This is a massive haul and a monumental effort in getting here and filming. If you are interested in purchasing anything in this video, contact Jason Palmer. I'll tag him in the comments on our new Facebook page here: facebook.com/RetroRarez/ - this is not a sponsored post. We don't receive anything from this. Just happy to put you in touch with him directly, in order to preserve this collection.
my jaw practically dropped when i saw the video on face book, my parents thought something went wrong then i showed them the video and the called me a nerd. def a computer reset moment
The concept of ownership is in the mind. The original 'owner' left earth 20 years ago, and his garbage pile saved from the landfill and damage of environment, has transformed into a time capsule tech museum.
@RetroGadgetMan hard to tell with proprietary printing gear. Museums in Australia are really not interested in this stuff. So its left to collectors to deal with. The money seems to be in the handful of items that are "uncommon/ish" here in Australia.
11:44 So, I also have two of these ITEK Graphics Stations in The Forgotten Machines collection, but sadly they are absent their keyboards. If you do ever come across the keyboards for these, please do feature them close-up in your future video, so we can all see what they look like, for reference. I've never actually SEEN the keyboards for these, thank you and nice work! Oh, and your phrase 11:49 "That you will never find anywhere else"...well, except for at my place, and at VCFs that I exhibit at. And maybe someday my YT channel...so please, be sure to preserve these and feature them, also! Thank you!
@ForgottenMachines I'll see what I can do about it. There are machines in one room, accessories in another house, its all over the place and requires a crazy amount of sorting. If/when I go back I'll try to incorporate them in to a video. 👍
contacted the guy selling the things and he is an absolute legend, he quickly responded to me and found what i was after (ended up being a Compaq slt286 in beautiful condition) in what felt like seconds, im just waiting for a bit of money to come in so i can actually buy it. definitely a great opportunity for more of us Australians to finally get our hands on some computers.
@@RetroRarez yup, someone else got to it before me. but more than luckily ill find something else there seeing how much there is so im not really upset about it
@@fox.9879 these things come up. Everything in that haul is common, the only uncommon stuff is the dedicated printing equipment and nobody is really going to use that nowadays.
Such collections often happen because the person responsible wants to save as many systems as possible. I once had over 100 Macintosh computers of various types and over 30 compact macs. It became too much and i gave most of my collection away to focus on Apple II. Now i have over 20 Macs again... they kinda creep up 🙂
@6:28, that’s a Varityper console for a phototypesetting system. I’ve seen one at work, although I did not use it. To print, it exposes photographic paper with a CRT through a lens, and the lens+CRT moves horizontally and the paper vertically. That stash obviously comes from the pre-press industry.
Thanks @Intrepid_Gamer - Yes it was a huge effort to film, let alone edit ! Glad I got the opportunity to document this piece of digital history. The second video will be released next week and the last one the week after. Still working on them.
I knew in my mind that somewhere there must be colections like this, just languishing in the middle of nowhere. Great to get confirmation. Glad to hear it's not going to be lost to oblivion.
Hey @justanothermenace - good to hear from you. This is just Part 1. Got three other videos coming up. I've tried to document as much as I can, so hope it helps the community and preserves this legacy. It clearly took a hell of a lot of effort to get this stuff here in the first place! Just amazing.
Hi @@justanothermenace - I grabbed two ruby G3's, a blueberry and one other colour. One had been opened up and had loose parts and no hard drive. Its fair to say these have been well used. I only wanted them for display and to complete a collection. These are notoriously unreliable in terms of power. The G3s did not have their corresponding keyboards or mice either. I'm sure they are there somewhere, but couldn't find them. Overall, do they look nice? Yes. Would they work? Probably not. I'm just being fair and transparent about it. Would they be worth picking up for a display piece? Yes. 🙂 Its a very remote place and a long 2 day drive for something that might not work too. My view is if you can pick something up locally, then do that. If there is a piece that you want and you cant find it anywhere else, then this might be your only option.
@ Mate you’ve probably seen my posts on the collectors page haha - I’ve sourced them from all over Australia because I only collect really clean ones but don’t care if they work or not. That’s good to hear mate hope you got them at a good price as I’ve always paid stupid money for mine haha.
Definitely a few things in that video I wouldn't mind getting a chance to play with. I would get a blast just being able to help sort through all that stuff.
Good job I live in the UK otherwise I'd be wanting to buy some of that stuff to put with all the other stuff I never use. Had to subscribe, I need to see these video's!!
@@niv8880 the other videos will be out soon. I've also acquired another two large collections and will be editing those videos. Lots more to come on the channel !
Hi @nullidentity - I was able to identify most of the computers there. The majority in this house were proprietary printing / typesetting computers, however there is a lot of vintage Apple computers too. Both Jason and the owners want to preserve them, which is why they allowed me to come up there and film. This is just house 1 of 3. More to come.....
@davidwalz3317 😁 yes it was mind blowing. I was confused and exhausted after filming this. The houses are tight and I was starting to forget what was in each room. Wait until you see the last house!
4:43 - neither of those boxes are a IIc. The top one shares the form factor of the LC/performa range. Given it's got a NIC in there it's more likely to be an LCIII or a LC475 rather than an LC or LCII. The bottom one is a likely a Performa 6200CD 6:22 - That's a IIcx and shares the same form factor as a IIc (vi, vx Quadra 700 and a few others)
Hi @SwedishEmpire1700 - There are two more videos to come out. This was 2 days of travel in the car to get to and from a remote location. Ideally yeah, it would be good to do an hour long feature or more... but I couldnt stay anywhere near there - its literally in the middle of nowhere. I've also asked to come back and film some unboxing videos. So you may see something beyond the three videos in the future.
