What's in the box - a new retro purchase

Post by **Icky** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 10:42 pm

Correct @alexh a PPC640.

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

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:03 pm

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** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:15 am

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

Post by **PhilC** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:52 am

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

stephen_usher · Post by **stephen_usher** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:16 am

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

Post by **Icky** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:59 pm

stephen_usher wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:16 am 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: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:52 am 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** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:04 am

PhilC wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:34 pm @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** » Sat Aug 07, 2021 10:33 am

Icky wrote: Sat Aug 07, 2021 9:04 am 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** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:29 pm

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

Post by **PhilC** » Fri Jan 28, 2022 11:29 pm

Now that's what you call compact.

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