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    PET 2001 keyboard issue + instability

    Hello, I recently got a PET 2001 in good condition, but it has some problems. When a key on the keyboard is pressed, a bunch of garbage characters are sort of "sprayed" out, which can make typing virtually impossible. Attached is a picture of what happens when the L key is pressed and held for...
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    Washing a PET 2001 motherboard?

    Hello, I recently got my hands on a Commodore PET 2001. Cosmetically it is in excellent condition but it doesn't seem to work very reliably. Loading from disk only occasionally works and a few hours after I first turned it on the keyboard stopped working reliably. Sometimes it prints the wrong...
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    Monorail 133 ram?

    I bought a couple 72pin 32mb EDO RAM sticks for my Monorail 133. With one stick plugged in, Windows 98 still reports just 16mb of RAM available. With both plugged in I can't easily boot into Windows and get a Windows protection error when I do. Does anyone know what might be the matter? It's...
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    The South WANTED: TRS-80 Model 1 top case part

    Hi all, I’m looking for a TRS-80 model 1 top case piece. My TRS-80 is an early unit without a secondary keypad, but I don’t think there’s any difference between models in the grey plastic itself, only in the removable black faceplate. I’m located in Miami, Florida.
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    Help! Compaq Portable Plus suddenly died

    Hello everyone, Yesterday I dug my Compaq Portable Plus out of storage and tried turning it on. I heard the fan start spinning, but the floppy and disc drive didn’t engage like they used to, instead they sort of “tried” to for half a second before failing. I tried a few more times, waiting...
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