Technology props - Computers

PROP NAME	DESCRIPTION	CONDITION
Commodore 8032 PET	Circa Mid 1970's. One of the first 'desktop' computers. Came with 32k RAM and a BASIC ROM, but no disk drives. Attaches to external 8050 single sided floppy disk drive or the double sided 8250 unit via IEEE port. Ideal placement would be in an accounts office of a medium sized business in the mid 1970's to mid 1980's. Running Pegasus accounts or Pet Aid database	Very Good
Commodore 8064 PET	Circa 1979. dated 'desktop' computer. Came with 64k RAM and a BASIC ROM. Attached to external 8052 double sided floppy disk drive unit via IEEE port. Commercial software was available but limited, such as Pegasus Accounts and Stage One Administrator. Ideal placement would be in an accounts office of a medium sized business in the late 1970's to mid 1980's.	Very Good
Commodore 3022 printer	Circa 1980 - 80 colum dot matrix printer for use with Commdore 8000 series computers. Ideal placement would be in an accounts office of a medium sized business in the mid 1970's to mid 1980's.	Good
Commodore 3040 dual drive unit	Circa 1979-1982 - Dual 5.25" disk drive unit that was used with Commdore 'Pet' computers. Writing to disks in a 40 track pet format. Ideal placement would be in an accounts office of a medium sized business in the mid 1970's to mid 1980's.	Average
Tandy TRS 80	Along with the Commodore PET series, this was one of the first generation of computers that were becoming known as 'business computers' in the late 1970's / early 1980's This example has had quite a hard life and although is complete, it would be best placed in an educational / lab envrionment in the mid 1980's	Average
Sinclair ZX80	Circa late 1979-1980. First 'home computer'. Originally sold in ready made or kit form. Used a standard television to view monochrome (white on black) output. Ideal placement would be in the home of geeky teenager or hobbyist in late 1979 to early 1980.	Average
Sinclair ZX81	Circa 1981. Updated version of ZX80 also sold in ready made or kit form with block graphics. Used television to view black on white output. Ideal placement would be in an the home of an electronic hobbyist or a teenager just getting into computing. between 1981 and 1984.	Very Good
Sinclair ZX Spectrum	Circa 1982-1983. Updated version of ZX81 with colour and better graphics, this soon became a games machine. Used television to view output. Ideal placement would be in an the home of a teenager into computing between 1982 and 1988. Often situated in the bedroom.	Very Good
Commodore Vic 20	Circa 1982-1984. One of growing number of 'micro' computers that were aimed at the home user. This examples comes complete with the tape deck. Ideal placement would be in an the home of a teenager into computing between 1982 and 1986. Often situated in the bedroom.	Very Good
Commodore 64	Circa 1984-1989. The large brother of the Vic 20, this earnt is reputation as a serious games computer for the time. Additional peripherals also included an external 5.25" floppy disk drive for serious gamers as well as the standard tape deck for storage purposes. This example comes complete with the floppdy disk drive and tape deck as well as several examples of games software. Ideal placement would be in an the home of a teenager particularly into computer games between 1984 and 1988.	Very Good
Commodore 64 Disk and tape drive unit	Circa 1983. The tape drive cam as standard with a CBM 64, but the disk drive was much sought after as it saved & loaded data at a faster rate. Ideal placement would be in a teenagers bedroom in the mid-late 1980's	Very Good
Acorn Electron	Circa 1982-1986. Home computer that was the domestic version of the BBC microcomputer used in schools. We have several examples of this unit, one of which is boxed as new. Also come with accessories such as bindled cassette recorder, expansion pack, 2nd tape deck and examples of software. Ideal placement would be in an the home of a teenager into computing between 1982 and 1986. Often situated in the bedroom.	Very Good
Apricot PC	Circa 1983-1984. British built PC ran MsDos 2.11 and applications such as WordStar 3.3 & 3.4, Dbase II & Supercalc II & III, Tomorrows Office, Elite and Pegasus accounts on two 3.5" floppy drives. Heavily used by UK companies such as The Post Office and British Rail up until the early 1990's, this 256k PC was faster and more compact than the original IBM PC. Although it ran MsDos it was not fully IBM PC compatible. Ideal placement would be in an office of a business or corporate entity such as those mentioned above from 1984 to the mid 1990's.	Very Good
Apricot Xen/i	Circa 1985-1986. British built PC that was an IBM PC compatible and ran MsDos 3.3 with a 10Mb Rodime hard disk and 512k of RAM Ideal placement would be in an office of a business or corporate entity such as those mentioned above from 1984 to the mid 1990's.	Very Good
Victor Vicki	Circa 1984-1985. British built PC ran MsDos 2.11hj and applications such as WordStar 3.3, Dbase II , Supercalc II, III, Tomorrows Office, Elite and Pegasus accounts on two variable speed 5.25" floppy drives. Basically a 'luggable' version of an ACT sirius with 256k RAM. Used by UK companies such as Allied Dunbar. Although it ran MsDos it was not fully IBM PC compatible. Ideal placement would be as a demonstration machine of a business or corporate entity such as those mentioned above from 1984 to the early 1990's.	Very Good
Tandon 700 series	Circa early 1990's - 286 based PC with Mono Display adapter and 5.25" floppy disk drive. Ideal placement would be in a small business in the early 1990's as their only computer running an MsDos based accounts software.	Good
OKI Microline 320 printer	Circa early 1990's - 80 column 9 pin dot matrix printer. Ideal placement would be in a small business in the early 1990's attached to a PC running running an MsDos based accounts software.	Very Good
Toshiba 3100e	Circa 1990 -1993 - 286 based laptop running MsDos 3.3. Flip-top screen is mono EGA and display is orange. Software that may have been used would be WordPerfect 5, Supercalc 5 and Dbase III. This type of laptop was popular in the early 1990's with assurance companies such as Teachers Assurance. Ideal placement would be in use by a life assurance rep in the early 1990's demonstrating to a client, possibly in the latters home.	Good
Toshiba 2100ct	Circa 1994 - 1997 - 486 based laptop pc with MsDos 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11. With a colour screen at VGA resolution. This type of laptop computer was becoming the norm with sales reps and most 'mobile' corporate types. Comes complete with PCMCIA network adapter and modem. Ideal placement would be used by a sales rep for demonstrations at a customer site.	Very Good
Compaq Deskpro XE 433S	Circa 1993 to late 1990's. This PC is a 486/33 with 16Mb RAM This PC would have been most at home running Ms Windows 3.0 or 3.11 in a corporate or large office environment. It comes complete with period Microsoft Mouse, original keyboard and an early single speed CD-Rom drive, which would have been added in late 1996.	Very Good
Digital MicroVAX 3300	Circa 1990's. This mini computer was the mainstay of many a medium sized business, often running large database systems such as stock control for warehousing ssytems. This unit also comes with a similar sized disk rack (not shown). It would have been most at home running in an air conditioned computer room in the mid-1990's.	Very Good