My Commodore man cave of splendor :)

Updated 6.8.2015... now looks like the below :D

How times change!!!

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Below is the original post and my old room :D

After Retr0briting everything I own using up the entire supply of hydrogen peroxide in North East Derbyshire I negotiated with the kids to let me have a corner of their gaming room for some of my beloved Commodore kit collected over the last thirty years so I could spend less time in the garage haha!

We agreed to me having one third of the room and a contract signed by all three kids that no biscuits or toast will be inserted into any floppy drives in exchange for dinner at Pizza Hut and a new slide.

My third of the room… Commodore Heaven :lol:


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The kids two thirds… Console hell ;)

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Wow! All your systems are not yellowed at all. :) Very nice. It's not wrong that I like the consoles too, is it? :)

Heather

That looks great can not wait too set some of mine up

Very nice, thanks for sharing :thumbsup:

Cool to see them all up and running too :)

very nice!!!!

Stunning mate!

Years ago I had a long campaigne going for the wife to allow me a pool room in the biggest bedroom. After a couple of years I got my way, however I played all my cards too soon, as I now want to re purpose it to a retro computer room and the wife now isnt having any of it!

Well done!

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That's a cracking setup, very nice indeed. :)

l u s h !

Nice 500 mobo framed on the wall!

Thanks all :-)

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Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl

Wow! All your systems are not yellowed at all. :) Very nice. It's not wrong that I like the consoles too, is it? :)

Heather

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Not at all... must confess I'm a bit partial to some 360 Fallout 3 and new Vegas :-)

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Originally Posted by stephenfalken

Stunning mate!

Years ago I had a long campaigne going for the wife to allow me a pool room in the biggest bedroom. After a couple of years I got my way, however I played all my cards too soon, as I now want to re purpose it to a retro computer room and the wife now isnt having any of it!

Well done!

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Sneak them in one at a time... over a few months.... and distract her with shoes lol. My wife is fine with it as it keeps me and the kids quiet haha!

Thats a nice setup. Are the desk made like that or did you put bookshelves underneath?

Cracking Man Cave Sir

5 stars!
This is the real mancave to me and my son...! :)

Very jealous! Wish I had room to do that. My sell off my ST to make more Commy room ;)

Sooooo much clean white Amiga's on display... ahh.

Looking great you can never have to many crt's :D

Now THAT's a man cave!!!! Love it!

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Originally Posted by limboy777

Thats a nice setup. Are the desk made like that or did you put bookshelves underneath?

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I just bought a good strong book case, chopped it in half then bolted it to desk frame underneath to keep is sturdy lol.... I need another extension to the right as I have been listening to some Chuck Peddle interviews on podcast so I really want to get the PET out and fiddle with it but my youngest two kids are only 3 and 2yrs so I should probably hang on a little while until I can fully explain to them the link between breaking my computers and eviction from the house haha

Awesome little corner of retro goodness you got there ! If you've got a window in the room I suggest covering the stuff you retrobrighted when their not in use.

Amazing place. Tasteful wall decoration... And pretty collection.

Better than museum !!!!

Amazing! :)
Thanks for sharing these works of art! :bowdown:

Awesome :)
I hope to setup a room one day too, but so far it's still crammed into tight places.

And with about 44 Amiga's it's a bit more of challenge.
My list:
- 2 x A1000
- 8 x A500
- 1 x A1500 (A2000, not checkmate)
- 8 x A1200 (Not counting an Eagle tower build in progress, it's missing it's backplane for the zorro cards)
- 12 x A2000 (1 A2000T Compz)
- 5 x A2500
- 3 x A3000D
- 3 x A3000T (1 Micronik, 2 original's)
- 4 x A4000D
- 4 x A4000T (2 Micronik's, 2 original's)
- 1 x CDTV
- 1 x CD32

I also have a couple of C64's with drives, 2 MSX1's and few PlayStation's and Xboxes.

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Originally Posted by Buzzfuzz

Awesome :)
I hope to setup a room one day too, but so far it's still crammed into tight places.

And with about 44 Amiga's it's a bit more of challenge.
My list:
- 2 x A1000
- 8 x A500
- 1 x A1500 (A2000, not checkmate)
- 12 x A2000 (1 A2000T Compz)
- 5 x A2500
- 3 x A3000D
- 3 x A3000T (1 Micronik, 2 original's)
- 4 x A4000D
- 4 x A4000T (2 Micronik's, 2 original's)
- 1 x CDTV
- 1 x CD32

I also have a couple of C64's with drives, 2 MSX1's and few PlayStation's and Xboxes.

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Blimey! Yep... that's not a room you need... its an aircraft hanger :D

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Originally Posted by Buzzfuzz

Awesome :)
I hope to setup a room one day too, but so far it's still crammed into tight places.

And with about 44 Amiga's it's a bit more of challenge.
My list:
- 2 x A1000
- 8 x A500
- 1 x A1500 (A2000, not checkmate)
- 12 x A2000 (1 A2000T Compz)
- 5 x A2500
- 3 x A3000D
- 3 x A3000T (1 Micronik, 2 original's)
- 4 x A4000D
- 4 x A4000T (2 Micronik's, 2 original's)
- 1 x CDTV
- 1 x CD32

I also have a couple of C64's with drives, 2 MSX1's and few PlayStation's and Xboxes.

