1:12. A VIC switch. Yet another peripheral that I had never heard of until I watched Geek with Social Skills vid on it earlier today and now another pops up today.
@@geekwithsocialskills Looking forward to it. I hope you are going to go into more details about the chips, circuitry and how it works. The original vid was a bit light on in these areas.
That CMD Ramlink has a special serial cable that goes with it. I hope you found it and kept it with the unit. They are hard to find. I got all my CMD stuff from one giant collection I purchased in Ashland. I almost threw out that cable because I didn't know what it was for?! Good thing I kept it. Don't throw anything out 'till you investigate it. Well, you are smarter than me so that won't happen. Great video. We all get to re-live the experience of a wonderful treasure find! Regards from Rob in Grants Pass.
Rob, Is there a way to ID the cable? I do have all the cables from that machine but by the point we got there we were under a lot of time pressure so all the cables were stuffed into a box that was topped off with even more cables...
Incredible how this collection speaks to the mass abandonment of Commodores and migration to PCs. How else would the guy have happened upon so many multiples of drives, computers, etc.? People moved on but he didn't. I admire that. And wish I had a 128 or breadbox 64! :)
Marck, There were actually about a dozen Vic-20s. There was a box with them stacked on end near the door and a few scattered around. No Pets though even though there were drives and manuals.
Dang dude!!!! You already had an awesome Commodore collection and now you definitely found one of the most awesome Commodore gold mines in recent memory! Crap, and I got excited when I found a Plus 4 in its box last summer!
I can definitely see he had the focus on the 64/128 and Amiga. But please keep posted on if you find any weird PET stuff! I couldn't identify anything from the video but you never know
Will do Michelle. He was very focused on 8-bit. The Amiga was an afterthought for him I am told. He clearly had pets at one time. There are 8050 drives, a Pet Switch and there are a lot of manuals somewhere in all these boxes. Who knows what else I will find as everything gets unboxed and cataloged?
I see you might of found the CD disk tray for the 570 in your previous video. Very cool 😎 Also, loving that NEC disk drive. It looks very similar to the drive for the NEC PC Engine / Turbografx CD Drive.
If I got to walk into a collection like that, I would be floored! I did get to go to Computer Reset, but that was very different. This was one man's collection, not a retail store.
I thought it interesting the guys central machine, the C128 was attached to 1541s not '71s. But even more was the use of a CMD RamLink. They used 30 pin SIMMS which were dirt cheap by the late 90s. If you missed out on a CMD hard drive using the RamLink with its battery backup was as good as it got. One sold on EBay Sept 2021 for just over $1K.
It also had 2 1571s and some 1581s that were off under the plastic (Oops) and 3 CmD 20 hard drives. What I am missing (Hopefully its in a box somewhere) is the RamLink risers.
Amazing collection obviously built over a number of decades, and it has survived surprisingly well no thanks to the heaters! I wonder what happened to cause it to fall into it's current state. Did the owner get sick, lose interest or just not have the time anymore to look after it all?
I bought a lot once, althouh nowhere near this size and I found that the 1541 Disk Drives (Newtronics mechanisms) didn't survive very well overall. -Mark.
I think you are correct Deborah! There will probably be a lot of bad drive mechanisms and the Newtronic drive heads are beyond my ability to fix. There is a bin of drive parts so hopefully there will be a few good replacements in there...
Are there nonprofits or user groups with the knowledge and resources to be able to handle treasure troves of old computers and software like this? I imagine that there are plenty of people that would be interested in getting involved with preserving these kinds of collections, but there are lots of challenges that make this type of task difficult for one person or a small group, such as finding storage space, keeping organized, and basically not getting overwhelmed.
Erik, now that it's all in one place I figure it's time to document all the machines and accessories on a spreadsheet and start the restorations. I am in touch with some groups with the institutional knowledge on dealing with a collection
@@RavenWolfRetroTech it’s awesome that you have the resources (time, space, money, relevant knowledge, and even a UA-cam channel) to tackle this challenge, but I assume that there are collections that will never get the treatment they deserve because the owners don’t know how to properly dispose of them. Old furniture, clothes, appliances, and such can go to lots of charities, but retro computers (or gaming consoles) aren’t something these organizations generally know what to do with. I would love to hear from others in the community that know of good organizations that can find good homes for precious collections.
