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The year was 1982 and NEC entered the home computer market (outside Japan) with the NEC APC, or Advanced Personal Computer. The machine sported an Intel 8086 CPU, ran MS-DOS and sported dual integrated 8" floppy drives! In this video I'll take a look at the machine inside and out, and do a repair on it so I can get it working again.
Part 1: • The NEC APC runs MS-DO...
Part 2: This part!
-- Info
To reboot the NEC APC:
Function - Control - Break Stop
-- Video Links
Using an 8" Disk Drive on a PC:
• This is how to use an ...
TexElec Disk Drive Controller:
Not yet available (As of Nov 2022)
8" floppy disk Shugart interface adapter 50 pin to 34 pin (eBay)
www.ebay.com/itm/115587959419
NEC APC related files on archive.org:
archive.org/search.php?query=...
BitSaver NEC APC links:
www.bitsavers.org/pdf/nec/APC/
www.bitsavers.org/bits/NEC/APC/
Imagedisk (IMD) by Dave Dunfield:
dunfield.classiccmp.org/img/in...
22DISK/22NICE (Utility for copying files to/from CPM disks)
www.cpm80.com/ (download links there or use Google)
NEC APC (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APC_series
Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
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/ @adriansdigitalbasement2
Support the channel on Patreon:
/ adriansdigitalbasement
-- Tools
Deoxit D5:
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store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...
O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
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Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
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Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
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Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
www.rigolna.com/products/digi...
Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
amzn.to/3adRbuy
TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
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www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...
TS100 Soldering Iron:
amzn.to/2K36dJ5
www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI...
EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/
DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
amzn.to/2RDSDQw
www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS...
Magnetic Screw Holder:
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www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-...
Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-...
RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
www.retrotink.com/
Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-...
Heat Sinks:
www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...
Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
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--- Links
My GitHub repository:
github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...
Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA - Portland, OR - PDX Commodore Users Group
www.commodorecomputerclub.com/
--- Instructional videos
My video on damage-free chip removal:
• How to remove chips wi...
--- Music
Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino