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  1. Drayson

    I bought a school bus..

    No way, that is absolutely epic!
  2. Drayson

    I love dragons

    I love dragons
  3. Drayson

    What was your greatest or wildest needle in a haystack poor score, or pick up?

    I have no idea, I don't even have an active phone line to connect it to
  4. Drayson

    What was your greatest or wildest needle in a haystack poor score, or pick up?

    I'm a young hobbyist so I haven't found anything astronomically crazy yet, but I got my IBM 5155 with a hard drive, 640k ram, and a modem for only $330 off ebay. It was sold as not working, but the only problem was a single tantalum capacitor
  5. Drayson

    TRS-80 Model 1 Monitor question

    Hello there, I also have a TRS-80 video monitor. I recently found out how to use mine with other monitors, and how I did it was I simply connect the 5v input on the connector to the 5v output of an arduino, and inputting any composite (or s-video luma) signal will work. And yes, the ground pin...
  6. Drayson

    Mouser "Access Denied" message?

    This looks like someone could be trying to hack or DDoS them, though that's just my guess, I don't really know what's going on.
  7. Drayson

    Intermittent Black Holes - Rant

    Oh boy, I almost lost a screw to my Commodore 64 once. I somehow ended up finding it eventually, which is a miracle considering how messy my room is and the things I've taken apart in the past
  8. Drayson

    What are some good options for CRT monitors?

    I'm asking this not for me, but for a friend on a different platform. They're looking for a decent CRT monitor to go with their side computer, which runs Windows XP. They would prefer a resolution somewhere around 1600x1200, but they say anything above 1024x768 would do. Any information would be...
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    TRS-80 model 1 issues

    Don't worry about that, I removed it myself because it was faulty and causing one of the issues I mentioned.
  10. Drayson

    TRS-80 model 1 issues

    Thank you so much for the response. Funnily enough, I have managed to track down the picture instability problem to Z5. I have a quad NAND gate with a slightly different pinout, so I just wired that up as a temporary solution and it worked However I am having trouble pointing out the things you...
  11. Drayson

    TRS-80 model 1 issues

    Hello, I just recently ordered an original TRS-80 set from eBay. It's usable and works for the most part, but there are some issues that would be nice to fix. Picture is inconsistent: This is the biggest one that makes this thing harder to use. Whenever I turn it on, the picture appears in the...
  12. Drayson

    1950s oscilloscope restoration (help needed)

    Thanks a lot, this will be very useful
  13. Drayson

    Floppy disk recovery

    So I may have accidentally bent my floppy disk a tiny bit, and for some reason it's not working anymore! Is there any chance I could recover my data from it?
  14. Drayson

    Hello everybody

    Nah, I'm not interested. Thanks though! Thanks. It was a tantalum capacitor on the floppy drive, and that was it other than the hard drive being a bit janky. Nice. Could you tell me what kind of remote works with the TV? Because it's stuck on RF input without it.
  15. Drayson

    Guys my computer isn't working anymore!!!

    I wonder what it could be, perhaps the temperature of the water isn't warm enough?
  16. Drayson

    C64 Characters get messed up after running for a bit.

    The character melting thing with the dead test cartridge is normal. It's part of one of the tests, you just have to wait a bit and it'll reappear and continue As for the other issue, it does appear to be heat related, but it's hard to know for sure. Try feeling the chips to see if they get hot...
  17. Drayson

    1950s oscilloscope restoration (help needed)

    Hello everyone, I just received a 1950s WO-33A oscilloscope, and my goal is to restore this thing to working condition. However, I'm not exactly sure where to start. I don't intend on reselling it or anything, this is just meant to be a fun educational project for me, as well as something...
  18. Drayson

    Hello everybody

    Hello everyone! I go by Drayson, my pronouns are they/them, and I have an obsession with electronics, vintage computers, and dragons. I own a Commodore 64, a Commodore 1541 drive, and an IBM 5155 portable; all of which were sold not working but I fixed them; as well as a couple old computers...
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