19 May
2016
19 May
'16
6:02 p.m.
At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot recently.
My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native MS-DOS
machine with a real serial port for work on some vintage broadcast hardware.
I need to dig out the three CP/M machines (Osborne 1, Kaypro 4-84, Kaypro 1) and see if
they will play, as they have not been booted in about a decade.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
19 May
19 May
6:14 p.m.
On Thu, 19 May 2016, Dale H. Cook wrote:
At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
I've also got an Osborne (Executive) that I hadn't run for a while. I was
pleasantly surprised to find that it, too, came right up after maybe a 10
or 15 year retirement. I was even more surprised to find that every bit of
media that came with it is STILL GOOD. Wow!
The only trouble with it is that occasionally the video starts to roll. If
the machine is not too warm, I can usually get 10 or 15 minutes out of it.
Probably needs some capacitors replaced ... I ought to open it up and have
a look.
Best,
Sean
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot
recently.
My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native MS-DOS
machine with a real serial port for work on some vintage broadcast hardware.
I need to dig out the three CP/M machines (Osborne 1, Kaypro 4-84, Kaypro 1) and see if
they will play, as they have not been booted in about a decade.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
6:25 p.m.
On 19 May 2016, at 23:02, Dale H. Cook <radiotest
at juno.com> wrote:
At 04:57 PM 5/19/2016, Austin Pass wrote:
Loving that PPC640 - a system that entirely passed me by! I have an Amstrad CPC6128 which
is a cool little micro, although the 3" drive in mine needs servicing. I bought the
*very last* (eBay emphasis, not author's own) rubber belts to do this back in 2007.
Wonder if they're still good?
-Austin.
Systems we've neglected or failed to boot
recently.
My Amstrad PPC-640 gets booted a couple-few times a year when I need a native MS-DOS
machine with a real serial port for work on some vintage broadcast hardware.
I need to dig out the three CP/M machines (Osborne 1, Kaypro 4-84, Kaypro 1) and see if
they will play, as they have not been booted in about a decade.
Dale H. Cook, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
Osborne 1 / Kaypro 4-84 / Kaypro 1 / Amstrad PPC-640
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/index.html
7:11 p.m.
On 19/05/2016 23:25, "Austin Pass" <austinpass at gmail.com> wrote:
Loving that PPC640 - a system that entirely passed me by! I have an Amstrad
CPC6128 which is a cool little micro, although the 3" drive in mine needs
servicing. I bought the *very last* (eBay emphasis, not author's own) rubber
belts to do this back in 2007. Wonder if they're still good?
Last ones?! EVAR?!1one. Horrors. Don't tell Modern-Radio-Bolton otherwise
the belts I bought recently for my Commodore C2N/1530s etc might evaporate
in a puff of logic
;)
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