Chris Osbornes picture of (Almost) Every Wedge Computer he has Got : retrobattlestations
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/06/04
On reddit: [WayBack] Wedge Week(Almost) Every Wedge Computer I’ve Got (i.redd.it)
Via: [WayBack] My entry for #WedgeWeek on #RetroBattlestations. (Almost) every wedge computer I’ve got. No exact duplicates but a few are from the same series. Glad … – Chris Osborn – Google+ where I commended “Nice collection! I’ve used at least 10 or 12 of them in one way or the other (: Need to take a closer look when not on the road.”
So behind a normal machine instead of a smartphone, I think this is the list going from the top left in a counter clockwise and spiral order to the center:
- * Atari 1040STF (which unlike the Atari 520ST andAtari 1040ST had both floppy and power supply built-in)
- Tandy Radio Shack TRS/80 (original version without numeric keypad)
- Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (with speech synthesizer module)
- * Commodore 128
- * Amiga 500
- * Sinclair ZX Spectrum
- Texas Instruments CC 40
- Triumph Adler Alphatronic PC (this reminds me of Triumph Adler electronic typewriters I used, but the “TA Royal” set me on the wrong foot)
- TRS-80 Colour Computer 2 (I originally marked it as “Radio Shack ???”, as I had no idea **)
- Commodore Plus/4
- * Apple //c (I need to get my monitor repaired)
- Atari 800
- TRS-80 Colour Computer 3 (I originally marked it as “Radio Shack ???” too, as I had no idea **)
- * Apple II (not the plus!)
- Timex Sinclair 1000 (basically an OEM Sinclair ZX 81)
- TRS-80 MC-10 (I originally marked it as Radio Shack ??? too, as I had no idea either)
- * Amstrad ZX Spectrum +2 (after they bought Sinclair; being close to Germany I’ve seen and used a few other Amstrad computers as well as they were wildly popular there)
- * Commodore VIC-20
- Tandy 102
- * Sinclair ZX 81
- Mattel Aquarius
- * Commodore 64
- * BBC Micro (I think it is a model B)
- I marked the ones I ever used (either at school, friends or university) with a star, and added some links later; mostly from Wikipedia/Wikimedia.
** I’m still not sure why, as there was a Dutch user group (see trs80.nl), but somehow no people in my “circles” me had one.
Original image is a [WayBack] highres 3211*1942 one and easier to see the model numbers (;
–jeroen
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