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few pics of my attempt to 'program' (read train) my pets. enjoy.

Hi all, I am going to post a few pics of our attempt to 'program' (read train) my pets. Enjoy 1 training our siamesee cat Oscar to guard our property 2. Maria and "Dorothy" being peacefull. Maria had...

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PDP-8 Macro-8 Programming Manual on Ebay UK GBP 0.99

In case someone is interested : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252640995950 Not mine.

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pic and brief description of my Transportable computer /hobby room.

Hi all, well I will post a tiny subset of the pics of the task to go and dismantle, load, transport, get onto my property and then reassemble the 6m long by 3.5m wide by 2.6m high room that I am using...

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during my declutter located some old keyboards. Like to know more about them

During my declutter located some old keyboards. I am posting pics in hope someone here can identify what they are off and also if there is someone that is desperate for one to get a machine going. then...

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Please help with ICL QUATTRO

Hello I own computer ICL QUATTRO model 49 (20 Mb hard disk) The hardware in my computer is functional. My problem is incomplete operating system. Self only LOADER floppies, but it is not enough for...

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Quarter-inch audio output vs. 3.5mm audio output questions

(Apologies if this doesn't seem computer-related, but I assure you it is! I need help understanding the analog/electrical principles of what I'm observing.) In performing additional research into...

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Most advanced 8-bit CPU ever...... 6809? 65816? Z280? eZ80? AVR? Opinions?

Seeing the other thread dealing with the 6809, 65802, and 65816, and not wanting to hijack that thread, I couldn't help but wonder which 8-bit CPU really would be considered the most 'advanced.' No,...

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CRT help!

(NOT COMPUTER RELATED) I recently took up restoring a 1950 Motorola 10vt10r television set. The TV appeared to be complete and upon plugging it in, all the filament lit up including the CRT. I began...

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Model II bell / beep

Hi Just checking... there is no bell or beeper on the Model II is there? I can't see a transducer on any of the boards. I would like to issue a BEL character and hear a sound of some sort, but I think...

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IDE Cable Mod

Anyone know of a way to modify a cable to take a female IDE input and convert it to male, without having to buy another cable? I have a CF Card / IDE Adapter with a female input and I want to convert...

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CP/M Function 10 Read Console Buffer

I've been experimenting with the CP/M function 10 Read console buffer. Currently I want to create a 4 character input box which will accept a 4 bit hex address. I'm having trouble with the console...

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Can you identify this book?

Can you identify this book? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-Pho...-/291942783593

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Digital Group Phideck Rehab

So I'm stoked about beating the TVC 32 problem that had been dogging me for a year and now I want some Phideck action. I've looked at the motherboard on my Basic Box and have confirmed it was never...

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Setting up DL11-W (M7856) for TU58

Hi - I am returning again to my PDP 11/40 project...I could have sworn I had found a web page that specified how to set up a M7856 for use as a TU58 emulator's serial card. I want to try to load XXDP...

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BEL on the IBM PC

In the course of doing some speaker experiments, I became curious as to what the IBM PC's official interpretation of the ASCII BEL was. (For the curious, walk over to any DOS prompt, and type "echo", a...

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Ummmmmm... Tomorrow's Dinner...

is waiting just around the corner from me. :-)

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IBM 5170 Motherboard - A tale of an epic win!

I've been sitting on one for a long time now, can't remember where I got it from, but last night I decided to finally power it up and see if it works. After modifying an ATX PSU to work with the AT...

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****FREE**** LOT of NEW/Used Apple Computers & Accessories

Okay, I here is the deal I have boxes and boxes of Mac accessories, some are even NEW OLD STOCK, including Apple Service parts dating as far back as Apple II series. I also have some computers in...

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Amiga 500 Internal Floppy Drive in Atari ST?

I have a modified floppy drive in my ST, because the original drive was dead. After months of storage the modded drive (inexplicably) doesn't work. I resoldered the mods to no effect. I have a dead...

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Original 128k Macintosh - how many are left?

Hello everyone. I recently acquired an example of the original 128K Macintosh. Best I can tell, it has never been upgraded to 512KB of RAM. I know that many of these were, either by Apple or through...

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