When looking in this month's issue of retro gamer, I noticed one of the ports on the back of the SAM Coupe looks suspiciously similar to that too - I might look again to see if they are identical.
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When looking in this month's issue of retro gamer, I noticed one of the ports on the back of the SAM Coupe looks suspiciously similar to that too - I might look again to see if they are identical.
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Originally Posted by Muzer
The 'Euroconnector' is very common in Europe.. I ve seen even some systems even voice hubs that use this kind of connector.
Chris
Makes sense - I didn't realise it was standard.
EDIT: Oh, that reminds me; must see if my local primary school is chucking out their RISC PC - they are moving to a new site in Easter and when I was there they had a RISC PC; tried to collect it about 2 years back but they said they were still using it. I hope they haven't chucked it!
The Podule sockets also look very much like Mac NuBus slots:Quote:
Originally Posted by rkauer
http://www.kevinomura.com/macs/IIfx/llfxcards.jpg
Lol - I really didn't realise they are everywhere... why aren't they used on anything else than Macs that are modern? They are really nice sockets; very easy to use but also very stable and secure.
They aren't even used in modern Macs. I think NuBus went out with 68k on the Macs. These days they're all PCI (And then only on the high-end tower Macs, nothing else is expandable)
I still have yet to actually get it in, but last night I won an auction I am very excited about. One of my last acquisitions for my Commodore collection. (I still am looking for a CBM II), but I won for relatively cheap a Commodore PC-10. Other than the formentioned CBM-II, I now have a representation of almost all the Computers Commodore made in the 80's.
Now, other than small bits and pieces, I am on the hunt for a nice CBM II, a C116, and a 128 D. In a perfect world I could get a C900 and a C65, but we all know that the chances of that are slim to none.:p
WOW!!!
I learned C/C++ at microtech on a CBM PC-10.... amber screen though!!!
I remember complaining loudly about the need for 256k swapfiles.....
(it only had a 20MB HDD at the time) - oh it had 1x 5.25" FDD and a 3.5" FDD - a knackerd F5 key and a very tempermental space bar
Yeh, not very many people know about the Commodore PC line. I got to dig through the parts pit and fin an 8 bit NIC for it, to hook it up to the network, and find a RAM upgrade board, it likely only has the base 640K of RAM, it would be nice to put at least 4 megs of Ram and run more than DOS 2.11.:D
I am pretty sure the PC-10 I was coding on was a 386 base, with 6 or 8mb of ram - running dos6.2 - I may have an 8bit nic somewhere, so keep looking your end, if I find it, its yours.
Cool, thanks,
I just hope the battery hasn't exploded. It will be a heck of a lot harder to replace the motherboard on this, then an Amiga. I thought I would have to find a replacement graphics card, to put a color monitor on it, but from what I can find on the PC-10-1, the Video has 4 modes, supporting a color monitor. I also want to get an 8087 co-processor for it.
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Originally Posted by Zetr0
PC10 series had 80xx CPU, IIRC the PC50 (or PC60) had 386 CPU...
as for networking on DOS 2.11 heh ... heh...
chris
The PC-10 can run all MS-DOS versions up to 4.01 (all that came in 360kb 5.25" floppy disk). The version built in is MS-DOS 3.20, not 2.11.Quote:
Originally Posted by quarkx
Link for more information.:) (Link have more links to original floppy for this particular unit with special commands: another mod feel free to remove the link if copyright is infringed)
---------- Post added at 18:45 ---------- Previous post was at 17:41 ----------
Can someone do another post? I'm waiting to upload some pictures of my A500!
the auction stated dos 2.11 disks are included, but I have all versions of DOS up to 6.2 here somewhere...
Thanks, Quarkx!
Now for your viewing pleasure, there is some pictures of my favourite A500 pimped with two more megabytes of fast RAM action, courtesy of Stachu!
Disregard the bottle of cachaça, it is for the later commemoration! Yay!:mrgreen:
No problem,
We tend to forget that with a name like "Amibay", from time to time Amiga pictures will pop up.:lol:
FYI: there's a C65 for sale in Holland apparently:Quote:
Originally Posted by quarkx
[edit]Sorry my friend, this is still link to an auction[edit]
Contact the seller here:
http://www.marktplaza.nl/askquestion.php?ad_nr=10294382
Disclaimer @mods: I don't know the seller, only provided the link since it would be pretty hard for a non-dutch to find it on that site. If it were on the other bay, I had only mentioned it as being 'on the other bay' :thumbsup:
I am sorry, I SHOULD have said a C65 for less than $100.. Yes, I am dreaming:nuts:
Oh, and as for the Dutch part, my last name is VanDenBiggelaar, but even so that auction is way out of reach almost ***** Canadian.
[edit]price driving.... sigh....
I WANT ONE !! - they are out of stock now though!Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
Brace yourselves, this will be a bit long.
I got in my NCS 2056T Kit today. For those that do not know, the NCS kit is a complete 6502 Computer kit that is assembled from scratch, loosely based on Commodore Computers.
