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Osborne 1 software disks

As if ya could even find old parts for spares. Luckily, my friend (and fellow collector) has a parts machine. I might end up with one of those drives. I've donated a whole bunch of stuff to his museum over the years, so he helps me out when he can.

--T
 
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

> As if ya could even find old parts for spares.
> Luckily, my friend (and fellow collector) has
> a parts machine. I might end up with one of
> those drives. I've donated a whole bunch of
> stuff to his museum over the years, so he
> helps me out when he can.

Well it helps to know someone like that too,
which is great. I don't really know anyone like
that unless there were any carning person in
the Amstrad community wished to donate spare
parts for their Amstrad to me! But as I find,
it's a very reliable machine. The only real
problem I had with it was related to something
in the monitor, fortunately I was able to take
my computer to a TV repair man to get that
problem fixed! :)

Cheers.
 
CP/M User said:
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

Well it helps to know someone like that too,
which is great.

Cheers.
Click to expand...

Yes, mark and I are great friends. He don't usually charge me anything for parts or service. Sometimes we trade off auto service for computer stuff. (As you may see from my profile, I used to be a mechanic). Almost all I know bout puterz I learned from him. He's a great teacher.
I'm afraid I'll only get one drive from him, if any. When uzing hiz O1 today, his A: drive was not working, so we'll prolly end up fixin dat too.

--T
 
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

>> Well it helps to know someone like that too,
>> which is great.

> Cheers.

> Yes, mark and I are great friends. He don't
> usually charge me anything for parts or
> service. Sometimes we trade off auto
> service for computer stuff. (As you may
> see from my profile, I used to be a
> mechanic). Almost all I know bout puterz I
> learned from him. He's a great teacher.

It's interesting to see that there are a few
mechanics I know who have dabbled into
the likes of Computer Hardware.

I've heard about this bloke who did some
computer stuff on the side, but his main
profession was mechanics. This was
basically just with modern computer
hardware, sadily nothing vintage. But also
provided some other computer services,
such as CD-ROM backups.

<snip!>

Cheers.
 
CP/M User said:
"
It's interesting to see that there are a few
mechanics I know who have dabbled into
the likes of Computer Hardware.

I've heard about this bloke who did some
computer stuff on the side, but his main
profession was mechanics. This was
basically just with modern computer
hardware, sadily nothing vintage. But also
provided some other computer services,
such as CD-ROM backups.

<snip!>

Cheers.
Click to expand...

It's also interesting to note how many computer techies dabble in mechanics. My friend Mark is very knowlegable in that area also.

--T
 
Mechanics and Osbornes

Mechanics and Osbornes

Thanks a lot, Terry. My Osborne is of the tan variety. It was the first 'vintage' computer I got. I got it from a friend of mine who collected phonographs, as I did in the past. I've had it for about 7 years and have never been able to get it working because of not having the bootdisks. I'll be moving soon, and am sorting out my collection. I'll only be able to keep a few of them (10 or 12) and the Osborne is one of the 'keepers'. I'll post some of the ones I'm getting rid of here, probably. If there's anyone in southeastern MA/RI (near Boston or Providence) that wants a bunch of tandy or Armstrad stuff (only two amstrad's but 4 or 5 tandy's) and can meet me somewhere, there're yours.
As for mechanics and computers, my last three employers (two repair shops and one small consulting firm) ALL had car repair shops in the past. They said that computer repair was much cleaner if not more frustrating. I myself am pretty useless when it comes to any sort of major repairs, instead helping out my mechanic with his computer problems for reduced rates for repair.
One thing they both have in common, I guess, is the proccess. It's mostly logical thinking, along with the tricks you pick up after doing it for a while. And at least for me, the fun involved with getting it to work. My mechanic friends feel the same way about auto restoration, too, but I don't see it.... :wink:
 
Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

"mwb" wrote in message:

> Thanks a lot, Terry. My Osborne is of the
> tan variety. It was the first 'vintage' computer
> I got. I got it from a friend of mine who collected
> phonographs, as I did in the past. I've had it for
> about 7 years and have never been able to get it
> working because of not having the bootdisks. I'll
> be moving soon, and am sorting out my
> collection. I'll only be able to keep a few of them
> (10 or 12) and the Osborne is one of the
> 'keepers'. I'll post some of the ones I'm getting
> rid of here, probably. If there's anyone in
> southeastern MA/RI (near Boston or Providence)
> that wants a bunch of tandy or Armstrad stuff
> (only two amstrad's but 4 or 5 tandy's) and can
> meet me somewhere, there're yours.

Amstrad based IBM compatable PC are they?
Or are they the PCW or CPC kind?

Maybe Erik might be interested, but the US is
such a big place, so I'm guessing Boston is
nowhere near San José.

> As for mechanics and computers, my last three
> employers (two repair shops and one small
> consulting firm) ALL had car repair shops in the
> past. They said that computer repair was much
> cleaner if not more frustrating. I myself am
> pretty useless when it comes to any sort of
> major repairs, instead helping out my mechanic
> with his computer problems for reduced rates
> for repair.

I myself only like to dabble in the ol'er IBM
compatables because they are less complicated
than a modern IBM in a way.

