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Deadly_NZ  |
| dchwgtn1(at)clear(dot)net(dot)nz |
Location:
Levin NZ |
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 Monday, 17. January 2011 17:23 IP: 121-74-70-9.telstraclear.net 
I have an original running HP Pavillion 8100 (looks like a socket 370) celeron with EDO ram and a voodoo 2 card in it I also have an Creative Labs Mpeg decoder card and other assorted PCI video and sound cards cards that I am thinking of disposing off
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| Owen Hennicke |
| oahennicke(at)clearmail(dot)com(dot)au |
Location:
Leeton, NSW, Australia |
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Tuesday, 4. January 2011 19:54 Host: d3-syd-equinix04.day3.com.au
Nice site guys, I love the passion people put into their hobbies and the expertise that they create.
I found a Compaq SLT/286 in the shed and turned it on and it works!! HDD a bit flaky though. Thanks for the article on pulling this apart.
Do you have a classified ads section? I'd like the SLT to go to a good home.
OH 
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| Chris Hill |
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Location:
the colonies |
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Saturday, 1. January 2011 07:02 Host: noca.ior.navy.mil
it's great to see someone sharing their experiences with retrocomputing, keep up the good work!
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| Jeff Walker |
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Location:
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Thursday, 23. December 2010 15:45 IP: 125-236-53-242.cid.global-gateway.net.nz
I really enjoyed the restoration story. I reminds me of all the technological hurdles and developments that people had to overcome before us to get to where we are today, and how much we take for granted with current technology. We have become far too much a "if it's broken, throw it away" society.
Jeff:
Location: New Zealand
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Terry Stewart:
You are welcome Jeff, Glad you've got something out of the site.
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| soezzie |
| dandruff(dot)shampoo(at)yahoo(dot)com |
Location:
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Wednesday, 1. December 2010 19:22 IP: 202.70.54.83
Thanks for the System 80 material. Its like being a kid again! 
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| Mike Russo |
| mikeossur(at)altoonawa(dot)org |
Location:
Kent Washington |
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Monday, 8. November 2010 10:53 Host: c-24-18-118-29.hsd1.wa.comcast.net
Thanks for the tutorial on the Dallas Realtime chip. It allowed me to salvage a wonderful Fujikama 386DX motherboard.
Mike
Terry Stewart:
Thanks Mike,
Glad that article was helpful.
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| Rio Baan |
| riobaan(at)hotmail(dot)com |
Location:
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Saturday, 23. October 2010 16:24 Host: O028187.ppp.dion.ne.jp
PLEASE PLEASE scan "The captain 80 book of Basic Adventures". I'd love to get the chance to type these games in and port them to the Commodore 64, and I don't have a copy of the book. It's worth about $75 on amazon.com and if you could scan your copy, you'd save me from buying it.
THANKS!
Terry Stewart:
Sorry Rio, I won't be scanning this.
I've contacted the author for permission and he doesn't want this available digitally. I'll respect his wishes in this regard.
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| Charles E. Fox |
| cfox1(at)cogeco(dot)ca |
Location:
Windsor Ontario Canada |
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Thursday, 21. October 2010 09:39 Host: d24-57-142-41.home.cgocable.net
Very interesting
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| Lawrence Wilkinson |
| lawrence(at)ljw(dot)me(dot)uk |
Location:
was Auckland |
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Wednesday, 20. October 2010 23:57 IP: 62.232.13.25
Great site!
I did a bit of work with Gilberts in the 80s (in Anzac Ave then). They did some upgrades such as piggyback RAM, with bank switching to allow RAM at 0-16k and so run 'real' CP/M. I did various BIOSes for that. 30 years on my memory is vague!
Does anyone know where Ray James got to?
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| Peter Dassow |
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Location:
Germany |
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Saturday, 16. October 2010 23:57 IP: 188-194-225-29-dynip.superkabel.de
Great site, interesting blog entries (but I can't comment any, e.g. the one with the Kaypro II RAM failure search).
Have an own vintage computer blog too (see my homepage www.z80.eu, but not such a hardware oriented one 
Was a pleasure to visit your site, please go on with that...
