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Today, 07:20 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Zenith z-200 360k floppy drive not working in PCs and Clones

Seems like the owners manual doesn't appear to open. Fortunately I do have an original copy but the diagnostic disk images don't seem to want to...

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Today, 03:12 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Zenith z-200 360k floppy drive not working in PCs and Clones

I'll check it out, that would make sense. It's not the original drive so it might need something to work.

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Today, 02:25 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Zenith z-200 360k floppy drive not working in PCs and Clones

Tried a different cable, different card, and same problem. I just have no idea... Maybe the jumpers on the drive? It worked fine in a Compaq Portable...

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Today, 11:43 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Zenith/Heath Computers and Parts for sale in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

I'm also still very interested in the lot.

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December 10th, 2019, 04:42 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Weird text in old Zenith manual in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Huh, so maybe a factory mistake and the listed weight plus the "w" in "with" changed the font to greek temporarily

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December 9th, 2019, 10:06 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Weird text in old Zenith manual in General Vintage Computer Discussions

That makes sense but it's still very strange. I'm surprised nobody caught that

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December 9th, 2019, 09:15 AM

RadRacer203 started a thread Weird text in old Zenith manual in General Vintage Computer Discussions

I was looking through the manual for one of my Zenith 386 systems and I came across something pretty strange under weight. Any ideas what might be...

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December 8th, 2019, 05:30 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Monroe OC 8820 boot disks? in CP/M and MP/M

Darn, thanks for checking.

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December 7th, 2019, 05:38 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Zenith z-200 360k floppy drive not working in PCs and Clones

I'll try that, and maybe a different cable. It's kind of weird because I can choose the 1.44 and 360k in the bios so it should support it

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December 7th, 2019, 04:54 AM

RadRacer203 started a thread Zenith z-200 360k floppy drive not working in PCs and Clones

I got my Zenith z-200 put together last night and all seems to be good except the 360k drive I have in it isn't working and I can't figure out why. I...

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December 6th, 2019, 06:54 PM

RadRacer203 started a thread Monroe OC 8820 boot disks? in CP/M and MP/M

Just got one of these Monroe all in ones. Seems to work ok but I have nothing to boot from. Anyone know what disk images I can use for it?

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December 4th, 2019, 05:47 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread who has the lowdown on 386 based Zeniths? in Later PCs

Good to know, I'll write that down and keep it handy

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December 4th, 2019, 11:45 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread who has the lowdown on 386 based Zeniths? in Later PCs

Setup utility? That probably means I have to find the one for my z-200... Crap

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December 3rd, 2019, 05:29 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM Model F replacement cords? in PCs and Clones

That's not a bad idea, I might give that a shot

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December 3rd, 2019, 03:36 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM Model F replacement cords? in PCs and Clones

Stone, If you're selling it I definitely wouldn't mind having a spare. Chuck, I'm sure that would work but it seems like it would take some work...

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December 3rd, 2019, 08:46 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread who has the lowdown on 386 based Zeniths? in Later PCs

I can't say I've seen any of Zenith's 386 backplane machines, but I can take a look at the z-200 I'm in the process of restoring, which I think would...

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December 3rd, 2019, 08:34 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Heath and Zenith Computers in General Vintage Computer Discussions

The Zenith branded one is cool, it's an XT clone with a backplane setup. I actually just got 8 of those. Not sure about the Heath but I'd love to...

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December 3rd, 2019, 08:22 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Looking for an AMD K6-II processor in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

I just got a bin of random old cpu's and ram. I'll check amd see what I have. I know there were a few k6's but I don't know what models

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December 3rd, 2019, 07:27 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread IBM Model F replacement cords? in PCs and Clones

I would want either a nice used one or a new replacement if there are any available, or if anyone knows a good way to clean them really thoroughly so...

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December 3rd, 2019, 06:18 AM

RadRacer203 started a thread IBM Model F replacement cords? in PCs and Clones

Just curious if there was a source for replacement cords for these keyboards or if anyone knew a good way to clean them really well. I have a couple...

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November 29th, 2019, 06:58 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Wanted: Backplane and power supply for Zenith ZW-200 in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Looks like I only need the power supply now, I found a new old stock backplane on ebay. I'll have to check the part number when I have it apart again.

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November 29th, 2019, 03:08 PM

RadRacer203 started a thread Wanted: Backplane and power supply for Zenith ZW-200 in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Looking for a new backplane amd power supply for a Zenith Z-200. Got one and it's in good shape except the battery leaked all over and ruined the...

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November 26th, 2019, 01:29 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

All good now! Looks like I had to make sure both drives were formatted first before the computer would boot up with both attached. What I did was...

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November 26th, 2019, 09:23 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

I seem to have figured it out. Even though fdisk was saying it was about 20gb, I went through and installed Windows anyway and it seemed to work...

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November 26th, 2019, 06:14 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

Swapped out the cable and same issues. I confirmed that both drives were set to LBA. I have them both set to cable select so I'll see if changing...

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November 26th, 2019, 04:11 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Posting this from an InfoWindow 3153 terminal in Other

Thanks for the link, I'll grab one of those.

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November 26th, 2019, 04:09 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

I'll try swapping out the cables, I think I have the 40 strand cable in there now. As far as I can tell all the settings are correct- LBA, both on...

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November 25th, 2019, 07:13 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

Ah, ok. So is there an updated iso image or boot disk? I'm not sure how I never heard of that or needed it before because I've been using the same...

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November 25th, 2019, 06:49 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread New to the forum. in General Off Topic

Could you post a picture of the Sega board? I'm curious what that is. Looks like you have some good stuff so far! Be careful though, it can become an...

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November 25th, 2019, 06:36 PM

RadRacer203 started a thread Computer will not boot with 2 hard drives attached and hard drive size issue 98se in Vintage Computer Hardware

The hard drive in my tweener just bit the dust and stopped booting so I decided to upgrade it with a couple new old stock drives I had on my shelf...

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