Rebuilding an old PC: 1 fault, HELP!

[Pigeon]

ErnestM said:

[showagemode] Ahhh, that's all nothing - can anyone else remember actually populating the ram directly onto the motherboard. (and I mean chip by chip, non of those easy SIMM/DIMM thingies) [/showsagemode] ErnestM

I can remember finding which RAM chip in a BBC Micro had the dodgy bits in it, using a multimeter...

[cirks]

Mikej said:

Windows still not invented.

They really were the good old days !

Anyway, wasn't it half-inched rather than invented

[ginettag27]

First PC I had, 8088-10 (AMD) (remember the turbo button!!), with 512K RAM, 20 MB HDD (MFM), 5 1/4 floppy drive. Hercules graphics card, green screen monitor!! Then a few upgrades along the way... 8087 Maths Co-Processor and memory up to 640MB. Then used to use utilities to speed up the HDD (interleaved it!) and also memory usage and graphics access (once I'd upgraded to a VGA card).. Think I've still got my first mouse somewhere, a logitech 3 button mouse.. Along the way also bought a Hand scanner (!!)

Also remember using Nortons to defrag the HDD every so often...

Think I started off on MS-DOS 3.03 (*so* much better than 3.02!!)

With a EPSON dot matrix printer.. LQ...

Dad started off with a CP/M machine, twin floppy's, Wordstar and a Daisywheel printer!! (new font, new daisywheel!!)

EPS


www.epsracing.co.uk


>> Edited by ginettag27 on Tuesday 21st October 14:39

[mcflurry]

I remember about 8 years ago, me and a friend bought 50 XT pee ceez (8086s) for £200 the lot We sold about 6 or 7 of them to cover our costs. The rest of them gathered dust until being recycled.

From memory they were 8-12 mhz, 512 to 640k RAM, about half had 10/20 MB HDDs CGA or Green screen grafix and a few screens to go with them.

Mike
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[Flat_Steve]

Anyone remember colour dot matrix printers like the Star LC-10 or NX1000? When changing ribbon colours they would make a noise like a hyperactive asthmatic mating donkey!

[meeja]

Flat_Steve said:

Anyone remember colour dot matrix printers like the Star LC-10 or NX1000? When changing ribbon colours they would make a noise like a hyperactive asthmatic mating donkey!

I still have a Star LC-10 in my attic! (And a spare ribbon to go with it!)