22 Jul
2006
22 Jul
'06
2:27 p.m.
I've got a friend who was reminiscing his old days in computing, and
was thinking he'd like to have his old Tandy PC-2 again. Does anyone
I've seen a number on E-bay over the last few months, I don't think
they're that rare... What is rare is the RS232 interface, and ever rarer
the 140 key user-definable keyboard (I am half-looking for the latter).
have one they're looking to part with (a Sharp
PC-1500 would also
suffice)? I'd like one that's cosmetically clean, has the
cassette/plotter base and manuals. If you have one you're looking to
Be warned that the plotter uses one of those little 4-pen Alps mechanisms
we were talking about recently, and that the motor pinions have almost
certainly cracked by now.
And FWIW, I do have the technical manual (scheamtics, ROM calls, etc) for
the PC1500 sysstem. I think the service manuals for the PC2 version are
on the web somewhere.
-tony