I have and run many vintage computers, and I try to actually use them. For example, this very page was served to you by a replica of the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-11/70.
In no particular order:
- PiDP-11 (Pi 5 emulating an 11/70)
- PiDP-10 (Pi 5 emulating a KA10 and other hardware in the MIT AI Lab)
- PiDP-8 (Pi 3 emulating a PDP-8/I)
- 15-inch 2003 PowerBook G4
- 2006 Mac Pro
- Sega Dreamcast running NetBSD
- A bunch of old x86en
The Pis running the PDP front panels also run Incus, a container/VM manager, so they're running actual "production" workloads in my lab on top of emulation duty.
At some point, I'm going to get some IBM and Sun hardware. An Alpha would also be pretty cool. Some homebrews are in the works.
Of course, I have some random peripherals and software to go with these. Of note:
- Restored DEC VT-520 terminal (white tube)
- A bunch of Sun & IBM keyboards
- Old Apple networking hardware
- Boxed copies of BeOS, Solaris, OS/2, etc.
In the future, I want to get an old dot-matrix printer for use with the PDPs. My idea is that I can have them print reports every morning containing backup status and calendar items.
I've amassed a collection of weird phones and tablets. Not quite "ancient," but I wanted to mention them anyways.
- Nokia N9
- Nokia Lumia 800
- Nokia Lumia 920
- Nokia Lumia 925
- Nokia Lumia 2520
- Jolla 1
- Raspberry Pi Zero W attached to BlackBerry guts
- iPad first-gen
- HP TouchPad, along with most official accessories
