Post here everytime you get something new!

[quarkx]

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.

 

[xc8]

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.

PC10 series had 80xx CPU, IIRC the PC50 (or PC60) had 386 CPU...

as for networking on DOS 2.11 heh ... heh...

chris

 

[rkauer]

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.

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.

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)

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Can someone do another post? I'm waiting to upload some pictures of my A500!

 

[quarkx]

the auction stated dos 2.11 disks are included, but I have all versions of DOS up to 6.2 here somewhere...

 

[rkauer]

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:

 

[quarkx]

No problem,
We tend to forget that with a name like "Amibay", from time to time Amiga pictures will pop up.

 

[McVenco]

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.

FYI: there's a C65 for sale in Holland apparently:
[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'

 

[quarkx]

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....

 

[retro_junkie]

I received an e-mail today that said my MONOCHRON Clock kit has shipped! I can't wait to start soldering this together.

Heather

I WANT ONE !! - they are out of stock now though!

 

[quarkx]

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.

 

[xc8]

very nice.. I was interested about this a long time ago.
where can you save the code ? on tape..?

chris

 

[Zetr0]

@quarkx

you have my envy

I look forward to reading your thread with much interest!

 

[SkydivinGirl]

@quarkx

Very nice indeed! I too look forward to your review.

Heather

 

[quarkx]

very nice.. I was interested about this a long time ago.
where can you save the code ? on tape..?

chris

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.

 

[r0jaws]

That looks like a very interesting project quarkx. Looking forward to the thread.

 

[quarkx]

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.

 

[xc8]

I have *years* to see m/board with 8bit ISA only...

Chris

 

[Muzer]

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

 

[RedDaemonFox]

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

 

[Templar]

It must be like this one

It's really a nice piece of Atari history.

rkauer will love it.