Hey @seanwilliams4087 - yes seems that way, although there are some unusual old terminals. Each house is very different. Wait until you see House 2 and 3 !!
Very nice mate. I found a similar collection but not as big in Queensland. The gentleman has container filled with almost the same sort of stuff. Gear from the 60’s to 90’s. He lets me come and have a browse every now and then. I grabbed a Gravis Ultrasound PnP, boxed for $5 last time I was there. There was a ISA sound card on one of the shelves at 14:45. Would love to know what that was?
An ancient cache of forgotten artifacts. This is the reason vintage electronics are amazing. I'm a huge fan of scifi stories where they dig up remains of ancient forgotten civilizations. And. This is the closest to that that real world gets. So much history just dumped into one place. Also. Hoarding is a serious thing. Thanks to the person doing it we now get to see this amazing dig. But. It can't have been easy for them.
There's a bit of a story behind all this, as you can imagine. The printing and typesetting gear came from a business that folded and the owner ( in Melbourne) had nowhere to store it. The hoarder was ( rather strangely) trying to set up some sort of a printing museum out here. You haven't seen the half of it. Parts two and three will blow your mind.
@@chookin1 Ah. More to it that just a hoarder it seems. It's good that you are now doing the preserving. A huge amount of work that would be hard for a single person no matter how hardworking. Woulda been a dang nice museum. Even with only the first parts worth of things.
I had one of those compugraphic systems back in 2001. Sadly no software for it and the gorgeous A4 portrait CRT was belted in by whoever left it on the roadside. Never found another. Software is up on TOSEC these days so there's hope these guys could one day work again given the right collector. Mainboard caps were a bit explody back then. Hilariously had a 80186 processor for I think the I/O.
🤣 - explody hey @VK2FVAX ? Yeah that's the risk with these things. It might be nice to add one to my collection I think. Problem is identifying which one is not too far gone. I also dont know if they had batteries.... I guess we will see.
@@RetroRarez Yeah. They're really nice. Not as expandable or fast as a /70. I just like this model and one day hope to find all the bits to complete mine or .. if it's a complete one I get, use mine as a doner. Mine sits on the desk, gets used many days a week doing code, spreadsheets, sometimes text editing and the occasional game.
@@RetroRarez I'd certainly add it to mine, but it's the model I collect. They're usually pretty robust. Check the PSU out. The battery on mine is a CR2032 located on a funky battery holder on the MCA riser board. There's a few different CPU options. They're a 386SX (286) board so they're 16bit MCA only which will significantly limit your card selections. They do work with BlueSCSI pretty well but can't deal with >4byte SCSI mail packets and volumes will wrap past 1023mb when it does the CHS translation. It'll do 2 and 4gb partitions if you're clever but the moment you fill it past 1023mb you're overwriting the first sectors of the disk (fandango on disk). If you want an MCA system and don't have a particular attachment to the 55/56's for emotional rather than technical reasons, go for a /70 or better. It'll run rings around them for performance. Mine has the 486SLC/2 40mhz cpu in it which is top of the tree. It can barely keep up with a 486SX-33. Lovely little machines..but quite limited. If you want some sort of 386SX system with 16bit MCA they're grande. :) I'd buy it. Not many people like these things and they haven't bothered to preserve them.
Man that's just surreal, and in rural vic too! I thought I was the only one growing up in rural Vic fishing what pentium era stuff I could collect and having a study nook with a couple shelves of old machines and monitors. I'd love to just browse through and explore a place like this after watching the whole Computer Reset saga unfold over in the States
Yes @DounutCereal it was surreal. Confusing at times trying to match up stuff in one house from another. Very happy I was able to document it and share it with the world.
Hey @ForgottenMachines - I filmed 3 houses and was told there were 2 more but they were locked and we couldn't get in. I have asked to come back and film them, and do an unboxing. Will see what happens. It's up to the owner.
@BreathingAir - the owners plan is for them to sell things off gradually. I'll certainly assist them where possible. There is a possibility that I might go back there and if I do, I'll take some videos of unboxing things. You make a good point !! To be honest, I was incredibly tired after all that driving and my brain was fried. I couldn't even think of the names of some of the old computers I told Jason about!! 😁
Will do @nunyabusiness7602 - have not found anything like that so far. But there is sooo much that is in boxes, we just don't know what's there until we get to it. Future videos for sure.
@@RetroRarez In your video I saw lots of what appears to be 1970's tech laying around. The DEC PDP stuff would fit right into this time frame. This reminds me of the Computer Reset horde in Texas that was distributed a few years ago. I wish now I would have gotten a U-Haul and made the trip from Ohio to get some of that stuff.
@@nunyabusiness7602 yes it fits. I'm just not seeing anything like that. Having said that, it could be in a box. You might glance something in the other videos when they come out.
Hi @tonrotterdam - no. eBay is ridiculous in terms of the amount they charge. This is just in the initial stages of identifying what is there. This is going to take a very long time to get through.
Cool. Thanks, great video. It is nice to see people taking care of history, the ultimate recycling. Saved from the landfill. Especially stuff in original boxing with manuals are magic.Even worn and damaged stuff can be stripped down and used for parts. Good luck to who ever got the cash to take it all over. Seems like material to make a national museum of tech from the stash. There is no such thing as garbage, every thing turns to gold with time.
@iRelevant.47.system.boycott - there is a lot here, but most appears to be proprietary printing stuff. A lot of it, I have in my collection already. I cant understate the time taken to sort, clean, or test. Its monumental. I've offered to go back and help sort and identify things, so will see what happens.
@GadgetUK164 - if you think that haul is big. I've got a video coming up that's even bigger when it comes to Apple II's. A haul that filled a large van with stacks of them!
