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Feature: Unpacking The 64DD, Nintendo's Most Infamous Flop

Time Extension about 14 days ago

We take a closer look at one of Nintendo's biggest failures.The N64 Disk Drive is one of Nintendo's most fascinating failures. Initially teased at the company's Shoshinkai event in November 1995, the peripheral took advantage of proprietary 64MB magnetic d …
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Game Preservationists Unearth New Footage Of Cancelled N64 Racer

Time Extension about 2 months ago

Could Rev Limit have been Nintendo's answer to Ridge Racer before Ridge Racer 64?The game preservationists over at Hard4Games have just released some newly unearthed footage of Rev Limit — Seta's cancelled racer that was in development from the mid-to-la …

CPM BIOS, BDOS, CCP layout on Disk vs RAM

VCFed about 2 months ago

Can someone smarter than I, please clarify the CCP, BDOS, BIOS disk vs RAM layout, for both CP/M 2.2 and 3.0? So here is what I always understood (CP/M 2.2 Manual section 6, CP/M Alterations): CP/M 2.2 CPM.SYS contains CCP+BDOS+BIOS DISK drive 0, side 0, …

5 1/4" disk drive problems

VCFed about 3 months ago

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else has had this problem. I was testing some vintage 5 1/4" disks in a Teac 1.2MB drive (Just doing a DIR on them) using a 486 running DOS 5.0. Most were good disks, some were bad. After testing awhile I ran into a numb …

FS: Commodore 1541 5.25" Disk Drive

VCFed about 3 months ago

For sale is a used Commodore 1541 disk drive. The drive itself is in good physical condition but is untested. It does power up but that is as far as I can test it with the equipment I have. Asking $80 shipped CONUS or best reasonable offer. …

Apple II+ woes continue...

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

Hey everyone...I have been ignoring my II+ for a while (I have two of them), but got one down to fire up and ensure everything was OK. Obviously, since I am posting here, it isn't OK!I can boot into DOS 3.3 via FloppyEmu or actual disk drive.  No problem. …

Amiga (Minimig) • Support real Amiga disk drive?

MISTerFPGA about 3 months ago

I am wondering, can the Amiga core support real Amiga Disk Drive on MisterFPGA? What hardware I need to allow hooking up a real Amiga Disk Drive into the Amiga core. …

Bob in New Mexico

VCFed about 3 months ago

After years of reading your forums, I finally signed up. My computer history began in the late '70s when I joined the USAF. There I learned to operate, repair, and program the T.I. 980B minicomputer and all of its' accessories, including the 733 KSR and A …

Quick Loader Compact card for Apple II

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

AttachmentSize IMG_5256.jpeg4 MB IMG_5253.jpeg2.9 MB IMG_5250.jpeg2.73 MB IMG_5250.jpeg2.73 MB IMG_5252.jpeg2.81 MB QuikLoader Compact Card for Apple II II plus IIe or Platinum Computers. The QL is a really useful card, it automatical …

Quick Loader Compact Card for Apple II computers

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

AttachmentSize Quick Loader Compact Card4 MB Quick Loader Compact Card2.9 MB Quick Loader Compact Card2.45 MB Quick Loader Compact Card2.73 MB Quick Loader Compact Card2.94 MB Quick Loader Compact Card2.81 MB QuikLoader Compact Card …

WTB looking for Sharp CE-510F (disk drive for Sharp PC-5000)

VCFed about 3 months ago

CE-510F or an equivalent 37-pin interface to a 5.25" disk drive. Used for Sharp PC-5000 and possibly other Sharp systems of early 1980s. …

Troubleshooting disk drive issue

Apple Fritter about 3 months ago

I have an Apple IIe that has stopped reading disks.  I was loading various disks that I had lying around to see what was on them and the system just stopped loading anything off the disk drive (duodisk).   Here is the steps I have taken so far:I examine …

Lisa I/O board with DELIBERATELY cut tracks

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello. I have bought an Apple Lisa 2/10, which does not turn on the CRT, and with an external display it indicates error 57 (disk Drive). On the I/O board I have seen that it has two tracks deliberately cut. It is normal? Should I fix them? …

Misc For Sale TRS-80, Mac, Etc.

VCFed about 4 months ago

I'm trying to tidy up my computer room, and would like for this stuff to go. A few items I've tried to sell here before (can't figure out how to edit or delete prior posts?), and some are new to here. I'll send pics on request, but I'm guessing there's not …

Repairing Small Broken Plastic Parts.

VCFed about 4 months ago

When plastic ages it hardens, and if it is in an application of some force transfer, it can fracture. I'm posting a plastic repair job here on a small sized item, not because it is part of a computer or disk drive , but to draw attention to three very hel …

8-bit acorn hardware • Failed model B - empty data bus.

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi All,I'm gradually working my way through the possible causes of a dead model B and I would appreciate the wisdom of the forum at this point.Story so far, I got hold of an issue7 model B a couple of months back, all working when I got it, RIFA capacitor …
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orange tantalum (?) caps in DEC equipment

VCFed about 5 months ago

Dear All! Anybody knows which values (voltage rating / capacity in uF) can be used as a replacement for these orange blobs that can be found in DEC equipment? As an example, I have here a RA72 disk drive which needs cap replacement. On the RA72 the ca …
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8-bit acorn hardware • Gotek in Master cardridge slot

Stardot about 5 months ago

Hi,I've just watched a video from the Centre of Computing History which included a really interesting piece on Acorn hardware...https://www.yout... the video there is an image of a Master with a Gotek mounted in a car …

Micropolis 1355 drive no head seek

VCFed about 5 months ago

I am trying to get a Micropolis 1355 Disk Drive to work. It was bought as new old stock. When I power it on, the drive spins up but the heads do not seek. I have read about a sticky bumper problem with a rubber bumper the heads sit against deteriorates and …

Tandy Portable Disk Drive 2 Service Manual eBay Fundme

VCFed about 5 months ago

My understanding is that this manual did not exist, partly due to schematics appearing in the operators manual. however, here it is: eBay Only US$399, plus shipping ? Such is the price of unobtanium. So, unless someone has a PDF, I might start a fundme c …

HP-85a w/ HP-IB Interface (82937A) POST Error 114

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi There. I have an HP-85a that works perfectly...except, I just recently purchased an HP-IB interface card for it so I could connect it to my HP 9121B disk drive. I have the 00085-15001 Mass Storage ROM in my ROM Drawer. When I power up the machine I g …

8-bit acorn hardware • 5.25" drive

Stardot about 5 months ago

It's been quite a while since I used this board - pleased to see that my account is still available!After having my old BBC B restored and spending a good bit of time playing through my old games on tape, I've been trying to get my old 5.25" disk games go …

IBM XT286 with IDE and CF-Card problems

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello, After in my old IBM XT286 (with the original BIOS from 04/21/86) the original MFM hard drive crashed, I replaced the original IBM Fixed Disk and Disk Drive Adapter with an M51505 A4 Mini Super IDE controller with a 256MB CF card. The floppy drives …

Compaq Portable 1 technical difficulties, I need to get an TexElec ISA IDE to SD Adapter working with it.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello everyone ! I am new here in this forum. English is not my main language, so I will try to do my best to express myself in a clear way. I just bought a Restored 1985 Compaq Portable PC and everything worked flawlessly until I have installed a new ISA …

Value of brand new, unopened Commodore PET 2001-8N found in basement

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have been hired to clean out an old lady's home recently. Her deceased husband worked in computer and seismic engineering fields and over the years accumulated a lot of electronics. While cleaning the basement, I came across various Commodore computers o …