Recent content by shyandrewt

Had a quick look, @Gazza - Hours of fun reading there. A fantastic resource, Thanks.

@Gazza that manual is gold! Very much appreciated. I've already had a quick read through. The section on FDDs is quite interesting, but will prob. require me to have a second read. I didn't quite understand your comments re 'Dusty' - I'm pretty green here.

Good point @Eudimorphodon - I would have missed that and got myself very confused... Thanks @Gazza I'd be happy to do the recombination if you'd like. it's the least I could do!

That's a great find - many thanks @Kool65 - Looks like my unit may be specced at the upper end of the options listed there - with two double-sided, double-density drives (Shugart SA455-3AA). Quite an investment in the day.

Found in Melbourne, Australia. It does have a serial number sticker (just falling off the back) that is similar, but not identical to the S/N on the main PCB (check the attached pics). This gives the impression that it might be commercially assembled rather than a home-build - perhaps. I'm...

Hi all. I bought this at a local clearance auction and was wondering whether anyone can help me identify it. The unit has dual 5.25in floppy drives installed and what I assume is possibly a parallel printer interface. Opening it up I see someone has put a "TRS 80"sticker and the PCB is marked...

Cheers. I may have a few posts as I attempt to see if it is alive - different thread of course.

@mogway I picked up a Ferranti Advance 86 motherboard recently. A couple of pics below. This was sold in Australia as the Dick Smith Challenger. Some examples of the adverts and an article from Electronics Australia from Oct. 1984 can be found here...