@@RetroRarez Dec were probably the best, but far from the only show in town, HP or LSI etc. I made a SWTC6800 clone and a terminal to go with it would be nice. I usually run it from a PC, but it looks kind of incomplete otherwise. (I'd like a real SWTPC, etc, but what I've seen in the vid so far looks a lot newer)
Great stuff. good to see a lot of that stuff survive. I once recued a huge haul of old computer and video games (pre 1995 stuff)from the council tip back when they had a section to one side where people could leave bits for free and others could buy it for dirt cheap. sadly there is no farmhouse in my family to store odities so after moving rental properties a couple of times i sold off what i had less intrerest in and had to bin a lot of stuff i couldnt give away. This was about 14 years ago when there was much less collecting buzz. Was the original owner a collector who just picked stuff up when no one wanted it or is it from a business?
Oh wow @Thommybee-85 ! That's cool. Yeah I remember in the 80's and 90's walking around on hard rubbish day and picking up computers and parts to upgrade my own! Everyone was throwing them out. Same thing with Atari 2600's and Super Nintendo too.
Wow incredible find, I'm interested to see anything IBM branded, I think I saw an IBM cardboard box but couldn't id specific IBM machine's, would love a iie, first computer I ever used 🙂
@peterirwin9197 - I found a Model M keyboard there, and a few IBM boxes, so there are definitely IBM's there. There were two other houses where I could not film, so there is a possibility its all stacked in there too. Might be another trip in the future! Who knows?
@RetroRarez awesome, I was trying to id that terminal monitor that you were trying to get a better look at in the video, thought it might be IBM. Id be surprised if there wasn't some IBM terminal gear there. That type of stuff would be super interesting to me 🙂
@@peterirwin9197 from memory it was not IBM. I did end up identifying it, but it has come weird name. There was an IBM box in another house, but we couldnt find any IBM gear. More may turn up as there are so many boxes that have not been opened.
I would love to find an old (newish) TRS-80 Model 3 all in one, or an old/ new i286 or XT around me. I kept a lot of my old computers but not any of the really really old computers. As we used to say, we did windows 3.0 so our children wouldn't have to. Same went with MS DOS 6.0, those were fun and I still remember some of batch commands I'd use in .bat files
Hey @realCityBuilder - where abouts are you based? I found a few XT's recently - check out my other videos such as th-cam.com/video/U2drTKWgYRs/w-d-xo.html
You need to find people who want to buy old Apple products The problem is that you need to be an electrician and have electronic experience because the Capacitors in ALL this stuff needs to be replaced and it is a pain As soon as you power up the caps blow and you get the smoke from the monitor and the computer So, you need people who are familiar with the old equipment and the replacement procedures for each of them
Some sort of typesetting company, and maybe a school system decommission. Apple-centric but some PC stuff also, and even a PET or two. Will be such a hassle to sell off, especially the stuff that needs shipping, some of that won't survive if not packaged right.
Hey @rogerarrick1907 - yes there is a lot of typesetting stuff. Agree on the shipping. Given its very remote location its not ideal. I'm just happy to have captured it on video. Its hard to believe this stuff unless you actually see it. Wish there was a PET, unfortunately not.
This is just what happens @brucegee9134 - when it rains it pours. I just came across a bigger Apple collection yesterday. In the early phases of documenting it and will do a video on it in a few weeks.
@MrLurchsThings - yep... that's just house #1. Wait to you see the last house! Its crazy 😳!!! No 8-bit stuff - C64, DSE or anything.... mainly Apple and weird US-based stuff. Back in the day this would have cost a fortune. Now its all obsolete.
That's too much for one lifetime ? Enthusiast group, work recover what's useful vintage computer club ! Stuf collected, what and when to do anything with it ?
Nothing like that unfortunately - I wish there were pre-production stuff @CirclingTheDrain2025 . However my latest find (video out in a few weeks) has a LOT of Apple gear and appears to be quite unique in nature... I've just got back from picking it up (took me a day). So will go through that and document it very soon.
OMG just omg - Something about the collection is saying to me ex-schools IT equipment? Mechanical clicky-clicky is a sultry French lady breathing and whispering into my ear.
looks like old mate ran some printing company/companies and when liquidated 20+ years ago he took all the gear... something like that. doesn't look like school gear.
@@RetroRarez No worries. It looks awfully familiar to what I saw in primary, high school, unis and Tafe (for students and staff) growing up....... in fact identical, which I why I made that comment.
@@josephphillips9243 yes it certainly does. I found an Apple II not long ago and it was from a Primary School. Engraved on top. Ive been meaning to reach out and contact them and see if they have any photos from back then.
@@RetroRarez The print company items value alas is commercial for what you can make from it, and nowadays other means are faster, more used to a young generation to use an turn around. Almost like old printing presses, the interest is in the muesum grade of how things used to be and I am not sure there is demand, or space, to have such things on show and operation - would be happy to be proved wrong though
This is a sickness. Whatever money is to be made will be dwarfed by the amount of time spent sorting, listing, and selling this crap.This poor guy is probably gonna end up making about $5/hr after all is said and done. Speaking from experience just moving that shit from room to room is only prolonging the inevitable...which is dumpsters. LOTS of dumpsters.
@disdrix back in the 70's/80's, this whole setup would have cost a fortune. Unfortunately now, its a time suck just to clean it up and sort it out. The vintage printing equipment looks amazing and I'd like to see it preserved. The main thing is identifying the rare stuff, as its so unique. I hope this video helps. ♥
@LFOSyncToo - I've offered to take what I can. Its a storage, time, transport issue for me. I don't think it will be thrown out. Even the cost to get a skip bin up there is huge.
