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I have an AVL Eagle I computer. I am looking to connect a printer. I figured I would use my Epson LX-80, which has a Centronics parallel cable. I see that the parallel ports on the Eagle are not the same - please see the photo. It has serial ports that are actually the same pin config as my...

Can someone please tell me what the correct replacement for this capacitor is? I need to replace one that failed in dramatic, smoky fashion...

I feel like this topic may have been covered already, but I cannot find reference to it, so... I was given an AVL-style Eagle II computer. It has been sitting in non-climate-controlled storage for 30 years. It looks pretty clean on the outside; I have not taken a peek inside. Before I try to...

Will an IBM WD-325N 20MB drive, broadly indicated as for "PS2 computers", work in just "any clone" after appropriate formatting? Thanks.

I have no fewer than four Shugart SA400 external drives, that were sold to work with my AVL Eagle I (which itself, I believe, is a rebranded Vector I). Three of these are not working. For instance, today I opened up, cleaned and lubed one of these and tested it with my working computer and...

I have an Eagle II running CP/M 2.2, and have a disk with some games written in Basic by a friend of mine many years ago. I have this notion that if only I could get these Basic files online, an emulator would be able to open them and they'd be playable in a browser. The question of course is...

I just received an Eagle II from a AV rental house. They had it in their warehouse and "wanted it out". After scrubbing off the disintegrated foam from the road case it lived in for the last 40 years, I found that literally all of the disks I had to boot it actually worked! On the other hand...

I am not sure if this is the proper forum for this, but as the board in question goes into a PC Clone, here goes... I acquired a board that has some really grimy/dirty/not-sure-what-it-is nastiness in spots. Please see the pictures. Can someone recommend the best way to clean this board...

So I finally got to start exploring my Kaypro 2X, thanks to a keyboard cable I found on ebay (coincidentally sold by a VCFED member). I have exactly ONE disk for the Kaypro, a boot disk with these files on it... I am a CP/M newbie and am a bit baffled by many of the CP/M commands I have seen...

I have a Kaypro 2X - I am just getting familiar with it. Today I popped in a floppy, then attempted to eject it. I pushed the button in - it stayed in - and the floppy stayed in as well. I poked at the button several times with no result, then let it sit as I did other things. About 20...

I have recently purchased an AVL Eagle computer, which is an S-100 machine. Rather than just rush to switch it on and see what happens, I have been advised to take the following steps. Please tell me if this is the best process to confirm that "all's well" with this machine before I try to...

I may find myself in possession of an "AVL Eagle I" which was a CP/M based, single-purpose computer from about 1978, designed to program multi-image slideshows. I am getting the CPU only. The first challenge for me is to find a keyboard that will work with its 25 pin connector! Any ideas on...

The floppy drive on my "AVL Road Roadrunner", which has been identified by forum member "AVL54" as a "Shugart SA400 diskette drive", has been giving me trouble. It has stopped reading disks - it doesn't even give a "disk read error" message. Please watch this short video to see how it responds...

I have a single-purpose computer (that I believe is CP/M) that has a monitor with no image. I need to sort out whether it's the monitor or some other component. I figure I can start by running some other composite video into the monitor from another source, but I will need an adaptor, as it...

I have been shopping around on ebay and elsewhere for an economical keyboard for an IBM 5150. I am finding it a challenge to tell the difference between many keyboards that are not listed as XT, or XT/AT switchable, or AT. It would be fantastic if there was a list of all the known models of XT...

I am looking for a full-length 8-bit board called the "AVL Genesis" card. Here is a picture of the end of it... If you have one, let me know - make an offer. It's a single-purpose board that along with the proper software interfaces with slide-projector dissolve units Thanks! Steve...

I am considering storing some of my project PCs in my garage, in a metal closet. I am in New Jersey, and the attached garage is unheated. Has anyone had any experience with doing this? I know it's not ideal but I need to make room inside. Thanks, Steve

So today the Kaypro 2X I bought on ebay arrived. I unpacked it (it was quite well packed), set it up, and pushed the button on the floppy drive to remove the "cardboard shipping floppy", and NOTHING HAPPENED. The cardboard seems locked in. I powered the machine on, it is asking for a floppy...

Does anyone have any experience / suggestions / opinion on boards like this one, for converting EGA/CGA to VGA? It would be convenient for me to use a flatscreen monitor when monkeying with my mid '80s hardware.

I just acquired a Kaypro 2X and of course there are no boot disks. Can anyone suggest how or where I can find one of these? I understand that there is a flavor of the Kaypro master disk that only works in the 2X. Thanks much, Steve