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    What are the top 10 rarest vintage computer bits you own?

    In no particular order... Panasonic JR-200u computer and accessories Tomy Tutor Commodore DPS-1101 daisy wheel printer Typestore word processing system X10 controller for Commodore 64 Euro Amiga 1200 (with £ instead of # on the 3 key) DCTV for the Amiga computer 80-track hard sectored 5.25"...
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    Behold: The Greasebox! (self-contained Greaseweazle drive enclosure)

    I used an old IBM PS/2 CD-ROM enclosure to do mine a while back. I used an Epson SD-880, too. Great compact dual drive for it.
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    TypeStore Word Processors (and IBM Wheelwriters)

    Ah... so it might be possible to use a terminal device to encourage the TypeStore to do something. Even if it didn't, your ww_decode_keys function is a good starting place for me to work from. Thank you for the information! I might have to bring these to the next VCF-MA repair workshop to work...
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    TypeStore Word Processors (and IBM Wheelwriters)

    This TypeStore does not have a keyboard, yet it is supposed to connect to the Wheelwriter as an enhanced word processing system supposedly controlled from the Wheelwriter. The connection is a DB9. So that means it can't be a parallel port in a conventional way. Since TypeStore documentation is...
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    TypeStore Word Processors (and IBM Wheelwriters)

    I recently acquired a few word processing systems, circa 1986, that have a floppy drive and monochrome CRT display. The model name is called TypeStore. The only I/O ports other than power cables on these are the DB9 video out, and a DB9 data in. I cannot find instructions for these. Therefore...
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    TI-74 Basic programs?

    Thanks for this! It's a great excuse for me to break out my TI-74 and CC-40 again.
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