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An Apple 1 motherboard, a 79-year-old TV and the only surviving processor of the last supercomputer designed by Seymour Cray are being auctioned in New York.
The 1936 Baird television set may not work and delivers a huge electrical charge of 5000 volts.
But it could still fetch between $20,000 (£13,000) and $30,000, according to auctioneer Bonhams.
The Apple 1 has a starting price of $300,000.
Do you have any vintage pieces you'd like to sell in the auction? Are there any items you'd like to add to your collection?
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @01:54PM
There is a project (I can't remember the name) on the web that collects old floppies and backs them up for historical safekeeping, not the internet archives or way back machine.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by SomeGuy on Tuesday September 22 2015, @02:26PM
There are actually several, but with different focuses:
* Software Preservation Society - the group that produce the Kryoflux, mainly focuses on games.
* Bitsavers - Mainly focuses on pre-PC workstations and "big iron".
* WinWorldPC - A growing collection of vintage microcomputer OSes and productivity applications.
* BetaArchive - A private collection of mostly Microsoft and Beta software.
* Vetusware - A random un-curated collection of user-submitted software.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Jiro on Tuesday September 22 2015, @03:58PM
There's Total DOS Collection, which tries to collect images of all the DOS-based games. It covers games only, of course, but I'd expect that it would include the majority of floppy disk based games. An up to date torrent exists but is fantastically difficult to find.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday September 22 2015, @04:50PM
Right, and now that I think of it, there are a few others worth mentioning:
* Macintoshgarden - focuses on early Mac Software
* Asimov archives - focuses on everything for the Apple II.
* HP Computer Museum - As the name implies, focuses on early HP machines, with software and manuals for machines like the HP150.
And there are many other smaller sites that focus on specific systems.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 22 2015, @07:00PM
If I could only find the full version of LHX Attack Chopper! There was a hack to get the full version out of the demo, but I forgot how long ago.