Old Computer Museum

Because of the connection to both Steve Jobs and its relative scarcity the NeXT workstation is probably one of the biggest collectibles on that list.<p>I well remember going to a conference at Michigan State specifically just to see a demo of the just released NeXT machine. It didn't disappoint and I came away thinking I had just seen a glimpse of the future.

I am a huge fan of old computers, and have a small collection of interesting items - Oric-1/Oric-Atmos (my first 'real computer with a keyboard'), a BeBox, SGI O2, Atari Portfolio, C64 and so on ..<p>I just wanted to say that there is still life in a lot of these old machines. My Oric collection has gotten more new releases in the last year than I remember having gotten in 1983, when as a teenager living in Australia, I was absolutely starving for new apps for the thing. The Oric scene is vibrant, and alive - if anyone wants to see some new apps being made for this aging platform, check out <a href="http://oric.org/" rel="nofollow">http://oric.org/</a> and <a href="http://forum.defence-force.org/" rel="nofollow">http://forum.defence-force.org/</a> some time. Thanks to a newfound interest in the powers of these microcomputers, and an avid hacking scene: The Oric Lives!!

Man I would kill for a NeXT: <a href="http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/next_station.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.oldcomputermuseum.com/next_station.html</a>

This is pretty cool. The explosion from the 70s and 80s is really interesting from a design perspective. Rooting around the electrical flea market in san jose a few years back I saw some of these in person...quite the sight in this day and age.

See also here <a href="http://museo.freaknet.org/" rel="nofollow">http://museo.freaknet.org/</a> :o)

I assume the retro web design is intentional :)