> One thing they both have in common, I guess,
> is the proccess. It's mostly logical thinking, along
> with the tricks you pick up after doing it for a
> while. And at least for me, the fun involved with
> getting it to work. My mechanic friends feel the
> same way about auto restoration, too, but I don't
> see it.... ;-)

It's like a car, my Dad was a mechanic once, but
car engines today are nothing like what he used to
work on. A simular thing could be said about
computer hardware.

Cheers.
 
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

> Oh oh, you said the "A" word... Expect you'll hear
> from cpm user soon. He's the resident Amstrad
> freek 'round here.

Really depends on which Amstrad he's talking about.

I'm guessing it might be a IBM compatable based
Amstrad. Though I've heard of people who came
from Canada who had a CPC & if my map (in my head)
of America is correct, Boston is on one side & Canada
the other! :)

Some of the Amstrad IBM compatables were quite
unusal, there was one with a Sega MegaDrive (or
Genesis - depending on where you come from)
which came with one.

Cheers.
 
CP/M User said:
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

> Oh oh, you said the "A" word... Expect you'll hear
> from cpm user soon. He's the resident Amstrad
> freek 'round here.

Really depends on which Amstrad he's talking about.

I'm guessing it might be a IBM compatable based
Amstrad. Though I've heard of people who came
from Canada who had a CPC & if my map (in my head)
of America is correct, Boston is on one side & Canada
the other! :)

Some of the Amstrad IBM compatables were quite
unusal, there was one with a Sega MegaDrive (or
Genesis - depending on where you come from)
which came with one.

Cheers.
Click to expand...

I dunno bout all he has to offer, IBM PC compatible or not. The sega / pc sounds interesting though...

--T
 
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

Hi Terry,

>>> Oh oh, you said the "A" word... Expect you'll hear
>>> from cpm user soon. He's the resident Amstrad
>>> freek 'round here.

>> Really depends on which Amstrad he's talking about.

>> I'm guessing it might be a IBM compatable based
>> Amstrad. Though I've heard of people who came
>> from Canada who had a CPC & if my map (in my head)
>> of America is correct, Boston is on one side & Canada
>> the other! :)

>> Some of the Amstrad IBM compatables were quite
>> unusal, there was one with a Sega MegaDrive (or
>> Genesis - depending on where you come from)
>> which came with one.

> I dunno bout all h3e haas to offer, hough IBM PC
> compatible or not.

Sorry, I cannot quite follow this, do you mind cleaning
it up?

> The sega / pc sounds interesting though...

For memory that machine was either a 386 or 486
(maybe both had the Sega on the side) based
IBM compatable. However having the Sega & PC
under one box might be an interesting machine to
have for a programmer. Unfortunately I could be
wrong about this, but if it were possible to access
some of the effects the Sega provided through the
PC, it would be possible to write some custom
made programs for that machine. The later
Amstrad CPC Plus machines had a console built-in
with the machine, but was also available seperate,
however one of the features with the Console was
the ability to display 4096 colours, aparantly at
first Amstrad claimed that this wouldn't be possible
to do under BASIC, however a little bit of time
proved them wrong. So, in that instance it worked.

Cheers.
 
"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

> Were they ever sold in the states, d'ya know?

Probably the best person to answer this question
would be Cliff Lawson, here's his e-mail:
ask_uncle_cliff@amstrad.com

Support at Amstrad themselves should also be
able to answer that question too:
support@amstrad.com

But as far as I know, I don't think they did release
any of their own computers in the states.

Cheers.
 
mwb:

I actually remembered to get down to the Post Office today and sent yer bootdisk. Keep us posted on how it works. And, if you do decide to disassemble it to clean the drives, look for a double density mod. It will be on a daughter card located on the main board. Mine has "double density" screened on it so ya can't miss it. I have some other disks that are double density if ya cn uze them. Just rembr, when you go to remove the disk drives, you must remove the entire computer from around the drives...

--T
 
Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

CP/M User said:
"mwb" wrote:

It's like a car, my Dad was a mechanic once, but
car engines today are nothing like what he used to
work on. A simular thing could be said about
computer hardware.

Cheers.
Click to expand...

These days there isn't much difference. All cars are computerised. All the inputs are connected to outputs. It's a *system*. One sensor going bad affects the entire system.

--T
 
Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

Re: Mechanics and Osbornes

"Terry Yager" wrote in message:

>> It's like a car, my Dad was a mechanic once, but
>> car engines today are nothing like what he used to
>> work on. A simular thing could be said about
>> computer hardware.

> These days there isn't much difference. All cars are
> computerised. All the inputs are connected to
> outputs. It's a *system*. One sensor going bad
> affects the entire system.

Yes, well there was nothing like that back in my Dad's
day as a mechanic since it was all mechanical.
Nowadays you'd need some sort of computing degree
to fix a car! :)

Cheers.
 
Terry,
Thanks so much for the disk. Unfortunately, it didn't boot the first time I tried it, so I put it aside until the weekend when I can be a bit more patient with the computer. I fear I may have to open up the case to have a closer look at things. The disk actually arrived on friday, but I didn't have a chance to try it until now. I will update you as soon as I try it further.
Thanks again,

Marc
 
If the A: drive is not working then you should try booting from the B: drive. At the prompt fr a bootdisk, hit the shift key and the " key and it will try to boot from the other drive. You should at least see the drive light come on as it trys to access the drive.

--T
 
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