Mike's PCjr Page

Sorry I missed it. Was overcome by events at home. Hope to join next time around. Chris

I would be game. I have been using your disk image tool for so long I kind of feel like I know you Would be nice to put a face with the name, and image tool!! Chris

Replacement chip showed up in the mail today. Happy to report that after replacing U6 I have a functional keyboard again. Thanks for the input on troubleshooting. Your advice was spot on. Chris

Ok so finally got around to doing some testing and this is what I found. In order of the procedure you laid out: 1) got the Sam's Computerfacts, thanks for pointing that out. I have gotten them for other machines, but for some reason it slipped my mind to check for one for the PCjr. 2) Checked conti...

Thanks for the quick reply. Getting ready to take a quick road trip to Lansing this morning. Will report back my findings later this evening. Chris

Recently acquired my first PCjr. Got it home and everything actually worked as it should with the keyboard connected with the factory cable. Of course I couldn't leave well enough alone and wanted to try the keyboard wireless. That is when I discovered the 30 year old exploded batteries. Well couldn...

Mike,
Very nice write up. I look forward to giving it a go once I get my keyboard sorted out. Chris

I have been a long time collector of old computers. I started out with mostly Apple ii stuff about a decade ago. Couple years ago I branched off into older IBM and Compaq stuff. And even though I have known for quite some time what a PCjr is, I had never seen one in the wild. Well that all changed a...