Strange/weird question about what all you purchased. What are you going to do with the ones you multiple’s of? Are you going to restore and keep as much as you can? Are try sell some in the hope of getting the others up and running?
Lawrence, that's not a strange question at all. This all happened so fast it was hard to plan past getting things moved. Now that things are settling in my plans are: 1. Do a live stream 2-4 times per month to open/unbox things and look at restoration and repair techniques. 2. Once items are cleared (opened/unboxed on stream or video) then start restorations and cataloging in an excel spreadsheet 3. As items are restored to the best of my ability I will keep some and sell others. I am not decided yet on how I will sell things but I will probably try to sell anything heavy or bulky locally first. I do have to get the "bills" money I spent on this back and will need to sell things to fund parts and tools. I will announce how and when I start meaningful sales on UA-cam and Twitter. 4. Drink a cold one, this is hot work, especially the last few days that have been in triple digits!
I have been working through restorations on the machines and have a few listed on my blog/store (ravenwolfretrotech.com/). Many of the disks don't work and they take a lot of time to clean so some are listed as untested and priced as not-working. Some higher dollar items I am selling local only for cash due to the wonderful world of internet scammers.
Those loose chips in the small brown cases are they fro some kind of RAM expansion cards? Or were they ROMs? You should place the corroded IC's in vinegear to get rid of the rust. Just don't place them under vinegear but only add so the pins are covered. Thank you for your videos, they are really awesome.
Doug, it was all out of there before any video was released. While we were working on it I wanted to get some video of it in its original environment and a truck could not get in until some well work was completed anyways. As we got more moving going the amount of video declined...
@@RavenWolfRetroTech yeah, the lowes style storage buildings are decent sized and can be very nice. But PRICY! A diy build would be best, similar to what 8bit guy built recently. Maybe a collab with other UA-camrs would be wise. Let’s generate some views and get you more subscribers.
@@SuperVstech The wife suggested getting a used steel shipping container and having the family paint it... think kids.. I talked to someone else who bought one and it seems to have worked out well
@@RavenWolfRetroTech aside from humidity, they are great cheap mobile buildings. A budget portable ac unit sitting on the floor will do a fantastic dehumidification job.
I am not sure if the prices were from Karl selling them in a garage sale or buying them at garage sales. I am leaning towards he was buying since there are a lot of different price tags.
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1:12. A VIC switch. Yet another peripheral that I had never heard of until I watched Geek with Social Skills vid on it earlier today and now another pops up today.
@@geekwithsocialskills Looking forward to it. I hope you are going to go into more details about the chips, circuitry and how it works. The original vid was a bit light on in these areas.
So glad all of that stuff is going to a good home.
Thanks for rescuing this!!
Every Commodore Collectors Dream... Super collection saved make me so happy.. And to the perfect home.
Thank you
Love the casually dropped in Doctor Who reference.
That CMD FD-4000 is super rare. I have an FD-2000 and love it.
Could start a museum with all that stuff
That CMD Ramlink has a special serial cable that goes with it. I hope you found it and kept it with the unit. They are hard to find. I got all my CMD stuff from one giant collection I purchased in Ashland. I almost threw out that cable because I didn't know what it was for?! Good thing I kept it. Don't throw anything out 'till you investigate it. Well, you are smarter than me so that won't happen.
Great video. We all get to re-live the experience of a wonderful treasure find! Regards from Rob in Grants Pass.
Rob, Is there a way to ID the cable? I do have all the cables from that machine but by the point we got there we were under a lot of time pressure so all the cables were stuffed into a box that was topped off with even more cables...
Who knew Smaug's hoard was 8-bit? Just amazing.
Lol Lorne, my wife has called it a dragon hoard a couple times...
amazing collection, so lucky that you have saved all this equipment. Commodore is the best!
It really is!
16:01 Your Life Saver...I had one but I ate it. :) Great videos!
Lol, my brother in law responded to my cry for help. So many friends and family had covid and could not help
Dude. This is just.... dude. I don't know what to say. That is awesome.
