The WP-1 was a word processor, has a built in amber CRT & daisy wheel printer. It has a signal sided proprietary 160KB FDD & no other I/O. Pretty much a dedicated computer. Some later models were able to play games. Was found on eBay, these are still quite cheap.

These is a really good video series of someone reverse engineering & hacking a Raspberry PI into one of these machines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVZsIcO7xuE&list=PLuQ2s_IbSWv5NDpc9Ew3BYDSF7siX9mNj

This looks to be a serial cable tester, probably for testing dumb terminal cables back in the day. It is from the late 70s & uses bubble LED modulus for the display. I did have two of these but took one apart to fix up other stuff. These were given to me at uni.

An interesting machine got it on a whim as I thought it might be interesting, boy was I right. It is the computer unit for an embroidery machine. It would of connected to the CNC sowing machine part via a serial interface. See the teardown section for more.

This is not a well known machine.

A industrial touch screen LCD RS232 serial terminal. Not much exists on this terminal in the wild. It is from the 90s, uses a Z80 for a CPU. I found this in the WEEE bin at uni & did some custom mods so I can use it like it is.

The granddaddy of the modern computer. All Intel & AMD CPUs use the x86 architecture 40 odd years later. A modern PC is still technically compatible with this machine. Was gifted to my by one of the uni accommodation staff.

An MS-DOS machine with a gas plasma display, love these displays. Came broken. Managed to fix it but then reversed the 5V & 12V, it was game over after that. Now it is parts to try & fix other machines.

A PC from 1991 that I found in the skip at uni. Tuned out to work just fine. Had a custom floppy disk that had some industrial program on it. I have added an HDD & a 5/14 FDD to the machine. I use it to interface software between my modern machines & my IBM 5150.

An MS-DOS Windows 3.1 PC from 1992, runs on a 16MHz 386SX CPU, quite rare & also not the only manufacture to bild these. This example was found in a cupboard in the science department at school.

A machine from 1991, has a lot better design than the T3200/20 & was not designed by someone who hates technicians. Runs on a 386DX 20MHz with is an unusual package type for a 386. Has a default amount of 2MB & this example has 8MB of RAM. MS-DOS 5 & Windows 3.1 For Workgroups.

The beginnings of Acorn computers & be extension the ARM CPU, an exceptionally rear machine. This was was built for PCBs I found on eBay, the parts were all in stock from stuff I have taken apart over the years.

I have five of these buggers. One I turned into a laptop, the other one is being turned into an 80s style portable computer. These are cut down BBC Micros & suffered from not having mode 7 graphics. All but one of these were obtained from eBay, the other was obtained from an x friend who was only interested in getting in my pants.

This machine was a bit of a flop when it was released, it is the same as the Commodore C16 but that one fetches higher prices for some reason. This one was dead when I got it. At first I though it was RAM, de-soldered & tested it to find it was fine. Got a CPU replacement kit, nothing wrong there. In the end turned out to be the PLA, so I burned a new on using at EPROM I pulled out of something years ago. Also sourced for cheap off of eBay.

PLA image on this page: https://www.theeprom9.co.uk/rom-dumps

One of the later revisions of the Atari 800 series, originally an architecture designed & released in the late 70s & continued into the early 90s. I rather like the style of this machine. Got it from the retro games store in Canterbury for a £5 as it was dead, tuned out to be RAM. A common failure mode on these old machines. Finally can use the touch tablet I got years ago for these machines.

The classic worst but best computer to introduce computing to the masses. The keyboard is horrible, the connection to the external memory is horrible, the way it does BASIC programming is horrible, but I cant help but love this machine. I love the retro future look it has, released in 1981 & even crap specks for the time. You just can't help but love when it did for the IT industry. I have two of these machines, one composite modded & the other, attempting to. Both eBay finds.

This one was given to me for graduating uni by an x-friend. It is quite an interesting machine that like the Acorn System 1 can only be programed using HEX, not even assembly. It is the lowest level of programming you can do next to flipping switches on a front panel like the first computers.

I got this at uni from eBay. It is an early laptop, one of the first, only beaten out by the DVW Microelectronics Husky. It has two modes of operation by default. Monitor modes for assembly programming the machine & BASIC. The cartridge slot can have a number of different cartridges, but the most common is the cassette drive. The other nice feature is it has a built in printer that you can still get ink ribbons for.

A CP/M machine made by NEC, an interesting & uncommon laptop. Not much about it online. Got it on eBay, uses a ton of custom chips on the motherboard. Another eBay find.

Pretty much the first PDA, although the version 2 unit. One of these was from eBay, the other was gifted by a very kind Edwin who watched my YouTube. The one from eBay was used at an airbase based on the data I found on the EPROM cartridge.

The first DVW Husky I got. Also the first OG laptop ever created.

The OG ruggedized CP/M compatible portable laptop computer. I have three of these, only one works.

IA cheaper & non-ruggedized  Husky Hunter.

A Husky Hunter 16 with a bigger display, aka the Hunter 2 of the MS-DOS Husky's. I have two of these, both no longer function.

A much improved version of the Husky FS3 with more computing grunt behind it & more memory, both non-volatile & volatile. I have three of these.