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LGR - NEC PC-8801 Update: It Works!

🕑 Added 2016-08-28 00:04:26 +0000 UTC

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Arlen Moulton

i love this type of system!

LGR

Thanks a lot for the offer! I'm mostly on the lookout for the software for the PC-8801 series at this point. Cassette games and software is particularly hard to find, but even the 5.25" disk games for later systems would be great to track down.

LGR

Heh, yeah, basically whenever there's a game where I can't read the menus and such :P

Zabe

6:05 "I'm not there *yet*." Hmm, has someone been studying in his free time? :)

Troy Eckert

Glad to see this beast is coming alive! If your interested in assistance, I live in Japan, and would be glad to assist you with obtaining any equipment, cables, or whatever as needed. I can even go wander in Akihabara for hours on end.

LGR

Thanks, it's really exciting to see this come together!

LGR

I'd love to try some RGB consoles on this, and in theory it should work just fine, but I haven't been able to source cables for it

ReeseRiverson

Awesome that you got the right cable for it! Though, side curiosity, have you ever tried running that Sony TV with RGB output from game consoles like the SNES or Genesis? Either way, really awesome computer dude! :)

Rob Caporetto

Marvellous. Simply marvellous. Very exciting progress indeed!

LGR

ISN'T IT THOUGH?! D:

LGR

In theory, absolutely should! I don't have the skills to make a conversion cable, but I'd love to see it done

LGR

Hehe, yes indeed. Gotta love the quirks of systems from that era.

Gary Leigh

Ah, back in the day when CNTR-C meant stop / interrupt rather than copy.

RetroSwim

With the right cable, the IBM CGA should work with that monitor in TTL mode as well. It would be cool to know if it has the dark yellow -> brown correction.