Re: Apple IIe addendum
These machines used at least two different key switches, that I've seen. I've been looking for a broken key switch and the one a friend had was different. Mine has a broken post on one key. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of drlegendre via cctalk Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2018 7:31:50 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Apple IIe addendum Folks, Yay, I was wrong! The IC seems to be OK, the issue was a stuck-on kb switch. A quirk of the Apple design causes the last-pressed key to repeat continuously if any key is being held 'on'. That leaves me needing two kb switches and possibly one 'tilde' key. This is the beige IIe kb with small black print. Thanks for the space, Bill
Apple IIe addendum
Folks, Yay, I was wrong! The IC seems to be OK, the issue was a stuck-on kb switch. A quirk of the Apple design causes the last-pressed key to repeat continuously if any key is being held 'on'. That leaves me needing two kb switches and possibly one 'tilde' key. This is the beige IIe kb with small black print. Thanks for the space, Bill
TeleVideo Systems stuff
After VCFMW this year, I've been looking at old projects I have and was wondering if anyone has any leads on TeleVideo systems. I'm looking for TS-800 terminals/systems, and interested in probably any 1980s Televideo terminals, depending on price, especially the 950, and 965s... and keyboards for them. I'd also like to find a TPC-II (the 8088-based portable computer). I used to have one growing up, and there's a bit of nostalgia there. It seems like there's more Televideo stuff lately than I remember being on eBay before, but it's all fairly expensive, especially the computers. I have picked up a few affordable things (970 & 965 terminals missing some keyboards and a TS-803 that I'm still waiting on). I have a couple of TS-801's, TS-806C and a TS-816 that are in various states of repair, that I've been poking at. I also have various Qbus era DEC stuff that I could probably trade for it. Any leads would be appreciated! Thanks, Pat
Iso: Apple IIe parts
Folks, A neglected Apple IIe showed up in my life, and now I find myself needing a few parts. Specifically: - AY-5-3600 keyboard encoder IC - Several key studs, maybe a couple of keys Anyone have a donor machine? Bill
Reminder: VCF Pacific Northwest 2019 - We need you!
The short story: we need exhibitors, speakers and volunteers to have an event. We are off to a good start but we all know time flies when you are having fun, and March isn't that far away. When: Saturday and Sunday, March 23rd-24th 2019 Where: Seattle, WA at Living Computers:museum+labs Event page: http://vcfed.org/vcf-pnw Pictures from 2018: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QPfZ4WXPdIdUo5gn2 Exhibitor registration: http://vcfed.org/wp/vcf-pnw-exhibitor-registration/ Have a question? Nervous about being a first time exhibitor? Want to help but don't know how? Send me an email ... I'd be happy to talk to you. -Mike mbbrut...@brutman.com or mich...@vcfed.org
Re: Wanted: tech docs on original Iomega 8-inch full height 10MB Bernoulli drive (Alpha-10)
Hi Eric, I have working 10MB and 20MB units here being driven by a PC XT with the Iomega specific card for them. I've had to puts lots of effort into cleaning the heads on them. I'm not sure if there is an oxide shedding problem or just 30 years of dust that I'm fighting, but they do seem to be very finicky at this stage. It also could be a media formatting problem; I think they have servo tracks that were laid down at manufacturing time, so if you have a read error on the servo track there is no way to fix it. Mike On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 9:34 AM Eric Smith via cctalk wrote: > Does anyone have the user, technical and/or service manual for the original > 10MB Iomega Bernoulli drives? Bitsavers has the manuals for the later > half-height 10.0/10.5 MB "Alpha-10H", but I'm looking for docs for the > original model, which was full-height with a SASI (pre-SCSI) interface. > > I have the drives, about 20 cartridges that I want to image, and some > additional scratch cartridges. > > I've never used Bernoulli drives before. These drives and cartridges were > last used around 1986. I'll disconnect and test the power supply before > powering up the actual drives, but is there anything else I should be > concerned with? > > Does anyone have known-working 8-inch Bernoulli drives? >
