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kishy

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It occurred to me that not only could I possibly find a hard drive here (RE: my thread in Wanted), but that I might actually enjoy it here (similar interests and whatnot).

So here I am, a college student from Ontario, Canada, with a vintage computing hobby. I define vintage differently from you, I'd bet, most likely because of my age. From my perspective, a 386 is a vintage computer, and anything pre-8088/8086 is antique. My interests are with my modern system used for light gaming and with the 8088-286 area.

Goals: pare down the 'collection of stuff' to be a set of spares only, have a couple of vintage x86 systems around, and gradually transition my website (currently functioning as a showcase and/or store) into a reference point for older technology once the stuff for sale is gone.

A specific goal: build or obtain an XT-class computer, ideally an actual IBM XT, or build a clone in an actual IBM XT case. The catch: ATA hard drive and VGA video to reduce costs associated with hard drive failure and monitor failure. Found the 8-bit ATA card, have dual-mode 8/16 bit VGA video card, have an XT-class motherboard...now hung up on finding a case.

There are a couple users here I've dealt/worked with previously; JohnElliott has been a massive help with a keyboard repurposing project, Allen assisted me with finding the original PS/2 mouse, and there are one or two other usernames I recognized from browsing around.

I suppose that's that...see you around?

Cheers
 
Welcome aboard!

Good luck with your XT project and the rest of your collection!
 
Sounds fun. You found an actual 8-bit ATA card or are you playing with one of the 8-bit IDE demo units some of the folks here are tinkering with?

Either way yeah you'll have fun here. Plus knowing a few folks and seeing some items come up for auction helps a bunch too.

So welcome and glad you started posting :)
- John
 
Erik said:
Welcome aboard!

Good luck with your XT project and the rest of your collection!
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Thank you :)

MikeS said:
Which corner of Ontario?
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I like to adhere to the "you don't publicly disclose your actual location online" thing, so we'll say "one of the few places south of Detroit, MI".

barythrin said:
Sounds fun. You found an actual 8-bit ATA card or are you playing with one of the 8-bit IDE demo units some of the folks here are tinkering with?

Either way yeah you'll have fun here. Plus knowing a few folks and seeing some items come up for auction helps a bunch too.

So welcome and glad you started posting :)
- John
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I've actually tracked down an 8-bit ISA ATA card...don't have it yet but I've been told it's mine free when I pick it up, either late this week or early next. As I understand it the original 8-bit ATA cards were quite drive-specific and had significant limitations...hopefully I can get it to work with something I have. I have an 80mb Conner somewhere, I suspect that might do the trick since it has a "drive type" number.

Thanks for the welcome!
 
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