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Today, 03:50 AM

tipc replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

So the preexisting plant was built to supply Selectrics to the Australian market I take it. That then makes sense.

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Today, 03:38 AM

roadrash started a thread Parking MFM & RLL 5.25" hard drivess in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I just wondered if anyone can help me with this. I have a box full of these old 5.25" MFM & RLL hard drives and need to park the heads on them all....

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Today, 03:20 AM

Hunta replied to a thread My KDF11-B in DEC

I will take a picture, but this is not a completed PDP-11, but rather a stand for experiments. And it look awful :) I am from Russia, on the...

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Today, 02:14 AM

Roland Huisman replied to a thread Rotten To The Core (Magnetic Memory Module) in Other

Nice, it reminds me of this project: https://www.tindie.com/products/kilpelaj/core-memory-shield-for-arduino/

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Today, 02:10 AM

Roland Huisman replied to a thread My KDF11-B in DEC

Nice, now I want to see the rest of the system too ;) Maybe nice to tell a bit about yourself also? Where are you from? Do you collect more pdp...

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Today, 02:07 AM

mt777 replied to a thread WTB: Looking for S3 Virge / Trio64 video card in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I have also of them but good quality like Elsa, Hercules

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Today, 01:41 AM

Ruud replied to a thread ERRORLEVEL using batch files in Vintage Computer Programming

In Pascal it is quite simple: use the HALT(xx) instruction where xx is a number from 0 to 255. That number is copied into ERRORLEVEL by DOS. In ASM...

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Today, 01:34 AM

DeathAdderSF replied to a thread WTB: Fatal Encounter - fighting game for IBM-PC (DOS), 1993, released in Australia in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Yep, here we go again. Please get in touch if you can help w/this, thanks.

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Today, 01:31 AM

modem7 replied to a thread Why wasn't the 386sx CPU developed as a drop-in replacement for the 286? in Later PCs

Something a lot simpler, from the same maker, is shown at here].

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Today, 12:30 AM

daver2 replied to a thread 1541 Drive & AIM-65 help. in Commodore

Here is the assembler listing file: 0000 ; 0000 CHRGET: EQU $00bf 0000 ...

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Yesterday, 10:53 PM

daver2 replied to a thread 1541 Drive & AIM-65 help. in Commodore

Have you tried out Ethan’s new INIBAS though? Although you will have to assemble it yourself. Can you do this or would you like me to do it for...

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Yesterday, 10:39 PM

pjhacnau replied to a thread Strange 'Model I' on Instagram in Tandy/Radio Shack

How is it that the back of the board is so pristine-like clean whereas the front is . . . er . . . "less so"? I think the power supply might need...

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Yesterday, 09:54 PM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread 18V AC Adapter For 18V Drive Measuring At 24V? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Yup, but they're regulated DC supplies. I don't have many unregulated ones--well, some AC "warts" but they're probably not old enough.

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Yesterday, 09:42 PM

kc8eyt started a thread ERRORLEVEL using batch files in Vintage Computer Programming

Does anyone know of a site that contains DOS commands that were specifically used in DOS batch files to return ERRORLEVEL values? For instance,...

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Yesterday, 08:58 PM

schenkzoola replied to a thread Dragon Systems Speech Board 320 in Vintage Computer Hardware

Thanks GiGaBiTe! For some reason it hadn't occurred to me that the USB adapters were so limiting. By the time I connected the hard drive to...

2 replies | 56 view(s)

Yesterday, 08:56 PM

acenewman started a thread CTR-80A Model 26-1206 screw size in Tandy/Radio Shack

Have a 26-1206 dataset that I recently got working with my model 3. Overall pretty nice piece of equipment. It is missing two of the three screws...

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Yesterday, 08:33 PM

Schleima started a thread Richard Garriott vs. Robert C. Clardy in Vintage Gaming

Does anyone remember the very early RPGs Dungeon Campaign & Wilderness Campaign, programmed by Robert C Clardy? Wilderness Campaign especially is...

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Yesterday, 08:21 PM

mrthreeplates replied to a thread My floppy remapper project, version 2 in Tandy/Radio Shack

Hi nopizzatonight, Yes, I think that should work. I'm not sure if you'd need to switch both 5v and 12v power, or just the 5v. Alternatively, you...

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Yesterday, 08:21 PM

SomeGuy replied to a thread Laser 128 with one apple expansion slot; what should I install into it? in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

If you don't have the internal RAM board, you could technically use two cards, although that would require obtaining or building an expansion box....

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Yesterday, 07:17 PM

maxtherabbit replied to a thread 18V AC Adapter For 18V Drive Measuring At 24V? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Have you measured them recently though?

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Yesterday, 07:03 PM

Flamin Joe replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Why build a new IBM manufacturing plant in Asia when you already had one well established in Australia which had been producing IBM Selectric...

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Yesterday, 06:21 PM

tipc replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

An Australian plant was needed to supply IBM PCs to Asia? Curious why they didn't just build the plant in the Phillipines or even Singapore. Many ics...

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Yesterday, 06:05 PM

dhau replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

Well that's wonderful. I got a quote on a 80 GBP Amstrad 6128. The shipping is 200 GBP. Somehow that gave me a pause :)

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Yesterday, 05:52 PM

Chuck(G) replied to a thread 18V AC Adapter For 18V Drive Measuring At 24V? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Must be something that you're doing. I still have old Racal-Vadic wall warts from the early 70s that are fine.

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Yesterday, 05:40 PM

Exceter replied to a thread Why the bleep is eBay so expensive?? in PCs and Clones

I understand why the prices would be higher in your local markets but eBay is a global market.

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