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Epson PC-386 Note A - A Japanese PC-98 Compatible Laptop from 1990

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*WIP* My first experience of PC-9800 ( PC-9800シリーズ ) hardware, I won this on a popular auction site. After watching it for literally months, it kept being relisted, over and over again. I made an offer on the item and came to an arrangement with the seller who had imported it from Japan to the UK as a project machine, with no time to spend on it.  The Epson PC-386 Note A, released in 1990: - i386 16Mhz (switchable between 10Mhz and 6Mhz) - 640k 0ws RAM - Display Side-lit FTN type white LCD 640x400 dots 8 levels (switchable to 2 levels) - Floppy disk (unusual 640k / 1.2m 2 mode) - 120MB Hard disk - External expansion connector Expansion bus (with RGB output) 110-pin type - Sound function Beep sound Full specs can be found here:  https://www.pc-9800.net/db_epson/data/pc-386na.htm I will be posting my experience and updates on this laptop, restoration and modification.  First of all, here's the low down: The PSU is Japanese, I'd need a voltage converter to use UK mains, but quickl
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Retro / Vintage Computing Wallpapers Album

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Collaborative Retro / Vintage Computing Wallpapers Album LINK: https://t.co/GQ0NmianIi
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Computer and Electronics Logos of Yesteryear

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  I've created a 'Computer and Electronics Logos of Yesteryear' - Sheets Database. Please feel free to comment for suggested additions.   Here's the link: https://t.co/3G8vDlxBA1
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Sun SPARCstation "Lunchbox" systems and BlueSCSI

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  I recently purchased a Sun SPARCstation LX system, this arrived as an 'untested' unit. I was happy to find that the unit did in fact power on and was making the right sounds, albeit I had no way of viewing the screen due to the unit having a 13W3, also the keyboard I got with the system had no cable. The only thing I could do at this point was to connect up a PC to it via the serial port and try to get a terminal, this showed me the system was operational, it enthused me to jump right in to the refurb. To save posting this all again, please try this link to see all of my related posts: https://twitter.com/search?q=from%3AGammitin%20SPARCstation&src=typed_query&f=live I have been unable to install an OS to a BlueSCSI hdd image, but what I have been able to do is to install to a mechanical SCSI drive, backup a clone image and then boot it from BlueSCSI. I will be sharing various hdd iamges (check back here for updates) for you to use on your own system, here's the l
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