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- Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:22 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: Brittle case?
- Replies: 2
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Re: Brittle case?
Yeah, the plastic is fairly brittle at this age. I haven't taken my original one out of the case to replace a few old caps for that very reason. And unfortunately the plastic between the plugs is similar and bent pins are not uncommon. Be careful putting cables in and out and make sure you have them...
- Mon Aug 28, 2023 7:49 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: Playing with the Band
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5253
Re: Playing with the Band
Nice! lol. I need time to pick up my guitar again.
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 1:53 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: Gotek HD Image Support on PCjr
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5401
Re: Gotek HD Image Support on PCjr
Alright, so it does work! I reported that I was getting sector not found errors. Logging data via Flash Floppy didn't help me diagnose the issue, but I noticed that the unit was never leaving track offset 0. It would switch heads, but never go to track 1. i.e. display always shows T: 00.0 or 00.1. S...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 3:35 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: Gotek HD Image Support on PCjr
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5401
Gotek HD Image Support on PCjr
Starting a new thread dedicated to this as it started under the 3Flop section. So, I've been attempting to get my Gotek to allow my PCjr to read high density disks through the PCjr flopper controller card. It is known that the PCjr controller is not happy with HD drives (bitrate too high at 500kbps ...
- Sun Sep 04, 2022 1:29 pm
- Forum: BASIC
- Topic: Type in games?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9832
Re: Type in games?
Compute had several books for the PC and also PCjr. Compute!'s IBM & Compatibles BASIC Program Collection Compute!'s First Book of IBM Compute!'s Second Book of IBM I thought I had more but don't see them at the moment. I learned to program by typing in tons of these programs when I was a kid :).
- Sun Apr 24, 2022 3:34 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: NIB PCJR
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6001
Re: NIB PCJR
Nice! My memory is still fuzzy when my dad first brought home our jr. I seem to recall booting to BASIC, typing in a program out of a book and running it and having fun. Then wondering why "save" didn't work. It took me quite some time to type the program in and get it working and I couldn...
- Fri Feb 04, 2022 7:31 pm
- Forum: BackPack Drive
- Topic: Microsolutions Backpack Floppy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5802
Re: Microsolutions Backpack Floppy
Certainly! I wasn't able to attach the images as attachments as even shrunk down it said they were too big. https://i.ibb.co/tpLbxCS/Microsolutions-Backpack-Floppy-on-system.jpg https://i.ibb.co/L5w29Tw/Top-view.jpg https://i.ibb.co/L9RDjF3/circuit-board-wire-in-place.jpg https://i.ibb.co/SRx4wv3/ci...
- Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:02 pm
- Forum: BackPack Drive
- Topic: Microsolutions Backpack Floppy
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5802
Microsolutions Backpack Floppy
I saw this thread and it made me curious. Does anyone else have a Microsolutions 5 1/4" high density backpack floppy drive? I'm curious how many others had one of these. It appears the disk that mine came with labels it as version 2.01, November 27, 1991. Mine still works well although I don't ...
- Wed Jan 26, 2022 8:44 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: Microsoft booster
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6117
Re: Microsoft booster
You saw that too? I saw that too and wondered. Especially since it looked like it was soldered in
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 7:27 pm
- Forum: IBM PCjr Talk ⌨️
- Topic: system goes bonkers during autoexec
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7764
Re: system goes bonkers during autoexec
I've got a jrATX with the 90W PicoATX power supply similar to yours and a jrIDE. I've run it with a parallel port sidecare and connected it to an expansion board which adds a 5 1/4" high density drive. And although I've never had your issue, I have had an odd issue where KQ1 fails to boot and r...
- Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:26 pm
- Forum: Sell / Buy / Trade / Free
- Topic: WTB PCjr Case
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5782
WTB PCjr Case
Anyone have a spare PCjr case laying around? I have a spare motherboard looking for a home .