Yes, I'm collecting old computers! The progress in the computer industry is so lightning fast that computers will very quick become museum items. I try to collect some milestones and classical computers. For example the first PC, the first portable, the first true laptop and so on. I want all my computers to be in original shape, unmodified and in working condition. It is also fine if original OS, manuals and software are included.

As the museum is located in Sweden I have a special focus on Swedish computers.

New Arrival in the Museum...

Jupiter ACE (UK 1983)

The Jupiter ACE was a British home computer of the 1980s, marketed by a company named Jupiter Cantab and named after the early British computer, the ACE.

The major difference from other home computers at this time, was that the Jupiter ACE's came with Forth as its default programming language. This computer did not achieve significant success, probably due to its relatively obscure language - as far as the general public was concerned.

The Jupiter ACE somewhat resembled a ZX81 in a white case, with black rubber keys like the Spectrum. It displayed output on a television, and programs could be saved and loaded on cassette tape, as was standard at that time. The machine was based on a Zilog Z80 processor clocked at 3.25 MHz, and came with 3 KB RAM, expandable to 51 KB. While it had only one video mode, text only, which displayed 24 rows of 32 columns of characters in black and white, it was possible to display graphics, by redefining the 8×8 pixel bitmap of any of the 128 characters. Like the ZX Spectrum, the machine's audio capabilities were restricted to beeps of programmable frequency and duration, output through a small built-in speaker.

Click for big picture. Kindly donated by Bengt Fogelberg.

On my wish list: 

• Apple Lisa,  Lisa2 from 1983-84 or first original Mac from 1984
• Luxor ABC-16, ABC 9000 (Swedish)
• Jet 80 (Swedish)
• TRS80 I
• IBM PCjr
• Commodore PET or Commodore SX-64 portable!
• First Compaq I Portable
• Other classic personal computers
• Home computers like Sinclair, Acorn Atom,  Amstrad, Atari, Amiga, BBC, Spectravideo, Oric, Dragon, Sinclair ZX81, Microbee...
• Well, if you have an Altair 8800 then I promise to take good care of it...

If you feel like you have something lying around that would fit in to my collection, please mail me to see if you can become a donator to my museum! Please remember that Rune's PC-Museum is located in Sweden!

Rune
[Museum curator]

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