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Find or borrow a VCR. They usually accept rf input and output composite to a tv.

A few have asked for this manual, so decided to make available at https://archive.org/details/tec_fb-50x_manual

First, the boot routine does a reset then retry on error. My bad, its been 20+ years since I touched a 11/34a. A copy of the boot ROM's and a...

So I figure you use a different controller card (yet the same model) and you are starting with having both drives connected? Why not doing it...

You can try peeling it off, but my experience is that this might get uglier then is already was... Falling off flakes on one part are not a...

The schematics are over at http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/schematics/computers/pet/8296/index.html. The schematics contain the output pin...

Yes that is the one I saw which looks like it has independent H and V image size control, which would be super handy for the varying aspect ratios...

The controller card is the exact same model as the card that I first read the 6053 with.

Big thanks to Chuck(G) for informing me I was using the wrong size bands! This explains why the tape never seemed tight enough and is likely why I...

I was off by a factor of 2; it sold for $637.

Would love to come across one of these! A dual-platter ST-251 sounds very interesting indeed.

I will be ordering some soon. Thanks for your help!

You often don't get interoperability from different model MFM controllers from the same manufacturer.

Yup. My tape "oven" uses a 75W incandescent connected through a PID controller. Since the thing is well insulated, it has no problem maintaining a...

Yup--the 4 inch ones are too long for most applications. Fortunately, you get 200 in the 2" box.

There is a version of this scaler that supports HDMI input. It's called the DSC 301 HD

A little OT, but I read a funny story about a guy in Europe, who got around the regulations prohibiting sales of incandescent lamps (in favor of...

Such kits that are unopened are worth more than assembled kits. These can be used to solve most all of the same problems that can be solved with a...

Was MFM and RLL reading and writing really that unversatile? Bleh. Well, in any event, the controller card that I earlier used to read the 6053 was...

I do like the idea of using some photo cells and a 1F capacitor. It can still be mounted off board for best protection. If you expect to have it in...

Roberto, how did you determine that one was bad. Did you perform a test of some sort?

I’m using the SF-6000 4-1/4" ones. So these aren’t correct? I saw where some people said they worked. Damn. I thought they seemed just a teeny bit...

Were these drives low-level formatted with this specific card? You usually can't move MFM or RLL hard drives between different model cards. although,...

Yes, the super-caps terminal voltage vs charge depletion is not linear but a hybrid, like a capacitor-battery cross. One thing that I found very...