LS-120 drive LED stuck on, won't eject
Hi all, Since I could never afford an LS-120 drive back in the day (too young) I have recently obtained a few to marvel at. However I am having a bit of trouble getting them to work. The BIOS detects...
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FS/FT Toshiba Satellite 1805-S273 Laptop
Clearing out some stuff thats been sitting in my "maybe, one day" pile. Gave this to my aunt a long time ago for use. Got it back because the backlight kept going out (It'll work for awhile, then go...
View ArticleWtd: Couple of Bits
Hi Folks! Just after a couple of items to get some machines up and running... Sirius 1 / Victor 9000 keyboard Victor Vicky boot disk File transfer software for the above machines IMSAI MIO board IBM...
View ArticleIBM Model M Keyboard
Model M - 1391401 FRU - 1392090 Serial 8043180 Manufactured 09-03-1991 Made in USA :) Missing two keycaps; Escape and Left Arrow Looking for $55 shipped or best offer. PM if interested
View ArticleActive and Pssive SCSI Termination
Hi Guys, I see SCSI cable terminators listed as active and passive. What is meant by that term? Why is one chosen over the other? Thanks...Joe
View ArticleI am told I am HOARDER and have Asperger's.
Well I am writing this rant as maybe a way to understand am I really a HOARDER; and is it to do with my having Asperger's. I was told yet again, by my female friend, that I have Asperger's. Her 23yo...
View ArticleCoco1 memory upgrade
Hi everyone... As you can tell by the title of this post, i am looking for either a memory upgrade for my COCO model 1 or someone who can add memory for me. How difficult is it to add memory to either...
View ArticleSymbol data cable or pinout?
I don't know if anyone here can help with this, but I have a Symbol SPT1700 with a CRD1700-1000S charging cradle. The cradle uses an RJ45 to DB9 serial data cable, but I cannot find a cable for this...
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Maynard Electronics SURPRISE! V20 Accelerator Board
I recently purchased an IBM PC 5150 with an unusual CPU Accelerator option. It is the Maynard Electronics SURPRISE! board. This device comes with a 40 pin CPU socket adapter that converts the 8088 CPU...
View Articlenew auctions - early apple II, atari hardcase, new ti-99 sealed, apple red book
http://www.ebay.com/itm/252700767355...84.m1555.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/252699423513...84.m1555.l2649 http://www.ebay.com/itm/252699415236...84.m1555.l2649...
View ArticleMacintosh Portable Restoration Help
This is preemptive. I'm almost done recapping and I'm convinced it's not going to come out of that working properly. If it does this thread will result in a pretty picture.
View ArticleWtb: M105 + m7821
Hi folks: I've been thinking about trying some interfacing/emulation projects in the new year. I'd like to track down an M105 address selector and an M7821 (or M7820) interrupt control to keep things...
View ArticleWhat's the magic in the "Secondary Address" (SA) for devices?
If you were programming in BASIC, you'd use a secondary address (SA) of 0 for read, 1 for write, and 15 for the command channel to the device. All of the asm code I've found, however, seems to set #$60...
View ArticleCBM 8032, working but not
Hello all! Been lurking awhile, finally posting to ask a question. New to vintage computers in the last year, new to electronics. Enthusiastic about both! I have a Commodore CBM 8032 that I purchased...
View ArticleSound issues
I recently picked up a 1000 TL/2 everything seems to be working great except for the internal speaker, turning the volume control made no difference. I also tried plugging a speaker into the audio port...
View ArticleWTB/Trade: HP Vectra 286. Trade complete IBM PS/1 2011-C34
Looking for a Hewlett Packard Vectra 286 with HP-HIL connector (RJ45/8P8C style jack). For trade I have a complete PS/1 2011-C34 which has a 2MB RAM module, 20MB HD and color monitor, original keyboard...
View ArticleSo I bought a 5162 (It Arrived! and here are the pictures).
So it arrived. And I took it apart, pictures are here: http://imgur.com/a/mbrhM The packaging was pretty terrible, but it arrived mostly ok. The front cover of case has one of the screw posts (the...
View ArticleSaw some microvaxes on ebay buy it now cheap
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-DIGI...MAAOSwu1VW6hZM $89 doesn't seem bad when I consider what I've seen other DEC stuff run. I've never played with a VAX or VMS, so this might be interesting. What...
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