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    NeXTstation Turbo Color Monitor

    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.
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    Perifractic wants to buy Commodore

    I'd like one of those to go alongside my Heath/Zenith doorbell button.
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    Pro-350 RD50 Hard Drive Controller Error

    Did the cabling go with the card when you swapped them?
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    Pro-350 RD50 Hard Drive Controller Error

    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.
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    Lisa OS + Office System rebuilt from source

    Does this mean we'll see a Y2K version any time soon?
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    Midwest Anyone interested in a NIB DECMate III Plus system for Christmas?! 🎅🎄

    I'll be very surprised if the USPS allows the computer to ship at media rate.
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    Western Europe WTB : Desperately looking for OMTI memory buffer IC - 20506-2

    The only OMTI board here is a 3127A SCSI-RLL bridge. It does not appear to use that part.
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    California VT100 with Advanced Video option board

    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".
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    Help getting Osborne Executive working with Gotek

    It's called "having a passion for one's creation".
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    Help getting Osborne Executive working with Gotek

    Lee was very helpful when I sought help for operational issues with my O1. Talk about the horse's mouth!
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    Fix for issue with DOS NFS client (XFS 1.x) on PC-DOS 7. Also, DR-DOS 6.0 issue

    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...
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    New England Software for Compaq Portable III Tape Drive

    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.
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    Gotek Floppy Emulator & DEC Pro

    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...
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    Gotek Floppy Emulator & DEC Pro

    Do you have any means for dumping the 8751 firmware?
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    Large lot of DEC hardware acquired (pictures inside)

    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).
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