Great video. Sorting and testing all that stuff before listing it would take forever. Are the systems gonna be tested or are they going to be sold as is?? It would be great and even more valuable if there was computers from Commodore such as the Amiga 3000 and 3000T, Amiga 4000 and 4000T as well as some of Atari's rare computers such as the Atari Falcon and the TT030. Looking forward to the following videos. Cheers.
Oh could you imagine houses full of Commodores? The most I've ever pulled out of one house is 8. Yes, they'll be sold "as is" with no warranty. You can safely assume they're in non working condition unless otherwise stated.
Well I'm in Drouin Gippsland Vic and have very similar to that in a huge Mancave.have been collecting since i was 15 and now 69 in a few days. he's got some great stuff in that hord .I'm not much different I Have Game Consoles Comp and some remote cars , C64, Vic 20,Plus 4, SX64,Huge collection of TRS80 Coco Comp , Softwrae and drives, Nintendo ,Femidom , PlayStation ,SNES,NES and Much More ,Even a Fairchild Game console Channel F., Huge Collection of Seiga ENT and MEGADRIVE .Hundreds Games. iMac's. My Name Tony . Also a Pile of Ham Radio Gear i would like to sell.
This is a massive haul and a monumental effort in getting here and filming. If you are interested in purchasing anything in this video, contact Jason Palmer. I'll tag him in the comments on our new Facebook page here: facebook.com/RetroRarez/ - this is not a sponsored post. We don't receive anything from this. Just happy to put you in touch with him directly, in order to preserve this collection.
Thanks for the effort. Great video.
Thanks @@iRelevant.47.system.boycott !!! Big effort to film, but loved doing it.
This is like Australia's 'Computer Reset' moment. It's great this is all getting preserved. Looking forward to seeing more.
Yes @JanusCycle thats exactly what it is. It keeps going and going. House #2 will drop next week. I'm still editing it. 😆
Yee haww my first thought too AU Computer Reset, cant wait to see whats in the next place!
@@therealalby7549- new videos over the coming weeks. Just in the process of editing. 🙂
my jaw practically dropped when i saw the video on face book, my parents thought something went wrong then i showed them the video and the called me a nerd. def a computer reset moment
I was coming here to post that, but I knew somebody already got to it
What a joy to see that the owner had a wireless mic already attached to his shirt when meeting the first time. That´s what I call being prepared. 😁
Ah but he's "not the owner." Of course not...
Its called production values, ya dolt.
@@Tim091Do you know me? I'm not the owner, matey.
"the things you own, end up owning you..."
I not partying with you!
@@chookin1 the first rule of fightclub..
The concept of ownership is in the mind. The original 'owner' left earth 20 years ago, and his garbage pile saved from the landfill and damage of environment, has transformed into a time capsule tech museum.
@@iRelevant.47.system.boycott yea.. was just making a reference to fight club, which appears the reference has fallen on deaf ears :) all good..
What a collection.. those 70's terminals and pc's are so cool. I would say that is where the money is. Some belong in a museum for sure.
@RetroGadgetMan hard to tell with proprietary printing gear. Museums in Australia are really not interested in this stuff. So its left to collectors to deal with. The money seems to be in the handful of items that are "uncommon/ish" here in Australia.
11:44 So, I also have two of these ITEK Graphics Stations in The Forgotten Machines collection, but sadly they are absent their keyboards. If you do ever come across the keyboards for these, please do feature them close-up in your future video, so we can all see what they look like, for reference. I've never actually SEEN the keyboards for these, thank you and nice work! Oh, and your phrase 11:49 "That you will never find anywhere else"...well, except for at my place, and at VCFs that I exhibit at. And maybe someday my YT channel...so please, be sure to preserve these and feature them, also! Thank you!
@ForgottenMachines I'll see what I can do about it. There are machines in one room, accessories in another house, its all over the place and requires a crazy amount of sorting. If/when I go back I'll try to incorporate them in to a video. 👍
Loved meeting you up there man, that place was crazy and Jasons a cool guy! Hopefully everything goes to the right collectors and the right people.
Hi @mrwhuppy1662 - Oh I'm sure it will. This video will no doubt help a lot.
7:10 this should be a Varityper system for early computerized Typesetting, of which you gave us a clue about in your opening scene at 3:07
Yes @ForgottenMachines there is a little bit of info about it online.
contacted the guy selling the things and he is an absolute legend, he quickly responded to me and found what i was after (ended up being a Compaq slt286 in beautiful condition) in what felt like seconds, im just waiting for a bit of money to come in so i can actually buy it. definitely a great opportunity for more of us Australians to finally get our hands on some computers.
@fox.9879 I know that exact laptop! From memory it didnt have a power supply.
@@RetroRarez yup, someone else got to it before me. but more than luckily ill find something else there seeing how much there is so im not really upset about it
@@fox.9879 these things come up. Everything in that haul is common, the only uncommon stuff is the dedicated printing equipment and nobody is really going to use that nowadays.
Such collections often happen because the person responsible wants to save as many systems as possible. I once had over 100 Macintosh computers of various types and over 30 compact macs. It became too much and i gave most of my collection away to focus on Apple II. Now i have over 20 Macs again... they kinda creep up 🙂
Absolutely @john_ace !! They sneak in, especially when you least expect it. Then you realise you have no more floor space anymore! 😁
@6:28, that’s a Varityper console for a phototypesetting system.
I’ve seen one at work, although I did not use it. To print, it exposes photographic paper with a CRT through a lens, and the lens+CRT moves horizontally and the paper vertically.
That stash obviously comes from the pre-press industry.
Thank you.
