WTH, Paypal?
Just sold a board on 12/21 via ebay, Shipped it out using their usps print shiping label so the tracking info was automatically sent to them. Shipped it out the same day it sold, ebay and paypal told...
View ArticleIntel 8/16 ISA LAN Adapter Drivers?
Looking for the DOS Drivers / Win 3.1 Drivers for the Intel 8/16 LAN Adapter 16-bit ISA card. Google searches have found me nothing. Wanting to install in my 486 to hook it up to my retro computer...
View ArticleNo Idea What I am Doing!
In Colchester, UK, I am clearing out my loft and, at 71 years old, am in no way into vintage computers but I have what appears to be pretty old outfit lying there. It is, as far as I can see, a BBC...
View ArticleSeen: AT&T 6300 Mouse
Not my auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/232191541445 This is a reasonable price for a brand new AT&T mouse (connects to keyboard, has 9-pin connector) with software and materials.
View ArticlePhilips SAA1099 vs. SAA1099P
I've got a CT1350B and some clone, both with empty sockets for C/MS upgrade, so I'd like to do the upgrade. I know I need a GAL and two SAA chips, but which ones? I found chips with different markings:...
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Working on a couple of SMC-70s
I've finally gotten around to working on the two Sony SMC-70s that arrived on my doorstep a few months ago. Probing the mono composite out port on one machine, I found the video signal on the center...
View ArticleKaypro II Keyboard
Hi everybody, I was wondering if an original Macintosh keyboard could be used with a Kaypro II? The machine I have didnt come with a keyboard and I need something to test it with in a pinch.
View ArticleThe 5.25" drive on my PCjr makes a nasty dry sound while spinning
I'm not sure how well you can hear it on the video, but it's a dry sound that's been getting progressively worse. I used my PCjr quite a bit in 2016, including 30-40 hours of playing the 64kb version...
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Commodore CBM 8032 Transformer Problem
Hello, A few months ago I picked up a Commodore CBM 8032 and unsurprisingly it did not work, as the power supply gave out no voltage of any kind. About a week ago I finally got around to trying to...
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Just bought a CIB Sound Blaster card from a thrift store! I have a few...
So, I was thrifting the other day, when I spotted a complete in box Sound Blaster card! (The warranty card is also present, I just forgot to photograph it.) Here's a pic of the board itself:...
View ArticleBest COMM Software for TRS-80 Model 3/4?
So I'm finally all setup with my TRS-80 Model 4 and Tandy Smart Modem, and I want to dial-out to a BBS, but I just realized that I don't have any comm software! :( Suggestions appreciated!
View ArticlePlease help me find this win9x website
I can't find it at all right now, but I did see it months ago. Please help me find it. It is a site that shows what are the latest versions of downloadable software for Windows 95.
View ArticleMemory in a Compaq Deskpro 286
A couple months ago someone lamented that there doesn't seem to be much in the way of documentation/history for Compaq computers. They're right. Both of my Deskpro 286 systems decided to misbehave...
View ArticleCGA monitor with an EGA display card
A while back someone asked about hooking an EGA monitor to a CGA card. I have the opposite goal, to hook a CGA monitor to an EGA card. From my general reading it is possible but you have to set the DIP...
View ArticleMSV11-R dipswitch settings?
I just acquired a pair of MSV11-R memory boards (1 Mb, PMI) for the KDJ11-B CPU module I posted about recently. Although I would have sworn that I had the manual in PDF for that board, I must have been...
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ISA Boards and 2 Amiga 2000 expansion boards
Ok I have done a quick inventory of the ISA boards I have on hand. Plus I also found 2 Amiga 2000 boards as well 2 IBM MDA graphics boards 1 IBM CGA board 1 Hercules CGA boards 1 IBM floppy controller...
View ArticleLooking for Covox Speech Thing
Having toyed with a few clones over the years, I recently heard a recording of a real Covox that Trixter made. The sound quality was excellent, better than any clone I heard. So I'm looking for a real...
View ArticleWanted: Hard drive carrier bracket for Macintosh Quadra 700
Hello all, I got a quadra 700 that is missing the hard drive carrier. This is the plastic piece that mounts to the hard drive that enables it to snap in to the larger bracket. Attached to the HDD here:...
View ArticleTRS-80 Model 16 with David Gesswein's MFM Hard Drive Emulator
I've been playing around with another hard drive emulator. If you remember this thread http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthrea...highlight=DREM, I've been looking for a reliable and affordable solid state...
View ArticleStoring and cleaning old circuit boards
Hi all, This topic comes up every now and again. So I guess it's now and again. I've got a bunch (20-30?) of DEC QBUS boards currently in static-safe bubble wrap or plain anti-static bags, and also...
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