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Next Cube Floppy Pinout

VCFed about 2 months ago

I've been doing some research to see if I can use a gotek/flashfloppy with my Next Cube. I can't seem to find the pinout documented anywhere. I've been doing a little reverse engineering and I'm assuming the pinout isn't too di …

AST Hotshot 286 ribbon cable

VCFed about 2 months ago

Hello, I have an AST Hotshot 286 that is missing the ribbon cable that plugs into the socket on the motherboard. Anyone know where I can get the pinouts and or how to build an adaptor? I heard there are some that use an IDE cable for this. Any help wou …

Superpet Combo board not working

VCFed about 2 months ago

The 8032 boots and works fine. When I plug in the combo board it will not boot in 6502 or 6809. This board used to work. The board is very clean like new. I have visually inspected very thoroughly and see nothing wrong. I checked the ribbon cable thor …

Tandy 1500HD/2810/3810HD Laptop 26-Pin FPC Floppy Drive Ribbon Cable

VCFed about 3 months ago

Does anyone know if the 26 connector FPC floppy drive ribbon cable pinout for the Tandy 1500HD/2810/3810HD laptops is known? Or if it is a common standard? I've come across a number of 34-pin + floppy power connector to 26 connector FPC floppy drive cable …
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Technical questions • ULA, bus conflicts and the expansion devices

Defence Force about 3 months ago

I've been tinkering with the expansion port and grown interested in the bus phases of the Oric Atmos and how its supposed to work. The ULA runs the show on the bus of course, and divides the Phi2 into 3 access "slots", two for itself for running the graph …

Comm Port Troubles GA-5486AL

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi, I got this board: ... GA-5486AL G... GA-5486AL is a motherboard based on the ALi M1489/87 (FinALi-486 PCI Chipset) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more! ... …

1990s PrairieTek 120 2.5" 20MB HDD, with carrier board, cable, manual - make offer

VCFed about 3 months ago

I bought this drive for an Atari Portfolio add-on project in the very early 1990s. As far as I recall , it's never been powered up! I don't have a way to test today... The drive is mounted on a "PrairieTek Corp. Junior Sport Interface Adapter 2mm&quo …

8-bit acorn hardware • Acorn Teletext adapter help

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I've had a Teletext adapter for a while now and have been hoping to get it working with the output of vbit2 from a Raspberry Pi.Unfortunately I've not had much success and am unsure if the adapter itself is functioning correctly. I am using the ATS 3.0 …

Osborne 1 screen flash

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi all, I just picked up an Osborne 1 and it's a lot different from most that I've seen on the internet. It seems to have an early serial number but on the screen it says OZROM 1E #00187 (c) 1984 Micro Management. I assume this is because it appears to …

Priam Drives

VCFed about 5 months ago

I was given a Priam 7050-10 8" drive yesterday and I've spent some time looking over the manual over in bitsavers. - http://www.bitsavers.org/pd... what I can tell it's a rather early embedded servo voice coil drive tha …

Apple iie keyboard issue

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello everybody, I have an apple iie that I am very slowly restoring. I just discovered that the keys A and Z do not work (meaning nothing is printed when you press them). The rest of the keys are fine. Furthermore, there is continuity for all the keys wh …

Ribbon cable for a Korg X3

VCFed about 6 months ago

I am looking for a ribbon cable for a Korg X3. 24 pin, Pitch is 1.25 width is 1 1/4 inches and about 13 inches long. I am running out of options …
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Need help to indentify this slot card

Apple Fritter about 6 months ago

Hi - In my Apple IIe, which I did acquire used, there is this slot card I can't identify:  PDRM4386.JPG  Looks like some weird sort of serial (RS232 ?) card to me (the rainbow ribbon cable hides the word "serial", and due …
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Software & Hardware • 🔨 Amiga Hardware Faults and Solutions List

LemonAmiga about 7 months ago

The Amiga is a Retro computer. Commodore built the Amiga using the cheapest parts, and the weakest solutions. The chips themselves are prone to fail. During my time with the Amiga A500, at least 1 Agnus failed, perhaps x2 CIA chips, and perhaps also Paula …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Econet Module Extender

Stardot about 7 months ago

Yesterday I made an Econet module extender, so I can have the sockets outside the machine for swapping/testing Econet modules and components:I made it up as I went along; the original idea was to use alternate wires on a 34 way ribbon cable to connect to …
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Appleslave - Arduino+SD To Gameport Backup Creator

Apple Fritter about 7 months ago

AttachmentSize AppleSlave.ino15.56 KB SDFAT.PO140 KB             ...  What is AppleSlave …

8-bit acorn hardware • Strange keyboard problem.

Stardot about 7 months ago

A couple of weeks ago I put my fully working Iss.4 Beeb away in the cupboard for a bit of a tidy up.Today I got the Beeb out to continue a bit of programming only to find it had acquired a bit of a strange fault. Only about 4 or 5 of the keys were working …
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286 upgrade board for your XT

VCFed about 7 months ago

Have a Mountain Racecard, which is an 80286 board with 8k cache that plugs into your XT to make it "faster" Yes, the ribbon cable plugs into the 40 pin inline and the CPU socket. It's in the 80287 coprocessor socket for safe keeping. Make …

Looking for Cubix BC 4035 A4010 info

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hello, I have a single board computer - Cubix BC 4035 A4010 and I'm looking for information on it. I have found most of a manual at... http://www.oldcomput... current big questions are * how to hook up …

8" floppy drives(?) - free, local pickup only (Northern Virginia)

VCFed about 7 months ago

Hey, I'm trying to get these things out of my house, and was pointed here. Looked over the rules, hopefully I'm doing this right. I've got two eight inch floppy disk drive units - one ~4U rack mount, the other a desktop model. I don't know if they work. I …
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general • New TVs with SCART!

Stardot about 8 months ago

I thought SCART was long-gone, so imagine my surprise when I opened my newest TV set to find it has a SCART socket on it! It doesn't even mention it in the spec!It's a Cello C2220S V2:https://fergusontv.com/p... ... ite-tuner/IanS put me onto …
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Technical questions • opelco and 3 1/2 inch drive

Defence Force about 9 months ago

hi everyone,does anyone know how to connect said drives to opelco. 3 inch and 5 1/4 drives work ok but not 3 1/2 (it used to ,but cannot remember how to set up - twisted or straight))board has been tweaked at mutant caterpiller,and new ribbon cable, but 3 …
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Osborne 1 bypassing the floppy ribbon cable for power to the floppy drives.

VCFed about 10 months ago

Anyone done it? Is it a worthwhile mod? I'm asking because my Osborne 1 only has one connector used on the power supply output. I'm thinking of using the two unused outputs, one each for each floppy drive. I already replaced the Rifa caps and am thinki …
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PC 5.25" drive with bad head?

Retro Computing Forum about 10 months ago

I’m working on a little project for my Atari computers. I recently picked up a Percom drive, AT88-S1PD, that was released for the Atari’s. It uses an custom interface board for the Atari, with a standard PC 360K half height drive connect …
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Kaiser & Damm Qbus memory management boards for PDP11??

VCFed about 10 months ago

Does anyone know what these 2 boards are in my SMS 11x machine? Kaiser & Damm, MOT 11 D1 with ribbon cable to DB25 on back, has RAM and ROM, 6809, ROMs. CALMOT '83 Kaiser & Damm, MM07 (memory management?) 11.Aug.83 This system has a M8186 KDF11- …