It comes with everything you need for a "Basic" computer, a 65C02 CPU @2 Mhz, 8K ROM, 32 K RAM, PS/2 keyboard interface and LCD screen.
At first, I was a bit leary of ordering this kit, At $180, it seemed a bit pricey for a kit. I was wrong. It comes with 3 manuals. Each is not just a photocopied sheet, but a nicely printed and bound manual. The techical manual if filled, not only with all the information on the 6502, but a nice chunk of Commodore history (including the Amiga) and the history of MOS Tec up until 2004, and of course the Western Design Center. I will be posting a complete thread, but here are some (crappy) photos from my camera. It also comes with 3 Eproms for the ROM, 1 blank, so you can burn your own, one already burned with basic, and 1 for the LCD display.
Now to assemble it.:D
very nice.. I was interested about this a long time ago.
where can you save the code ? on tape..?
chris
@quarkx
you have my envy
http://suzieaustin.com/images/gummi-envy.jpg
I look forward to reading your thread with much interest!
@quarkx
Very nice indeed! I too look forward to your review. :)
Heather
Chris, as the kit sits, there is no way to save anything. But, this is a kit, and with a resource like 6502.org, ANYTHING you want to do to it has already been done.for example, I don't have an Eprom burner, but now I have the complete schematics to add one to the kit and the software to go with it, and the cost will only be a few bucks in parts.I have even found an IDE, usb and networking a"Add ons". The hardest thing to find is a VGA, but you can get an AVR kit for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by xc8
That looks like a very interesting project quarkx. Looking forward to the thread. :)
So, Very surprisingly (shipping only took 3 days) I got my CPC-10 in today.
The first thing I did (even before turning it on) is take the cover off to see the inside. There was only a trace amount of dust on the back of the cards.
This is a very BASIC PC. In Typical Commodore fashion, there is no hard drive, or even a hard drive controller on the motherboard. The motherboard is a revison "A", dated 1985. There is no 287 Co-processor in this unit, but a socket for one.
All the pictures on Google show a battery on the motherboard, but this revision has none. When I can borrow a better camera, I will be documenting this machine more on the web site.
It has 2 cards, 1 in the AT slots for Video. This card has no markings, so I can't tell you if it is the Commodore Original or an aftermarket. It also has a Ram expansion card. This is simply labelled "Commodore Ram Extension 1986". The motherboard itself is relitively small compared to most other Commodore Boards (about the size of a normal MoBO today).
I put it all back together and booted it up. The System disks are labelled DOS 2.11, and indeed the boot screen showed Dos 2.11. I am not sure why Dos 3.2 was not here, but the start disks state Commodore PC-10 boot disks (hand written copies- of course).
The monitor looks to be a 10 inch Commodore mono monitor, but even though it does say Commodore on the front, the back has no Commodore labels or model number.It's not that they have fallen off, it's just the original manufacturer's stickers are there instead. K.A.P Consumer Electronics for those that are interested.
The PC boots just fine. It was stated before that Commodore continued the PET boot up sound to the PC. This is very true. The POST screen shows Commodore PC bios 2.01. The unit just has 640k, I guess they originally came with 320K.
The back of the unit is sparse. Just an RS232 "c" port and a "Centronics" or printer port.-It's actually labelled "Centronics".
The only other thing worth mentioning is the keyboard. The function keys are running up and down the side, instead of across the top. This is kind of cool, and sets them apart from other PC clones.
I have *years* to see m/board with 8bit ISA only...
Chris
Got a few pieces of misc PC/Spectrum +2/Atari 2600 Jr. hardware and some Spectrum/Atari 2600 software on Saturday with the possibility of more next Saturday; pictures coming ASAP. The PC hardware did include the most hilariously-repaired mouse I've ever seen - it looks like frankenstein's monster! I'll get some pictures of that, definitely :p
Got myself an Atari 600XL, never opened up so I'm out to find out about it and whether I should keep it or not, my first Atari Computer since my uncle had his 400. I also need to source cables and what these can do
It must be like this one
http://pc-museum.com/gallery/rcm-037-big.jpg
It's really a nice piece of Atari history.:thumbsup:
rkauer will love it. :whistle:
Of course I willQuote:
Originally Posted by Phantom
NOT!
lol priceless rk :p
/....Kin Sniggers....
:mrgreen:
That's not a specific Commodore feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by quarkx
Many keyboards from the PC/XT era had the function keys down the left hand side. The original RM Nimbus keyboards do as well.
Never seen or heard of that brand, remember, you guys in the UK had a lot of stuff we never saw. Acorn, BBC, Spacey etc. Even the Dragon was very rare here, as Tandy (I think) put a stop to it, so not to cut into the CoCo sales. SCART is a foreign word to us, and not until I joined the Amiga boards did I even hear the word.Quote:
Originally Posted by woodycoolThat's not a specific Commodore feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by quarkx
Many keyboards from the PC/XT era had the function keys down the left hand side. The original RM Nimbus keyboards do as well.
