vintagecomputer.ca
Vintage computer collector and maintainer of https://vintagecomputer.ca I was previously known as "MrGoodBits" on Twitter.
I'll be posting various pics of mostly historical computers from my vintage computer collection.
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For the Cyborg ISAAC, ISAAC was an acronym for "Integrated System for Automated Acquisition and Control". Basically a fancy Digital to Analog and Analog to Digital control unit. Here is a good example of how it could be used: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16346462/
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It's an awesome chip tester. The only drawback is that it doesn't have a power switch. That would have been nice.
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Most Mindset titles are very graphic and video centric as that was the market they were going after. Unfortunately, my base model Mindset cannot run some. Later models had more memory. Mindset DOS was 2.11 but I installed MS-DOS 3.3 instead. Not sure if most can run from HD as it came too late.
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I couldn't name more than 5 people with a Mindset. That said, I did have to reproduce the SASI Controller interface from pictures and a schematic recently found to get one of the many parts needed to get a hard drive to work. I might do a serial cartridge too at some point.
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The Mindset computer add-ons are cartridges. The serial port is a cartridge and not built in. I don't have that cartridge so I don't have much of a choice :)
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You might find this directory of interest: vintagecomputer.ca/files/Commod... Good luck with your repair.
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Hackaday had a good article here. hackaday.com/tag/mos-7600/
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Good point. I'm not sure I tried the original 90° tank mouse with this set up.
The PEB adds much needed functionality to the TI 99/4a so it makes sense to reproduce. I'm not sure 1060 adds much functionality as it just PC clone-ifies an Amiga and it's not all that useful in this day and age.
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I could see why the A1600 was that size. It had to fit the power supply and have room for the full size ISA cards. Connecting it to the expansion port on the side with the joystick ports is always <sarcasm>fun</sarcasm> :)
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Yes, similar to an NCR keyboard I have. I thought it had light keys but I wonder if I could borrow the D key while I work on this because that missing ley is driving me crazy!
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Well, I found this ad for LJ Electronics, at least. Now I remember what looked similar. The EMMA single board computer. That TINA does look sweet though.
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Thank you. That gives me lots to look into. It's a very interesting design. Hopefully I can find some docs. If not, I'll have to plug it in and see what happens :)
Thanks again.👍
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They are a little thicker and I believe they were sheet metal just going by the weight and the fact that Commodore had a metal office furniture production facility that also made the cases. Not 100% sure though but regular metal makes sense.
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One thing not easily visible in that picture is how tall the heat sinks are. They are quite tall. This is a different 2001-8 but same thing.
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The computer is rated on the back at 1.1 amps.
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It has fallen on me a couple of times just opening it to take a look at the internals. The earliest model I've seen had one on each side. Mine has the holes for the right support but they got cheap and left it off of this one. Even with two supports it isn't great. The kickstand is MUCH better.
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You will not know how you did without one. I highly recommend it for a number of different systems.
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I often have four computers out but they are usually open and being worked on or waiting for parts. I keep one on display/for use at any one time. For now, it's the Commodore 8296D.
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No Retro Chip Tester Pro? It will read these.
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I wish you luck on that. Most of these watches have the Commodore logo wiped off. I was lucky to find one with a logo still clearly visible.
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I was close to buying one once but not close enough to actually have one :( I can always keep my eyes peeled but asking prices are way out of line these days.
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It does not have a 4004 in it. If it did, it would be even better :)
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If you don't care for the lower case characters, I can send you a shipping address to take it off your hands ;) Very nice indeed!
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I fixed a friends by removing and re-inserting the firmware EPROM. Hopefully it's not a custom chip.
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What's wrong with it? Best of luck.
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I have two Victor 9000s. A dual floppy model and a hard drive model. I am a fan!
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You've prompted me to revisit my Sony OA-S3400 Word Processor soon. I don't have the proper monitor so I wonder if that's what stopped me from making it work last time.