Needed: Sharp PC 7000 OEM DOS bootdisks!
If anyone here has a Sharp PC 7000 with the original OEM versions of MS-DOS, can they take an image of their disks and upload them for me? I've got a PC 7000 on the way sans OS disks, and i'd rather...
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CompuPro DISK1A boots but not with CPU 286 card
I have been searching for a DISK1A floppy controller for my CompuPro 8/16 for almost 2 years until I recently purchased one on Ebay. I had to solder in 3 7805 regulators to convert the power for my...
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Nec ProSpeed 386 SX/20 review - 26 years later
P1000794.sized.jpg It's not often when you see a 26 years old laptop, still packed in original packaging, never used. Although the processor was a 386 SX/20, pretty fast for that time, it is limited by...
View ArticleHidden data worries me... (My mental illness)
I would like to format the hard drive in my IBM XT and IBM PS/2 30 but even after getting all the files on them off I am afraid that there might be valuable data in the form of files that have been...
View ArticleXEBEC and other SASI Hard Drive Controllers
I have an XEBEC 104526 rev 4 that works ok when there is a fan blowing on it but overheats after a while. It controls a SASI external hard drive used by a Visual 1050 computer. OK, I will look through...
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Apple IIe compatible screen
Does anyone know if I can connect a an old TV to an Apple IIe to use as a screen? Thanks!
View ArticleColex systems rings a bell ?
I have a Colex 850 sitting on my desk, basically a CP/M machine with a 10MB MFM harddisk, all implemented on STD-BUS cards. Thing is it should also be able to run UNIX, with a 68K card that i have....
View ArticleRS232 over Ethernet LAN
Is anyone here successfully doing this? What I'd like to do is have two serial devices (computers) communicate by RS232 over my LAN. The only reason is that I already have Ethernet and two RS232 lines...
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origional IBM 5150 keyboard
picked up a 5150 and it came with this keyboard. there's no model number on the keyboard anywhere. is this the keyboard that came with the 5150 originally?
View ArticleAddendum: Father's Vintage Computer Collection - errr...museum
Back again... Just wanted to say the photos I included in my previous post just barely scratch the surface of the electronics that Dad has collected over the years. It's not my gig, and I can barely...
View ArticleWhat games do you like to play?
For those of you with PC's & XT's or their clones, what games do you like to play? I end up playing Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, and Oregon Trail mostly and I'd like to expand. :)
View ArticleA unique peripheral for the "Big Tandy" owners who have everything! CR-510
Just in time for the holidays, a curious product I had never heard of that seems to have been oriented toward education administration. Wonder what other applications this was used in?...
View ArticleThinkPad 390, 390E, or 390X
I'm just wondering if anyone on here has the ThinkPad 390, 390E, or 390X that also has the UltraBay FX DVD-ROM drive with it and if you do, would you want to sell it?
View ArticleUser's manual for Toshiba T1100 PLUS laptop
I have scanned the user's manual for the Toshiba T1100 PLUS, putting it on my web site at [here].
View ArticleSeen on Ebay for BIG TANDY owners.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TANDY-TRS-80...3D371817168505 I think it is a unique chance to fill our repository with new items. We could not pass this chance and one us, preferable in the US, should try to...
View ArticlePet 8032 board repair question.
Hi all, I have a bare 8032 board ASSY no 8032080 (note no suffix), which I would like to try and get going, it was at one time partially functional, so I suspect a ram or buffer fault somewhere....
View ArticleHooking up my Teletype to my SWTPC 6800
So I have my Model 33 more or less working. Couple keys aren't quite right but I figure the best way to isolate whether the problem is in the printer or keyboard is to try getting this thing talking to...
View Articlepaper tape reader/punch
I am in the market for a DEC pdp11 tape reader/punch. If you know of one let me know pls?
View ArticleWhat do I need to run BASIC 4 on a 32K PET 2001-N
Subject line covers most of it, but i'd like to be able to do two things: a) If possible, load a soft image of BASIC4 into memory and use it, or b) Burn an EPROM of BASIC4 and use it I'm not entirely...
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