Saturday Score!
too make a long story -short, because I due have a tendency to ramble. Saturdays some of the AMICUE guys meet for coffee. Today, one of them gave me a big box of knowledge!
I had show the NCS 2065T kit and he was cleaning out his storage area, and knew I was getting into Electronics so , in the box was the following:
HeathKit ET3100 Electronic Design Experimenter
HeathKit ET3200 Digital Design Experimenter
And about 6 related HeatKit courses centered around those 2 kits
The nice thing is that all these kits Look about 98% complete, and even have the part bins labelled for each Course. As you know the worst thing about getting "hand me down" kits like this, is all the parts were ussually lost years ago.
Not only are all the courses in almost mint shape, the even come with the original records (yes, I said records) for the audio lectures. These records were those old thin floppy mylar sheets (i have to find a turn table and convert them to MP3's).
These courses of course will have to wait.
He did not buy the ET3400 which of course was the computer trainer unfortunately.
The trainers are a bit dusty and have BNC connectors that are not shown on the original photos below, but everything else is in excellent condition.
If you have no luck tracking down a turntable and it isn't too much to post to the UK (I guess flexidiscs won't weigh much!), I could digitise them for you.
Latest addition. A nice clean, almost new looking Blizzard PPC @240Mhz with SCSI and all manuals etc.
Hardware pr0n at it's best :D
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@blankstare
Nice score:thumbsup:
@ retro_junky
Thanks for the offer, I am looking at the local thrift stores first, I always see them there for under $10, they pop up all the time. Last week they had a cheap Emerson all in one unit, 8 track, Am-Fm, and turn-table for $8, I am kicking my self for not grabbing it now, but it was a real cheap unit, only 2 terminals at the back for speakers, you could not add anything to it.
I got my Package from Cloanto today. Not really worth posting a picture of the Amiga forever 2009 or the C64 Forever 2009 DVD's. It only took 4 weeks from Cloanto this time, last time I ordered Amiga Forever in 2008, it took almost 3 months.
Today's 'new' stuff:
http://www.proggle.net/%7Eandrew/download/CDTV.jpg
TOP STUFF!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by AndyLandy
Very nice Andy! :thumbsup:
Kin
You guys better quit drooling over the CDTV, it may got a short circuit!
@Andy: congratulations, mate. That's a beautiful complete machine.
That is one very nice machine there chap, where did you find that?
Ah, I love my CDTV - I really should start upgrading it...
As promised, some pictures of my progress and my Heathkit Courses.
I did find out (for those that are interested), the new Heathkit WILL mark and honour the old courses. the catch is I have to send in the original test sheets (not photocopied) and I think some have been filled out all ready.
I did call them this morning, as I want to order their solder course (about $30 USD) They are sending me a catalogue with all the prices.
That was sent to me by dougal. I swapped an A1200 accelerator for it. My A1200 now only has 4MB FastRAM in the trapdoor, but it's good enough for my needs, and now I have a CDTV to play with!Quote:
Originally Posted by r0jaws
Nice deal andy, a little shame for your accelerator, but hey, I like even my A500 to and that is slower then an A1200 without accelerator..
Ok my first post on this thread, this is my boot-sale special (last time was a nice boxed A500+, with deadly floppies which i'l explain later).
Here I spotted a lonely A600, on the grass no less! Asked the fella how much, "fiver" he said, "no cables" he added. 'Hmm... Has to be worth a punt at that price' I thought, dispite it's terrible yellowness but I decided il nab a few other things (Atari Joystick and Sinclair LightGun) and see if he would give me the lot for the same price and he accepted. :)
Went home, gave her a clean, got my s****y TV out just for a quick test (R/F only! D=) and a floppy with a quick demo intro and this was the result. . .
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/s...u/IMG_3582.jpg
Thought I'd try out some floppys I bought last year from the last Amiga related buy from a car boot sale, this proved fatel for the poor floppy drive (as with other drives, not realising I forgot to bin the lot). Got no idea why the disks made all the racket but thanks to a couple of them, it reads nothing now. :bomb
I also got no idea why even a dodgy disk could stop a drive from working but yes they are all gone now thankfully. Though it was lucky in the spare room I had an exact drive pulled from a buggerd up 600 years ago so I gave it a go and shes back to life again. Strange that it sounds different from the last dispite being identical in looks in every respect.
I'm thinking of giving her a name, 'Butterscotch' springs to mind. :lol:
P.s. A prime retr0bright candidate don't you think? Though a name-change will also be required.
I know that in some old 5.25" drives I've used a bad disk can spread loose magnetic coating and other gunk on the read head and cause read errors even on good disks. I don't know if that happens with 3.5" disks, but if you don't have any other way to resurrect the drive, you might try what I do in those situations and clean the head with a cotton swab and low-grade rubbing alcohol.