The Apple //e is finally 99.1% together (minus a nine key, in the post already), sports the DuoDisk and its original monitor. After some cleaning, it even looks half-decent. It's a bit yellowed, but I love the patina.
My pick for a "fully retro battlestation with a CRT" would have been a Commodore PET, but as luck would have it, I ended up this thing instead, thanks to the incredible courtesy of a colleague. It's a whole new world, no regrets, would hoard it again. 😅