Mike's PCjr Page

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procsrserv/47a2d636b3127cce98548b7622ae00000040108AZNGjJu5ZNC/cwvDm9asA3Lw9atmAbl5etGTDg I needn't be said that your little junior's growth spurt has left it bigger and much more capable than most upgraded 5150s. It makes senior look more like junior. XD Too bad it still s...

You have the right upgrades for your jr but really need to think about increasing memory. I know that would require using sidecars which you prefer not to do. The other alternative is to find a Racore or other PCjr second level that has the 512 KB memory card internal. It will still keep the PCjr c...

As we all know, with floppy drives and disk becoming more scarce, older PCs have been becoming more difficult for many of us to put to use. Especially those who our new to vintage computing attempting to restore a fossil. These thoughts had me wondering if any of you have turned to floppy drive emul...

ELKS (Embedded Linux Kernel Subset?) might work on a Jr, but it has to be patched to deal with the non-standard memory map. It's also quite dead as far as development goes. I also have a problem thinking of a Unix-like OS that doesn't have any process protection. :-) Another worthy project would be...

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Hey PCjr users, I I'm Eric. I'm a person with a PCjr and I want to use it for my primary computing tasks. Things like word processing, spreadsheets, BBS and occasional gameplay. I didn't grow up with the old peanut, though it would have been nice to. I've always had an interest in the older PCs for ...