It's all got to go!
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:44 pm
So ... The time has come to sell all my real Einstein stuff. This is everything you need for the ultimate Real EInstein experience.
We are completing on the house sale mid to late September and moving into our motorhome for full time van life.
I am offering here my ENTIRE physical Einstein collection, all tested and working as expected, which comprises of the following.
UPDATE:. I have had a thought about this, and maybe people don't want all this kit in one go, so I will break it down into stuff that people will want.
Everything has been tested and is in full working order.
Hardware:
Boxed Tatung Einstein TC-01 SN: 6006381
Gotek (With sound module and 4GB USB thumb drive stuffed with software) as drive 0: and Single disc as Drive 1:
Space bar is a little sloppy (Works in the middle - may need checking?)
Full set of manuals as delivered in 1984
Second Drive manual
RF cable (In case you wanna use old tech - ha ha)
Einstein compatible scart cable - Provides a rock solid colour picture
-- Sold (and paid) Via eBay - This is now winding it's way to New Jersey to an American collector
Alba vintage analogue flat screen LCD TV with Scart, composite VGA (Not 15khz) and IR remote/manuals (Runs Albert in both 40 and 80 column modes)
£20.00 (Prefer collection, but will post at push for £9.99)
Oki 132 column 9 pin dot matrix printer (This was dropped by the courier and has been repaired) with spare ink ribbon and some 132 column paper
Einstein printer cable x 1
£10.00 (Collection only)
80 Column Card with RCA video cable and instruction manual
£105.00 inc postage -- Sold (and paid) to Preppie.Thank you!
Hand built "Mono" Dac Audio User Port Interface (Resister ladder type DAC) Configured to output mono on both speakers
- Includes Musicraft software with instructions
Vintage cream coloured 3.5" jack stereo mini desktop speakers to go with the DAC
Home made Analogue to Digital sampling cable. Use the joystick port to monitor audio frquencies (7 pin to RCA audio adapter)
£15 inc postage
1 x generic microswitched digital joystick
1 x generic foil switch analogue joystick (Needs din plug)
1 x 9 pin commodore style foil switch digital joystick with DIY joystick adapter
1 x Zip Stick digital Joystick
£40 inc postage
DIY (not made by me) colour/mono switch box (Never got this working)
Various (ready to solder) interface sockets (User port, pipe etc [both male and female])
5 x 6 pin RGB video DIN plugs (Ready to solder)
Lots of chip sockets matched to Albert, I was going to socket mount all the chips but not got round to doing them
£18 inc postage
Einstein Diagnostic rom chip - Tested and working
4 x video memory chips (I believe these are faulty as they were in this machine when I got it and had to be replaced, I could be wrong though)
£20 inc postage
Extremely rare - Tatung Einstein metal pin badge.
Extremely rare - Tatung Einstein Colour Computer plastic carry bag!
£10 inc postage
Extremely rare - NEOS "9 pin" ball mouse with Einstein interface
£40 inc postage
Manuals:
Hardware manual £20 inc postage
BBC Basic Reference manual (with disc) £25 inc postage
Einstein Primer £20 inc postage
Dr Logo Introduction £10 inc postage
Relatively Basic £20 inc postage
Einstein Compendium - With original disk £25 inc postage
Software with Manuals:
System 5.0 manual with disk £20 inc postage
Zen Assembler with disk £20 inc postage
Kuma Spreadsheet with disk £10 inc postage
Kuma WDPro with disk £10 inc postage
Tasword with disk £5 inc postage
GrafDraw with disk £15 inc postage
AmTat with disk £15 inc postage
Books:
CP/M Bible
Mastering CP/M
-- Sold (and paid) Via eBay
Introduction to Programming the Z80 (Radio Shack)
£20 inc postage
Magazines: - I have had to re-think the postage costs as the mags are heavy!
Einstein Monthly Volume 1 (1 - 3, 5 - 12)
Einstein Monthly Volume 2 (1 - 12)
Einstein Monthly Volume 3 (1 - 2)
£30 inc postage
UKEUG News Letter (1 - 9, 11 - 16)
£15 inc postage
Alternative Micro News Volume 1 (1 - 5)
All Micro News Volume 1 (1 - 10)
Einstein Magazine and All Micro News (73, 75 - 79, 81 - 84, 87, 89, 92 - 93, 95, 98 - 111)
£30 inc postage
Einstein User Volume 1 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 2 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 3 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 4 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 5 (1 - 3)
£45 inc postage
The Brain Volume 1 (Sept .. Oct)
£5 inc postage
Tatung Einstein News (1 - 2)
Einstein Preservation Society Newsletter No. 1
£5 inc postage
Misc documentation:
Large amount of letters, flyers, adverts, correspondence
£40 inc postage - There is a lot of additional paperwork and print outs!
Original Software:
Scrabble
Cluedo
£20 inc postage
All below are £13 per disk inc postage
System 80
Games disc 1 & 2
Key mouse
Bumper Games pack V2
Castle Quest & Quest
Tas Sign
Island of Artuan
Pakman/Millipede
Super six Games
Konami 4 games pack
Programmers Kit
Hisoft Devpac 80
Misc DIscs:
A big box full of 3" discs containing various data and software. I have imaged all of these and have them as DSK files.
£50 inc postage
It has taken my the last 5 years to collect it all and it is painful to let it go, but I will have no room to store it.
PM me if you are interested and I will send pictures of the items.
It will be collection only on the Einstein and printer from Crewe, Cheshire and payment by bank transfer or paypal.
