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New acquisition.. Frankenstein ii
More to come.. 7926 motherboard... 2 plus case, early 2 raised power key kb, no power supply..... Don't care... Early serial number, earliest I have seen in this label variation #991...
View ArticleSome additions to my System 80 website
Hi, IÂ’ve grabbed some time over this Xmas break to add a few minor bits and pieces to my Dick Smith System 80 site. They are listed in the top three sections of the page under the link below, for those...
View ArticleCP/M program to read and write between different disk formats.
Hello all, I have a Kaypro 1 which can format different CP/M disk formats for example Osborne and Superbrain disks. My question is this, are there any CP/M utilities to read and write to those...
View ArticlePET 2001-8 Datasette Problems
Hello All. I am trying to bring my PET 2001-8 back up to health, and have been working through some memory and stability problems in another thread. I have discovered load problems in doing that,...
View ArticleNo Power to Motherboard
Important Note: I am testing this board while both the PS and board are just sitting on a table. Nothing is in a case. I just got back to working on an ASUS P2B-F motherboard which was given to me...
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Debugging Farallon Ethermac NuBus Card in Macintosh IIci
I have a Macintosh IIci, running System 7.1. My dad got me a Farallon Ethermac NuBus NSC PN590A for Christmas, and I'm having trouble getting it working. He had the foresight to pick out one that came...
View ArticleMark-8 Clone Project Begins
So I've finally got some free time and now I'm all over making some clones of my Mark-8 boards for my own experimentation. I tackled the CPU board first and have posted about it on my blog here:...
View ArticleWTB: Inexpensive 16 bit ISA VGA card
Hey everyone! I'm building a Cyrix Cx486DLC build and it's going very very well, but the sticking point has been finding a decent 16-bit VGA ISA card. So if anyone has anything they'd be willing to...
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Micropolos Disk Storage Module SBC 55 II
Anyone know what this is? Note that the 5.1/4" floppies are single sided and have no electronics on them, all the data encoding/decoding is done on a separate PCB. The controller is Z80 based and chip...
View Article8" floppy storage (box)
Hi, I have started using 8 inch diskettes and have obvious problem. There seems to be no existing plastic storage box, so that I could for example stack 5.25" diskettes box on top of it without risk of...
View ArticleBox of Stuff
Does anyone have use for a box that has: 1. 6' Component Video Cable 2. 12' HDMI Cable 3. 5' Power Cord 4. EIDE Ultima Pro Card (IDE, Floppy, Parallel, Serial) 5. 40 Gig IBM TravelStar IDE 2.5" 6....
View ArticleStoring Equipment
I have to put my boxen in storage for a little while and I wonder if anyone has experience storing their stuff in vacuum sealed bags with O2 eaters?
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Hard Rubbish Find
On the way to my sister's on Christmas day, I spotted an old AT clone on the hard rubbish outside someone's house. So, much to the dismay of the other half, I stopped and grabbed it. Turns out the...
View ArticleCromemco and Sage and Other for Sale in Switzerland
Dear All, Marcus very much regrets to say that my time in Wonderful Switzerland will come to an end. The prohibitive cost of living in Switzerland has another victim. me. To all Swiss residents who are...
View ArticlePS/2 Keyboards & Mice
I've been told I've got to clear out a storage room full of "stuff". Going through some of this stuff, I've found quite a few PS/2 port keyboards & mice. 1. NMB Keyboard (these are black, 104 key...
View ArticleNeed a CRT rebuilt, now or in the future?
Please consider joining the Early Television Museum and donating to their CRT Rebuilding Fund. They are putting together a CRT rebuilding operation. The more of us that can help out, the sooner it will...
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Mike
Well, MB, it looks like that time of year has come around again. I hope it's a great day for you and you have many, many more in store. Were you one of those poor kids that got their Christmas and...
View Articlevintage apple, where do i start?
So this is my first post. I have a vintage apple computer, the white case has no logo. The motherboard has an attached paper decal with the numbers 001052, assumed serial number. The ram is total 48k,...
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TRS-80 Model 3 - Repair
In my hunt for a Model 2, I managed to buy 2 other computers, so today I collected this diskless 48k TRS-80 Model 3, sold with a suspected PSU and Keyboard fault. I think the computer case and keyboard...
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Another Item that needs to go. Apple IIe with duo drive
Have an enhanced Apple IIe with 128K and with the duo drive. Has the super serial board so you can use ADT Pro to upload programs. As you can see the case has yellowing/orange color to it. Looking t...
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