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Finally getting the Commodore CBM 3016 Home! (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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I finally got it! Though I couldn't test the CBM then and there, as its way too dusty under the hood. Didnt wanna risk shorting the electrics or worse. I'll show just how dusty it all is tomorrow.

Talking of Dusty insides, the insides in general are rather interesting actually. It has From what I can tell, some ancient modifications done to it which im not sure what they do. But thats for tomorrow! Im just glad that I got to pick it up today, and I even got this pretty cute pic while I was at it!

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[–] HorreC@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Do you have a suede dashboard?

[–] NeroC_Bass@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What kind of design is it where the passenger has to ask the driver to turn on the seat warmers??

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

A 90s subaru design.

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Literally the Video that made it my Dream car years ago~

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

I love how jank my SVX is. There are just so many odd choices made in it, that I can't help but love it! Also sadly neither of those heated seats work at the moment...

[–] seathru@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In a SVX no less. Nifty!

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Yessssssss! My little dream Car I got a few months ago. I absolutely had to take it to pick it up!

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I love to see old tech being loved and treasured. Cheers to this and may every old computer have such a loving home.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Congrats!

Looks cozy

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Very cool find. I remember very vividly playing Oregon trail on a Pet at school.

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Assuming it works, are you going to look for a drive, or maybe a flash storage interface?

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah I'll look for one of those original Dual Floppy Drives! Though might be a bit difficult as they are all more expensive then the Computer itself...

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wonder if a parallel interface could be hacked into a 1581, making use of the ROM's support for it.

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah I've read online that there is an adapter of sorts, but from what I understand it isnt fully compatible

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

even if its fried you can make an awesome mechanical keyboard out of it. this is like 1979 technology, maybe 16kb total ram, what maybe 1mhz processor?

[–] Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

Thats very exactly its specs yes