> On 19 May 2016, at 23:02, Dale H. Cook <radiot...@juno.com> wrote: > > 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 >
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.
