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Today, 01:37 PM

Nivag Swerdna replied to a thread Memory problem with PET 2001 in Commodore

My error there... MUXA was working in earlier plots... MUXA will be a bit indeterminate with no CPU fitted as it is partially derived from R/nW...

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Today, 01:13 PM

whartung replied to a poll System architecture for a Z380 TRS-80 compatible. in Tandy/Radio Shack

Ah, thanks. Absolutely. I agree completely in this case. The Pi is running the show. If it's in control of the clock, what more needs to...

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Today, 01:07 PM

Eudimorphodon replied to a poll System architecture for a Z380 TRS-80 compatible. in Tandy/Radio Shack

I was referring to this: And like I said, from reading the creator's description at least, this card basically run the whole show; there's a...

55 replies | 868 view(s)

Today, 12:53 PM

Agent Orange replied to a thread New W7 Gamer in General Off Topic

Late edit: Another thing of some interest concerning the X570 Tiachi, was the ease of transferring the W10 install from the Asus X570 Gaming-F to...

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Today, 12:39 PM

jackrubin started a thread PDP-8/M restoration - Jerry Walker in DEC

Jerry has started a very nice series on restoring an 8/M. So far, a detailed power supply repair and timing card testing. Thorough and well done with...

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Today, 11:57 AM

SteveG replied to a thread ISC Intercolor 8001 in Other

I will try that when I have had time to take a picture in the daylight. Good News I have managed to track down the system designer and had a...

16 replies | 193 view(s)

Today, 11:48 AM

whartung replied to a poll System architecture for a Z380 TRS-80 compatible. in Tandy/Radio Shack

I'm sorry, I can't seem to correlate what RC2014 card you linked to mentions the RPi in this case. The hang up, to me, is USB. Get USB "tone"...

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Today, 11:25 AM

PgrAm replied to a thread NEW tool "Adlib-Host", use your opl equipped PC as an external midi module in PCs and Clones

Just figured I'd let y'all know I just made an update to the software to add pitch bends and some other things. Now on version 1.2. download link

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Today, 10:52 AM

nikola-wan replied to a thread ISC Intercolor 8001 in Other

SteveG, check out my post on first uploading your photo to your photo album on vcfed.org, then copy the BB link and paste into your post for a much...

16 replies | 193 view(s)

Today, 10:49 AM

bobaboba replied to a thread What did I do to my PDP-8 today. in DEC

Thanks Doug, yes that’s me. I don’t have a GitHub account so my hacks emerged first to Michael Thompson to try on the 8/i when he’d failed to get...

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Today, 10:36 AM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread Amptron PM-8600B motherboard PCI video performance Topic actions in Pentium (First generation)

Yup, rebadged PCChips board. Got the 8600D here.

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Today, 10:25 AM

jasa1063 started a thread Amptron PM-8600B motherboard PCI video performance Topic actions in Pentium (First generation)

I recently got an AT computer case from a recycler and it contained an Amptron PM-8600B motherboard (VIA VT82C580VPX/VT82C586B chipset). I have 128MB...

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Today, 10:20 AM

clh333 replied to a thread Color Mini Disk Service Manual Info Needed in Tandy/Radio Shack

Drive is a Tokyo Electric Company ("TEC") Model FB 201; an interesting design with which I was unfamiliar. I fixed the power plug and verified...

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Today, 10:06 AM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread External drive cases for 3.5" floppy drives in Vintage Computer Hardware

Most of the laptop drives are the "slim" 1/6 height models. I'm interested in the 1/3 height (1"/2.54 cm) cases. But thanks for the suggestion!

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Today, 10:02 AM

Agent Orange replied to a thread New W7 Gamer in General Off Topic

ASRock X570 Tiachi W7 Install Attempt The first attempt to install W7 failed. I used a working NVme SSD cloned directly from my Aorus X370...

122 replies | 9803 view(s)

Today, 09:43 AM

Nivag Swerdna replied to a thread Memory problem with PET 2001 in Commodore

I'm sorry I only just understood your plot... The only times that really matter are when LO_READ or LO_WRITE are low. (It's nice to see that...

49 replies | 1350 view(s)

Today, 09:10 AM

1ST1 replied to a thread Dead AT&T M24/PC6300 PSUs - help! in PCs and Clones

Please don't forget, that the M24 PSU can not work without an external load. It even can get damaged from this. Can you share the circuit diagram?

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Today, 09:05 AM

DeltaDon replied to a thread External drive cases for 3.5" floppy drives in Vintage Computer Hardware

Could you use an external 3.5" floppy drive for a laptop and modify the cabling?

7 replies | 105 view(s)

Today, 09:00 AM

robbo007 started a thread Ultra 30 Sun boot up problems in Unix/Xenix/Linux Workstations

Hi all, I've got a problem with my Spare Ultra 30 not booting. If I evoke the PCI post via a serial cable connected to a terminal I see the...

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Today, 08:44 AM

kc8eyt replied to a thread looking for Zenith Minisport floppy disks, Fuji ... in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I had a Minisport back in the 90's (wishing now I never got rid of it). Even then those tiny diskettes were incredibly hard to find, not to mention...

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Today, 08:25 AM

DougIngraham replied to a thread What did I do to my PDP-8 today. in DEC

This means you must be Bob Adamson per the Charles comments. Thanks for setting me straight. The version found on Github is still the 4 device one...

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Today, 08:16 AM

Svenska replied to a thread Windows 1 / 2 in Vintage Computer Software

The most important one might be available at https://www.seasip.info/DOS/Win1/vga.html ...

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Today, 07:55 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread FREESP - Eliminate Long Initial Delay of DIR on XT Class Machines w/Large Disks in Vintage Computer Software

I have been running this since the 19th, no glitches, no failure to report correct free space.... and no waiting 45 seconds after a DIR command! ...

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Today, 07:39 AM

Casey replied to a thread looking to trade Microsoft Basic, Fortran in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Is this for collecting purposes? That is, you're looking for original floppies & manuals? You can easily download those items as "abandonware" off...

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