Mike's PCjr Page

Thanks for the welcome :) My PCjr is actually brand new (well, new as in still sealed in the box.) I haven't yet opened it, and plan on doing an unboxing video just for fun once I get back from my business trip I'm currently on. Nice! That's gonna be pretty cool, can't wait to see that. Welcome to ...

Nice. It seems more functional than I expected. It's probably an effective way to tranfer files to the hdd if the system is off the network for some reason.

All those accessories on you rig always leave me amazed. Btw, how well does that optical drive perform while it's connected to the PCjr?

Brutman wrote:I just did a little digging around and tried a 6GB Western Digital drive on the jrIDE. Needless to say I was annoyed when it told me that the drive was too old and crappy to be used. ;-0

/this

XD

I'm not sure if it's funny or just a headache that the information in the technical reference manual has this wrong.

Interesting. I am getting reading from that fuse.

I also tried to jump it and still no power. This is giving me a headache. :S

That would have sucked pretty hard.

Good thing you didn't.

Ah, crap, you've got the short card. I think on that one the fuses are the ceramic globe-looking things, but I'm not sure. On my board, (I just pulled it out to check) it does look like a green resistor, but it has bands. It's marked "F1 5A" on my board. I'm thinking about taking a hacksa...

The symbol underneath marks them as a resistor. I'm confused. A green resistor witho0ut any bands? :S Uh… Anyway, whatever these things are, I checked them for continuity and there was no readings. No readings from any of them. @jmetal88 Is this the fuse you were referring to, or am I supposed to be...

Hehe, yep, the tiny LCD screen looks funny; but is specially handy when you're testing machines here & there. As for now, my PCjr doesn't have a RGB cable; so using only composite, this LCD gives unexpected good results. If finally I put my hands on a RGB cable the PCjr most probably will end p...