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I have added quite a few 'vintage' home computers to my collection over the last year , but none that are especially rare.
I don't want to spend more than about 50-70 euro a piece, so that leaves much of the cool and uncommon stuff out of my price range.

I was 12 years old. Aka 1983. My first computer contat.

I still have it (only have a broken knob). Works perfectly. :)

Mine has all keys on keyboard.

I've got a lot of old computers but none I would classify as "rare"... maybe my Mac 512 from 1984, or my IBM XT/286 (IBM Model 5162).

That is, "rare" usually means "something people would pay a lot of money to acquire". I certainly have stuff that is even more "rare" (Panasonic Sr. Partner, AT&T PC 6300, several PCjrs) but is not desired by collectors.

two spectrum clones which 1-2 people on this board probably even heard of: CIP-03 and HC-91

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Electronica_C1P_System_1.jpg yessssssss

Used to have an Enterprise 128, now my rarest computer is either the C64 with a silver label (Serial WGA 880), an Atari STE with PAK/3 (030 Upgrade) or the CPC 664.

All not that super rare tho.

Not that I have any idea whether it's rare or not, but I do have joysticks and cassettes for it as well besides that extra speccy-style rubbery keyboard. Then, _IF_ I would only bother hacking a power supply for this system in order to be able to test it ;)

t3h vectrex (not a computer, but well...)

sega SC-3000 (oric/msx1/-like)

It's actually a SG-1000 console, with a keyboard. To my surprise, this machine is not rare at all in europe ! the ram was in the cartridge, but there are basic cartridges with 16 or 32k.
I like the 2 standard audio jack at the back, for loading/saving from an audio cassette with the basic. Got the docs about the sound format used for the basic source files. But it would be great if there was something to load/save ASM from the cartidge. For asm, you got to buy an expensive extension, better use emulators for devs.
most master system emulators can emulate this.

Primo A64.
http://www.homecomputer.de/images/machines/Microkey_Primo_A64_red.jpg

For a really exhaustive list of computers from the 79-85 period, this french site is excellent:
http://www.silicium.org/catalog.htm
All the east country clones and arab 8 bits are there, There are even a 8bits console from toulouse/france where i live: the occitel !

Not rare, nor vintage, but:
A MicroVAX 3100-40, similar:

With a VT-520 terminal:

aeko: I learned to hack basic on one of those... and look where I am today! (a tile layer!)

all those who own a C64/C128 can use Twitter!!!

But pohar, it's just rude to tease without the link! http://www.vandenbrande.com/wp/2009/06/breadbox64-a-twitter-client-for-the-c64/

Pegasos II (PPC G4)

The Altair?

Its worth a heckofalot atleats.

Atari ST Book

Nothing super rare here, Sharp MZ-721 (my first compy), Dragon 64 and Gizmondo.

This crappy little box. It still works, including ram-pack, amazingly.

Two Salora Managers.

I'am not sure which one is exactly older

but i own a NCR Descition Mate V and a MB Vectrex
and some other stuff like Amigas, C64, VC20 etc...

*update: month ago i threw most of my old junk out!

At least not as common as C64,CPC,ZX or MSX...

Also I have a Sega Master System that has never been switch on after it was tested in a factory.

Does an Atari Lynx count?