Performa
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I recently shared this one on Facebook and other places:
Each one has a problem, and I'm hoping I can solve some of them yet this weekend.
The KayPro 4 still doesn't want to read any disks. No idea why, so I figure I'll bang away at it until it "does" something.
The TRS-80 Model 1 doesn't load programs consistently. I've had no success trying to load programs from the virtual cassette drive on the laptop, so I've switched over to an original cassette player, and had a few successes with a tape adapter from the same laptop. I'm considering just making a real cassette tape with the Space Invaders program on it to see if that loads any better.
Though if @PS2it has any better luck with their TRS-80 stuff, I'll probably leave this setup at the shop.
The Osborne works. The keyboard is missing all of it's keycaps, the screen is tiny with a lot of burn in, and the programs I have for it all kinda suck. Nobody makes a keycap kit for the Osborne computers unfortunately, so I've ordered a broken keyboard to ransack the keycaps from- just hoping it arrives in time. The added trouble is whether the RIFA caps inside the unit will behave...
Never a dull moment!
Each one has a problem, and I'm hoping I can solve some of them yet this weekend.
The KayPro 4 still doesn't want to read any disks. No idea why, so I figure I'll bang away at it until it "does" something.
The TRS-80 Model 1 doesn't load programs consistently. I've had no success trying to load programs from the virtual cassette drive on the laptop, so I've switched over to an original cassette player, and had a few successes with a tape adapter from the same laptop. I'm considering just making a real cassette tape with the Space Invaders program on it to see if that loads any better.
Though if @PS2it has any better luck with their TRS-80 stuff, I'll probably leave this setup at the shop.
The Osborne works. The keyboard is missing all of it's keycaps, the screen is tiny with a lot of burn in, and the programs I have for it all kinda suck. Nobody makes a keycap kit for the Osborne computers unfortunately, so I've ordered a broken keyboard to ransack the keycaps from- just hoping it arrives in time. The added trouble is whether the RIFA caps inside the unit will behave...
Never a dull moment!