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by Chuckphd53
Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:47 am
Forum: General Computer Discussions
Topic: Jr Newsletter
Replies: 3
Views: 4188

Re: Jr Newsletter

I have a ton of Jr Newsletter I can zip and send...
Have not gone thru all of them 87,88,89,90,91,92,93
there are gaps but it's a nice batch...
by Chuckphd53
Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:10 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: I/O Connector Pin Repair
Replies: 2
Views: 4338

Re: I/O Connector Pin Repair

Surely Not Ideal, but worse case if this is just a play unit,
you can tack a ribbon cable on the bottom side of the board and have it fold out the back side with the
needed pins on a molex connector and just hang off the back side.
by Chuckphd53
Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:45 pm
Forum: PCjr General Discussion
Topic: My old friend is here!
Replies: 2
Views: 2996

Re: My old friend is here!

It is great !, Congrats, hope you can join in the fun and share as you get re-aquatinted again !

chuck
by Chuckphd53
Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:47 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controller
Replies: 7
Views: 6159

Re: New to me PCjr.. Weird issue surrounding disk controlle

Jason.. You need the Floppy controller hooked to the Drive at boot up..... Does the Drive Spin ? if it is sticky you will need to clean.....'carefully' also if you have spare drives laying around, remove the belt for storage :) If memory serves me H error is diskette controller or Drive issue B Erro...
by Chuckphd53
Mon Feb 03, 2020 4:47 am
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Turbo Pascal 7.0 Install
Replies: 3
Views: 3399

Re: Turbo Pascal 7.0 Install

thanks Jim... Yes played with TP7 all weekend, wow what a step up from TP3 & 4... the Mouse interface is really useful for block copy etc.....much nicer than just keyboard of course.. and the multiple file open is great, (shame we are limited to 25 lines...) I have been on the hunt for some RS23...
by Chuckphd53
Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:26 pm
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: How do you create a bootable DOS disk from...
Replies: 6
Views: 4579

Re: How do you create a bootable DOS disk from...

Jason, let me know I can send a boot,disk if all else fails...
You have my email, just let me know...
chuck
by Chuckphd53
Sat Feb 01, 2020 5:23 am
Forum: PCjr Software
Topic: Turbo Pascal 7.0 Install
Replies: 3
Views: 3399

Turbo Pascal 7.0 Install

just loaded Borlands Turbo Pascal 7.0 on the JR-IDE.. One thing I found, that is not mentioned in the install instructions, was to make a directory that you want to store your run files like TP7, then create a temp directory on your HD, then copy all 4 disks to that directory. Then goto that temp di...
by Chuckphd53
Fri Jan 31, 2020 11:32 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: SideCar Power Availability
Replies: 0
Views: 4995

SideCar Power Availability

I have looked thru the Tech manual , and may have missed it, but did not find how much
current the Side car(s) can pull on both the (2ea) 5V pins and the (1ea) 12V pin.

To Clarify, what can the JR (source) out the side car connector without pulling down the System Power or making it noisy..
by Chuckphd53
Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:58 am
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: Tandy Video Mod
Replies: 31
Views: 25247

Re: Tandy Video Mod

First, Need to give Alan his prop's it is his design, I just picked up the slack and helping make these for the folks since I do this stuff also easy enough to make... I am also redoing the JRIDe board, with SMT parts, as I needed a couple more for my JR systems so I figured I'd just do a new layout...
by Chuckphd53
Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:43 pm
Forum: PCjr Hardware
Topic: Tandy Video Mod
Replies: 31
Views: 25247

Re: Tandy Video Mod

send me an email pcjr@terradock.com I can help