After finding a BBC for sale in the US, I started to regain myNice - I hated BBC micros in school, probably because I was never allowed on them because I "already knew computers" but I saved one from a skip circa 20 years ago and, now I'm an old grunter, I've decided to explore it. It just made it to my desk last night after a short stint in the repair area (the loft). It's a good job it came in via the loft because the power supply burnt up a RIFA capacitor which *stunk*... Anyway, it's awaiting a colour composite mod and I will probably stick an ESP8266 serial-to-wifi inside it for BBSing.
collection, picking up a floppy drive, a modern real time clock
solution, gotek, so I don't need a hard drive, AMX mouse, printer and
other bits and bobs, I decided to start collecting other stuff I owned
or touched in my childhood.
So, what is in your retro collection and what bits are you looking for?
We might be able to help each other out, if not directly then via other groups we know.
Nice - I hated BBC micros in school, probably because I was never allowed on them because I "already knew computers" but I saved one from a skip circa 20 years ago and, now I'm an old grunter, I've decided to explore it. It just made it to my desk last night after a short stint in the repair area (the loft). It's a good job it came in via the loft because the power supply burnt up a RIFA capacitor which *stunk*... Anyway, it's awaiting a colour composite mod and I will probably stick an ESP8266 serial-to-wifi inside it for BBSing.
Have you done anything with the ROM sockets? I'm thinking of cobbling together something with battery backed SRAM so I can choose which "ROMs" to run at any given moment.
I was going to suggest Vela's BeeBS board to you but I can see you already found it :)
Got: BBC B, Acorn A3020, Pentium I laptop (does that count? It's a real pain finding an OS for it these days!)
Want: Would love a C64 again, not a lofty goal, but having seen a YouTube video recently where someone had new old stock of the C64 "Light Fantastic" edition, which is what I had (or rather shared) as a kid... that would be the absolute win.
Nigel Reed wrote to FSXNET.FSX_RETRO <=-
So, what is in your retro collection and what bits are you looking for?
We might be able to help each other out, if not directly then via other groups we know.
I've cleared out my collection but would love to find another Thinkpad
T43, a Thinkpad 600, one of those Toshibas with the gas plasma screens,
a Toshiba T1100, or a Compaq Portable II/III.
burnt up a RIFA capacitor which *stunk*... Anyway, it's awaiting a colour composite mod and I will probably stick an ESP8266 serial-to-wifi inside it
Anyway, it's awaiting a colour composite mod
Actually, why bother? You can get an RGB to SCART cable pretty cheap and then SCART to HDMI box. Works great on my 73" LCD TV. It even recognized my BBC as PAL.
Actually, why bother? You can get an RGB to SCART cable pretty cheap and then SCART to HDMI box. Works great on my 73" LCD TV. It even recognized my BBC as PAL.
I was thinking of doing something with the RGB but this particular pathway had not occurred to me. I might well do that - it would also pretty much complete my collection of converters and capture boxes :)
I already did the RIFAs, thanks - put some 450V polypropylene jobs in their place so they should out-last me...
I was thinking of doing something with the RGB but this particular pathway
The good thing about a SCART to HDMI box is that you can then get x to SCART cables for other retro machines and you're good to go.
I've seen RGB to HDMI adapters. What would be the advanrage of using SCART in this case instead of RGB? (I've never used SCART, so I'm just curious; I thought SCART was another analog TV connection standard)
I've seen RGB to HDMI adapters. What would be the advanrage of using SCART in this case instead of RGB? (I've never used SCART, so I'm just curious; I thought SCART was another analog TV connection standard)
Currently I have:
Really want an Apple II setup of somekind.
thought SCART was another analog TV connection standard)
For you, none, because SCART is just another analog TV connection standard, but it's used in Europe.
Currently;
Dolch PAC-60 486
C=64 / C=128 collections; 1541 drives, 1084S monitor, CRT television,
& m0re Apple IIe, TransWarp card, 4 disk drives, assorted stuffs
286 Laptop
Dell Pentium Windows 98 system
Jax-10 MID
So many ThinkPads...
