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Today, 05:12 AM

GeoffB17 replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

To be honest, in all my time, I've never had any particular problem with dirty heads. Do you have any specific reason to suspect dirty heads? ...

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Today, 05:11 AM

tempest replied to a thread Wanted: TRS-80 Model III Insides in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I'll have to look what I have left. I think it's just the monitor guts and disk drives.

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Today, 04:23 AM

roberttx started a thread I'll say this - Mini do look after you pretty well. in General Off Topic

SWMBO drives a Mini Cooper (a Clubman, of course). Tuesday, her check engine light came on - pulled the code and it came up thermostat. It's still...

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Today, 04:14 AM

tempest replied to a thread The Worst Computer Of All Time in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Really? Hmmm, maybe I need to be nicer to my IIgs then. :)

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Today, 04:03 AM

lowen replied to a thread The Worst Computer Of All Time in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Lots of interesting replies so far, and fun discussion. First, we need to define 'worst,' but that is likely to be difficult. My own definition...

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Today, 03:36 AM

Stone replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Try this one: ...

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Today, 02:49 AM

Tor replied to a thread The Worst Computer Of All Time in General Vintage Computer Discussions

The 65C816 had vastly faster interrupt handling.

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Today, 02:17 AM

Xacalite replied to a thread XT-IDE rev 4 Development in PCs and Clones

Around here, you can have 16-bit IDE/FDC/LPT/COM/GAME cards for pennies. 3c509 NICs with ROM sockets are very cheap as well. But I can see one...

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Today, 01:59 AM

JonB replied to a thread Kaypro 4 CPU upgrade need help identifying ?? in CP/M and MP/M

Sorry, I don't know anything about the CPU upgrade board. Hopefully another member can advise you. I see you have a lot of Atari STs. I salute you!

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Today, 01:46 AM

DDS replied to a thread 720KB floppy support in XT in PCs and Clones

IIRC, I needed the DRIVPARM command to get what you're doing to work in a late version IBM 5160. In fact, I was unable to use PCDOS 3.x or FREEDOS...

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Today, 12:23 AM

Xacalite started a thread 720KB floppy support in XT in PCs and Clones

In IBM 5160, the BIOS dated 01/10/86 adds support for 720KB floppy drives. I installed a 1.44MB FDD (for use with DD media, of course) in some...

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Yesterday, 11:56 PM

Kazblox replied to a thread Standard diskette drive adapter for Personal System/2 edgecard chassis in Vintage Computer Hardware

Newer design with switch to smaller 7mm body resistors, rendering correctly with OSH Park website. If things go out as planned, I will release the...

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Yesterday, 11:25 PM

groink replied to a thread WoW! 8-/ in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

There are two complete morons who bid on this card. One of them won. Yay! Here's what happened... About twelve hours before the end of bid, Moron...

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Yesterday, 11:06 PM

GottaLottaStuff replied to a thread Easiest/cheapest way to get a GPIB printer to work on a modern-ish computer? in Vintage Computer Hardware

I have three thinkjets and some ink cartridges in a box around here somewhere. I know the parallel one did work, it was GPIB but I swapped a parallel...

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Yesterday, 10:41 PM

pearce_jj started a thread Lo-tech: An Update / What's happening with Lo-tech in Vintage Computer Hardware

Lo-tech has been running since about 2012 providing PCBs and a few components mostly to the likes of vcfed members, and it's evolving. I'm moving...

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Yesterday, 10:11 PM

jltursan replied to a thread MAC 512k need help fixing the analog board in Later Apple (68000+ based machines - Mac, Lisa, etc.)

A pic may help people to guide you ;-) You can find some analog board schematics here:...

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Yesterday, 10:02 PM

jltursan replied to a thread WoW! 8-/ in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

LOL!, I must agree given that there're nearly half a dozen mass storage solutions for Apple II and the next CFA batch is coming fast!. Of course none...

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Yesterday, 08:26 PM

ScanDisk replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

I checked, even with the lowest shipping, it is gonna be $41, and I did fine some holders on a local classifieds website, but from places an hour...

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Yesterday, 08:24 PM

MikeModifed replied to a thread WoW! 8-/ in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

The process to build a minimum of 500 new units was started last month. He said he's goin to try to keep the price in line with the last batch...

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Yesterday, 08:17 PM

krebizfan replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Floppy holders where I am are practically free. Every month or so, a bunch show up in the various thrift stores, sometimes even with lots of disks...

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Yesterday, 08:14 PM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread WoW! 8-/ in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

It depends on how many could be sold. Besides, I've been retired for years, so my time is my own to waste. Apple IIs don't interest me. You...

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Yesterday, 08:00 PM

ScanDisk replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

I looked at that, in total with the shipping it comes to $52 and it's just the cleaning disk. The ebay lisiting I have shown includes a floppy...

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Yesterday, 07:57 PM

krebizfan replied to a thread 5.25 Floppy Errors and Should I buy? in Vintage Computer Hardware

A cleaning kit might help if the problem is just dirty heads. It is certainly the easiest solution with few drawbacks*. Other problems won't be fixed...

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Yesterday, 07:53 PM

vwestlife replied to a thread The Worst Computer Of All Time in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Six pages and no mention of the Commodore Plus/4 yet? It was the computer so bad that it caused Jack Tramiel to get kicked out of the company he...

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Yesterday, 07:52 PM

evildragon replied to a thread PS2 Model 25-004 Questions in PCs and Clones

I don't miss those days using a Zip drive. So slow.. I thought it was fast and awesome, but when you pop in that XT-IDE, holy crap does things...

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Yesterday, 07:36 PM

zombienerd replied to a thread PS2 Model 25-004 Questions in PCs and Clones

Generally on my XT-class machines, I use a Zip 100 drive with Palmzip as the mass storage.. But with my floppy issues, it would have been nice to...

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Yesterday, 07:22 PM

tezza started a thread Service manual for IBM PS/2 Monochrome Display? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Hi, I’m searching for a manual, which hopefully someone has scanned somewhere. In my latest “check-my-gear-works” audit, an IBM PS/2 monitor...

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