Recent content by shirsch

I just pulled two Nextstations out of storage after 12+ years and the yellow Panasonic batteries in BOTH units were at 2.99 V. Amazing.

I'd like one of those to go alongside my Heath/Zenith doorbell button.

Did the cabling go with the card when you swapped them?

Very strange. I just checked around and the RD50 controller schematic is completely MIA. There's a very detailed API and register-level spec but no service information.

Does this mean we'll see a Y2K version any time soon?

I'll be very surprised if the USPS allows the computer to ship at media rate.

The only OMTI board here is a 3127A SCSI-RLL bridge. It does not appear to use that part.

From my experience, you'd be better off packing it yourself. The UPS stores around here hire minimum wage, gun chewing, shoulder shrugging kids and provide zero training. I came perilously close to having a $5k vintage guitar smashed up as a result of their "packing".

It's called "having a passion for one's creation".

Lee was very helpful when I sought help for operational issues with my O1. Talk about the horse's mouth!

Your package would not build on my Ubuntu 18.04 system (and would probably fail on newer ones as well). I've attached a slightly modified set of files that cooperates better. The original debian control files relied on obsolete packaging features and several of the files end up in the wrong...

I'm not 100% sure I understand your desired setup, but the Irwin drives required a controller capable of 2.88M diskette data rates - not common in the PC world. Irwin typically supplied an OEM version of the Compaticard IV ISA adapter with their units.

Interesting variety of Gotek + Pro issues. I've never had any issues simply using Goteks with mine. The annoyance is that the first one must have a DEC formatted diskette image (non-system unless you want to boot from it) at power up in order to pass floppy self-test. After everything is up...

Do you have any means for dumping the 8751 firmware?

There have been obvious packing errors In almost all cases where I've received something smashed. Usually it involves failure to maintain centering in the box (see shifting peanuts above).