Hello!
I am finally living in a home large enough to work on my PC collection, only to find that my parents pitched most of my 386/486/Pentium-era equipment. D'oh.
So after poking around VOGONS a bit, I read a couple threads where people mentioned Amibay, so here I am.
I grew up transitioning from an Atari 2600 to a TRS-80 to a Laser 128EX to a Tandy 1000 TL/2. Spent a summer laying down a brick driveway in exchange for a 386 so I could play Doom (with the screen shrunk as small as it would go). Then got a Packard Bell Pack-Mate 850 (which I've found there is almost no record of online - presume a remodeled version for Canada). PB was a 486/50 but got the Overdrive for it. Woo! Got a faster 486, then a Pentium 100, then eventually a P3-1000, a couple Pentium 4s, including a 17" gaming laptop from the now-defunct Hypersonic. Built a Core i7 gaming computer, then eventually bought an Alienware M-51 PC, then an Alienware 15 laptop, and then my current Alienware 17 laptop.
I still own the Atari, Laser, Tandy, and Packard Bell, but the missing 486 and Pentium leave me chuffed. So here I am, nosing around for some hardware to rebuild my childhood PC(s). (Probably only PC - room or not, my wife will kill me if I start collecting.)
So yeah... pleasure to meet you all!
I am finally living in a home large enough to work on my PC collection, only to find that my parents pitched most of my 386/486/Pentium-era equipment. D'oh.
So after poking around VOGONS a bit, I read a couple threads where people mentioned Amibay, so here I am.
I grew up transitioning from an Atari 2600 to a TRS-80 to a Laser 128EX to a Tandy 1000 TL/2. Spent a summer laying down a brick driveway in exchange for a 386 so I could play Doom (with the screen shrunk as small as it would go). Then got a Packard Bell Pack-Mate 850 (which I've found there is almost no record of online - presume a remodeled version for Canada). PB was a 486/50 but got the Overdrive for it. Woo! Got a faster 486, then a Pentium 100, then eventually a P3-1000, a couple Pentium 4s, including a 17" gaming laptop from the now-defunct Hypersonic. Built a Core i7 gaming computer, then eventually bought an Alienware M-51 PC, then an Alienware 15 laptop, and then my current Alienware 17 laptop.I still own the Atari, Laser, Tandy, and Packard Bell, but the missing 486 and Pentium leave me chuffed. So here I am, nosing around for some hardware to rebuild my childhood PC(s). (Probably only PC - room or not, my wife will kill me if I start collecting.)
So yeah... pleasure to meet you all!
