MARCH frequently asked questions -- updated August 1, 2009 1. What is MARCH? MARCH is a user group for people who enjoy using antique/vintage computers. Our...
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David Gesswein
dgesswein
Aug 1, 2010 3:00 pm
... Thanks for the offer. Somebody else had already claimed it....
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Evan Koblentz
evan947
Aug 1, 2010 4:23 pm
Taking a day off....
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Kelly D. Leavitt
kb2syd
Aug 2, 2010 4:09 pm
Epson Equity 1 plus 2 or more generic XT clones at least one 286 clone several 386 clones Just come get them in Wantage, NJ. Beer money would be nice, but not...
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telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 4:22 am
Hello everyone, We have a small retro gaming event coming up and I'm struggling to get some old stuff working. Kaypro II I pulled out of storage. In mint...
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systems_glitch
systems.glitch
Aug 3, 2010 4:39 am
The PC drive will be jumpered for drive 1 (as opposed to drive 0)...if you can find the documentation for the drive, you can usually change this. Likewise, you...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 4:55 am
I went thru repairing several drives on mine - it's a chore. If the drive is spinning and you have no Drive LED swap out the config jumpers. They always have a...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 2:38 pm
... Ah okay. I'll check into it. I looked briefly this morning, and tried to remove the factory drives. They are mounted in there pretty good, so it looks like...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 2:39 pm
Anyone know where I might find TRS-80 model 4 games in IMD format? I've got some in a different (dsk) format for emulators. I don't know the recipie to use...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 2:43 pm
I did this w/o removing the monitor You'll need a right angle alan wrench =Dan...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 2:47 pm
but remove the motherboard first :)...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 3:00 pm
... Oddly, the right angle one that would fit, seems to be missing :-) Gotta hate that!...
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Kelly D. Leavitt
kb2syd
Aug 3, 2010 3:47 pm
Do you have a PC that supports 360k disks and can run one of the emulators? If so, load up the emulator, mount the disk image, and diskcopy it back out. Or,...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 3:50 pm
... The PC with the 360k has no windows loaded on it. So I don't know if the emulators will run on MS-DOS. Putdisk didn't seem like it would write out the disk...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 5:20 pm
I think I hear the Tandy man...... Aug.3,1977: Tandy TRS-80 model I released http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/08/0803trs-80-computer-launch Let's hear...
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Mike Loewen
mloewen16823
Aug 3, 2010 5:26 pm
... I'm sorry, but that doesn't scan at all... Mike Loewen mloewen@... Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/...
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Timothy J Fagan
timsternc
Aug 3, 2010 5:33 pm
Meter is apparently unimportant to this parody! LOL Very creative though. Happy TRS-80 model I Day everyone! --Tim-- Sent from my iPhone...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 5:35 pm
... aaww Mike, it's all in jest...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 7:22 pm
Okay, I hooked up the 360K floppy after moving the jumper from DS1 to DS0 and it does not seek upon powering on the kaypro II. It was the only drive on the...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Aug 3, 2010 7:32 pm
did you move the terminator? Bill Degnan ... drive...
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telmnstr@...
telmnstr
Aug 3, 2010 7:39 pm
... No. Drive light would come on without that, I'd figure? Data bus might be noisy tho?...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Aug 3, 2010 7:48 pm
I'd have to see inside, but if you only have one drive on the chain, you need a terminator in there. Sounds like you have a Mboard problem though if I were to...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 8:17 pm
I don't like starting without a known tested floppy drive first. This can get frustrating if you don't. You said that you swapped between the original A 'n B...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 3, 2010 8:48 pm
... improvising never hurts :) ... Bill !! Since you're the aficionado of Stringy Floppies when are we making a Tandy man music video ?? Lay down some good...
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Christian Liendo
christian_li...
Aug 4, 2010 1:05 pm
This is sooooooo cool.... Now all we need is a C64 version. The binary file for emulators ...
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Dan Roganti
ragoo_sauce
Aug 4, 2010 1:35 pm
cooool.....thanks for the headsup I'm downloading this =Dan On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Christian Liendo <christian_liendo@......
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Aug 4, 2010 1:53 pm
Is anyone interested in a vintage computer workshop on August 28th/29th? There is no required system or theme. At the moment I plan to work on my DEC PDP...
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Systems Glitch
systems.glitch
Aug 4, 2010 2:06 pm
If I can make it, perhaps we can try and get your Cromemco ZPU board running again! Jonathan On Wed, 4 Aug 2010 09:53:29 -0400 ... -- Systems Glitch...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Aug 4, 2010 2:09 pm
Sure, that'd be great too. Bill Bill Degnan ... running again! ... 28th/29th? ... my...
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Bill Degnan
billdeg
Aug 4, 2010 2:23 pm
We could also work on the Micropolis drives and VG controller, etc if you wanted to. Bill Degnan ... running again! ... 28th/29th? ... my...