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WOW! But........

8 A500's...NO A1200's?:lol:

@ Aysel

ah just noticed that you're a Portal Master too eh;)

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WOW! But........
8 A500's...NO A1200's?:lol:

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Oops, forgot the most used :laugh:, that's 8, so 52 in total, I thought I missed a few.

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Blimey! Yep... that's not a room you need... its an aircraft hanger :D

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Well if I do want to put them all up with monitors, drives, keyboards and mice, so properly spaced, I at least need at least a room of 20 meters by 20 meters, so 4 times bigger than the current one.

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@ Aysel

ah just noticed that you're a Portal Master too eh;)

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Woooooohhhhh..... shhhhhhhhhh... first rule of Portalmaster club, Do Not Talk About Portalmaster Club haha :D

Nice gaming room, nice relaxed 'vibe' :cool:

Does that A2000 actually get any use?

Looks fantastic. Great use of space :thumbsup:

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Nice gaming room, nice relaxed 'vibe' :cool:

Does that A2000 actually get any use?

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Yeah, I managed to get the original PC XT version of Castle Wolfenstein running on the bridgeboard last night! Holy Cyan/Magenta explosion Batman!

So after a month of retrobriting I have managed to sneak from the garage into the Commodore Cave without the Commander in chief (aka my lovely lady) noticing:

A600HD
A1200HD
A2000
C64c
Plus 4
Vic 20

and through the magic of RGB splitters they are all set up ready to go :D


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Got the PC a the bottom hooked into the dsub on the A2k monitor so they can share a screen, PC is also connected to 1541 Mk11 for writing .d64 images. Managed to convert the internal PC 5.25 internal to an external by extending the ribbon cable and housing it in an old GVP C64 drive housing so the 286 bridgeboard is now in the beast.

Looking great! Really efficient.
What model is the Iiyama on top of the A2000? It's missing on image 3 :)

So, I have managed to sneak quite a bit of stuff out of the garage and into the gaming room without too much protest from the kids lol... the room has its own dedicated consumer unit for power thankfully lol but even so I had probably better leave it at that for now :-)

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congrats,l love it! just make sure to never let those puppies see Gods light else the yellow will haunt you again lol

Wow, what a room! Be proud, sir! Be proud!

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congrats,l love it! just make sure to never let those puppies see Gods light else the yellow will haunt you again lol

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Thank you kindly... at the risk of sounding like an escaped mental patient, I have invested in blackout curtains for the patio doors in the gaming room lol!

Aysel that is a splendid room that you've there. What material is the superheroes poster made of? Vinyl, paper or something else?

Cheers!

This collection is a thing of beauty! I'm mildly jealous! :D

Cheers all :-)

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Aysel that is a splendid room that you've there. What material is the superheroes poster made of? Vinyl, paper or something else?

Cheers!

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Its a thick vinyl type material but is put on with traditional wallpaper paste, I got it from TescoOnline, dries really nicely with no bubbles and invisible joins... trust me Im a DIY numpty so if I can put it on and it looks ok anyone can :lol:

Well after just 30 years of waiting I finally got my mitts on this beauty :-)

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I needed more desk space to squeeze her in as I want to have a bash at a few 128D related projects so boxed up the 600, 1200, 20000 and Pet for a while as they dont get used so much where as the others get plenty of attention :D

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The wife suggested that while they were boxed up I should sell them rather than put them in the garage with the other stuff... needless to say I have now hidden the key to the garage lol

What a fantastic collection. I'd love to have a similar room :)

do you only collect the commodore machines,or are there more to this collection?
im curious.:)

Hi Roy, I have a couple of Archimedes and a RiscPC (school days nostalgia lol) and my gaming laptop Asus ROG 750 crying out for Witcher 3. Only consoles I have are a 3DO and N64 with Everdrive... and the MAME arcade machine.

Kids have loads of classic and current consoles but these days I just don't have time to sit down and play a 9 hour game so retro fiddling suits me fine :D

hi.

if you get a chance post a pic or ten of the archimedes and riscpc:)

Nice!
Most of my systems have not really yellowed much, but the I don't have enough screens or enough space to have all of mine setup.
My room is like a "store room" with just enough space to setup a system or two that I'm using at the time.

Envious of your collection. I finally started up re-collecting all my former commodore items. I only have a C64 with a 1702, 1541 and an sdiec an my A3000. I am picking up an Amiga 1000 and 4000 soon along with a Vic20, 128D and some other stuff.

your man cave has given me ideas and hope for my man cave / media room.

Nice 👍

Looks awesome, wish I had some commadores. I've mainly got retro consoles and a +3 speccy

an inspiration for all our Man Caves! keep them pics coming :-)

Well, my wife was out this evening so I took the opportunity to sneak three more machines out of the garage and set them up... shhhhhhh..... I had to put the A2000 under the desk so its not quite so obvious

Set-up and running now is A4000 Cyberstorm 060, A4000 QuadDoubler 040, A3000 CS060, A500, C128D, PET 8032, A2000 GVP GForce 040, Apple IIe and VIC 20 :D

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well done mat !
btw, did you receive the vortex bridgeboard for a500 ?