Recent content by chalackd

I was working at a farmyard just down the road from home earlier this week, and spotted this little beauty sitting on a 'junk' pile out in the customers back yard. Literally just sitting there, out in the weather, up here in central Alberta. Upon spotting it the owner told me I could have it...

Hi all, this feels like some sort of blasphemy to even ask about on here, but I'm really looking for some good resources or information on scrapping junk computer parts and turning them into some cash to support the rest of my hobby. Here's the fuller story: I have a friend that does a lot of...

Rather than pen springs, I used the springs from Bic brand cigarette lighters (The ones under the button, rather than the long slender one that pushes the flint). For installation I first cut approximately 1/8" (3mm) from one end of the spring. Then, cut end first, I slipped them under the...

Scored a new (old) toy today from a friend that handles a lot of scrap & salvage, a B&K Model 465 CRT tester, which looks to be in excellent condition. Quite clean, other than a little grime on the outside of the case, and a very small amount of corrosion on a couple rivets and a switch...

G'day all! As I had mentioned once before I have been kicking around the idea of making a few replacement cables to fit the Apple II card for Macintosh LC series systems. As any interested party should know these (original) cables tend to sell on that popular auction site for around the $100...

As the title asks, has anyone had the time or interest to try out the consumer preview of Windows 8 yet? I noticed an ad for it a couple of days ago, and decided to download it and give it a look. Just like during the development of Windows 7 you can acquire the OS from the Microsoft website...

I'm not in a big rush at the moment, it will probably be a little later in the month before I will be able to make a purchase anyways... I'm looking for a cheap Apple IIe card for the Mac LC. Due to the typical value of the Y-cable I'm probably looking to get the card without it, but would...

So, I had been having some trouble with my current laptop, an Acer 8930g (circa 2008 ) which has served me well and been through heavy use and much transport. Recently, it started to lose connection with the AC adapter, unless everything was positioned just so... Quite annoying since it seemed...

I've got a nice 486DX2-50 Deskpro with an EISA motherboard which I use as an intermediary machine for working with older systems. I was fooling around yesterday trying to get an IBM 1Gb microdrive running in for ease of transferring files to/from the system. I was attempting to get the new...

I've got an interesting (to me anyways) Everex 286 (Model EV1812) motherboard that I'm trying to get working again. The biggest problem that I'm having is that in my youth I had decided that this board wasn't worth anything and had used it to supply a few IC sockets for other projects, as well...

Been digging through all of my various computer parts, and I've got one card whose purpose remains a mystery to me. http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9077/dmaout1.png It's clearly labeled 'DMA OUT' so I'm left to assume that it is related to Direct Memory Access, but I'm still at a loss as to...

So, I've been fooling around all week here trying to get my Multisync to work with CGA and MDA video adapters to no avail. I scoured the web looking for pinouts to make an adapter cable, and with nearly 10 different configurations found no solution... (Including a couple listed here on the...

I brought home a friends Mac G4 iBook laptop to diagnose some problems with it not taking power from it's new charger, he told me that the last time he had used his old frayed adapter he had heard a zapping noise... I had suspected a bad DC-in board since I read of common problems related to...

So, I recently picked up a DEC PDT-11, from what I understand these weren't just a typical terminal and included their own processor and such? This particular one is one of the units that was built into a VT100 case, and I don't think that it actually has any system devices (disks) built in...

And indeed victory is mine, it all started when I started playing with my recently purchased IBM Portable. Not wanting to write a novel, here's the abridged version of my adventure. Started out by cleaning the dust bunnies out of the works, and doing a quick check for properly seated IC's in...