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| William Meyer |
| meyerwc(at)charter(dot)net |
Location:
St Louis. Missouri, USA |
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Saturday, 16. October 2010 20:34 IP: 96-35-210-115.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com
CP/M fsn - Interested in software for the Osborne 01 and Executive.
StuartEn:
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| Mike Shuck |
| mikeshuck2001(at)yahoo(dot)com |
Location:
Wichita, Kansas, USA |
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Sunday, 10. October 2010 03:18 Host: ip24-255-150-97.ks.ks.cox.net
My friends and I were all going through the TRS-80 stage in the early 1980's, and the subject of the System 80 had come up several times. But until discovering your website here, I really never knew the details! It's been great reading! Your hard work shows! Thanks for giving this subject the time and work it deserves!
Terry Stewart:
Thanks Mike,
Glad you enjoyed the site!
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| Jonathan Andrews |
| jonathan_d_andrews(at)comcast(dot)net |
Location:
Kansas City, Missouri |
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Wednesday, 29. September 2010 03:59 Host: c-69-242-140-5.hsd1.mo.comcast.net
In regards to: Bringing a Vic-20 back from the dead!
I have a VIC that I want to remove some chips/swap from another board.
How do you remove the chips from the board? I am VERY new to any type of electronics work. I have a solder iron but that's about it.
Any help would be appreciated.
Terry Stewart:
I've replied via email Jonathan.
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| Robert Anthony |
| classic-computers(at)computerarcheology(dot)info |
Location:
CT USA |
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Monday, 30. August 2010 18:13 Host: ip70-188-163-74.ri.ri.cox.net
GREAT WEBSITE! I been collecting vintage computers since the early 80's but now I am retiring to a smaller home and need to down size my massive Vintage Computer and Game Console collection.
Terry Stewart:
Thanks Robert, glad you enjoyed it!
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| Nah Yaun |
| naya4000(at)yahoo(dot)com |
Location:
Los Angeles, CA |
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Monday, 30. August 2010 10:40 Host: adsl-76-214-28-10.dsl.lsan03.sbcglobal.net
I'm glad to have come today to your site. Keep it up. I also love classic stuff.
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| Kenneth |
| gibbons(at)xtra(dot)co(dot)nz |
Location:
Levin |
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Sunday, 15. August 2010 19:54 IP: 125-239-81-61.jetstream.xtra.co.nz
Great site.. Started by selling off some of my old systems (Trade Me)- have ended up getting fired up again over System 80 and will set up my 1983 Blue Label system again. They were and still are outstanding computers. In the process I have found a fix for my system which had developed a wavy screen display.PS Hope you get the EPROMS
Terry Stewart:
Hi Kenneth,
Excellent. I recently fixed a wavy screen problem on one of my own System 80s. Faulty capacitors in the PSU.
These machines certainly had an impact in NZ (and OZ) and deserve to be preserved, if not just to prove to future generations that useful things could be written in 16K of RAM!
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| Rob |
| rbresca(at)hotmail(dot)com |
Location:
Cairns |
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Thursday, 5. August 2010 00:54 IP: 120.156.34.91
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time and effort for this amazing machine. I have very fond memories of playing all kinds of games into the wee hours and I miss them as the modern ones someone don't have the same magic. Good on ya mate! Keep it up!
Terry Stewart:
Thanks for the support Rob!
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Tuesday, 3. August 2010 22:50 IP: 193.41.205.35
Reading your blog is a real pleasure :)
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| James |
| james(at)moulder(dot)co(dot)nz |
Location:
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Friday, 16. July 2010 21:39 IP: 122.58.128.78
As an Atari 8 bit collector am very impressed with your collection
Terry Stewart:
Thanks James,
Glad you enjoyed a wander through the old gear.
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| PETER HUGHES |
| PEH(at)IHUG(dot)CO(dot)NZ |
Location:
AUCKLAND |
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Thursday, 1. July 2010 14:46 IP: 219-88-68-60.adsl.xtra.co.nz
HI,I WON A COMPETITION TO NAME THE MAG.
BITS & BYTES, MEMORIES!!!
I JUST FELL OVER THE SITE ,ITS GREAT
Terry Stewart:
Is that right Peter? Fantastic! The history of NZ computing is right there in those mags.
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