Amazing video mate, so much to take in wow! Looking forward to seeing the next couple of houses👌
Thanks @Intrepid_Gamer - Yes it was a huge effort to film, let alone edit ! Glad I got the opportunity to document this piece of digital history. The second video will be released next week and the last one the week after. Still working on them.
What an amazing find! Looking forward to seeing the other houses 😳
Thanks @OwenVickersGuitar ! It was amazing to film. 2 days of my life !!! 😋
I knew in my mind that somewhere there must be colections like this, just languishing in the middle of nowhere. Great to get confirmation. Glad to hear it's not going to be lost to oblivion.
Yes there certainly is @erichanson420 - Glad I could get the word out and ensure its survival.
This is awesome! I got on a call with Jason who sent me photos of the G3s as I've got an interest (and collection). Thanks for filming this mate.
Hey @justanothermenace - good to hear from you. This is just Part 1. Got three other videos coming up. I've tried to document as much as I can, so hope it helps the community and preserves this legacy. It clearly took a hell of a lot of effort to get this stuff here in the first place! Just amazing.
@ Can’t wait for part 2 and 3! I’m from Wollongong so the trek out there is pretty far. Would you say the G3s are in good condition?
Hi @@justanothermenace - I grabbed two ruby G3's, a blueberry and one other colour. One had been opened up and had loose parts and no hard drive. Its fair to say these have been well used. I only wanted them for display and to complete a collection. These are notoriously unreliable in terms of power. The G3s did not have their corresponding keyboards or mice either. I'm sure they are there somewhere, but couldn't find them. Overall, do they look nice? Yes. Would they work? Probably not. I'm just being fair and transparent about it. Would they be worth picking up for a display piece? Yes. 🙂 Its a very remote place and a long 2 day drive for something that might not work too. My view is if you can pick something up locally, then do that. If there is a piece that you want and you cant find it anywhere else, then this might be your only option.
@ Mate you’ve probably seen my posts on the collectors page haha - I’ve sourced them from all over Australia because I only collect really clean ones but don’t care if they work or not. That’s good to hear mate hope you got them at a good price as I’ve always paid stupid money for mine haha.
@@justanothermenace so in that case its probably worth it in terms of volume of G3's in one place.
Definitely a few things in that video I wouldn't mind getting a chance to play with. I would get a blast just being able to help sort through all that stuff.
It was fun and overwhelming at the same time. I kept getting lost in the houses and rooms. Its all spread out everywhere.
Good job I live in the UK otherwise I'd be wanting to buy some of that stuff to put with all the other stuff I never use. Had to subscribe, I need to see these video's!!
@@RetroRarezwith the exception of that one old computer I dont know if it would sell for big money
@@niv8880 the other videos will be out soon. I've also acquired another two large collections and will be editing those videos. Lots more to come on the channel !
I hope you can get someone there who knows what they are looking at, there could be some interesting history to preserve.
Hi @nullidentity - I was able to identify most of the computers there. The majority in this house were proprietary printing / typesetting computers, however there is a lot of vintage Apple computers too. Both Jason and the owners want to preserve them, which is why they allowed me to come up there and film. This is just house 1 of 3. More to come.....
This is like when you haven’t clear your emails for 5 years and you finally sit down to do it.
@davidwalz3317 😁 yes it was mind blowing. I was confused and exhausted after filming this. The houses are tight and I was starting to forget what was in each room. Wait until you see the last house!
USAGI Electric might like the ADDS items, and any Sykes items
4:43 - neither of those boxes are a IIc. The top one shares the form factor of the LC/performa range. Given it's got a NIC in there it's more likely to be an LCIII or a LC475 rather than an LC or LCII. The bottom one is a likely a Performa 6200CD
6:22 - That's a IIcx and shares the same form factor as a IIc (vi, vx Quadra 700 and a few others)
Youre right. Turns out its an LCiii.
at 15:17 A varityper possibly 4300 laser typesetter, on it's stand, the apple floppy drive was on top of it. - A Fantastic collection!
I'll have to keep an eye out for when these items are up for sale. I'm in need of a keyboard and mouse for an Macintosh Plus 🙂
You should have done an hour long feature, not 17 mins of stress and quick flipping around
Its in 3 parts. Only so many hours in a day, mate.... plus the fact its all in a remote area.
Hi @SwedishEmpire1700 - There are two more videos to come out. This was 2 days of travel in the car to get to and from a remote location. Ideally yeah, it would be good to do an hour long feature or more... but I couldnt stay anywhere near there - its literally in the middle of nowhere.
I've also asked to come back and film some unboxing videos. So you may see something beyond the three videos in the future.
Looks like a heap of terminals/workstations and commercial printing related systems.
Hey @seanwilliams4087 - yes seems that way, although there are some unusual old terminals. Each house is very different. Wait until you see House 2 and 3 !!
Awesome collection! Where will some of this stuff be listed at?
And people called me a 'hoarder' 😁 Sooooo much stuff there, amazing.
supper cool thank you for the tour.
No worries @privateart 😀
Very nice mate. I found a similar collection but not as big in Queensland. The gentleman has container filled with almost the same sort of stuff. Gear from the 60’s to 90’s. He lets me come and have a browse every now and then. I grabbed a Gravis Ultrasound PnP, boxed for $5 last time I was there. There was a ISA sound card on one of the shelves at 14:45. Would love to know what that was?
@zuldanfpv4634 I'm not sure what that card was. I can see it in the video. If Jason is watching, he can comment and let us know.
I check it out
Wow. What a find!
Yes @50shadesofbeige88 - amazing find!
This is a long shot, but were there any Exidy Sorcerer machines in those houses? I've been searching for an Exidy system for years.
@pbug not that I can see, but theres a LOT to unbox. If I see one. I'll let you know. Always worth asking!
