Mike's PCjr Page

They're called Berg connectors if that helps. I haven't seen mention of a reliable source for the types used on the Jr anywhere online.

There's a special name for that type of connector but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head. Maybe someone else does? I've seen them for sale on ebay before. It looks like it's called a BERG connector. You just have to find one with the same pin configuration as the one that you need to...

Or you could take the pins from a different motherboard so you won't lose the ability to use the other ports.
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So which one of you guys ended up buying it?

Just don't forget that if you have too many sidecars attached it will stress the power supply and you will need a power sidecar.

I have never seen one in the wild. I've seen a machine without a floppy from the factory, but never without the 64K memory expansion. DOS required the 64k memory expansion. So it would be limited to whatever you can run on cartridges or load from cassette from within BASIC. (Either the cartridge or...

21 views and no replies so I guess nobody has had the opportunity to compare the PCjr version to other versions?

I've heard the PCjr port of Kindercomp is notoriously bad compared to ports to other platforms at that time. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Trixter wrote:Not in the slightest. 640x400 8-color graphics.

Later models of Tandy 1000 added a 640x400x16 mode but since it arrived late, I doubt it got much support.

drignor wrote:Nevermind. I found the programs I wanted on eBay for dirt cheap and got em' from there.

What programs? I'm sure any program that extends the format of floppies on the Jr would be of interest to all.