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Offline D76

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« on: July 08, 2006, 03:15:16 PM »
Just found this "vintage" computer forum. Subjects include Mac systems going back to 6, at least; the Apple I and ][; the TRS-80 and even the Commodore.

The board doesn't appear to be heavily trafficked, but clicking on a forum heading then scrolling to the bottom and changing threads to From Beginning hauls up a lot of older ones, which could help if you're looking to solve a problem already discussed.

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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2006, 04:21:54 PM »
right down my alley
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2006, 09:13:15 AM »
Don't get me started on all the old computers in my basement; occasionally this has been useful though: At one time I had a CP/M system with a working 8" floppy drive that I used to copy old data for some researchers at KU.  Made some money on that but didn't feel right charging a lot for it!  It's the file format's that are sometimes a problem: Old OS 7 and before had some strange old files that aren't always easy to translate.

This is another website with some similar info that I had bookmarked:

http://oldcomputers.net/index.html
« Last Edit: July 11, 2006, 11:01:44 AM by gunug »
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2006, 03:59:14 PM »
i enjoyed oldcomputers.com for some time
found it very interesting

what does your basement look like gunug? haha
mom's yelling at me to get rid of the macs already
i need some more table space i think
lol

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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2006, 09:44:44 AM »
My basement is entirely hopeless; I have a long term project of emptying it out to the point I can actually get into it to see what's there.  I have Commodore 64's and Kaypro's as well as an S-100 computer system with a blown power supply that came with both 8" and 5-1/4" Floppy Drives!
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