Intro

Welcome, dear fellow!

I guess you ended up here because you share the same interest into vintage & retro computing as I do?

It all started a very good while ago, in the early 2000s, when I originally collected Digital, Sun and SGI Unix Workstations.
Due to various reasons, I got rid of my entire collection. In retrospect this was an unwise decision, that I regret to this day, especially as I also gave away my precious SGI Indy. This was the first professional Unix machine I made my first steps into the Unix world, which I luckily got the option to take into personal posession when I left my employer back then.
Also my SGI O2 hit the same fate, but as of 2022 I was very lucky to get that very machine back from George, whom I originally sold it to some 15 years ago!

Luckily I didn’t give away the C64, and I also kept my Compaq Armada laptop, that I purchased from the very first money I’ve earned during my educational apprenticeship times in the 90s.

After all, I began collecting again retro computers in around 2016, having accumulated again some roughly 150 vintage machines by 2026 accross many categories: Mostly portable computers, from luggables to ultra-mobile ones, almost 20 Macs, several SGI workstations, a few Suns, and the original lineage of the very first IBM Personal Computers.

Some machines I had an affliction to, and became sort of heart projects to have them back include the SGI O2, the IBM PC AT and a VOBIS Highscreen Colani Tower PC with an original Pentium 60 (the flawed one!). And of course, I have them back in my collection!

Not all systems in my possesion are documented yet, but they eventually they will all be featured here.

I also run the “THE PHINTAGE COLLECTOR” channel on YT, promoting some of my machines, restoration activities, and explorative deep dives into vintage computing technology.

Check it out at https://youtube.com/THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR