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I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« on: January 09, 2008, 11:26:52 PM »
HERE!

Oh man, I just know this is a steal. I'll be able to get it working just fine. Not quite an Amiga killer, but my 128 sure is an Amiga killer  :-P
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2008, 11:31:48 PM »
Looks a little busticated.
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2008, 11:34:54 PM »
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Looks a little busticated.


Naah, looks like an easy fix to me. These old computers have electrolytic capacitors that dry up or leak. Open her up, spend a weekend replacing capacitors, re-seat socketed chips and it should be good to go. It "not working" is probably why I got it so cheap. I've already rejuvinated an old Televideo TS803H this way. The picture shows me the monitor works and it is not total DOA. Piece of cake. :-D
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2008, 11:39:42 PM »
Congrats !!!!
As always everything is outside Australia...  :-(
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2008, 12:03:12 AM »
it looks way before my time... what exactly is it? i think dr who may have put it on ebay?
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2008, 12:03:48 AM »
I agree with RED, other than the Monitor and the Harddrive, I expect everything can probably still be replaced.
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2008, 12:22:18 AM »
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Kaypro 10, a luggable computer. Before there were laptops, there were luggables.
4Mhz 8bit processor
64K RAM
5.25 floppy drive
10MB hard drive
9" green screen (monochrome) monitor, 80x24 text
CP/M operating system

The Kaypro 10 was introduced in 1983, back before Microsoft had any real foothold in the computer market. Back then CP/M was the standard OS for business. It is hotly debated, but truth be told MS-DOS is a ripoff of CP/M which would probably be illegal if it was released under today's laws.

A cool thing is my C128 also runs CP/M, so I can run the same program on my 128 as I do on my Kaypro and my Televideo :-D
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2008, 12:27:36 AM »
Z80 @ 4mhz baby!!

Contiki port?
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #8 on: January 10, 2008, 12:33:24 AM »
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Contiki port?


I don't think a CP/M Contiki port ever happened. However, a buddy of mine has a made a functional tcp/ip for cp/m among other goodies :-)
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #9 on: January 10, 2008, 12:34:57 AM »
Nice machine ! :-D
...My wife said she will remove my testicles if I buy another computer...
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2008, 01:09:32 AM »
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a buddy of mine has a made a functional tcp/ip for cp/m among other goodies


Sweet! Thats a good friend to have. Link?
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2008, 01:21:50 AM »
Yeah, man that is pretty sweet.
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2008, 03:40:44 AM »
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a buddy of mine has a made a functional tcp/ip for cp/m among other goodies


Sweet! Thats a good friend to have. Link?


http://tcp.dr.ea.ms/
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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2008, 04:08:45 AM »
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A cool thing is my C128 also runs CP/M, so I can run the same program on my 128 as I do on my Kaypro and my Televideo :-D


Don't you mean 'I can read the same disks on my 128 as I do on my Kaypro and my Televideo'? Or do these machines all use the same CPU? Isn't the 128 a 6502 (variant), meaning it won't run Z80 binaries?

I remember people touting one of the pluses of MS-DOS was that you could read the same disk on whatever computer was running it, as opposed to CP/M which was meant to be the case, but just wasn't because everyone had their own implementation of CP/M. Microsoft just standardised one variant from the bunch.

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Re: I just bought one sweet, sweet computer!
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2008, 04:34:47 AM »
Is that milspec?
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