Question About LED Reset / Power / Turbo Lights
I am in the process of removing the 3 small lights that were used for the Reset / Power / Turbo in my 486 case to replace them with new LED Lights as the old ones dont work any longer... For the wires...
View ArticleMotherboard Capacitor Failure
This situation occurred on a K7 board, but the question I need answered applies to any motherboard. I have a K7 board which I received last year. When I powered it up, I got a load "pop" and discovered...
View ArticleWebsite for CommVEx v13 2017 goes live!
The website for the Commodore Vegas Expo v13 2017 is now on-line. Check back regularly for updates. Go to http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex My thanks to Larry Anderson of PortCommodore.com for...
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Apple I TI IC Sockets.
Just going through my old parts and came accross these, can someone confirm if they are the correct parts or close for the Apple 1 ? 4 Pin: IMG_1368.jpg IMG_1367.jpg 16 Pin: IMG_1365.jpg IMG_1366.jpg...
View ArticleTandy Christmas Wish
If you could receive a Tandy specific dream item for Christmas, what would it be? For me, I'd like a couple of Model II Arcnet boards along with TRSDOS-II 4.3 so I could use them properly. Merry...
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Mitsubishi M4853 floppy drive head load sticks
In the quest to add a mini floppy drive to my CompuPro 816, I took a chance and purchased a Mitsubishi M4853 drive advertised as NOS but untested, as is. The drive does look brand new and works great...
View ArticleLooking for titles of older PC games (late 1990s)
Hello. To be short: I played these games in late 1990s (definitely before 2001) on my friend's Pentium II PC, all of them once. I remember we had no 3D acceleration (or acceleration which small nVidia...
View ArticleFree: X2 Playstation 3 consoles for spares/repair (Bristol, England)
Hi All, I have a couple of PS3s, one is an original style and the other is a first gen slim. The slim works but feels rather sluggish booting, haven't got around to testing the original. The slim is in...
View Articlefloppy connector PIN 1 on model 3 and 4 (nga)
I want to try hooking up the SD floppy emulator I have on my model 1 to my model 3 and 4 (none gate array) but I don't see anything say which end is pin 1 on them. and I don't want to take the top off...
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A puzzler. Terminal or Computer?
While excavating some storage I dug out this. As I recall I was told it had an S-100 backplane in it. The only identification on it is OJ Electronics, Memphis, TN Some pictures...
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Free memory sticks and hard drives
For the cost of shipping, :) Memory sticks PC2100R-25331-z 256MB Found 11 packs so far. 100_2693.jpg 2.5 inch drives IBM Travelstar DARA-206000 6GB ATA/IDE Apple HDD Firmware 1999 IBM Travelstar...
View Articleold ide/pata drives with loud bearings...anyone ever tried lubing them?
Was just curious if anyone's ever tried this successfully. How did you go about it? The only thing that comes to mind is literally drilling a small hole on the bottom right on the motor and putting a...
View ArticleThe CHALLENGER 1P Technical Report
Hi, Please forgive me if this OSI document is already on the web somewhere. I looked but couldn't find it. I have a copy so I scanned it. It can be downloaded at...
View ArticleSemi-off-topic: tech gifts?
Happy holidays for systems of any word length and our analog friends too! What tech gifts did you get/give this year?
View ArticleWhat are you having / did you have for Christmas dinner?
We are having roast bone-in leg of lamb, with roast potatoes, roasted parsnips, sauteed brussels sprouts, Yorkshire pud and Paxo sage & onion stuffing. To drink, we shall have a bottle of white...
View ArticleDoes anyone know this obscure text adventure game?
Hello everyone, For 25 years I have been looking for a text adventure game and I, unfortunately, do not have too much to go by. When I was a very young girl my father took me to a computer store and...
View ArticleIn circuit emulator and EPROM programmer
Free to a good home. I will post pictures later this week, but in short, the EPROM programmer is a Nedham's Electronics 8-bit programmer that fits into an 8-bit slot and I have the software. Also,...
View ArticleConnecting MIDI to an old Toshiba 1997-1998 laptop
Hi guys, I've recently bought an old Toshiba Satellite Pro 460CDT laptop with a Pentium 166MHz w. MMX to run some old DOS games and I was wondering how can I connect an external MIDI module like the...
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