A lot of money there with the current market for retro hardware.
It's sortof a dream of mine to acquire an Amiga for my dad. Hopefully you find some amongst all that.
No Amiga's unfortunately. Couldn't see any Commodore stuff. Are you in Australia? I might be able to help.
@@RetroRarez stateside
An ancient cache of forgotten artifacts.
This is the reason vintage electronics are amazing. I'm a huge fan of scifi stories where they dig up remains of ancient forgotten civilizations. And. This is the closest to that that real world gets. So much history just dumped into one place.
Also. Hoarding is a serious thing. Thanks to the person doing it we now get to see this amazing dig. But. It can't have been easy for them.
There's a bit of a story behind all this, as you can imagine. The printing and typesetting gear came from a business that folded and the owner ( in Melbourne) had nowhere to store it. The hoarder was ( rather strangely) trying to set up some sort of a printing museum out here. You haven't seen the half of it. Parts two and three will blow your mind.
@@chookin1 Ah. More to it that just a hoarder it seems. It's good that you are now doing the preserving. A huge amount of work that would be hard for a single person no matter how hardworking.
Woulda been a dang nice museum. Even with only the first parts worth of things.
I had one of those compugraphic systems back in 2001. Sadly no software for it and the gorgeous A4 portrait CRT was belted in by whoever left it on the roadside. Never found another. Software is up on TOSEC these days so there's hope these guys could one day work again given the right collector. Mainboard caps were a bit explody back then. Hilariously had a 80186 processor for I think the I/O.
🤣 - explody hey @VK2FVAX ? Yeah that's the risk with these things. It might be nice to add one to my collection I think. Problem is identifying which one is not too far gone. I also dont know if they had batteries.... I guess we will see.
@@RetroRarez Yeah. They're really nice. Not as expandable or fast as a /70. I just like this model and one day hope to find all the bits to complete mine or .. if it's a complete one I get, use mine as a doner. Mine sits on the desk, gets used many days a week doing code, spreadsheets, sometimes text editing and the occasional game.
@@RetroRarez I'd certainly add it to mine, but it's the model I collect. They're usually pretty robust. Check the PSU out. The battery on mine is a CR2032 located on a funky battery holder on the MCA riser board. There's a few different CPU options. They're a 386SX (286) board so they're 16bit MCA only which will significantly limit your card selections. They do work with BlueSCSI pretty well but can't deal with >4byte SCSI mail packets and volumes will wrap past 1023mb when it does the CHS translation. It'll do 2 and 4gb partitions if you're clever but the moment you fill it past 1023mb you're overwriting the first sectors of the disk (fandango on disk). If you want an MCA system and don't have a particular attachment to the 55/56's for emotional rather than technical reasons, go for a /70 or better. It'll run rings around them for performance. Mine has the 486SLC/2 40mhz cpu in it which is top of the tree. It can barely keep up with a 486SX-33. Lovely little machines..but quite limited. If you want some sort of 386SX system with 16bit MCA they're grande. :) I'd buy it. Not many people like these things and they haven't bothered to preserve them.
10:19 reminds me of the monitor in the movie Electric Dreams 😀
@davyboyishere4733 classic 80's and great movie too.
Man that's just surreal, and in rural vic too! I thought I was the only one growing up in rural Vic fishing what pentium era stuff I could collect and having a study nook with a couple shelves of old machines and monitors. I'd love to just browse through and explore a place like this after watching the whole Computer Reset saga unfold over in the States
Yes @DounutCereal it was surreal. Confusing at times trying to match up stuff in one house from another. Very happy I was able to document it and share it with the world.
What an amazing collection!
Thanks @RobertSmith-uh2fn - was great to film it and share with the community.
I'm wondering about that "bag of cameras" in the first room. I'm in the US, so shipping might be a bit much, but I would like to know more.
There's really nothing of interest here as far as videos go.....just a couple of camcorders you can get anywhere.
16:47 TWO more houses to go?...But he said there were FIVE houses! (8:27) So, FOUR more houses to go?
Hey @ForgottenMachines - I filmed 3 houses and was told there were 2 more but they were locked and we couldn't get in. I have asked to come back and film them, and do an unboxing. Will see what happens. It's up to the owner.
The performa 580cd right at the start is something i need to find again
It would be great to see some video's of just opening stuff up and powering the devices on.
What's the plan for this rare hoard? Ebay? Gumtree?
@BreathingAir - the owners plan is for them to sell things off gradually. I'll certainly assist them where possible. There is a possibility that I might go back there and if I do, I'll take some videos of unboxing things. You make a good point !! To be honest, I was incredibly tired after all that driving and my brain was fried. I couldn't even think of the names of some of the old computers I told Jason about!! 😁
If you find any PDP items make sure to let Dave's Garage know.
Will do @nunyabusiness7602 - have not found anything like that so far. But there is sooo much that is in boxes, we just don't know what's there until we get to it. Future videos for sure.
@@RetroRarez In your video I saw lots of what appears to be 1970's tech laying around. The DEC PDP stuff would fit right into this time frame. This reminds me of the Computer Reset horde in Texas that was distributed a few years ago. I wish now I would have gotten a U-Haul and made the trip from Ohio to get some of that stuff.
@@nunyabusiness7602 yes it fits. I'm just not seeing anything like that. Having said that, it could be in a box. You might glance something in the other videos when they come out.
I assume you’ve been in touch with the ACMS?
Hey @MrLurchsThings - yes I've reached out to Murray.
Looks like my garage! lol
Big garage then @RustyX2010 !!!
"CompuGraphic" ? That's typesetting gear from here in the US. Think they got bought out in the late 80's.
