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  3. Posted

    I'm trying to fix a 1982 TRON full-size upright unit that won't power up. I checked the wall socket and there's definitely power flowing through there. 

     

    The only fuses I haven't checked yet are the larger ones on the power board (the 6A and 10A ones). Any tips on how to remove these larger fuses? Any potential hazards? (I'm fairly new at coin-op power trouble-shooting).

     

    This machine was powered on successfully about a month ago and has just been sitting idle and unplugged in a climate-controlled indoor space.

     

    https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-videogames/T/Tron.pdf

     

     

  6. Posted

    Hmmm.... Not sure if BIOS manufacturers kept track of or listed their clients. Usually they'd look at things at the motherboard level. 

     

    I had a thought though. You could do searches on ebay for DOS computers. And you could always glean issues of Byte and PC Magazine for ads and other listings of PCs from yesteryear. 

     

    I suppose I should add the Mindset computer to that list above.

  10. Posted

    I suppose you could start searching by manufacturer (including ones other than the obvious Compaqs, Tandys, and HPs of the world):

     

    ALR (Advanced Logic Research)

    AST

    NEC (including the PC-88 and PC-98 lines)

    Comtex

    Daewoo

    Packard Bell

    Wang

    Olivetti

    Kaypro

    Sanyo

    Emerson

    Dynalogic

    Toshiba

    IMS

    BSR

    Profex

    Dolch

    Digital

    MPC

    Leading Edge

    SEGA (if you count the 80286 in the Teradrive).

     

    Some more machines here:

    https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/302/1188

    https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/302/1186

    https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/302/1189

    https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/302/1197

     

     

    You could also search by BIOS manufacturer:

     

    American Megatrends

    Phoenix

    Award

    etc...

     

  13. Posted · Edited by Nebulon

    I'm using one of those Atari 800XL to composite cables on a Magnavox 8CM515 and it looks stellar. 

     

    The 8CM515 is the more squareish version of the Commodore 1084.

     

    The A8 certainly deserved its own monitor though. That might have helped them make the inroads into the business and educational sectors that they were trying for.

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    I'm more used to the look of the color artifact version of the game:

     

    Here's some other gooders:

    Shock Trooper:

     

    Grabber:

     

    Downland:

     

    Galagon:

     

    Hall of the King II:

     

    F-16:

     

    Starship Chameleon:

     

    Cashman:

     

    Time Bandit:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  18. Posted

    42 minutes ago, Osgeld said:

     

    does anyone really enjoy that? XP is truely a garbage OS that people only love due to it being around their entire childhood or stockholm syndrome

     

    it was piggy when it came out and did nothing better than 2k, it held back any modern hardware it was installed on when it died, and it had more holes than swiss cheese which just made it run even slower when they plugged another cork in the rotting corpse

     

    but it had that useless fugly UI and that down syndrome dog going for it 

    XP was slightly easier to troubleshoot from an I.T. perspective than 2000. I like both 2000 and XP though.

     

    By the time XP SP3 was released, it was a nice solid OS. I have zero complaints about it, and this is after supporting it for corporate I.T. (for over 6000 employees) for 5 years. 

     

    Oh, and I like the look of the UI. As for functionality, it kicks the crap out of 8 and 10.

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  22. Posted

    Step 1) Become a dentist (or SQL or Oracle database admin) or some other high-paying profession.

     

    Step 2) Put money aside for your arcade dream.

     

    Step 3) Get to know as many 'arcade repair techs' as you can.

     

    Step 4) Build a massive heated garage to store and maintain the machines in the meantime.

     

    Step 5) Be constantly on the lookout for good deals on arcade machines.

     

    Step 6) Get a good deal on rental space in a good location for your arcade (i.e. close to lots of food vendors and retail space).

     

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  24. Posted

    You could:

     

    - Run MAME32 v.35 on it and play classic 80s arcade games.

     

    - Mess around with Photoshop CS2 or an old version of Illustrator.

     

    - Run LightWave 5.6 and experiment with the neat-o Hypervoxel textures (and other textures that are fairly unique to that version of the software).

     

    - Cleanly rip audio to MP3 using AudioCatalyst or other similar apps from the early 2000s.

     

    - Record audio with an old version of Sound Forge or Acid (back when they were owned by Sonic Foundry).

     

    - Burn audio CDs reliably (if you're still using CDs).

     

    - Use old computer emulators on it (like the Tandy Color Computer 2 and 3 emulators).

    http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80/mirrors/www.discover-net.net/~dmkeil/coco/index.htm

    or maybe an older version of AppleWin:

    https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/

     

    - Simply enjoy having an XP32 machine around.

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