved it. It has labels on it that indicate it was used in our local school district.
Apple IIc CPU/Keyboard Unit Built-in Disk Drive 12" RGB Monitor (Says Macintosh 12" RGB so  may not work with this Apple IIc computer. It powers on but without power on computer I can't say for sure if it will work) I do not have a power adapter for this unit. It uses a 7-pin DIN connector. I can't use this machine until I can get power. I don't know if I have a screen that will work. I am showing the Macintosh 12" RGB because I have it but I don't know if it is compatible. I will read up on this to learn more about it.

PS/1 Consultant 2133 IBM positioned this line as a "Home" computer. But I think it was probably more used in offices, maybe home offices. (Similar to how the Apple II was used in some offices). It was not in the same class as the PCjr - which was indeed a Home or Hobby computer. Some of the first PS/1's came with a version of DOS in ROM. This unit did not have an OS in ROM but originally came with DOS 4.0 on disk. I chose to install a copy of OS/2 2.11 that I had always wanted to try. I thought it would be appropriate as this version of OS/2 would have been available at the time this machine was being sold. I got the OS/2 disks and manual at an Antique shop but the disks didn't work. I was able to download a copy from the internet and I made new disks for the install. This version of OS/2 was made while IBM and MS were still working together and included DOS and Windows 3.11 It's not a bad DOS machine but OS/2 is pretty sluggish on this 386sx. Maybe I will go back to DOS 4.0.
Aptiva 2139 IBM also positioned the Aptiva line for Home use. By this time it was not uncommon for Home computers to be the same as business computers. It was different back in the late 80's and early 90's  where a "Home" computer was quite different from a business computer. This Aptiva line came with Windows 98, a version of Windows that was more targeted toward home use than the "NT" versions that were being targeted at business. I put a version of the "NT" Windows on it instead - Windows 2000 Pro. I also installed OS/2 Warp 4.52 and Linux.