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Hi everyone, hope you all got the year off to a good start. I have a CBM 8032 which has been in storage in my basement for aeons, along its 8050 dual floppy. I decided to finally check it out over the Xmas break as I ran into issues with the Big Bad Blue Mallory 27000 µF filter cap in my 2001...

Hi everyone, I have a NEC FD1165-A 8" floppy drive that I'm offering for parts only. The spindle motor has gone open circuit, but the rest of the mech and electronics look ok. I haven't done any further testing on it tho. Feel free to send me an offer for whatever you think this junker is...

Hi everyone, I've been offered an 8" floppy drive Model No. 9402 (Equip. Ident No. BR802B) by CDC's subsidiary, Magnetic Peripherals, Inc. I've trawled bitsavers and other sources for specs on this drive, and found nothing; apparently it was never listed in CDC's catalogue. Has anybody heard of...

Hi folks, ok, it's a long shot, but does anyone out there have a spare keyboard for a C.Itoh CIT-101 terminal (VT100 clone) and is willing to ship to Europe? Many thanks, --GT

Hi everyone, I've finally decided to part with my Vaxstation 3200. I no longer have the time for this pet project, and I never managed to get installation media for it. Specs as follows: BA23 case 24Mb RAM (2 boards) KA-650 CPU @11MHz TK50 tape drive RD54 installed (no OS, disk is blank and...

Hi everyone, I have a ROM dump from an unknown terminal emulator I found inside my Taylor-Hobson relabeled HX-20. I was wondering where I can upload it to share, if anyone's interested. (Bitsavers apparently doesn't have an HX-20 software archive). Thanks for hints, --Roland

Hi everyone, I erroneously grabbed some parts from a scrapped terminal which I *thought* I could use for my VT100. I now realise these are from a CIT-101, and aren't interchangeable. In particular, these are: PSU, keyboard (somewhat grimy), and main logic board. I have no way of testing and...

Hi all, I managed to get my hands on an RF72 DSSI disk for my VAX 4000. I'm not (yet) familiar with DEC hardware, so bear with me. After installing and powering it up, the drive makes tons of calibration noise before settling down. Even when idle there's still the occasional audible activity...

Hi all, I have a VAX4000/400 I've been trying to resurrect here as a hobbyist project, which issues the following error on powerup: KA675-A V4.8, VMB 2.12 Performing normal system tests. 66..65..64..63..62..61..60..59..58..57..56..55..54..53..52..51.. 50.. ?35 2 12 FF 0000 0000 02...

Hi folks, thought this might find a larger audience here than in the CP/M forum. I've got two 8" SA800 floppies in an Altos box (yeah, the ones mounted upside-down!), one of which (the original boot drive) is giving me headaches. The drive gives consistent "bad sector" errors, or just plain...

Hi folks, out of the blue I got my chance to own a real VT100 when I came across this baby literally sitting on a trash pile. It had a PSU problem (blown switching trannie and startup cap), but that was a cinch to fix with the tech manual on hand. Apart from the basic logic board, this VT100...

Dear TI folks, I'd like to share my solution to a nagging problem with my PC100B printing cradle for the TI59/58/57 and SR52/56 calculator line. My PC100B consistently refused to print the 4th column. After a thorough cleaning of the printhead (which left no *visible* corrosion) still failed...

Hi folks, I finally got round to checking out an Exidy Sorcerer (ubiquitous 2nd model, not the original) I got last year. Despite the fact the case was damaged in transit (fixed tho still noticeable on close inspection), it appears to be working fine. Tho I remember the Sorcerer from catalogs...

Howdy fellow trash collectors! Woohoo, I have a VAX! Okay, so it's not a *real* VAX like the 750/780, just an El Cheapo VAXStation 3200 that wound up in the trash, equipped with a KA650 CPU and TK50 DLT drive. After the initial euphoria I realised the monitor (standard BNC sync-on-green?)...

Desperately needed for troubleshooting this beast... :-| Any offers appreciated, --Roland

Title says it all. Love the simplicity of those single board compies. Any offers appreciated, regardless of location. Regards, --Roland

The subject sez it all. Only have a handful of CC issues, and have been craving more for years. No other mag even came close to CC's variety and content. Shipping won't be cheap to Europe, of course. Any offers appreciated! --Roland

Hi folks, got a Sharp PC-1211 (a.k.a. TRS-80 PC-1), allegedly one of the first BASIC programmable pocket compies. That yellow LCD kicks ass! Dere's sumptin' skwewy with this unit: it briefly powers up, the annunciators come on, but before the ">" prompt appears, it immediately shuts off again...

Howdy all, can anyone tell me what system this mystery joystick attaches to? There's no manufacturer label of any kind. It has two LEDs marked "auto enter" and "echo mode", and three switches marked "echo", "graphics", and "test". The connector is a 24-pin dual inline type. Anyone seen this...

Hi folks, got my hands on a TekTronix 4052 (with one of those weird DVST screens). It powers up, but nothing else happens other than the screen glowing all green, the "power" and "busy" lamps lighting up, and the "I/O" lamp flickering faintly. After a few minutes "I/O" and the screen go dark...