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[albertelmore]

Hi folks!

A few months ago I purchased an EPSON PX-8 on Ebay and decided it best I get joined up on this forum. I am hoping to gain some knowledge on how to handle a few challenges I am up against with this beautiful machine. Naively, my goal is to turn the PX-8 into a dumb terminal for more modern boxes running Linux. I'll post a separate thread on that with some questions I have about terminal emulation or the potential of this in general.

My background: I was born in 1986 and got my start with computers somewhere around Mac OS 8. Not very retro by comparison to what I'm digging into today. A few years ago I started using an 80286 based Compaq Portable III as a retro terminal which has been working great. The challenges to get it up and running at the time were difficult but didn't feel impossible. Z80 appears to be a whole other beast however. I'm praying I won't be forced to learn Z80 assembly in order to write something that has half baked VT compatible (because that's probably over my skill level anyway).

Anyway. Nice to finally get on here and post. Looking forward to meeting some of you.

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[Agent Orange]

Welcome aboard Al. Please note that this forum has recently ungone a software upgrade and there may be a few glitches here and there. You are bound to find plenty of interest and help here. My question: Where did you find such a gorgeous Epson specimen?

 

[albertelmore]

Thanks and hello Agent Orange! It was an Ebay find! Reasonably priced too at $161.00 USD. You got any retro machines you're working on / playing with?

I wonder if the site software upgrade has to do with why I am unable to receive a password recovery email. Is this possible? When I setup this account I also did not receive an email to complete registration. I reached out to support and they helped me register. The password I chose didn't make it into my password repository. Hoping I can change it at some point.

 

[Agent Orange]

Thanks and hello Agent Orange! It was an Ebay find! Reasonably priced too at $161.00 USD. You got any retro machines you're working on / playing with?

I wonder if the site software upgrade has to do with why I am unable to receive a password recovery email. Is this possible? When I setup this account I also did not receive an email to complete registration. I reached out to support and they helped me register. The password I chose didn't make it into my password repository. Hoping I can change it at some point.

There are may problems with PM's and emails which are being worked on. Best bet is ask a MOD to step in to resolve your password issue. As for me I have a ton of old stuff up through to modern gamers. Don't have time for most of it.

 

[albertelmore]

I will do that. Thanks!