What's in the box - a new retro purchase

Post by **Icky** » 05 Aug 2021 22:42

Correct @alexh a PPC640.

@PhilC - you called it first. @stephen_usher - I wish it was an SX.

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stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » 05 Aug 2021 23:03

Oh, that's the expanded 640K machine!

Still no back light for the screen, but that's probably a good thing as there's less to go wrong.

Post by **rubber_jonnie** » 06 Aug 2021 00:15

Ahh dude, you beat me to it, I've been trying to get one of these!!

Post by **PhilC** » 06 Aug 2021 07:52

Looks to be in pretty good condition too, nice find @Icky

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » 06 Aug 2021 09:16

Is this one of the rare units with a hard disk built in or just twin floppies?

Post by **Icky** » 06 Aug 2021 17:59

stephen_usher wrote: 06 Aug 2021 09:16 Is this one of the rare units with a hard disk built in or just twin floppies?

Just the twin floppies. Now looking at how to mod for IDE.

PhilC wrote: 06 Aug 2021 07:52 Looks to be in pretty good condition too, nice find @Icky

Yes it is in great condition. When I pulled it out the carry case it was like new.

Post by **Icky** » 07 Aug 2021 09:04

PhilC wrote: 05 Aug 2021 20:34 @Icky is it that Atari you always wanted? But then it's long and thin, so could be an Amstrad PPC

It wasn't the Atari PC-1 that I have been looking for.

http://www.ataripc.net/pc1-8088/

Post by **exxos** » 07 Aug 2021 10:33

Icky wrote: 07 Aug 2021 09:04 It wasn't the Atari PC-1 that I have been looking for.

People couldn't give them away a few years ago.

Post by **Icky** » 28 Jan 2022 19:29

This arrived today. Nice small XT-CF-Mini ISA card. I plan to mount this inside the PPC640 to give it an internal HDD.

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Post by **PhilC** » 28 Jan 2022 23:29

Now that's what you call compact.

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