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[Rachel-Emma]

These pictures were taken by me today of my Dads 130XE that he bought when the computer was released in 1985. It has been stored away for some time and has not had any power through it for at least 12 years as he had a few problems with it. I am hoping to get it fixed though.

If anyone can tell me what upgrades have been done to this board, please come forward  

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[orpheuswaking]

Looks like some kind of OS switcher, but hell if I know what the DB25 port is for (some early kind of SIO2PC maybe?)

[Sub(Function(:))]

DB 25 could be a printer i/F. Looks like a second PIA there

[sloopy]

that is a printer port as the wiring looks right for a standard PC par port... the rom is probly for the driver...

sloopy.

[flashjazzcat]

Here's another photo, which shows what appears to be a red PCB dangling at the front of the case:



EDIT: Ah - if that isn't the connector at the top right of the second photo!

Edited by flashjazzcat, Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:11 PM.

[sloopy]

top right in second photo looks like a multi-position switch FJC...

sloopy.

[flashjazzcat]

sloopy, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:29 PM, said:

top right in second photo looks like a multi-position switch FJC...

A sensible assumption.

[Rachel-Emma]

flashjazzcat, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:33 PM, said:

sloopy, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:29 PM, said:

top right in second photo looks like a multi-position switch FJC...

A sensible assumption.

Yes you are both correct  

[russg]

Rachel-Emma, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:18 AM, said:

These pictures were taken by me today of my Dads 130XE that he bought when the computer was released in 1985. It has been stored away for some time and has not had any power through it for at least 12 years as he had a few problems with it. I am hoping to get it fixed though.

If anyone can tell me what upgrades have been done to this board, please come forward  

The Atari chip on the board is an OS.

[tf_hh]

Hi,

flashjazzcat, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:08 PM, said:

Here's another photo, which shows what appears to be a red PCB dangling at the front of the case:

This  is an internal Centronics / Parallelport solution for using a standard  Centronics printer. There´s a second PIA installed over the existing one  (the second PIA is a 6821, which is nearly the same line 6520). The  eprom and OS ROM adaptor PCB contains a special OS version with a modded  "P:" handler, so every program that prints data to "P:" automatically  works with the expansion.

I found this article from Erich Hauer (sorry - only in german) with schematics.

Hope that helps, Juergen

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Edited by tf_hh, Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:21 AM.

[Tickled_Pink]

Could be an original Cupid? Suppose it depends on when it got its upgrade. The UK scene was pretty vibrant just before your dad put it into storage. So it could have been fitted or supplied  later by someone like Derek Fern or Dean Gerraghty.

I have a Cupid interface one in one of my XLs but I'm pretty sure that the PIA is piggy-backed in that. Mine is undoubtedly a more recent hack job, probably from internet documents.

[Rachel-Emma]

Tickled_Pink, on Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:47 AM, said:

Could be an original Cupid? Suppose it depends on when it got its upgrade. The UK scene was pretty vibrant just before your dad put it into storage. So it could have been fitted or supplied  later by someone like Derek Fern or Dean Gerraghty.

I believe the guy that fitted and made this was a guy known as "Jaffa" aka Ian Halliwell. He nearly got caught in the 80's because he made excellent duplicate copies of the US Doubler.

[flashjazzcat]

Rachel-Emma, on Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:57 AM, said:

I believe the guy that fitted and made this was a guy known as "Jaffa" aka Ian Halliwell. He nearly got caught in the 80's because he made excellent duplicate copies of the US Doubler.

I understand he also had a sideline in counterfeit cakes... ahem.

[Rachel-Emma]

flashjazzcat, on Fri Jun 24, 2011 3:24 AM, said:

Rachel-Emma, on Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:57 AM, said:

I believe the guy that fitted and made this was a guy known as "Jaffa" aka Ian Halliwell. He nearly got caught in the 80's because he made excellent duplicate copies of the US Doubler.

I understand he also had a sideline in counterfeit cakes... ahem.

heehee   something like that