Recent content by vbriel

Today I decided to pull out my AIM-65 I had acquired a while back and take a look at it. It was DOA with nothing coming up on the display. The manual states only 5V 2A regulated supply is needed to get basic operation of the unit going without the printer. So, I double checked my power supply...

I'm working on a new replica project and just got it up and running. I have the design about 90% done but my wire-wrap prototype is up! I just have to finish the keyboard and serial port but that should be pretty easy.

I haven't pulled this out of my closet yet but it is taking up space. I don't plan to run it again so I'm considering letting it go. I have to see if there is any interest in this before I remove it and photo it up. I'm in Southern California area but willing to ship. Contact me at...

I've been using this site for years, and personally knowing Erik makes this the ideal place do drop this bomb. This has been in the works for a while and Todd and I have a tentative agreement where I'm going to purchase IMSAI IP and remaining inventory including the prototype's and info for the...

Going to the VCF at the Computer History Museum in California was a really fun and large event. There has not been a VCF West for a few years and we really need one. Anybody else agree? What can we do? Vince

I have a Mac I need to make sure still bootss. I used to be able to make 400K floppies but I no longer have a Mac SE and I really need a 400K boot floppy. If somebody can make me a disk I can paypal you for the disk and shipping. Vince

Well, I must reduce my collection. I have some items on ebay. SOL-20 http://www.ebay.com/itm/320850082467?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 My Osborne 1 http://www.ebay.com/itm/320850086730?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 and My Commodore 64 C64 in a...

I've decided I have to clean house on a few of my prized collectables. Some have been fully restored, others have not. The swtpc 6800 I have not had time to test or restore, so it is a good deal for somebody. This is a no reserve auction. Come and get it...

This is a project that I had to shelf due to other projects, but it is now almost ready. The card will work on most standard II's IIplus, IIe and IIgs models but there is more testing to be done. The simple BASIC program I wrote for the card will allow you to play MP3's from the root directory...

I recently received a rev 0 Altair 8800 and it only has 2 slots so I was thinking of replacing the 1K RAM card with a combo 32K RAM and SIO. Has anybody done this yet? If not, I just make myself one. Vince

Ok, I've been working on a new project, a clone of the Altair 8800. Since Grant has already done an exact replica, I thought I would do something different. I pulled out my shrink ray gun and made a reduced size replica I call the Altair 8800 micro (catchy huh?) It is 10X3 by 9" deep and fits in...

Ok, I'm writing an emulator for a microcontroller and I'm stuck on SBB commands. If A=0 and B=1 and Carry flag is set. If I do a SBB B the result in a is FE which is correct. The problem is, the half carry flag is setting. Is this correct? Reading the Intel manual it looks like this is...

Monday the 4th at 9pm eastern, 6pm central. More info here: http://www.cnbc.com/id/34465282 or here: http://www.welcometomacintosh.com/Welcome.html Enjoy! Vince

NYC Resistor club has invited me to host a workshop at their facility on November 14th. We will be building any of the three kits: PockeTerm, replica 1, and Micro-KIM kits there. If you have missed out on the workshops in the past, now is your chance. There is a limited number of spaces...

For anybody that might want these, here is a scan of all of my Mark-8 boards as they are blank before I build mine. The file is 3.08M in size. http://www.brielcomputers.com/wik/images/d/d7/Mark8.zip Enjoy, Vince