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Today, 03:57 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread free stuff in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Morro bay is a few hours south, closer to SLO and Pismo. Unless I'm way off. Everything north of LA is norcal to me!

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Yesterday, 08:54 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25 Wooden case in PCs and Clones

I cant tell the difference, can you? 8525 on the left. 8086, monochrome screen and wood case. 8525-286 on the right. 80286, VGA screen and...

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February 27th, 2021, 03:16 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

Well I found a cheaper (maybe) method for hooking up a gotek to an early PS/2 Instead of spending money on adapters, I used a regular old...

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February 26th, 2021, 08:13 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread "New" oscilloscope. Very exciting. in Vintage Computer Tools

Tektronix for that good second hand scope feeling. Congratulations on a steal! I stumbled on a TAS220 locally for $25 a few years ago. About as...

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February 25th, 2021, 09:52 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread Cannot get Enhanced Edit ROM to work. in Commodore

Have you verified the extra address pin is pulled low? Alternatively you could try writing the 2K image twice to the chip so it has images in both...

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February 24th, 2021, 03:36 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread free stuff in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

The mini cooper with 2 people and a week's worth of luggage disagrees with it as well unfortunately. At this point it's not about money anymore,...

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February 24th, 2021, 02:21 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread free stuff in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

I will be in the area in 2 weeks, unfortunately with a wife on our annual roadtrip up the coast from SD to SF. I would take everything but she wont...

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February 22nd, 2021, 04:04 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread When does BASIC not become BASIC? in Vintage Computer Programming

I still program in a dialect of BASIC on a weekly basis for work. VBA behind MS Office (Excel specifically). It's really stretching the definition...

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February 21st, 2021, 07:00 PM

TheDrip started a thread PS/2 Model 25 Wooden case in PCs and Clones

What do you do when you have a CRT/chassis/power supply and an 8086 planar, but the rest went into building your 25-286? You spend an hour in the...

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February 19th, 2021, 02:07 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread Should I fire MyUS.com? in General Off Topic

It's quite likely that they have fallen victim to the same problem as so many other shippers recently. The volume being shipped has been higher...

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February 17th, 2021, 01:45 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread Need some results for comparison ... would really appreciate a feedback post in Later PCs

Sergey 8088 Oak 077 VGA card V20 at 9.55 Mhz 3 loops measured 91 ticks. IBM PS/2 Model 25-286 onboard VGA adapter 286 at 10MHz 9 loops...

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February 14th, 2021, 08:32 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

Essentially, it's plug the drive in and hope. Some drives work, some planars work. I never tried with my 8086 machine and it's blown up into...

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February 14th, 2021, 10:02 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

They do not support 1.44 officially but there are a couple of ways to work around that.

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February 14th, 2021, 08:16 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

I cheated and spent $15 instead of modifying the stock floppy cable https://texelec.com/product/ibm-ps2-to-standard-floppy-adapter/ You will...

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February 13th, 2021, 07:33 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

And solved it. Jumper needed on J5 for PS/2 to recognize the gotek as high density. Also solved my chicken and egg problem of getting the starter...

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February 13th, 2021, 01:02 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

More information. If I select a 1.44M image, Checkit says no disk is present If I select a 720K imgage, Checkit will recognize the disk, but has...

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February 13th, 2021, 12:54 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

CheckIt is reporting the drive as 3.5" 720K, that seems like an issue. I have reset the PS/2 bios settings more than once, same results!

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February 13th, 2021, 12:44 PM

TheDrip started a thread PS/2 Model 25-286 & Gotek (FlashFloppy) issue in PCs and Clones

Hello all! I have my Model 25 updated a little bit. It started as a monochrome 25-001, now in the same skin but sporting a color display and...

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February 10th, 2021, 02:39 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread Auto log out headache. in Vintage Computer Forum Support

Are you guys browsing from work? I too can stay logged in for weeks from my home computers and my phone, but will be logged out in minutes if...

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February 10th, 2021, 11:26 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread Should I fire MyUS.com? in General Off Topic

Maybe ots time to think about what the collection is for, and depending why you have the machines, you should divest yourself of some of them? I...

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February 10th, 2021, 08:38 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread Should I fire MyUS.com? in General Off Topic

Just never have them all in the same place at the same time. That's a good way to get busted! I have found anything past 3 of something my wife isn't...

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February 10th, 2021, 08:20 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread Apple Monitor II (Monocrome) Help - No Picture in Early Apple (I, ][, ///, etc.)

Try giving the board/connector on the neck of the tube a gentle twist back and forth. GENTLE. I've had a couple of tubes that had flaky behavior like...

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February 10th, 2021, 08:14 AM

TheDrip replied to a thread 8086 based IBM compatible PC schematics in PCs and Clones

To the original request: http://www.dasarodesigns.com/wp-content/files/IBM/IBM%20PS2%20Model%2030.pdf Model 30 schematic Same site has the 30-286...

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February 8th, 2021, 04:30 PM

TheDrip replied to a thread Trying to bring IBM L40SX back to life in Handhelds/Portables

Have you checked the rails for shorts at all?

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