Any one in reto PCs?

[Hobie-wan]

Two questions arise though:
[*]"Mechanical keyboard"? I thought older keyboards used springs underneath each key?

Like the ones I have for sale, or the buckling spring type. Meaning an actual switch for each key instead of a membrane and rubber domes.

[*]And you realize they had 8" floppies right? Really ugly and unwieldy. (Kinda like CD cartridges.)

8 inchers were really only for minicomputers and bigger though, not home PCs. I worked at a Kmart in the early 90s that still used them with the computer that ran the inventory and UPC lookup database.

[o.pwuaioc]

New Zealand has been catching up to the world!

I hear they're getting internet next week.

If that's what they're into...

[DinnerX]

I've got one freedos laptop. I bought a coco once but it didn't work so I returned it. I think it was a model 3.

[RCBH928]

@Hatta
what do you do if a part of those computers stop working
i dont believe they sell spare parts for older computers

I want to own a few older computers
but i am afraid i have no much usefor them
I would like to actually use them

and whats with the picture BRIK added?

[BoringSupreez]

@Hatta
what do you do if a part of those computers stop working
i dont believe they sell spare parts for older computers

ebay

and whats with the picture BRIK added?

It's just supposed to be funny, 'cause it's so obviously old.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I've got one freedos laptop.

How the heck do you use that exactly?

I'm actually installing it on my spare laptop as I talk so any help would be appreciated as I"m a newbie to DOS but had forgotten all about this until you'd mentioned it.

[BRIK]

and whats with the picture BRIK added?

It's from the tv show, Flight of the Conchords.

[Hatta]

@Hatta
what do you do if a part of those computers stop working
i dont believe they sell spare parts for older computers

Generally you get a couple parts machine and pull working parts until you have a working machine. Some parts you can repair if you're handy too. You can flash new rom chips, you can still get new 64k drams, you can replace leaky electrolytic capacitors, etc. Keeping these things in working order is half the fun of the hobby.

For the most part though, this stuff is pretty durable. Think about how reliable the Atari 2600 is compared to todays consoles. The biggest weakness is storage. Floppy drives have moving parts, floppy disks are no longer being produced. Fortunately people out there are designing flash devices to replace floppy disks. So these things should be usable for decades to come.

Also, for all the computers I have up and running, I don't really use them for anything productive. Just games.

[jfrost]

and whats with the picture BRIK added?

It's from the tv show, Flight of the Conchords.

Unfortunately canceled.

[o.pwuaioc]

and whats with the picture BRIK added?

It's from the tv show, Flight of the Conchords.

Unfortunately canceled.

Whaaaaat!?!? When??!?!!?