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    PEB 32K Memory Troubleshooting - Bad RAM

    I was lucky enough to get a PEB locally. It only came with the interface card. I sourced a 32k card online listed as untested. You know what that means ;) I have finalgrom and a tipi32k sidecar. I found a memory tester cartridge file online and ran that against the card. Upper block is...
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    EGA Card - Looking for Jumper Settings

    Hey everyone! I picked up a EGA card hoping to use it in my 5160 with a 5153 that I picked up recently. Wanted to try some EGA games on CGA monitor. Having some trouble finding any documentation on the card though and wanted to verify jumper and switch settings. Anyone seen one of these...
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    Found a TI99/4 original non A variant

    Was looking through Facebook marketplace and came across this listing. I’ll usually see /4A’s pop up from time to time. This one caught my eye because of the keyboard. Turns out it was a non 4A variant. Asked the seller for some history and she only knew that it belonged to her grandfather...
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    Mac Classic - Corner Adjustment

    Hey all! I had recapped my classic’s logic board a few years ago and decided to do the analog board. 2 caps had begun leaking (they were around the speaker can’t remember which) but they were not horrible. Booted it up and noticed that the left top corner is a bit off of alignment. Anyone...
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    Sharp x68000 z - a decent alternative?

    My bday is coming up so I decided to get myself a little something. I have always wanted an x68000 but I cannot bring myself to spend that much money on a single computer. So when I heard about the x68000 z I was intrigued...
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    2068 Command Cartridge EPROMs

    Hey everyone! I picked up a command cartridge online for a few bucks that came with a Zebra OS chip. I was hoping to use this with some other 27256’s I have and try out a few of the limited games that came out on cart for this system. I downloaded a few game roms (some 9k other were more)...
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    Pet SD2PET can’t load d64 images

    Hey everyone! I have a cbm2001 series with romulator installed to provide basic 2. I have an sd2pet and I am trying to mount disk images but keep getting what looks like errors. Anyone experience this before? Trying to mount with wedge and I just get this thrown at me
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    Acorn A3000 Gamble

    If I were a character in Fallout I would have a decent luck rating. I don’t gamble or go to the casino but I have had wonderful luck with finding old treasures and restoring them to their former glory. I decided to add another one to the collection and this will probably test all of the...
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    My collection so far - Repair station setup

    Posted this on Reddit few days ago figured I would share here. Was looking for storage and display tips but I think I may just need to pair down the collection trying to keep everything in the office (wife’s orders).
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    Model III - Repairs and Gotek Experience

    Just wanted to share my experience repairing and using a gotek with my model III. This computer has been a labor of love let me tell ya. I picked it up in a lot and the only thing it did was power on. The crt worked increased brightness and saw raster and the disk drive lights came on but...
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    Amstrad 6128 and 1804S-P - Possible Sync Issue?

    Hey everyone! I have been trying to standardize my retro computing cabling and hook things up to my NTSC Commodore 1084S-P. When I hook up my cpc6128 to analog rgb I get weird jitters. See video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gcaU6khAdF2dYN4sjgxI56gN687Qv_gr/view?usp=drivesdk I scoped...
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    Some BBC Love from the USsa

    Just wanted to give some BBC love there are not a lot of forum posts on these cool computers. I received mine several weeks ago and after replacing rifa caps in the power supply I tried to get a Turbo MMC working in mine. No matter what I tried I could not get the MMC working in it. I later...
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