Univac 1701 Keypunch Keyboard
In the last few weeks, I happened on a vintage Univac keyboard from a 1701 Kyepunch. I had seen one in my travels at Deskthority.net, a keyboard enthusiasts web community and it did pique...
In the last few weeks, I happened on a vintage Univac keyboard from a 1701 Kyepunch. I had seen one in my travels at Deskthority.net, a keyboard enthusiasts web community and it did pique...
As a Commodore fan, finding and acquiring a Commodore SuperPET was something that I have been looking forward to doing for a long time. There are many pages that talk about Commodore SuperPET specifications...
I love finding vintage “home brew” hardware and this is one of the most impressive terminal/keyboards in my collection to me. It’s construction is crude but it was quite usable as this keyboard contains...
Here is an example of a Micro Switch keyboard assembly. It is mounted in a makeshift housing that appears to have held a different keyboard in the past. After some Internet searches, it appears...
This is a vintage SMK keyboard assembly that uses SMK key switches (thanks for the correction Daniel). This keyboard has user labeled keys and some of the key caps have had pad printing...
I recently acquires some interesting items from someone that had an eclectic collection of vintage computer hardware and software. Among the items was this Alps keyboard that I found very interesting. I don’t...
The ad I found was entitled “This is the Holy Grail of vintage Apple Software”. I agree. This is something that is on the Want List for many Apple aficionados but usually stays on...
Note: Edited on June 26, 2015 Further to my previous post at Persci Drive and Controller boards? I finally took delivery of the Persci drive. It does, in fact, contain a Persci 299 dual...
Below are some pictures of my North Star dual floppy drive. I always thought this was an aftermarket enclosure for North Star branded floppy drives but a fellow collector has the exact same enclosure...
I pride myself in being able to find almost anything on the Internet. This item has me stumped. It’s a Persci dual drive with, what I believe is an S-100 controller card set. The...
I just picked up a bare Amiga A4000 Rev B desktop board. This one is going in a frame and will be an excellent addition to my collection. I can’t seem to find any...
After a full disassembly, inspection and cleaning, the Zeus 80 fired right up. I used an 8″ CP/M 2.2 boot disk and booted the machine and ran Adventure! I am very happy to have...
Yesterday I received an Altair Clone that I acquired and I was very excited to get it. I happened to get a couple of other vintage computer items as well and am working on...
In a lot of computers I recently acquired was a Digital Research 192k CP/M gold card. While I was interested in getting one before, I was thrilled get this and was very happy at...
I recently acquired a “Zeus 80” Z-80 based CP/M computer. Being a Canadian made computer, it was a particular thrill to have found it but there’s absolutely no information on it. Here’s what it...
Buried in a “power supply” as described to me by the previous owner, I managed to acquire a fully populated Exidy Sorcerer S-100 Expansion Kit card. It is in an interesting case that very...
The name of the computer is a mouthful and all of the words are probably not in the right order but it really doesn’t matter. This is a computer I just recently acquired and...
Below is the documentation for the Bill-1 computer. You can see that this is not a “hobby computer” but one that had some serious engineering behind it. It’s still unknown exactly what it is...
After some serious cleaning and some troubleshooting, I wasn’t able to get the 5100 running. It is a sad day when you can’t get something working but the parts are just too scarce. So,...
I was able to acquire an IBM 51oo after many many months of pursuit. It is in rough shape but I was expecting that. It’s not often these come up for sale so you...