Recent content by seaken

I am at peace with the idea that I will probably never get a PET. Most of what I have in my collection was inherited from our family business from the mid eighties onward. The PET was the first ever got my hands on in school. But I didn't start collecting old computers until a lot of other...

Welcome to the forum. TNG is also my favorite. But I am enjoying streaming Strange New Worlds. It is preceding the time frame of The Original Series. I don't like that it is not on free TV. But that seems to be the norm these days. Seaken

Yes! The C128 works perfectly. I was very happy to see it power up and I was able to use it on my CGA monitor and on my VGA monitors. I also had a 1541 drive from my C64. Once I knew it was working I started acquiring what I needed to run CP/M. FYI, the best for CP/M is TWO 1571 drives. The...

Welcome @Bean , 80MB? Is that the hard drive? Can you share the rest of the specs? CPU type and speed, RAM, ports, video, etc. Seaken

Well, I probably would have spent the $200 if I didn't already have other stuff. And I do also have the Tandy 1000HD that is in the same class. I did spend over $500 for a C128 ($250 for the main C128 with RGB to VGA adapter and power supply, then another $130 for a 1571 drive and another $100...

Hello, welcome to VCF. I can't help you myself but I would suggest planning a visit to the next VCF Festival or Swap Meet close to you. I was able to find a working IBM XT at VCF East Consignment this year. Also try Facebook Marketplace (somewhat annoying but if you sign up for a couple of...

It's true that these XT class machines were obsolete in only a few years. But I chose to ride the old 8088 systems for quite a few years since they worked fine for what I needed to get done. I did upgrade to a 486DX-33 but even then I still used DOS 5.0 and WordStar, Quatro Pro SE, and Alpha...

Just last week I saw a PC Jr. with Monitor and Keyboard, in an Antique Shop for $200. I almost picked it up. But I didn't. It was a little too much money for me and I already have several other systems that I need to work on, such as my 5162. I was lucky to recently get a 5160 that works 100%...

That's good news! Wow! a hardcard? Those are hard to come by in working order. Congrats! I do have a working MFM/RLL 30 MB hard drive in the 5160. But I have several more of that type that are not working. Too bad the XT-IDE was not working for you. I have good success with my XT-IDE cards. Seaken

Yes, I mostly agree with this. But I've come across this a few times where someone is not really using vintage equipment but maybe an emulator or a newly created OS that mimicks what might have been used on an old CP/M or PC DOS machine. I've taken flack for saying that isn't really "vintage"...

I think the term "Vintage" gets misused a lot, in the same way as "Antique" gets misused. Vintage is really more about representing an era that has passed but can be remembered for it's unique contribution to what came next. In the case of computers I always thought of Vintage Computing as "Big...

Ahh, this is an easy one! The WOW! computer, of course! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Yes, I have made boxes out of wood. But if you have a couple of Wine stores near you can ask for some old wooden wine boxes. They work great for disks and CDs. Not sure about 8" disks. They may be a little short for those. Seaken P.S. I also have a few desk drawers that I have used for...

@doshea said: "pfs:First Choice was pretty basic, but I think it fit the whole suite on a 360KB floppy. I don't recall what support it had for other file formats though." Yes, it was pretty basic and small. But it did require two disks for the full suite if you had a 360k or 720k setup. It...

What does everyone think about local apps on your phone for selling? Like Offerup or Letgo? Seaken