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Vintage and Obsolete computers / parts for sale (2 lots) Location: Saint Hubert, QC, Canada. This ad has been posted elsewhere. *everything is AS-IS* NO SHIPPING - PICKUP ONLY. NO TRADES. NO SPLITS. CASH ONLY. Vintage is considered to be at least 25 years old by vintage-computer.com. When...

...and the ramcard. Sorry about the extra post had trouble with the forum software.

some more pics.

not willing to ship but will deliver within 30km of South Shore of Montreal, Canada. ok for pickups. this ad also posted elsewhere no splits amiga 2000hd rev 6.2 computer: mouse control doesn't work (bad serial port) no battery damage - battery was removed years ago makes it to kickstart...

Hargle said this in "XT IDE Ordering interest?" http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?18242-XT-IDE-Ordering-interest-%28Was-Xt-ide&p=152879#post152879 snippet: This situation has been bugging me for some time too. Why should Hargle not be compensated for his ongoing work...

I am doing what is shown in this video of how to solder from the XTIDE build site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_NU2ruzyc4 I have the solder stand with the yellow sponge under it and the brass sponge. I clean it first with the wet one, then poke it in the brass one a few times and then tin...

A while back I searched google for a way to lubricate fans. I came up with graphite powder and blogged about it http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/entry.php?44-Graphite-powder-for-noisy-fans. Then I found out from Chuck that high temperature grease is better because it's a poor conductor of...

After feeling the heat of a voltage regulator and some metal can transistors on the underside of my 10 meg drive I wanted cooling while I exercise my MFM drive collection. I came up with this. It uses an epson 5 1/4" adapter for 3.5" drives with no front (any floppy adapter would have worked but...

I have an International Memories Inc. 5012H hard disk that I want to exercise. I haven't used it in a few years. I had an 8 bit Xebec controller that it plugged into. During a recycling run, I recycled the controller because I thought I could just use BIOS type 1 in an AT BIOS if I wanted to...

Sorry I made some miscalculations! It's an 8W G8T5 tube. The G for germicide, the 8 for 8 watts, the T5 meaning 5/8 of an inch diameter. Another important thing you need to know is you need a high speed FS-2 and not an FS-4 starter. You can also get an FS-2 at the hardware store. Also I overdid...

I have 2 of these Colorado Memory Systems converters that I found and have no use for. They are 40 pins and seem to bring IDE to an external tape drive I assume. Anyone know how these work? Year is 1987.

Just for fun: ******** Model Cap Cyl WPC Hd LZone Access spt Total your drive: WD 384R 40.0 782 783 4 783 85 26 N/A my drive: WD-93044-X 42.5 977 977 5 978 39 17 83045 your drive...

I am taking the first monitor and first expensive computer part I ever owned to the recyclers. It is the Viewsonic PS790 19" CRT. It lasted 12 years as my primary monitor. I paid over $2000 for it with the money from my first real job, working for a software company. It upgraded me from a 14"...

EDIT: Google failed me. Graphite powder conducts electricity so a leak could mean a short circuit in your computer. High temperature grease is better. See this forum thread: http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?21338-Lubricating-fans BELOW IS THE OLD POST, FOR REFERENCE...

I managed to make a really sweet hack for an XT reset switch for my original IBM XT mobo. Do do this hack you need: banana terminal with 2mm screw ground wire with round type lug on one end and normal lug on other end header pin bus (I think it's called that) soldering iron / shrink wire 100...