@lawrenceshadai4966 - yes AGFA bought them.
Amazing stuff- thanks for sharing this find - new Aussie sub :)
Thanks @MarkHyde for the sub. Appreciate it.
Awesome stuff! I'd say this stuff is very valuable to a film production company for productions playing in a certain era. Is there a eBay store?
Not yet. Sold a bit so far but just trying to sort out first.
Hi @tonrotterdam - no. eBay is ridiculous in terms of the amount they charge. This is just in the initial stages of identifying what is there. This is going to take a very long time to get through.
Cool. Thanks, great video. It is nice to see people taking care of history, the ultimate recycling. Saved from the landfill. Especially stuff in original boxing with manuals are magic.Even worn and damaged stuff can be stripped down and used for parts. Good luck to who ever got the cash to take it all over. Seems like material to make a national museum of tech from the stash. There is no such thing as garbage, every thing turns to gold with time.
@iRelevant.47.system.boycott - there is a lot here, but most appears to be proprietary printing stuff. A lot of it, I have in my collection already. I cant understate the time taken to sort, clean, or test. Its monumental. I've offered to go back and help sort and identify things, so will see what happens.
Needs a working group, by machine interest to help sort it all out
Sure does @sulrich70 ! It's a very remote location, which is tricky. This is also just house 1. Wait until you see the other videos !!! 😳
Care to volunteer?.... ( maybe some cash, too?)
Somebody had better be going through and taking out all the pram batteries...
@yafflehk yes I did think of that.... but it might be too late. 😰
Wow, what a hoarde lol! I would love to get my hands on an Apple II =O Subbed btw!
@GadgetUK164 - if you think that haul is big. I've got a video coming up that's even bigger when it comes to Apple II's. A haul that filled a large van with stacks of them!
I'd love a serial terminal.....
@paulstubbs7678 - Yeah.... would have been good if they were Digital (as in DEC).
@@RetroRarez Dec were probably the best, but far from the only show in town, HP or LSI etc.
I made a SWTC6800 clone and a terminal to go with it would be nice. I usually run it from a PC, but it looks kind of incomplete otherwise. (I'd like a real SWTPC, etc, but what I've seen in the vid so far looks a lot newer)
Our laptops have more mem than all combined
Hey @KehHs-l8b - so does your phone too !!
Great stuff. good to see a lot of that stuff survive. I once recued a huge haul of old computer and video games (pre 1995 stuff)from the council tip back when they had a section to one side where people could leave bits for free and others could buy it for dirt cheap. sadly there is no farmhouse in my family to store odities so after moving rental properties a couple of times i sold off what i had less intrerest in and had to bin a lot of stuff i couldnt give away. This was about 14 years ago when there was much less collecting buzz.
Was the original owner a collector who just picked stuff up when no one wanted it or is it from a business?
Oh wow @Thommybee-85 ! That's cool. Yeah I remember in the 80's and 90's walking around on hard rubbish day and picking up computers and parts to upgrade my own! Everyone was throwing them out. Same thing with Atari 2600's and Super Nintendo too.
Wow incredible find, I'm interested to see anything IBM branded, I think I saw an IBM cardboard box but couldn't id specific IBM machine's, would love a iie, first computer I ever used 🙂
@peterirwin9197 - I found a Model M keyboard there, and a few IBM boxes, so there are definitely IBM's there. There were two other houses where I could not film, so there is a possibility its all stacked in there too. Might be another trip in the future! Who knows?
@RetroRarez awesome, I was trying to id that terminal monitor that you were trying to get a better look at in the video, thought it might be IBM. Id be surprised if there wasn't some IBM terminal gear there. That type of stuff would be super interesting to me 🙂
@@peterirwin9197 from memory it was not IBM. I did end up identifying it, but it has come weird name. There was an IBM box in another house, but we couldnt find any IBM gear. More may turn up as there are so many boxes that have not been opened.
I have a box of vintage calculators lol I don't feel so bad now
Yes @GrumpyXer - it puts it all into perspective!
Looks like my house. I must have a clear out.
Far out @niv8880 - big house!!!
I would love to find an old (newish) TRS-80 Model 3 all in one, or an old/ new i286 or XT around me. I kept a lot of my old computers but not any of the really really old computers. As we used to say, we did windows 3.0 so our children wouldn't have to. Same went with MS DOS 6.0, those were fun and I still remember some of batch commands I'd use in .bat files
Hey @realCityBuilder - where abouts are you based? I found a few XT's recently - check out my other videos such as th-cam.com/video/U2drTKWgYRs/w-d-xo.html
You need to find people who want to buy old Apple products
The problem is that you need to be an electrician and have electronic experience because the Capacitors in ALL this stuff needs to be replaced and it is a pain
As soon as you power up the caps blow and you get the smoke from the monitor and the computer
So, you need people who are familiar with the old equipment and the replacement procedures for each of them
Some sort of typesetting company, and maybe a school system decommission. Apple-centric but some PC stuff also, and even a PET or two. Will be such a hassle to sell off, especially the stuff that needs shipping, some of that won't survive if not packaged right.
Hey @rogerarrick1907 - yes there is a lot of typesetting stuff. Agree on the shipping. Given its very remote location its not ideal. I'm just happy to have captured it on video. Its hard to believe this stuff unless you actually see it. Wish there was a PET, unfortunately not.
Why do I never come across houses like this?
This is just what happens @brucegee9134 - when it rains it pours. I just came across a bigger Apple collection yesterday. In the early phases of documenting it and will do a video on it in a few weeks.
Sweet Jebus!
Where do you start? Certainly a lot of Apple gear. I’m guessing ex-Edu or something.
Any C=, Tandy, or Dick Smith gear buried in there?