Atari 400
Atari 800
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I sold 90% of my retro equipment in 2021
Still kept 5 Atari 800Xls
So many ThinkPads...
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So, what is in your retro collection and what bits are you looking for?
We might be able to help each other out, if not directly then via other groups we know.
Oh yes, I picked up an Osborne 1, the worlds first luggable computer.
That definitely needs a bit of TLC.
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Last but not least there's mid-size plasic box full of Sharp Pocket PCs and peripherals - tape interfaces, "docking bays" with thermal printer - because I loved those little handhelds and one of them is the reason I'm into all this madness...
In recent years I found my pleasure in building (soldering together) kits of 8 bit machines, some of them being replicas of originals, other being modern "new retro" systems like Spencer Owen's RC2014. You learn a lot from that.
So many ThinkPads...
install OS/2 on to one of them ;)
There's a C128D (plastic version, not CR) and two Amiga 1200s along with an Amiga 500 and a TI 99/4A in the shelf.
Nice collecton overall.
"new retro" systems like Spencer Owen's RC2014. You learn a lot fromthat.
I've been wanting to build this for fun, but there's a lot of componets that makes it pretty expensive.
I so want to get into Amiga - a 1200 would tickle my fancy so much. :P I'd settle for a 600, but... a1200 baby!
Thank you. I forgot to mention an Amiga 2000 and two ZX81 but that's all I have
So you are thinking of building it from scratch, like getting the PCBs off OSH Park and source all parts yourself?! I've seen people doing so but I guess getting a pre-packaged (not assembled) kit may be the less expensive option even if tax and customs come on top of the price. Buying CPUs and SIO chips from Mouser and the likes is quite costy. At least here in germany.
Also, there's a "SC-130" kit which is a compact version of a 18 MHz RC2014 and while being very powerful in terms of hardware, it cost only $65 - I got one here and it's running CP/M and Z-System at unbelievable speed ... vroom!
Did you keep any games?
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Yes, it's a nice machine and with a proper 68030 card like the Phase 5 Blizzard
it even runs NetBSD (although not very fast).
Yes, it's a nice machine and with a proper 68030 card like the Phase Blizzard
it even runs NetBSD (although not very fast).
Dude - I saw this, too... I've been playing with putting Unix-like OSes on a 486 and saw that Amiga's could run BSD, too. I'd certainly play around with it if I had access to one... soon enough.
Strangely enough, I have never been a gamer
paulie420 wrote to Niels Haedecke <=-
I so want to get into Amiga - a 1200 would tickle my fancy so much. :P
I'd settle for a 600, but... a1200 baby!
So, what is in your retro collection and what bits are you looking
for?
We might be able to help each other out, if not directly then via
other
groups we know.
So, what is in your retro collection and what bits are you looking
for?
We might be able to help each other out, if not directly then via
other
groups we know.
C64
Ultimate 64 Elite
Vic 20 x 2
T43 Thinkpad
TI99 4A
Atari 800
iMax G3
Classic Mac SE (Superdrive)
Bunch of old PCs
MiSTer
A500 Mini
I know some of those aren't retro per se, but do retro things!
Running out of room! But would like some more Atari for sure...
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All I have is a C64 that may have a host of issues or no issue at
all. I need an aftermarket power suppply since I've been told to not
trust any of the original ones. I've got most of what I need, I'm
just not set up to work on electronics in my apartment right now.
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I miss beige pizza boxes or desktop cases with a monitor sitting on top, like the Amiga 1000. Was never into the "computer in the keyboard case"
Strangely enough, I have never been a gamer
Wow - I was starting to feel like I was the only one who didn't do retro for the games! The odd thing is I've never been a sysop, either, so
I suppose you heared of "PiStorm" which is a small CPU replacement board containing the Wunderwaffe of computing, a Raspberry Pi to emulate any m68k CPU.
Keep in mind that NetBSD *requires* a MMU so if you decide to go hunting for an original accelerator card, make sure it has a MMU on it as well.
