This is my collection of computers and gaming consoles. There are four machines I plan to get: Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64 (Bread bin), Playstation 5 (with disc drive) and Xbox series X


Computers

Model: Amiga 500
Brand: Commodore
Released: 1987
Notable for: One of the most popular computers in the late 1980ies and early 1990ies. It was a popular machine in the demo scene where the users made and often combined music and graphics. The Amiga 500 were also a popular machine for gaming.
What I (plan to) use it for: Music production and some gaming.

Model: Atari 1040 STe (Atari ST)
Brand: Atari
Released: 1985
Notable for: Maybe not as popular as the Amiga 500, but still a popular machine from the same period. Notable fir the MIDI ports.
What I (plan to) use it for: Music production.

Model: Commodore 64C (C64 / C64C)
Brand: Commodore
Released: 1982
Notable for: One of the most popular computers ever made. It was a popular machine in the gaming and demo scenes. Many learned programming because of C64.
What I (plan to) use it for:

Model: HP pro
Brand: Hewlett Packard
Released: N/A
What I (plan to) use it for: General purpose.

Model: LTE Lite 4/33c
Brand: Compaq
Released:
Notable for:
What I (plan to) use it for: Gaming

Model: Macintosh Performa 6320
Brand: Apple
Released:
Notable for:
What I (plan to) use it for:

Model: Notebook PC E406M
Brand: Asus
Released: ~2020
What I (plan to) use it for: General purpose

Model: OptiPlex GX1
Brand: Dell
Released: ~1997
What I (plan to) use it for: Gaming and making music.

Model: OptiPlex GXa
Brand: Dell
Released: ~1997
What I (plan to) use it for: Gaming and making music.

Model: Own build PC
Brand: Various
Released: ~2016
What I (plan to) use it for: Media production and backup.

Model: Presario CQ57
Brand: Compaq
Released: ~2011
What I (plan to) use it for: Backup

Model: Vectra XA
Brand: Hewlett Packard
Released: N/A
What I (plan to) use it for: Clean it and sell / donate it.

Model: ZX81
Brand: Sinclair
Released: 1981
Notable for: Marked the point in Britain where computing became an activity for the "general population".
What I (plan to) use it for: Display


Consoles

Model: GameBoy Advance SP
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 2003 (original: 2001)
Notable for: Game Boy is one of the most popular series of handheld consoles.

Model: GameBoy pocet
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 1996 (original: 1989)
Notable for: Game Boy is one of the most popular series of handheld consoles.

Model: Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 2016

Model: Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 1985 (US) / 1986 (EU) (JP version, "Famicom", 1983)
Notable for: Saving the American gaming marked.

Model: Playstation 1 (PS1)
Brand: Sony
Released: 1994
Notable for being the first successful console with disk drive. PS1 started as a development project between Sony and Nintendo. The goal for the project was an add-on for Super Nintendo, but it was later dropped by Nintendo.

Model: Playstation 2 Slim (PS2)
Brand: Sony
Released: 2000 (original), 2004 (slim)
Notable for being the first console that supported DVD and (partly because of that) being one of the most sold consoles.

Model: Playstation 3 Slim (PS3)
Brand: Sony
Released: 2009 (Original: 2006
Notable for being hard to make games for. First console that could play Blu-ray.
What I use it for: Gaming, some streaming.

Model: Playstation 4 Slim (PS4)
Brand: Sony
Released: 2016 (Original: 2013)
What I use it for: Gaming + media player.

Model: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 1990 (JP), 1991 (US), 1992 (EU)
Notable for giving birth to PS1.

Model: Wii
Brand: Nintendo
Released: 2006
Notable for having a creative solution on how the controllers could be. The Wii didn't have HDMI port, but its rivals (PS3 and XBOX 360) had support for HDMI. Gamecube games and controllers could be used on earlier Wii models.