Thanks Brent, I am at a loss myself right now
Incredible how this collection speaks to the mass abandonment of Commodores and migration to PCs. How else would the guy have happened upon so many multiples of drives, computers, etc.? People moved on but he didn't. I admire that. And wish I had a 128 or breadbox 64! :)
According to the Stone family, he really loved the simplicity of the 8- bit line and never really took to the Amiga or PCs
@@RavenWolfRetroTech That's really cool. No Vic-20s to speak of though! Thought that was interesting too.
Marck, There were actually about a dozen Vic-20s. There was a box with them stacked on end near the door and a few scattered around. No Pets though even though there were drives and manuals.
Dang dude!!!! You already had an awesome Commodore collection and now you definitely found one of the most awesome Commodore gold mines in recent memory!
Crap, and I got excited when I found a Plus 4 in its box last summer!
Nice find with the Amiga 1000! I hope that it is salvageable.
I can definitely see he had the focus on the 64/128 and Amiga. But please keep posted on if you find any weird PET stuff! I couldn't identify anything from the video but you never know
Will do Michelle. He was very focused on 8-bit. The Amiga was an afterthought for him I am told. He clearly had pets at one time. There are 8050 drives, a Pet Switch and there are a lot of manuals somewhere in all these boxes. Who knows what else I will find as everything gets unboxed and cataloged?
@@RavenWolfRetroTech oh you even found switches? I only saw the disk drive in the video! i am pumped to see what else you find.
I see you might of found the CD disk tray for the 570 in your previous video. Very cool 😎 Also, loving that NEC disk drive. It looks very similar to the drive for the NEC PC Engine / Turbografx CD Drive.
I love the length of that CD drive, it almost comical!
If I got to walk into a collection like that, I would be floored! I did get to go to Computer Reset, but that was very different. This was one man's collection, not a retail store.
Jeremy, computer reset looked amazing. My jaw certainly dropped when I walked into this room
Wow a 1351 in a good box!
The Asante controller is an AppleTalk network box.
That sign though...
I thought it interesting the guys central machine, the C128 was attached to 1541s not '71s. But even more was the use of a CMD RamLink. They used 30 pin SIMMS which were dirt cheap by the late 90s. If you missed out on a CMD hard drive using the RamLink with its battery backup was as good as it got. One sold on EBay Sept 2021 for just over $1K.
It also had 2 1571s and some 1581s that were off under the plastic (Oops) and 3 CmD 20 hard drives. What I am missing (Hopefully its in a box somewhere) is the RamLink risers.
@@RavenWolfRetroTech yes, I'm on the FB group and first noted the CMD drives where the B128 is pictured
If I was in your area, which I doubt I am looking at the terrain, I'd definitely help you out. That's an archive org goldmine.
Thanks Winston. I think the hard part is going to be identifying what needs archived
The pc board is a fairly modern pentimento board
Change your channel name to Retro Paradise, holy cow really amazing 🤩
Thanks, It has felt like paradise lately
3:46 maybe a 386 or 486DX
AWESOME.
Amazing collection obviously built over a number of decades, and it has survived surprisingly well no thanks to the heaters! I wonder what happened to cause it to fall into it's current state. Did the owner get sick, lose interest or just not have the time anymore to look after it all?
Sadly, Karl had a tragedy happen in the late 90s that left him with a heavy burden and a sapped his love of life.
Wonderful video!
I must have missed some earlier info, but would love to know if you need help going through any of this stuff?
Bob. I have enough help at the moment. To many cooks in the kitchen and I'll lose track of the recipe
He multispin is a scsi slim cdrom
I bought a lot once, althouh nowhere near this size and I found that the 1541 Disk Drives (Newtronics mechanisms) didn't survive very well overall. -Mark.
I think you are correct Deborah! There will probably be a lot of bad drive mechanisms and the Newtronic drive heads are beyond my ability to fix. There is a bin of drive parts so hopefully there will be a few good replacements in there...
