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ITT Courier 1700-X Terminal - how to connect
Hi! I recently got an ITT 1700-x terminal, unfortunaty there is very little to find on the net about that device. https://books.google.de/books?id=nCR...700%22&f=false The terminal contains a CPU...
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HP 85 Capricorn Field Training Manual
I've looked around and haven't seen this posted anywhere so I scanned the Capricorn HP 85 Field Training Manual. I'm not sure if this is still HP Confidential but it's a pretty good strategic sales...
View ArticleSage & Stride Users
Hi! It there anybody who owns a working Sage II / IV or Stride machine? I will get a hopefully working Sage next month and I am interested in some exchange on that system. To be more specific, I am...
View ArticleMarch 2017 TRS8BIT newsletter now available
The March edition of the TRS8BIT newsletter is now available from the downloads page at trs-80.org.uk. Ian Mavric shows the secrets of making printer cables, sorts out the history of the Lineprinter 1...
View ArticleNew book by David pleasance
David (Former CEO of Commodore UK) Has announced that he is writing a warts and all story of Commodore. His view and perspective will be very interesting as he is the first person to write about...
View Articletrying to access emulated TU58 from real pdp with RT-11
Hello Folks, I has dusted off my trust PDP-11/53 and I am trying to access an emulated tu58 (tu58fs) but I'm hitting a problem. When I try DIR DD0: I get... ?MON-F-Unloaded driver 010150 I have tried...
View ArticleLooking for IBM PS/2 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy drive
Hi there, I'm in the San Francisco Bay Area, specifically San Jose, and am looking for a 3.5" PS/2 floppy drive with the card-edge connector...working or not. Anybody here happen to have one?
View ArticleFTGH (you pick up): VAXstation 100 terminals
I picked up a number of VAXstation 100 terminals as part of an estate liquidation and they're just taking up space since I don't have a Unibus system to run them off. They now need to be gone to make...
View ArticleOpportunity To Buy a Cheap Non-Working Altair 8800
I've come into a situation where I may be able to buy myself an Altair 8800. The only catch is... it apparently doesn't power up. Since I'm not afraid of tackling electronic problems, I'd like to have...
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More Macintosh floppy drive woes
I'm having an awful time trying to fix my Macs - I have a 128k, 512k, 512ke, and Plus, roughly one each, and I've succeeded in fixing them well enough except for the FDDs I've just had a horrible time,...
View ArticleFeeBay is Right
For February where I actually did max out the items I could sell; 15, which varied in starting bid or BIN, came to a total of around $150, out of that $30 in fees was charged. WOWSER.
View Articleodd even bios
On the ampro LB 186 with an odd and even bios do they have to be the same size eproms? 128 for one and 64 for the other? 16384 file for the even and 8192 for the odd
View ArticleSomething new has been added!
I opened up my Coco 3 to see if the CPU was socketed. Something unexpected caught my eyes. A cloud9 512 simm unit was installed! How can I test for proper operation? Two 256k simms are installed. Could...
View ArticleSWTPC PPG Joystick build
As a little side project I am working on recreating a SWTPC PPG joystick. Thought it would be a good compliment to my setup, especially if I one day learn how to program the GT6144 for a basic game....
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WTB : Extender (transmitter) card for IBM 5161
Hello friends, I would like to ask if any extender (transmitter) card for IBM 5161 is available for sale ? Just have receiver card, backplane and chassis of IBM 5160 with power supply, and as I saw...
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Universal OSI RAM Board Project
This is the production board that resulted from: 32/64KB 8-bit RAM: http://www.osiweb.org/osiforum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=297 12-bit RAM with lamp register:...
View ArticleSlowing down an IBM AT
So I just recently got an AT, the 8mhz model and I was wondering if there was a possible way to slow it down. I see on minuszerodegrees.net that the BIOS checks the speed of the CPU before booting to...
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miroMEDIA 3D pci card with stereo glasses
I have a NOS miroMEDIA 3d card for sale. $100.00 or make an offer. Located in Waco, TX. http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/282385671581? S3 Virge Chipset DirectX MPEG playback 2MB EDO vram Win95 and Dos support...
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3 IDE Controllers
I have three IDE controllers for sale. Promise SuperTRAK100 $100.00 http://www.ebay.com/itm/282385681149 Promise Drive Defender $50.00 http://www.ebay.com/itm/282385693872 Digital Research Technologies...
View ArticleModel 25 and 1.44MB Drives
I've been told countless times that the Model 25 8086 system can not work with 1.44MB drives. Well it's time to put this myth to bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4y0TPFV_qI I will add this, the...
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