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January 21st, 2021, 05:11 PM

VERAULT replied to a thread Acorn Computer parts found in our Yearly "hard Rubbish'" on side of road. in Other

Great Find! Good thing you found them when you did.

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January 21st, 2021, 07:01 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread PowerMac 6100 Recently Acquired, need to find out some info in Later Apple (68000+ based machines - Mac, Lisa, etc.)

I somewhat disagree with you Next. These mid 90's macs have early SMD caps that ALL seem to leak. I have devices from the very early 70's with...

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January 21st, 2021, 06:59 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread PowerMac 6100 Recently Acquired, need to find out some info in Later Apple (68000+ based machines - Mac, Lisa, etc.)

6100 boards all have bad leaky caps and the power supplies are actually far worse with extreme leakage and corroding traces. I went through my stack...

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January 17th, 2021, 08:43 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2 - Model #26-3026 - AS IS in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Im with you on that. I was able to get a TI-99 4a in the box for an ok price while we were on vacation stopping into a junk store. I have been unable...

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January 16th, 2021, 04:49 PM

VERAULT replied to a thread Radio Shack Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer 2 - Model #26-3026 - AS IS in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

My advice would be treat your family better and don't bring them to mcdonalds.

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January 16th, 2021, 08:39 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread PowerMac 6100 Recently Acquired, need to find out some info in Later Apple (68000+ based machines - Mac, Lisa, etc.)

So I went through my stack of Five 6100's to make 2 complete systems. I already sold one, and am keeping the other for myself. I do have some left...

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January 16th, 2021, 08:34 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread What exactly is this?! in Tandy/Radio Shack

Back in the 80's I had a buddy get his amateur radio license. I was into computers, he radios. Had I known we could have communicated via radio or...

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January 15th, 2021, 10:09 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread What exactly is this?! in Tandy/Radio Shack

How am I off? I only asked what it was. So how does it operate differently from packet radio? Just using Amateur radio bands vs CB bands?

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January 15th, 2021, 07:18 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread WTB Apple /// Internal floppy drive Flapper/Lever in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

Well as luck would have it I was on eBay just browsing when this was "recommended" to me: ...

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January 15th, 2021, 06:33 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread What exactly is this?! in Tandy/Radio Shack

Would that be considered packet radio or is that something else? What is the bandwidth?

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January 15th, 2021, 06:15 AM

VERAULT started a thread What exactly is this?! in Tandy/Radio Shack

Was on ebay and found this. Never seen anything like it (from labeling anyway). Can someone tell me what this is? Auction ends soon. ...

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January 4th, 2021, 10:21 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread Need working Terminal program for Vic-20 in Commodore

Nice Job!

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January 3rd, 2021, 07:32 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread Apple IIgs ( //gs) wanted in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Shipping from the states would be really expensive, it may be easier to try eBay from a European seller.

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December 30th, 2020, 09:18 AM

VERAULT replied to a thread help me fix my broken //e in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

is it a iie or iie platinum? I have always had a harder time with the 1984 revision of the first IIe system, I dont know why they just give grief....

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December 29th, 2020, 04:04 PM

VERAULT replied to a thread So how many of you are playing Nox Archaist? in General Off Topic

I would like to play the original wasteland all the way through, I only just got started with it. I have it on steam.. And wasteland 2 (havent tried...

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December 29th, 2020, 09:44 AM

VERAULT started a thread So how many of you are playing Nox Archaist? in General Off Topic

Ill be honest. Seems in general my gaming days are behind me. I certainly don't play any "NEW" games and building a new GAMING PC just bores me (new...

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December 28th, 2020, 05:00 PM

VERAULT replied to a thread Which of these spare Model II components are best to use in my rebuild? in Tandy/Radio Shack

Im sure they are interchangeable... Go with the unknown one and be different and interesting.

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December 28th, 2020, 04:32 PM

VERAULT replied to a thread Which of these spare Model II components are best to use in my rebuild? in Tandy/Radio Shack

Are they both black and white or amber, green? Id go with the amperex one as well

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