Vintage PC workbench

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19133125

> I have this vintage pc that I dug up and recently powered on, the hard drive seems to be failing (sector read errors) but I have a bunch of floppy disks i tried running today and it still works as long as it's running from the floppy and doesn't need to be installed first. > > If you guys are interested, I'll post it running some things tomorrow. There's a bunch of things I want to do with it like try to replace the hard drive, get it online, and get a compiler so I can port programs or write new ones for it. Maybe install linux if that's a possibility on 6MB of RAM. > > !Image of BIOS > > !Image of directory listing

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I bought this Timex Sinclair 1000 at a thrift store last year. I bought a new membrane keyboard to replace the old one. I finally got it working tonight. It requires a special RF-to-VHF adapter box, and I'm using an old black-and-white television with a VHF knob. The trick to getting it on is to fiddle with a little switch on the box.

I was lucky enough to find this computer in its box with a manual, I've been able to type out some BASIC programs on it, seems to be a fun little machine.