Biggest computer barnfind ever! A Belgium barn filled with old computers. We saved them all!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- By the end of 2021 we were contacted to save computers of a deceased collectors in a barn in southern Belgium. Little did we know what we found when we went to pick it all up in September 2022. It was like a free candy shop for computer collectors and we're ever so happy that we got this once in a lifetime opportunity.
The HomeComputerMuseum saved around 100 computers from this collection and the rest is saved by other collectors. Nearly everything is saved and since October 2022 everything's gone from the barn.
As a museum this was like being in a candy shop and we were allowed to take all. We drove there with 2 big vans and 3 cars, all completely filled with stuff. Registering and repairing took another 3 weeks in the museum!
It has taken until January 2023 before we had the final piece, the Holborn, in our collection. That is a story for a whole new video, which will be available in the next month or so.
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HomeComputerMuseum is an officially registered non profit organization at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (70907471). Registered as charity (RSIN 858506099). Our mission states: Preserve and share the history of the home computer for and with current and future generations.
So glad I helped to find a home of the collection of my friend Jef Masschelein.
We are an association of retro computers from southern Italy, if you find something, let us know too. It will help us grow and preserve the past. 😊
RIP Jef. Great! collection..
That was like walking through my past... notably, loads of manuals and disks, and every device stacked as a complete system. Unbelieveable!
I seem to see some are wired for use too, not just stored on shelves. that suggests this museum had another usage.
Amazing, this needs to be made into a museum. recreated in a more visitor friendly building. but keep the spirit of the assembly of the collection.
That's exactly what we do.
Unreal! 😲 I even spotted the old Sanyo Betamax VCR - the same model my parents had back in the day!
The ‘Atari 500 and 1200’ looked more like Commodore Amigas to me :)
Must be very special model i guess 😂
@@theseob Yes, prototypes of the Mega ST 1/2 and the 1200XLESTe maybe ;-)
That was really amazing, thanks for sharing. I can imagine the enjoyment you had coming to this place and discovering all these!
It was indeed!
Vandaag ons eerste bezoek aan het museum gebracht, zo mooi al die oude computers, alles werk en mag je bewonderen. Wij gaan daar nu vaker heen om wat nostalgie op te pikken. Dit museum is zeker de moeite waard, ook de aankleding van het museum is goed gedaan met veel nostalgie.
Nice find! Live in Belgium myself and never tought that there were still people like me who collect stuff like that (although I just have a few). Oh I remember I had such A Philips pc in my childhood. I wish I could find one one day, been searching for ages. Had a XT and an AT model.
woow thats a lot of amazing stuff.
Somehow I'm kinda sad that Jef didn't get to see you take care of his beauties. I imagine that if I had been in his shoes, it would have given me a lot of comfort in my last days to know that a museum full of people passionate about preserving computer history would take care of my collection after I'm gone.
Yes, unfortunately, we have never met him. But his legacy will remain in a museum now.
Eventually a collection becomes a hoard, overwhelming to keep track off unless done with a database... and the will to spend time doing it.
@@joefish6091 Yep. We see that a lot. Thankfully a lot will actually contact us and we'll make sure the history is preserved.
wow, awesome! I saw two Dutch Aster CT-80 computers, or perhaps I saw one case, and one card-case plus keyboard. Considering how rare Aster CT-80 are it is great!. I had a few in my own collection (of about 180 systems), but I gave them all away to awesomespace in Utrecht, and to the computer museum in Zwolle. Perhaps I shall visit Helmand soon, I love in Zoetermeer. I think I saw almost every computer I know of, except perhaps the Coleco Adam, did not see any MSX systems (really?) and I missed the ill fated Mattel Aquarius, but it is easy to overlook. small systems like the Oric, and the Jupiter ACE. I wondered if I would see Japanese systems, but I did see Sharp MZ80K.
Unglaublich! Was für ein Schatz!
Ik ben gelukkig, blijkbaar, niet de enige die zijn hele huis of schuur vol heeft staan met hardware. Ik heb trouwens ook een schuur nodig, realiseer ik me zojuist.
Ik ben ook verzamelaar. Het is een bescheiden collectie van rond de 25 retro computers. Ik heb geen plaats genoeg en daarom ga ik bepaalde systemen vervangen door wat uniekere exemplaren. Maar ik ben een verzamelaar met heel veel respect voor het verleden .
Awesome. Nice to see that epic collection in good hands :)
Was there anything you didnt find? Seems like the most comprehensive collection ever, not sure I saw an Altair though.
Nice Philips VR 2020 at 14:59 i think, cant be many of those left.
There were a lot of computers which weren't there. An Altair is one of them. Nonetheless, it was truly an amazing find!
Heaven…
Looks like "Le Computer Reset" :)
Yep, that is what we also compared it with
So cool! Wahnsinniger Fund!
Three Samsung A10 laptops i can see!.. I'm not the only person who has one it seems!
Geweldig!!
Van onschatbare waarde!
i turn redflush - where to donate - what to bring in - how to survive the intergalactic public transport service (and do i need a towel) - be home in time . . for a grindbean coffee ?
I think I also saw an 'Atari' 600 😊
That was an amazing collection!
the more correct term is HOARD, collection yes but he was hoarding. a lot of e-waste machine there going by how dirty some were.
But without people like this , some machine disappear from history aprt from mentions.
Even a Radio Shack Color Computer and expansion port! I ran a BBS on one for a couple of years in 1984 - 1986?
WOW - what a collection. lots of DEC stuff, and some very interesting pieces. Would like to know, what happened to the collection and if it is being properly conserved and even put on display
Parts are on display at the HomeComputerMuseum. The items we couldn't take or use went to collectors who are fixing them and preserving them, with the option to ever put them in a museum.
@@HomeComputerMuseum Thanks for pointing that out and many thanks for taking care of these systems. I am convinced, that in the future, they will be considered important pieces of our history..
I didn't know TH-cam allowed porn, but here we are 😄
Wow this looks awesome
10:35 Really? Atari? You just pissed off a lot of people :)
Yeh.. the editor made a mistake there. And it's to see if people notice ;)
I have a much simpler collection of vintage computers and video game systems. The largest personal collection I have ever seen was Bob Rosenbloom's collection up in Monterey CA.
like Jeff's collection here. Bob's collection is also incredible.
awesome!
That VAXStation 4000!
😮🤯🤯
Ik zag twee P2000T’s vlgs mij 😍
Klopt. Wel meer zelfs ;)
Atari 1200 & 500????
Yeh.. the editor made a mistake there. And it's to see if people notice ;)
Was there any software amongst the treasures you found ?
Compared to the number of computers, not that much and 99% was a copy.
@@HomeComputerMuseum Pitty, could have been fantastic for reviewing..but nevertheless..great catch you guys did from us Belgians..the museum is a good place for all that old equipment as it doesn't go to waste in that way.
Wish I could be there to collect something!
I hope that he removed the batteries from all these machines before they went into storage
Thankfully, that is the case!
I spy some V2000 machines, my favorite type of VCR
"ATARI 1200 and 500" - I don't think much of your museuming skills 😂
It's a test and you passed! You are the type that will enjoy the museum fully and won't have enough time in one day to see all we have!
I'd pay 3k for that exidy display disk.
If only this video was made with a steady hands or with an image stabilization. At least half of the video is smeared :(
The cancerous opening sequence, no thanks. Moving on.