Update: I have listed this on eBay too in case nothing happens here.
We are completing on the house sale mid to late September and moving into our motorhome for full time van life.
I am offering here my ENTIRE physical Einstein collection, all tested and working as expected, which comprises of the following.
UPDATE:. I have had a thought about this, and maybe people don't want all this kit in one go, so I will break it down into stuff that people will want.
Everything has been tested and is in full working order.
Hardware:
Boxed Tatung Einstein TC-01 SN: 6006381
Gotek (With sound module and 4GB USB thumb drive stuffed with software) as drive 0: and Single disc as Drive 1:
Space bar is a little sloppy (Works in the middle - may need checking?)
Full set of manuals as delivered in 1984
Second Drive manual
RF cable (In case you wanna use old tech - ha ha)
Einstein compatible scart cable - Provides a rock solid colour picture
-- Sold (and paid) Via eBay - This is now winding it's way to New Jersey to an American collector
Alba vintage analogue flat screen LCD TV with Scart, composite VGA (Not 15khz) and IR remote/manuals (Runs Albert in both 40 and 80 column modes)
£20.00 (Prefer collection, but will post at push for £9.99)
Oki 132 column 9 pin dot matrix printer (This was dropped by the courier and has been repaired) with spare ink ribbon and some 132 column paper
Einstein printer cable x 1
£10.00 (Collection only)
80 Column Card with RCA video cable and instruction manual
£105.00 inc postage -- Sold (and paid) to Preppie.Thank you!
Hand built "Mono" Dac Audio User Port Interface (Resister ladder type DAC) Configured to output mono on both speakers
- Includes Musicraft software with instructions
Vintage cream coloured 3.5" jack stereo mini desktop speakers to go with the DAC
Home made Analogue to Digital sampling cable. Use the joystick port to monitor audio frquencies (7 pin to RCA audio adapter)
£15 inc postage
1 x generic microswitched digital joystick
1 x generic foil switch analogue joystick (Needs din plug)
1 x 9 pin commodore style foil switch digital joystick with DIY joystick adapter
1 x Zip Stick digital Joystick
£40 inc postage
DIY (not made by me) colour/mono switch box (Never got this working)
Various (ready to solder) interface sockets (User port, pipe etc [both male and female])
5 x 6 pin RGB video DIN plugs (Ready to solder)
Lots of chip sockets matched to Albert, I was going to socket mount all the chips but not got round to doing them
£18 inc postage
Einstein Diagnostic rom chip - Tested and working
4 x video memory chips (I believe these are faulty as they were in this machine when I got it and had to be replaced, I could be wrong though)
£20 inc postage
Extremely rare - Tatung Einstein metal pin badge.
Extremely rare - Tatung Einstein Colour Computer plastic carry bag!
£10 inc postage
Extremely rare - NEOS "9 pin" ball mouse with Einstein interface
£40 inc postage
Manuals:
Hardware manual £20 inc postage
BBC Basic Reference manual (with disc) £25 inc postage
Einstein Primer £20 inc postage
Dr Logo Introduction £10 inc postage
Relatively Basic £20 inc postage
Einstein Compendium - With original disk £25 inc postage
Software with Manuals:
System 5.0 manual with disk £20 inc postage
Zen Assembler with disk £20 inc postage
Kuma Spreadsheet with disk £10 inc postage
Kuma WDPro with disk £10 inc postage
Tasword with disk £5 inc postage
GrafDraw with disk £15 inc postage
AmTat with disk £15 inc postage
Books:
CP/M Bible
Mastering CP/M
-- Sold (and paid) Via eBay
Introduction to Programming the Z80 (Radio Shack)
£20 inc postage
Magazines: - I have had to re-think the postage costs as the mags are heavy!
Einstein Monthly Volume 1 (1 - 3, 5 - 12)
Einstein Monthly Volume 2 (1 - 12)
Einstein Monthly Volume 3 (1 - 2)
£30 inc postage
UKEUG News Letter (1 - 9, 11 - 16)
£15 inc postage
Alternative Micro News Volume 1 (1 - 5)
All Micro News Volume 1 (1 - 10)
Einstein Magazine and All Micro News (73, 75 - 79, 81 - 84, 87, 89, 92 - 93, 95, 98 - 111)
£30 inc postage
Einstein User Volume 1 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 2 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 3 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 4 (1 - 4)
Einstein User Volume 5 (1 - 3)
£45 inc postage
The Brain Volume 1 (Sept .. Oct)
£5 inc postage
Tatung Einstein News (1 - 2)
Einstein Preservation Society Newsletter No. 1
£5 inc postage
Misc documentation:
Large amount of letters, flyers, adverts, correspondence
£40 inc postage - There is a lot of additional paperwork and print outs!
Original Software:
Scrabble
Cluedo
£20 inc postage
All below are £13 per disk inc postage
System 80
Games disc 1 & 2
Key mouse
Bumper Games pack V2
Castle Quest & Quest
Tas Sign
Island of Artuan
Pakman/Millipede
Super six Games
Konami 4 games pack
Programmers Kit
Hisoft Devpac 80
Misc DIscs:
A big box full of 3" discs containing various data and software. I have imaged all of these and have them as DSK files.
£50 inc postage
It has taken my the last 5 years to collect it all and it is painful to let it go, but I will have no room to store it.
PM me if you are interested and I will send pictures of the items.
It will be collection only on the Einstein and printer from Crewe, Cheshire and payment by bank transfer or paypal.
Update: I have listed this on eBay too in case nothing happens here.
