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I've had this device sitting around for years and have rarely used it. The reason is that it gets really hot, well U1 (one of the MAX232CPE chips) gets hot. Like hot enough that you can smell it burning and if you touch it you burn yourself. U2 (which is the same chip) is fine. I tried swapping...

Ignoring the add-on to swap DF0 and DF1 for now (until I know this is working) is there some trick to setting up the thumb drive for a gotek that will be on an external floppy drive on an amiga 500? I copied the files HxC_Compat_Mode/Amiga/AUTOBOOT.HFE and HxC_Compat_Mode/HXCSDFE.CFG to the root...

Taking a long shot there that someone might have some answers but I'm pretty much at my wit's end. For my (stock) Amiga 500, I would like to add some storage. I found and put together this: http://nuclear.mutantstargoat.com/hw/amiga/a500hdd/ The memory card I'm trying to use is a SanDisk...

I have had for the past few years this 486 (a dx-33) which has been relying on the XTIDE Universal Bios (sitting on a rom chip in a network card) to support the hard drive in the system. The hard drive is an 80 gig drive but is recognized as an 8 gig drive and I have currently 2 2-gig partitions...

Hi all! Last year at VCFMW I picked up an Atari 800 and in restoring it I was faced with the issue of a broken, pretty much non-repairable, stackpole keyboard. I found this Mechanical Keyboard and decided to go that route as it lets me re-use my keycaps and keep the same classic look to the...

Hi all I'm looking for a way I could try writing a simple basic program for the ZX-81 on a PC (maybe just use notepad++, or notepadqq in my case since I'm using Linux) and then something that will convert that to the tokens the ZX-81 would be expecting and make a file I could put into an...

I don't know if this is a petterm issue or an issue with my wimodem (from cbmstuff.com) as so far I haven't been able to find another term program that I can get to work. I have a PET 8032 with a business keyboard. I'm using "petterm80b". whenever I use a shifted key like an upper case...

I have this project I've been working on. I picked up a zx-81 (or was it a timex sinclair 1000?) from a flea market for $7 along with a 16k ram expansion. The computer seems to work but the keypad doesn't (typical). Since I already have a working zx-81 I decided to use this as a project and...

I know a few options existed back in the day, I'm looking for something that will let me hook up and use a wimodem device to a ZX-81 (Timex Sinclair 1000) either in kit form or fully assembled.

Does anyone know where I can source a replacement SIO port for an Atari 800? I have an 800 I've been fixing up for a little while and just now realized that two of the pins were completely bent and when I went to unbend one it just snapped off. Is there maybe some other cable/device that may...

I have a PET 8032 which I restored over the last year with a lot of help from members of this forum. I haven't had much chance to use it because until recently I didn't have a place to set it up. I have a petdisk and wimodem for it. I was trying to get the wimodem going last night to do some...

I'm looking for the "Atari" logo keycap for an Atari 800.

I'm doing some cleanup and I have to find a home for this PET housing and PCB (unknown if the PCB is working or not). This is left over from this project. If you think you can use it I'll send it for just the price of shipping, which I haven't calculated yet. Local pickup is available in the...

Hi! I picked up an Amiga 1080 (not 1084) monitor, seems to work fine with a composite input. I'm trying to see if I can connect an 1040 ST to it. I have a 13 pin din cable and toned out each of the wires so I know which colored wire goes to which pin. I found some pin-outs of the 1080 such as...

Okay earlier I posted about a broken silent 700 model 703. I have since then received a refund. I picked up another and it seems to be working okay I guess but I'm not sure how to get it connected. My main PC is a linux box (Linux Mint) but I've only been using linux for a few months so I'm not...

Hi all. I picked up a Silent 700 model 703 data terminal which either was damaged in shipping or was damaged before shipping there's really no way to tell. From what I can gather the only real damage is that the screw drive which the print head runs on is snapped off on one side. I doubt this is...

Has anyone here had much luck using dialup modems over a VoIP service? I have been trying to access Hidden Reef BBS which is a TI-99/4A BBS that's dialup only. My VoIP service is AxVoice. Recently my wife needed to send a fax to get some medical documents and I was able to send the fax using...

I know printers is not a very popular topic but I'm hoping I can get some help here anyway. A long time ago, probably early 2000's I picked up an HP LaserJet 6P printer from a local library that was selling off some stuff, I've used it for years with no issue. About 2 years ago I put it in the...

Hi all, I've been working on restoring a commodore PET and looking to use a datasette for storage but right now it's not loading correctly and I suspect it needs an azimuth alignment. However I can't align it without having one known-good tape. Unfortunately I don't have one and I don't feel...

Hi all, recently I posted about a different issue with this computer and well that issue seems to be solved after replacing the VDC. Now this C128 has a new issue. Actually it's an old issue which I've just kind of put up with but has now grown to the point where the system is, sometimes...