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I recently picked one of these machines up. I run into dozens of /4As in the wild, but this is the first 4. I'd love to know roughly how many were sold.

Normally, I'd never consider repainting an original computer, but hear me out on this one. I recently picked up an early (early '78 ) TRS-80 model 1 that has seen some serious battle. The case plastics are in good physical condition, however, the paint is extremely rough. I'd like to see if...

Howdy! I recently bought this HP EGA video card labelled "45983-60001 435-0003-05". I'm looking for the manual and/or the DIP switch settings to use this in an IBM 5150 and with a 5153 CGA monitor. Anyone recognize this card?

So I recently received this laptop and it was listed as working. Upon arrival, the laptop does not post at all. HDD spins up, but no other activity. There is a post from 2000 (on another forum) where someone claims they had the same issue, but claims to have resolved it in the thread title...

I recently rescued a Compaq Presario 2200 at the suggestion of vwestlife. Installed a compact flash HDD, maxed out the memory to 48 MB, installed windows 98, and the Cyrix MediaGX drivers. I've been having issues with the audio drivers in both Win 95 and 98. They work great until you reboot...

I have a Poqet PC up for sale. It works great but has a few case blemishes like most. The crack on the side of the case near the right hinge has been epoxied to prevent the crack from spreading. I am looking for $75 shipped within the US You can see the operational status as well as the...

Howdy! I am listing my Tandy 1000 HX to fund more vintage computing projects. The Tandy works great and is in good physical condition. The memory expansion "plus" card is installed increasing the memory to 640K. These expansions are difficult to find and it took me several months to source this...

Howdy! Well, i'm bored, and I found a sweet old compact Macintosh to tinker with. One of the reasons I couldn't resist rescuing it is because it has a CPU accelerator installed! 16 MHz 68020 processor and 4 MB of RAM..... but no hard disk (shipped with the 2 x 800K floppy config)...

Check out my video overview of the Poqet PC! Any Poqet PC owners in here?

Howdy! I have a Tandy 1000 HX w/ 640K RAM and DMA expansion board. For some reason, some games will crash when I select Tandy video mode, but will work in CGA. Here is an example from Arkanoid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8A8wDO7uGA Some games work fine in Tandy mode, so i'm not sure what...

Howdy! I just picked up a nice clean Tandy 1000HX! I'd like to upgrade the ROM, namely with a newer version of command.com and perhaps a couple of utilities and programs, as chip space allows. Has anyone tried this before? The MASK ROM appears to be an 8-bit 16K ROM. My plan is to remove...

I thought some of you might enjoy my walkthrough of a local (Dallas-area) electronics store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIy__NX9SvQ

I cant seem to find this image or files anywhere! Unfortunately, the only way to configure the CMOS is with a model-specific setup disk. NEC left the computer business years ago, so their site is no help. I'm almost finished restoring this machine but this is the last obstacle!!

Howdy! Well, boredom struck and I decided to get a little more SPEED out of my AST Premium Exec 386SX! The only problem: The CPU is soldered: I carefully placed thermal tape and foil around the CPU to protect other components nearby, then used a heat gun to remove the CPU. I cleaned the...

Please let me know if anyone has one for sale! :)

Howdy! I picked up this awesome little (lol) laptop today. I LOVE it's design. Thick as a brick... lunchbox carrying handle...removable keyboard... it's fantastic. I found a compatible power supply and powered it up for the first time in many years (this was on display in a case as a...

Howdy! I recently picked up this extremely clean Packard Bell PB286LP portable/laptop from eBay. It was listed as working, but with faults. I have a weakness for bulky old pre-386 portables, so I rolled the dice on it. The seller did a great job packaging the laptop, so it arrived unscathed...

I put this review together in November/December. Let me know what you guys think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE-XoXHaoVY

I recently picked up this awesome little XT-compatible palmtop computer (more info here). They seem to have one design flaw that plagues these things, and that is the right hinge causing the case to fracture. Here is what mine looks like: The case seems to be some type of magnesium alloy...

Howdy! I just picked up a Apple IIGS with a memory expansion board for a cool $20! I'd love to have a HDD setup for this machine, but I have no idea where to begin! I'd prefer to have something like a compact flash setup. I am trying to rid myself of having to use floppies or magnetic media (I...