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Yeah, when i tested it, it matches the platinum machines (or more specifically, my platinum mac keyboards) as well as the 2gs more then it really matched any of the 2 series i own (which isn't...

Just to keep this thread up to date, i'm adding this recent article on the topic:

https://bzotto.medium.com/what-color-was-apple-beige-acd14bca0c1a

Interestingly, he determined gloss almond as...

Yup, absolutely. Though, not everyone is a programmer so not everyone can fix the errors. In fact, the guy who seems to sell PetSD's has an extensive blog on what the issue is but similarly, has no...

That does look interesting, curious what the costs would be. If it's less than the PetSD+, it would be the way to go since the PetSD+ is basically abandonware and a bit buggy.

That said, I...

Absolutely, though I actually modded a commodore tape deck with a 3.5mm jack so I can use that to load tape based games.

This is for loading disk based games.

Unless a machine, like the Tandys, specifically call for removing the disks, it's generally better practice to leave a disk or one of those cardboard inserts in the drive to limit wear on the drive...

Pick up a Flashrom99 or a Finalgrom and at least you can run some things on it. The other issue though is going to be the joystick situation. If you have the joysticks that come with it then you're...

So 6 months later I finally got around to mostly completing this. I dont' know if the Attiny chip works because after a ton of troubleshooting, it turns out that I have the mcu fluke that is...

Yeah, I picked up a Coco 3 last year for $40 locally (the guy had it listed for about a year with no takers).. it was in pretty nice shape and after i cleaned it up and everything it looks almost...

Well, interesting to know. I guess it's a choice between a not very good meal and a not very good computer. :)

Speaking of lousy computers, Have TI-99 prices gone up? Because I still have a...

Cool, I did a similar process for extracting the key stem on machines as well and it works great. That said, I did once have a mishap where it i accidently drilled too far. :(

For those that...

They aren't clear about their testing. It's a coco 2 which is only RF, and the old style RF that would need an adapter these days assuming they even have an RF tv to connect it to. It's very likely...

Also, if you have a DOS PC with a 360k floppy drive, you can make disks yourself pretty easily. Theres a video on youtube on how to do that.

Check on ebay, you're looking for a "616B jack". You might have to trim a little bit when you're putting it on to keep it from breaking, as they're extremely fragile. Maybe buy two just in case :)

Ahh, well isn't that crazy. Some companies you wonder why they didn't survive and some you're not at all surprised that they didn't. :)

I just keep moving that 2/84 around the garage on an off...

I thought the OP said, in the first post, they had a 2/83 and 2/84. I also have a ii/83 and a 2/84, and the 2/84 (both the regular and the 2x) had two custom gate array chips on it (81-194, 81-189)...

One thing to note also is that the 2/84 has some custom programmed chips that aren't replaceable (except by taking from another board) vs the ii/83 which are standard off the shelf parts. it's...

Hah, that made me laugh! Besides, they do take a break from replacing capacitors to tell you how their computer was the 'way ahead of it's time'.... even 35 years later when no-one cares. :)
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Yes, I have a scan converter (RGB Scart) already, I was just curious if he built this particular implementation and if so, if it worked very well (things like timings and brown fix being the usual...

Did you ever try to make/build this? It seems awefully simple to be effective, but no idea?

Most of my ordering was parts I either had and the stuff I didn't have, i ordered from aliexpress because I wasn't in a rush for any of the parts. I don't really have a 'parts list' per se, other...

Great, thanks! I'm having some other problems with my build that I need to figure out (not recognizing my sd card for some reason), so once I'm sure everything is working and that I flashed this...

Since it's such a pain to desolder all the keys and you don't want to do that multiple times, what I'd suggest doing before you endeavor to clean the keys is pick up some conductive paint (I used...

Yeah, that was the problem I had (I think i mentioned in my post), that the site only includes the source and I have no easy way to compile it (and don't really want to set up a compile environment...

I'm trying to build out the PET SD. One thing though, the Attiny chip doesn't appear to have the hex file up on their site that I can find, they only have the compiled files for the Atmega chip. ...