http://www.osnews.com/story/10882/Dusty-Computing_Be_Part_of_the_Alternative_History Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:50:12 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Neat site and neat idea! Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Thanks! We're all having a good time working on this and hope everyone enjoys it. Constructive criticism is always welcome. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I fail to see the point of this site. I browsed the posted example entries and still don't get it. I wish you good look anyway. I suppose that one can find passengers for every possible train... Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I've submitted my beloved purple semi-slab (its taller than the average slab, unfortunately). Will enter my Sun sometimes... Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? the point is to provide an online DB and well un-official record of "Exotic" systems, and to help people locate weird and wonderful machines they have wanted to own but could never find, things like bebox's, etc Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have a couple more systems that I'll submit later. I want to post pics with the descriptions. Any way my current descriptions can be edited later on with images added? Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have a couple more systems that I'll submit later. I want to post pics with the descriptions. Any way my current descriptions can be edited later on with images added?

Sure, just drop us an email, and we'll add your picture to your item. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Yeah, I want to throw up an image of my Indy when its running again... Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? > Any way my current descriptions can be edited
>later on with images added?

No, the site is anonymous, so no registration exists for these. If changes must be made, email the dusty-crew and they will have to edit the database. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Oh ok. I'll do that. thanks for the info. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have about 5 old machines that i could put up there, but i'm not entering my details over and over again.

Also, I made some errors in my description, and would like to change the picture at some point - I think it's a bit pointless to put up such a minimally functional site - any bulletin board e.g. phpBB would work better in terms of functionality than the current approach. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 21:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? >but i'm not entering my details over and over again.

If you are using Firefox or Safari they are able to "remember" your info on the same form so there is no need for re-entering.

>and would like to change the picture at some point -

Feel free to re-write the site using a registration system, we will replace the existing one. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? http://old-computers.com/

http://www.homecomputer.de/

http://www.digibarn.com/

http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/museummain.html

http://www.bolo.ch/

What can Dusty Computing achieve more than any of these? Expecially the first two?? Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? why not hook up with one of the estabilished computer museums (for example, old-computers.com) and expand, reinforce and revitalize it? Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? The sites you are reffering to are listing old hardware (one entry per model), but NOT individuals own that hardware and detailing its condition etc. That's the difference between these and D-C. D-C is something between eBay (without selling anything) and these sites you are linking. It fills up a small niche, no, it ain't gonna bring down Slashdot. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:05:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? does a 486sx count as exotic? lol jk Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Because:
1. We haven't thought about it.
2. We don't know if they care about this idea.
3. We want our own site to have full control. Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I have a couple old COLECO ADAM computers...along with an Atari attachment console..... would that count? =) Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? if its hard to come by now, or was / is considered exotic, then it counts Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? i think i'll put my 400 cpu itanium system on there... Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I love computer nostalgia, exotic hardware and case modding, but there are no pictures on that site .

Someone needs to fix that site so you can read about the computers and their history, and see some pictures of them. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Yes, on each category page, e.g. http://www.dusty-computing.com/browse.php?kind=Newton you could add a paragraph with an image aligned right or left with the info about the particular hardware. I will leave that to the guys to do so though as it's a cherry on the cake. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Sweet, start adding pictures people :-)

BTW. I had no idea the Apple Newton was so big, see what you can learn from the pictures alone. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? I just posted my I2 on there, but apparently the picture failed to transfer, i got a timeout each time i tried (10.3, safari), i'll mail it to you folks later.

very nice idea, i like it.

- Kevin Fri, 17 Jun 2005 10:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? In the unlikely case you still check this forum: old-computers.com is exactly like that. Individuals (collectors) list their machines with descriptions.

http://old-computers.com/club/collectors/default.asp

As you can see, they sport 355 collectors, and each lists about 30 computers in average. I don't think it will be easy to compete with that. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? They are not competing! It does not matter if another website does more or less the same thing. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Helf my friend, it does matter: I have already listed over 40 vintage computers on old-computers.com. I really don't feel like doing the same thing again. Therefore, the sites are competing, and that is, competing for my attention. Except, old-computers.com has a huge head-start, it has a "museum" section, a lively forum, and all those collectors that will continue adding new computers to the listing.

That's why I say it would be better spent effort to expand old-computers.com in some way, rather than stretching the "market". There is no profit in this, only fun for the collectors and rubberneckers. Why not have all the stuff in one place, to facilitate the rubbernecking? Fri, 17 Jun 2005 14:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? yeah, guess you have a point. Has the forums livened up? Last time I was there there was very little posting. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 19:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? Hmmm.. well, you got me there. There are discussions on specific comps, but you are right, not so much in the forums as in the museum item talkback sections. Still, there's quite a bit of chatter going on. Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? If any of you BeBox owners out there haven't already added your details to the BeBox Registry, please take a couple of minutes to do so :-)

http://www.bebox.nu/registry.php

It's essentially a BeBox-specific version of the Dusty-Computing submission system. It has been on the web for about 2 and a half years and has details on just shy of 100 BeBoxen.

I can see 3 BeBoxes currently listed on Dusty-Computing that may not be already listed in the BeBox Registry. So if you're reading this thread and own a BeBox, check that yours is counted!

Cheers,
Andrew Sat, 18 Jun 2005 09:54:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments http://osnews.com/thread? http://osnews.com/thread? http://obsolyte.com has something similar Sun, 19 Jun 2005 14:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Anonymous) Comments