by musovern | Nov 12, 2025 | Vintage Computer
This my Apple Lisa 2 that I have acquired this year locally in Dunedin. This is how I recieved the unit The main IO board The RAM boards plus the CPU board behind them The not working power supply ready for repair First power up after power supply repair, And a non...
by musovern | Sep 4, 2025 | Vintage Computer
The NextStation Turbo I got gifted a NeXT Station Turbo Machine below is a few photo’s of the progress so far. This is how the unit came to me No cable or Keyboard. The NextStation Turbo and Next printer. Ready for the Re-cap and new battery. Recap done and new...
by musovern | Apr 22, 2025 | Vintage Computer
This project is an open source implementation of an MSX2 compatible computer. The project is built using a combination of 1980’s era components – Z80 CPU, V9958 VDP, AY-3-8910/YM2149F PSG, 8255 PPI, 7400-series logic, and some newer components, such as 512...
by musovern | May 2, 2023 | Vintage Computer
Got this Super80 in the big tech sale Auckland 2020. A little bit about the Super 80 The Dick Smith Super-80 was a Zilog Z80 based kit computer developed as a joint venture between Electronics Australia magazine and Dick Smith Electronics. It was presented as a series...
by musovern | Aug 12, 2022 | Vintage Computer
Background on the Apple II Rev 0 Replica The first 6000 or so Apple II’s sold, were equipped with what is called a revision 0 motherboard. A number of Apple II motherboards were also sold at the same time without case, keyboard or power supply. Most of...
by musovern | May 12, 2022 | Vintage Computer
The PPC512 had an NEC V30 processor running at 8 MHz, 512 KiB of memory, a full-size 102-key keyboard with a numeric keypad, a built-in liquid crystal display (not backlit)[1] that could emulate the CGA or MDA and either one or two 720k 3.5″ floppy drives (the...
