BASF 6188 and WD1006-MM1 MFM cotroller
Had BASF6188 hard drive and WD1006-MM1 controller lying around for a while, but never had time to fiddle with them until recently. First BASF6188 After […]
Hardware
Fixing Robotron 1715
I have a couple of Robotron 1715 in my collection and both are dead (1715 and 1715M). For 1715 I managed to fix PSU (http://asknotes.com/2021/09/01/fixing-robotron-1715-psu/), […]
IBM 5150 MFM drive and XT-CF-Lite
I had a really hard time trying to figure out how to make XT-CF-Lite work on this 5150 with MFM drive. With the MFM controller […]
IBM 5150 XT keyboard adapter
After I repaired my IBM 5150 PSU and fixed RAM problems, to proceed I needed a keyboard, and the keyboards I had all were PS/2 […]
IBM 5150 RAM repair
After repairing the PSU of IBM 5150 I was left with a couple of errors one of which was related to RAM. The main error […]
IBM 5150 PSU repair
Got me a nice IBM 5150 PC. This is the first PC of its class and I will make a separate post about it when […]
Commodore CBM 8032
Recent addition to my collection, Commodore CBM 8032, German version. Cleaned up and working, like new 🙂
IBM PS/2 model 30-8086
Got myself IBM PS/2 model 30-8086 type 8530-002 S/N 55-2129388 Was looking to get PS/2 PC into my retro collection for quite long time as […]
XT-CF-Lite cards
For my PS/2 setup, that does not have any hard drive but just two 720k floppy drives and 3 ISA slots, I decided to make […]
IBM Model M keyboard for my PS/2 model 30 build
For my IBM PS/2 build I am making I needed a proper keyboard. Model M keyboards these days are sold for a crazy prices. But […]