Recent content by Gregert Beardrondo

I recently found a Commodore PET in the Greater Toronto Area, and bought it. (for slightly more than it was worth, but it's the first I've seen in the country, let alone nearby) At the time it worked wonderfully, though the keyboard needs cleaning. A few days ago I left it running a program...

Well a few weeks ago when I turned on the good old 5150 to try and ping 127.0.0.1 to test the NIC, instead of the cursor flashing while I held my breath, nothing happened. Not nothing: The monitor whined quietly, too high for my mother to hear it. So after a few days I got up the courage to...

On Friday I finally had the required hardware and software to get an XT working, and was in the same house as it was. (I was visiting my father in Toronto) I went down into the basement and got it, and I noticed something odd: It had a cassette port. Upon farther inspection I determined it was...