When I tell people that I collect antique computers, their first reaction is to laugh at the idea that a computer could be antique.  I remind them that a car only needs to be 25 years old to be considered antique.  The next thing they say is that they have an old machine that I can have.  Their "old" machine is rarely old enough to qualify for my museum.  With a few exceptions, my collection ends in 1984 with the original Apple Macintosh.  Anything newer than that is just not historically significant.

If you would like to donate a machine to my museum, let me know.  I will gladly accept any pre-1984 machine I don't already have.  There are still some gaps to be filled!

At one time, I had pictures of most of my machines, but I somehow lost the files.  I will take new pictures again at some point.  For now, here is a list of the machines in my collection.

Computers

• Apple ][
• Apple ][ C
• Apple III
• Apple Macintosh
• Atari 400
• Atari 800
• Atari 800XL
• Atari 1040ST
• Casio PB-1000
• Coleco Adam
• Comodore 64
• Comodore Plus 4
• Comodore VIC20
• Compaq Portable
• Franklin Ace 1000
• IBM PC Junior
• IBM PCXT
• Kaypro II
• Radio Shack Color Computer 2
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum
• TI 99/4A
• Timex Sinclair 1000
• TRS80 Model 1
• TRS80 Model 100
• TRS80 Model 3
• TRS80 PC2

I also have a very spotty collection of hand-held computers.  I don't really collect them.  These are actually machines that I bought new to use.

Hand-held Computers

• Atari Portfolio
• Apple Newton
• HP Jornada 545
• Palm 3
• Philips Velo HPC
• Sharp Mobilon HPC