Vintage Computers

The_Hobbit said:
Tried them... and RS...
I'll gladly even do a through-hole and make one with breadboard, but the 16-way part is the hard bit it seems.

*EDIT* Seems I can get them from Amazon. Shipping a bit rough at $35 but it is what it is...

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Give me a minute... wanna check something
 
Slowly building my collection. I've started repairing old retro computers and building diagnostic boards and accessories mainly for the Commodore range.


So far in my collection (All bought faulty and repaired)
Commodore C116
Commodore 16
Commodore Plus 4
Commodore 64
Commodore VIC-20
Amiga 500
ZX Spectrum 16k
ZX Spectrum 48k
ZX Spectrum 128k +2 Grey
ZX Spectrum 128k
ZX Spectrum Harlequin (ZX Speccy with modern PCB and components)
Acorn Atom
Atari 2600
Macintosh IIsI (Still trying to repair this one with very bad battery leakage.)

Also trying to get a BBC Micro but they are hard to get at decent prices.
 
jannievanzyl said:
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I used the equivalent Olivetti, the M21. If I had swung it around nonchalantly like that I would have ended up in the casualty ward - it was heavy. Visiting a client meant picking the nearest possible parking to reception.

On the plus side, some of the software that I developed on it is still in use. These days it is obviously subject to different compilers, added GUIs and in some cases a bit of f2c action.
 
garyc said:
On the plus side, some of the software that I developed on it is still in use.
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Imagine a world where you'll have to discontinue software developed with a specific compiler, and have to rewrite the same software for use with a new compiler every time a new compiler or software language is developed and released...
 
The_Librarian said:
Imagine a world where you'll have to discontinue software developed with a specific compiler, and have to rewrite the same software for use with a new compiler every time a new compiler or software language is developed and released...
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It seems like a lot of software from the distant past is still in use - particularly that which was written with portability in mind.
 
gregmcc said:
Slowly building my collection. I've started repairing old retro computers and building diagnostic boards and accessories mainly for the Commodore range.


So far in my collection (All bought faulty and repaired)
Commodore C116
Commodore 16
Commodore Plus 4
Commodore 64
Commodore VIC-20
Amiga 500
ZX Spectrum 16k
ZX Spectrum 48k
ZX Spectrum 128k +2 Grey
ZX Spectrum 128k
ZX Spectrum Harlequin (ZX Speccy with modern PCB and components)
Acorn Atom
Atari 2600
Macintosh IIsI (Still trying to repair this one with very bad battery leakage.)

Also trying to get a BBC Micro but they are hard to get at decent prices.
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Nice! Not many Acorn Atoms around.

I've got a fair amount of diagnostics stuff for the Commodore machines, maybe drop me a message or mail. not too difficult to figure out my email :)

I've got a few different Acorn systems, including a couple of BBC model Bs. Where are you based?
 
garyc said:
I used the equivalent Olivetti, the M21. If I had swung it around nonchalantly like that I would have ended up in the casualty ward - it was heavy. Visiting a client meant picking the nearest possible parking to reception.

On the plus side, some of the software that I developed on it is still in use. These days it is obviously subject to different compilers, added GUIs and in some cases a bit of f2c action.
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The M21 is significantly more modern though (1986 system with 8086 and 640KB of RAM vs the 1981 Osborne's Z80 with 64KB of RAM - but just shows how quickly things developed), though it weighed nearly the same. :)
 
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