Tandy Portable Disk Drive Model No. 26-3808
A few years back I was looking for someone on this forum, or else where, who had some expertise in repairing old Tandy Portable Drives, as I didn't want to be bothered with it at that time. While the...
View ArticleAmiga Vampire HDMI and finally getting it captured.
Finally! I've managed to capture HD from the Amiga HDMI in all resolutions , well everyone that I've managed to test so far... its been a bugger to do. So how did i do it? Well i ditched the Ezcap1080...
View Articlesuggestions for a floppy drive diagnostics program
On my short list is picking up a floppy drive cleaner as suggested here a couple months ago. I'm also wondering if anyone has suggestions for a diagnostics program for test floppies. All I have over...
View ArticleTandy 1000SL Hard Drive
I am planning on putting a CF Card in my Tandy 1000 SL as a HDD (using the Lo-Tek Compact Flash Adapter). What size of CF card would be recommended for me to use for this? I know its going to be small,...
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Gateway 2000 Liberty RAM Upgrade
I've stumbled onto yet another computer and am trying to spec it up right now. I've got a Gateway 2000 Liberty laptop with a 486DX4-100. It's pretty jam'n. Unfortunately there seems to be very little...
View ArticleUnknown PET game
Hi, everybody, Do you guys know anything about this old PET game? See http://www.commodore.ca/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12614 Truly, Robert Bernardo June 10-11 Pacific Commodore Expo NW -...
View ArticleIBM MASM and LINK programs CIRCA 1985
Apparently IBM had a MASM macro assembler program which created object files and an associated program called LINK, which would convert these to executable programs. This software is referred to in a...
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Interesting find in the parts box
I got a box of Model III parts looking and everything was included in the lot. Behind the working motherboard (It didn't have ROMs but that was easily solved), still in the metal enclosure was this...
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New VideoBrain Game Info
I thought some people here might get a kick out of this. While looking for some VB magazine ads, I ran across this ad that appeared in an July1980 issue of Recreational Computing. I've never actually...
View ArticleAnyone Interested in an XT-IDE EEPROM Programmer Only Kit?
As titled. $8 regular XT-IDE rev 3 board, plus a reduced parts kit, and a ZIF socket for the EEPROM. This would let you program EEPROMs in a machine with ISA slots using the XUB tools. They'd be...
View ArticleIBM PS/2 Model 30 286 Floppy drive issue
Ok so get this. I have a model 30 286 PS/2. The computer has a 1.44 meg floppy drive that absolutely refuses load programs from a copied floppy. (Insert "Don't copy that Floppy" joke here) HOWEVER it...
View ArticleWanted - NEC V30 Chip
Looking for an NEC V30 Chip to replace the 8086 Chip in my Tandy 1000 SL computer....
View ArticleSCSI to PCMCIA adapter, need help determining if they are true SCSI devices
Hi, hey i have purchased from a local store a "SCSI to PCMCIA" adapter but before completing the transaction i like to be sure I have purchased from them before they are honest chaps, but i have my...
View ArticleLooking for Philips P3238 motherboard documentation (286 12.5Mhz)
Hello, I'm trying to upgrade a 286 PHILIPS P3238 to 4Mb of RAM without any success. The motherboard has a lot of jumpers and switches. Does anybody have the documentation? Thanks, Marc
View ArticleTandy 1000SL - Changing the ROM
Looking for some help with this... I am planning on putting one of the Lo-tek Compact Flash ISA Adapters in my Tandy 1000SL. Been reading through the Lo-Tek ISA Compact Flash FAQ -...
View ArticleLo-tech TRS-80 IDE PCBs
I have a surplus of the above board (bare PCBs), so would be happy to cut a deal to any builders looking to take quantities of them eg 10, 20 or more boards. PM if interested....
View Article"The Computer Chronicles"
I was just wondering if anyone else here finds it fun and interesting to watch a few episodes of the computer chronicles every now and then? I tend to watch an episode or two every month.
View ArticleDEC DRV-11 IO card, or similar
Hi! Looking for a general purpose IO card for my QBUS pdp-11. preferably a DRV-11, or ADAC 1632TTL, or something similar, that's not so obscure that info's lost about it. Does anyone have some such...
View ArticleTest RAM for errors on a 386
I'm testing a lot of 30-pin SIMMs for errors using Memtest-86 v3.4. It's the only software that I'm aware of that works on this platform and as far as I can tell it does its job fine, but I'm not sure....
View ArticleSWTPC GT-6144 First Power Up
Playing with this fourth CT-1024 I have I realized I now have a spare, working P197 power supply to play with. I realized my GT-6144 specifically used that, so I set to work hooking it up just to see...
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