Not today I received.....

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sun May 23, 2021 8:10 pm

Hi,

a few weeks ago I received this generous "little" gift...

It came without MFM hard-drive but luckily I had a spare 20Mb MFM disc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsEwtMv5i30

Greetings, Wim...

Post by **roland** » Sun May 23, 2021 10:36 pm

That really is a generous gift

flaxcottage · Post by **flaxcottage** » Mon May 24, 2021 8:36 am

Nice drive, Wim.

Just as noisy and clunky as mine when I got it. Interesting that the electronics are different. Maybe it is a later one.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Mon May 24, 2021 9:11 am

flaxcottage wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 8:36 am Nice drive, Wim.

Just as noisy and clunky as mine when I got it. Interesting that the electronics are different. Maybe it is a later one.

As you can hear at the start-up sound this MFM disc is almost a gonner

but he is still doeing his best...

Post by **baz4096** » Mon May 24, 2021 11:49 am

Multiwizard wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 9:11 am
flaxcottage wrote: ↑Mon May 24, 2021 8:36 am Nice drive, Wim.

Just as noisy and clunky as mine when I got it. Interesting that the electronics are different. Maybe it is a later one.
As you can hear at the start-up sound this MFM disc is almost a gonner but he is still doeing his best...

There's something very special about old HDD sounds. New drives are just too quiet.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 3:56 pm

Hi,

I recently received this very welcome gift...

Greetings, Wim...

Post by **roland** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:07 pm

27513 ?????

Hmmm… looks like a bank switched Eprom. Interesting devic, never heard of it

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:53 pm

roland wrote: ↑Fri Aug 20, 2021 6:07 pm 27513 ?????

Hmmm… looks like a bank switched Eprom. Interesting devic, never heard of it

At the moment it has Pascal roms, see pic...

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 10:19 am

Yesterday I picked up this little beauty at the widow of my deceased best friend Peter,

Peter owned a electronics shop since 1980, I also (1980) bought my Atom at his shop...

HHH · Post by **HHH** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:33 pm

Amongst a bundle of HW picked up on eBay was this:

Google revealed the following:

VM61002 1982 TMS5220 Industrial Vocabulary (Electronics/Measurement words) demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61003 1982 TMS5220 Time/Weather demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61004 1982 TMS5220 Military demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61005 1982? TMS5220 Avionics demo rom 16KiB TMS5220

Looks like it's designed to plug into the header by the keyboard for the speech extension. Not sure if it's a homebrew board, looks that way?

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:41 pm

HHH wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:33 pm Amongst a bundle of HW picked up on eBay was this:

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Google revealed the following:

VM61002 1982 TMS5220 Industrial Vocabulary (Electronics/Measurement words) demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61003 1982 TMS5220 Time/Weather demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61004 1982 TMS5220 Military demo rom 16KiB TMS5220
VM61005 1982? TMS5220 Avionics demo rom 16KiB TMS5220

IMG_20221030_142300.jpg

Looks like it's designed to plug into the header by the keyboard for the speech extension. Not sure if it's a homebrew board, looks that way?

Nice (interesting) catch...

Pernod · Post by **Pernod** » Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:28 pm

HHH wrote: ↑Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:33 pm Looks like it's designed to plug into the header by the keyboard for the speech extension. Not sure if it's a homebrew board, looks that way?

Nice find, at last we have something that used the PHROM header. It's labelled BBC MUG which I'd assume to be some user group.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:22 am

Yesterday I received a early birthday present (& some other discs) from a former Philips employé which in the 80's was actively involved with the development of the Domesday project...

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:10 am

Yesterday I received this...

This is useful for my US & Japanese LD players...

gslug · Post by **gslug** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:06 am

I was given a Dragon 32 a few weeks ago. No idea if it works yet as the power supply rattles alarmingly and I need to drill out the rivets to find out what's going on inside. It also has a severe case of polystyrene goop.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:22 am

gslug wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:06 am I was given a Dragon 32 a few weeks ago. No idea if it works yet as the power supply rattles alarmingly and I need to drill out the rivets to find out what's going on inside. It also has a severe case of polystyrene goop.
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Nice the Dragon itself looks still pretty minty...

Cruxinc · Post by **Cruxinc** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:26 am

Multiwizard wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 8:10 pm Hi,

a few weeks ago I received this generous "little" gift...

It came without MFM hard-drive but luckily I had a spare 20Mb MFM disc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsEwtMv5i30

Greetings, Wim...

wow, what an amazing gift! i would love to get a winchester, do you have any recommendations for getting one? thanks a lot and have a great day.

Multiwizard · Post by **Multiwizard** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:45 am

Cruxinc wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:26 am
Multiwizard wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 8:10 pm Hi,

a few weeks ago I received this generous "little" gift...

It came without MFM hard-drive but luckily I had a spare 20Mb MFM disc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsEwtMv5i30

Greetings, Wim...
wow, what an amazing gift! i would love to get a winchester, do you have any recommendations for getting one? thanks a lot and have a great day.

I don't know I guess it's indeed (like all the things in my life) having a lots of luck...

I hope you will find one eventually...

gslug · Post by **gslug** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:54 pm

Multiwizard wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:22 am Nice the Dragon itself looks still pretty minty...

It looks brand new, though the security seals on the screws have been broken, so it clearly saw some use.

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