Recent content by mlaferriere

Does anyone do (for hire) component level repair on boards? I have a Model III that I believed I recapped both power supplies last summer. Plugged in last month, worked for a bit and started getting iffy. Eventually it got to the point it wouldn't boot and I noticed one of the caps in the power...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Vintage-Commodore-CBM-2001-Professional-PET-Working-Condition/202563359334?hash=item2f29b79266:g:LMAAAOSwMQ1cOMgA:rk:1:pf:0 Looks like a memory board and possible video mod? Going by the connectors on the ports. The keyboard looks like a butcher job. Not interested...

Hello Folks. Does anyone have a guide or walkthrough for using an HXC floppy emulator with the CoCo's? I am able to make a blank disk (image) for the HXC, format it, Dir it, save to it etc. But once back on the PC I don't appear to be able to read from or write to the HFE file? I...

Are the Apple ][e keycaps removeable? Does anyone have good hints on how to clean sticky keys on a machine that hasn't been used in 20-30 years? Isopropyl alcohol?

Wish I had the cash, room and ability: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pdp-8i-Computer-With-Tape-Readers/253828781525?hash=item3b195fd5d5:g:cnAAAOSwCsBa43BZ

Digikey has been good when I have ordered through them. P14788-ND CAP FILM 0.22UF 10% 275VAC RAD P10724-ND CAP FILM 10000PF 20% 275VAC RAD The 10000PF didn't perfectly match up to the physical size so I used a new RIFA from Digikey. 399-7478-ND

Well packed, arrived on time, great deal and transaction! Thank you! Buyer: Member id mike1968 (Feedback Score Of 68 Blue star icon for feedback score in between 50 to 99) On a serious note, it was a good transaction! Better deal than I would ever get on eBay, and well packed! The painters...

Hotdog! I think you guys might have found it! I was beginning to think I had lost it... I dug through my old library last night and was able to locate one of the Model-I diskettes that I used to serve files to my CoCo's with. No real clues, just CCH written on it. It might be interesting...

It has been a long time since I had a functional Model-I. But I recall having a serial cable that hooked up my Model-I (which had two floppy drives) to my Cocos (which had no floppys). I vaguely recall having a program to cload software from the serial port. The speed of this would be set by the...

Hello Folks. I was digging out my Compupro 816 from my basement and found a bag with some goodies. I found some Coco and early Model-I manuals and tapes that may be of value to other VCFed users. I would be willing to scan and/or share information from the the manuals if anyone on here...

I found these two PROMs, on an archaeological expedition in my basement. I am thinking one of two possibility's, monitor roms from an X-80 (A Z-80 trainer made and used in house at Technical Career's Institute), or slim possibility out of an IBM or ITT ATW...? Any ideas? I have a reader here...

Hello Lyonadmiral. I am from Massachusetts, just between Worcester and Springfield. Glad I discovered this website! I have some old equipment that has rotted away in the basement for far too long that is now being restored RIFA cap by RIFA cap!, I have a pair of Apple ]['s, a pair of...

Hello Ian. Decades later I had never noticed. In fact, after I read your reply, I had to grab my trusty screwdriver and open up my EI. It appears I must have had a lazy tech who made mine... Only one chip appeared to have the numbers sanded off.

Hello Folks. I picked up a 4P from eBay that worked fine for about half an hour when C32 blew on the power supply board. I would also like to replace C33 at the same time. This is one of the Tandy power supply boards as opposed to the Astecs. I did come across...