@MrLurchsThings - yep... that's just house #1. Wait to you see the last house! Its crazy 😳!!! No 8-bit stuff - C64, DSE or anything.... mainly Apple and weird US-based stuff. Back in the day this would have cost a fortune. Now its all obsolete.
@@RetroRarez The US buyers might be interested but is it all on australia voltage/freqency ?
Wow that's crazy
Hi @Enaklam - yes the volume is mind blowing.
Loads of iMacs. It’s not hoarding. It’s preservation.
Yes @tenminutetokyo2643 - Thats what I thought when I saw a Ruby Mac. So added that to my collection. There's just a lot there.
thought i saw a timeshare terminal there
Hmmmm.... not sure. Do you have a timestamp? I'll take a look @allanegleston4931
3 days drive... and I complain about 100 kilometers drive for a vintage item
Yes @NoamRavid-u7w - one day up, overnight stay, filming the next day and got back after midnight the following day... A lot of effort went into this.
That's too much for one lifetime ? Enthusiast group, work recover what's useful vintage computer club ! Stuf collected, what and when to do anything with it ?
Some might be worth a lot of money, ie early production apple 1 could be worth min 100k, Macintosh 128k could fetch $500 to $900 USD each.
Nothing like that unfortunately - I wish there were pre-production stuff @CirclingTheDrain2025 . However my latest find (video out in a few weeks) has a LOT of Apple gear and appears to be quite unique in nature... I've just got back from picking it up (took me a day). So will go through that and document it very soon.
OMG just omg - Something about the collection is saying to me ex-schools IT equipment? Mechanical clicky-clicky is a sultry French lady breathing and whispering into my ear.
@josephphillips9243 some of the Macs could be, but the majority is from a company. I can't reveal too much about it unfortunately.
looks like old mate ran some printing company/companies and when liquidated 20+ years ago he took all the gear... something like that. doesn't look like school gear.
@@RetroRarez No worries. It looks awfully familiar to what I saw in primary, high school, unis and Tafe (for students and staff) growing up....... in fact identical, which I why I made that comment.
@@josephphillips9243 yes it certainly does. I found an Apple II not long ago and it was from a Primary School. Engraved on top. Ive been meaning to reach out and contact them and see if they have any photos from back then.
@@RetroRarez The print company items value alas is commercial for what you can make from it, and nowadays other means are faster, more used to a young generation to use an turn around. Almost like old printing presses, the interest is in the muesum grade of how things used to be and I am not sure there is demand, or space, to have such things on show and operation - would be happy to be proved wrong though
So that's where computers are grown. Take a few seeds home.
Yeah kind of @IlBiggo - weird location though. Hard drive in the middle of nowhere.
This is a sickness. Whatever money is to be made will be dwarfed by the amount of time spent sorting, listing, and selling this crap.This poor guy is probably gonna end up making about $5/hr after all is said and done. Speaking from experience just moving that shit from room to room is only prolonging the inevitable...which is dumpsters. LOTS of dumpsters.
My bank account says different....plus I'm having a blast!!
One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure 🎉
I know where that is... that looks like Lower Woop-Woop.
@godfreypoon5148 literally just around the corner! 🤣
There is so much money sitting there...
@disdrix back in the 70's/80's, this whole setup would have cost a fortune. Unfortunately now, its a time suck just to clean it up and sort it out. The vintage printing equipment looks amazing and I'd like to see it preserved. The main thing is identifying the rare stuff, as its so unique. I hope this video helps. ♥
Best comment so far.
@@chookin1 thanks... true though. Cleaning and repairing stuff is the story of my life.
@@RetroRarez The terminal system with the disc drives side mounted looks like a motor factors point of sale and ordering system
Would be nice to give the stuff that's not going to be sold to some museums or clubs instead of throwing it away...
@LFOSyncToo - I've offered to take what I can. Its a storage, time, transport issue for me. I don't think it will be thrown out. Even the cost to get a skip bin up there is huge.
Great video. Sorting and testing all that stuff before listing it would take forever. Are the systems gonna be tested or are they going to be sold as is?? It would be great and even more valuable if there was computers from Commodore such as the Amiga 3000 and 3000T, Amiga 4000 and 4000T as well as some of Atari's rare computers such as the Atari Falcon and the TT030. Looking forward to the following videos. Cheers.
Oh could you imagine houses full of Commodores? The most I've ever pulled out of one house is 8. Yes, they'll be sold "as is" with no warranty. You can safely assume they're in non working condition unless otherwise stated.
Id cherry pick the lot of it, and recycle the rest. Unless you have the proper storage for all it to sit while it takes years to sell.
The printers are not worth anything
I used to deal with old printers and finding the cartridges was a nightmare
They just don't make them anymore
@ocsrc - correct, printers are a decoration now. Can hardly give them away.
Well I'm in Drouin Gippsland Vic and have very similar to that in a huge Mancave.have been collecting since i was 15 and now 69 in a few days. he's got some great stuff in that hord .I'm not much different I Have Game Consoles Comp and some remote cars , C64, Vic 20,Plus 4, SX64,Huge collection of TRS80 Coco Comp , Softwrae and drives, Nintendo ,Femidom , PlayStation ,SNES,NES and Much More ,Even a Fairchild Game console Channel F., Huge Collection of Seiga ENT and MEGADRIVE .Hundreds Games. iMac's. My Name Tony . Also a Pile of Ham Radio Gear i would like to sell.
Most of them are apple machines
But...¿WHY?
This is not a collection, it's a cemetery.
When its all sorted it'll look like a collection.
@jvegazorro yes it looks like that now. But hopefully these will be acquired by people who will look after them for years to come.