Are there nonprofits or user groups with the knowledge and resources to be able to handle treasure troves of old computers and software like this? I imagine that there are plenty of people that would be interested in getting involved with preserving these kinds of collections, but there are lots of challenges that make this type of task difficult for one person or a small group, such as finding storage space, keeping organized, and basically not getting overwhelmed.
Erik, now that it's all in one place I figure it's time to document all the machines and accessories on a spreadsheet and start the restorations. I am in touch with some groups with the institutional knowledge on dealing with a collection
@@RavenWolfRetroTech it’s awesome that you have the resources (time, space, money, relevant knowledge, and even a UA-cam channel) to tackle this challenge, but I assume that there are collections that will never get the treatment they deserve because the owners don’t know how to properly dispose of them.
Old furniture, clothes, appliances, and such can go to lots of charities, but retro computers (or gaming consoles) aren’t something these organizations generally know what to do with.
I would love to hear from others in the community that know of good organizations that can find good homes for precious collections.
Strange/weird question about what all you purchased. What are you going to do with the ones you multiple’s of? Are you going to restore and keep as much as you can? Are try sell some in the hope of getting the others up and running?
Lawrence, that's not a strange question at all. This all happened so fast it was hard to plan past getting things moved. Now that things are settling in my plans are:
1. Do a live stream 2-4 times per month to open/unbox things and look at restoration and repair techniques.
2. Once items are cleared (opened/unboxed on stream or video) then start restorations and cataloging in an excel spreadsheet
3. As items are restored to the best of my ability I will keep some and sell others. I am not decided yet on how I will sell things but I will probably try to sell anything heavy or bulky locally first. I do have to get the "bills" money I spent on this back and will need to sell things to fund parts and tools. I will announce how and when I start meaningful sales on UA-cam and Twitter.
4. Drink a cold one, this is hot work, especially the last few days that have been in triple digits!
What's the current status of this collection as of November 24, 2023? I would be interested in buying some things.
I have been working through restorations on the machines and have a few listed on my blog/store (ravenwolfretrotech.com/). Many of the disks don't work and they take a lot of time to clean so some are listed as untested and priced as not-working.
Some higher dollar items I am selling local only for cash due to the wonderful world of internet scammers.
What's the status of this little collection?
I have been organizing it for the past couple weeks. I am going to unbox the last 3 big bins soon since I can't do live streams right now.
Those loose chips in the small brown cases are they fro some kind of RAM expansion cards? Or were they ROMs? You should place the corroded IC's in vinegear to get rid of the rust. Just don't place them under vinegear but only add so the pins are covered. Thank you for your videos, they are really awesome.
I will do that with the corroded ics. I'm not sure what they were originally but, once I find them I'll do some research and an update
Thinking you might just want to get the stuff out of there and then go over it.
Doug, it was all out of there before any video was released. While we were working on it I wanted to get some video of it in its original environment and a truck could not get in until some well work was completed anyways. As we got more moving going the amount of video declined...
@@RavenWolfRetroTech Ah, very good sir. Looking forward to your video's about what you find etc.
Until I saw that bird, I was cussing you out for adding in that stupid sound effect every time you picked something up. :-)
Those stupid birds drove me crazy. I had to give up on reshooting stuff day 1. I think they liked to crow whenever they heard someone talking.
If you need me to rent you a storage building to house all this stuff while you sort and organize, let me know.
I rented a storage locker but am considering something on the property.
@@RavenWolfRetroTech yeah, the lowes style storage buildings are decent sized and can be very nice. But PRICY!
A diy build would be best, similar to what 8bit guy built recently.
Maybe a collab with other UA-camrs would be wise. Let’s generate some views and get you more subscribers.
@@SuperVstech The wife suggested getting a used steel shipping container and having the family paint it... think kids.. I talked to someone else who bought one and it seems to have worked out well
@@RavenWolfRetroTech aside from humidity, they are great cheap mobile buildings.
A budget portable ac unit sitting on the floor will do a fantastic dehumidification job.
In before this ends up in a storage locker and ends up on some new video on someone who bids on it and throws it all away.... I would be so upset.
Vendeme un commodore 128
I am not sure if the prices were from Karl selling them in a garage sale or buying them at garage sales. I am leaning towards he was buying since there are a lot of different price tags.