u/Luca--Brasi

Hi guys, I bought a abandoned farm a while a ago. It's full of junk. I've been so disappointed that i've not found anything exciting but today I found something what made all that work worth it. I add pictures when I'm home. Please tell me if you know anything about this computer.

Hi guys, I bought a abandoned farm a while a ago. It's full of junk. I've been so disappointed that i've not found anything exciting but today I found something what made all that work worth it. I add pictures when I'm home. Please tell me if you know anything about this computer.

IF SOMEONE CAN GIVE ANY VALUATION FOR PRICE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR. AI GAVE ME VALUATION OF 5000-7000 DOLLARS.

• Canon AS-300II Central Unit. Includes all four (4) original cardboard drive protectors/shipping cards inserted in the floppy drives for safe storage and transport.

• Original Canon Monitor & Mechanical Keyboard.

• Original Canon Mouse

• Canon A302 EXHD (External Hard Disk): A massive external enterprise hard drive with its original proprietary interface/connection cable. Since this was a working system, the drive likely contains period-correct software or data.

• Canon PJ-300S Inkjet Printer: An early, high-end professional color inkjet printer.

  1. Software & Media (3.5" DD Floppy Disks):

This is a fully localized Finnish corporate ecosystem from 1985. The magnetic media includes:

• Canon MS-DOS 2.11 System Boot Disks (including the official system disk and handwritten period-correct backup disks used by the original owner).

• Canobrain / Super-Canonbrain System & Graphwriter Disks: Canon's legendary, mythical early GUI that attempted to compete with Apple Macintosh.

• CanoWriter II+ SF Software Suite: Official Finnish localized word processor and Spell Cor (spell checker/vocabulary) disks.

• Micro Focus Level II COBOL V-1.1 & CICS 86 V-2.2: Heavy-duty corporate programming languages and database tools for this specific architecture.

• Bonus/Supplies: A box of ten (10) brand new, unused official vintage Canon MF2-51200 branded blank floppy disks.

  1. Complete Documentation & Printed Manuals:

• Canon AS-300II Owner's Manual.

• Canon MS-DOS User Manual.

• Micro Focus Level II COBOL User Manual

• Canobrain User Manual (2 Volumes): Extremely rare documentation for Canon's lost graphical operating environment.

• Canon A302 EXHD Hard Disk Documentation: Original multi-page A4 installation/user guide leaflets.

• Bonus/Supplies: One box of four (4) original Canon JP-216 Roll Paper packs for the printer, still factory-sealed in their thick, black light-protective plastic sleeves.

u/Luca--Brasi — 13 days ago