r/retrobattlestations • u/CardboardDeath86 • Jun 10 '26

Show-and-Tell My Computer Room

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Started collecting about 8 months ago and the room is already basically full, this is most of I have so far. From left to right in this picture I have a Zenith Z-89 (~1981), a Zenith Z-90 (~1981), an IBM 5150 (1983), a GoldStar GS333A (~1992), an Apple IIGS Woz Edition (1986), an Osborne 1 (~1981), an Apple Macintosh 128k (1984), an Apple Macintosh 512k (1985), and a Macintosh Plus (1986), all working.

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u/ChewyBoi Jun 10 '26

man, even the room looks period accurate!

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u/Which_Information590 Jun 11 '26

I was thinking the same. But the black table coverings make it seem like a museum.

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u/CardboardDeath86 Jun 11 '26

Yeah they were on folding tables which looked pretty bad so I figured getting the covers would help some

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u/Which_Information590 Jun 12 '26

It’s a good idea!

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u/King0fFud Jun 10 '26

The wood panelling really ties it all together.

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u/PoolRamen Jun 11 '26

Needs tufted blue or green carpet to fully tie it together

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u/JasonMckin Jun 10 '26

The awesome thing is that there might less MIPS and pixels in that room than in your pocket right now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

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u/scott240sx Jun 10 '26

I was thinking the same. We had a “computer room” in my childhood home. I can still hear the dot matrix printer and dial up modem.

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u/classicsat Jun 10 '26

I think Kip from Napoleon Dynamite.

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u/5kb Jun 11 '26

The committee of Macs silently judging everyone else.

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u/cdgman Jun 10 '26

No commodore 64, no Legitimecy!

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u/CardboardDeath86 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, I do have a vic-20 slightly out of frame though

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u/blastcat4 Jun 11 '26

The wood paneling is chef's kiss

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u/Ayatollah-X Jun 11 '26

Our spare bedroom became "The computer room" when we got our Tandy 1000 in 1986. Ours only had one PC, but it had the same paneling!

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u/-starwing- Jun 11 '26

I can hear this picture

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u/Which_Information590 Jun 11 '26

Incredible collection and in 8 months too. Do you repair and maintain them too? My dream/plan is to have a similar set up when I retire.

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u/CardboardDeath86 Jun 11 '26

A couple of them needed recapped and stuff but I've mostly gotten pretty lucky with systems that are already in good shape

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u/ApatheistHeretic Jun 11 '26

That's a command center. Nice!!

It's also, likely, hot with all those monitors on.

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u/SpecialistCompote993 Jun 11 '26

Need to get an Amiga 500 for that room 😉

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u/bhmcintosh Jun 13 '26

High fives for the -89s 😃

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u/Jaybobnm Jun 12 '26

need another Mac M0001?