I remember that I ran the UNIX version of "DayDream BBS" on NetBSD 3.1
on my A1200 and ist worked.
I miss beige pizza boxes or desktop cases with a monitor sitting on top, like the Amiga 1000. Was never into the "computer in the keyboard case" look of some of the Amigas.
Apple IIe, TransWarp card, 4 disk drives, assorted stuffs
Re: What's in your retro closet? By: Bf2K+ to Bob Worm on Tue Feb
27 2024 23:20:24
Hi, Bf2K+.
Strangely enough, I have never been a gamer
Wow - I was starting to feel like I was the only one who didn't do
retro for the games! The odd thing is I've never been a sysop,
either, so sometimes I struggle to explain what I actually do with
the old hardware other than fix it.
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Vic 20 x 2That was the very first computer system I had ever had in the family, then we went with an IBM PC Clone called the Tandy 1000... very decent computer system but very bare bones and when I upgraded to 640k and a 50 MB hard drive I was stoked...
That was the very first computer system I had ever had
in the family, then we
went with an IBM PC Clone called the Tandy 1000... very
decent computer system
but very bare bones and when I upgraded to 640k and a 50
MB hard drive I was
stoked...
Hi,
I don't have much old hardware anymore, but what I do have is an old
pentium 4 system with 4 gigs of ram and a 40 gig hd. It does have one
serial port and one parallel port on the board. I do not know if they
have dos drivers for the onboard nic though. It is one of the last
Dell models with a 32 bit processor though. It might be able to run
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Did you have the original Tandy 1000 model or one of the later modelsI think it was a Tandy 1000 SX and that was the one I upgraded and used for some time then went out and did something similar to you and went with a 486 which was the system I used for BBS'ing and sysop'ing... now I use the Intel based Mac's as my daily driver at home as I don't really do much gaming and it does everything that I needed it to do.
with a suffix?
I think it was a Tandy 1000 SX and that was the one I upgraded and used for some time then went out and did something similar to you
and went with a 486
I think it was a Tandy 1000 SX and that was the one I upgraded and used for some time then went out and did something similar to youAccording to what I was able to find via the interwebs, the Tandy 1000 sounds were slightly better than the IBM speaker sounds but ya, my sound card of choice was always SoundBlaster.... DrSBAITSO my friend! :grin:
and went with a 486
computers sounded so much worse in so many games. (until everyone got Adlib/Soundblasters)
According to what I was able to find via the interwebs,
the Tandy 1000 sounds
were slightly better than the IBM speaker sounds but ya, my sound card of choice was always SoundBlaster.... DrSBAITSO my friend! :grin:
That Tandy sound was enough to make Sierra games sound pretty good! I played a lot of Space Quest and King's Quest and Police Quest on myThose Sierra On-Line games are a blast from the past... I played a couple of the King's Quest ones as well as Space Quest and Leisure Suit Larry LOL! Manhunter too was pretty fun to play and I also remember purchasing/ordering hint books for those games too.
Tandy 1000HX.
Dr Sbaitso is so much cooler than ChatGPT could ever hope to be!
Those Sierra On-Line games are a blast from the past...
I played a couple of the King's Quest ones as well as Space Quest and A> Leisure Suit Larry LOL! Manhunter too was pretty fun to play and I also A> remember purchasing/ordering hint books for those games too.
I specifically recall Police Quest games requiring you to have read the manuals -which were procedural manuals and hintbooks in
disguise. If you read
them and played the game according to it, you had an easier time making progress and earning points. Sierra Games were also
famous for killing you,
at least compared to Lucasarts adventure games.
What is a C=64 light fantastic?
Re: What's in your retro closet?
By: Ed Vance to Bob Worm on Wed Mar 27 2024 21:53:44
Hi, Ed.
What is a C=64 light fantastic?
It was a package that Commodore release for Christmas 1989 which
coupled one of the later model C64s with a light gun and a handful of games. I am struggling to remember which games actually worked with
the light gun, there was definitely Robocop and some game that had a
clay pigeon shooting level?
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