I think that is where I found the 8201A service manual. The 8201A and 8300
differ quite a bit internally though. I did find a link just now on that site
to another site which still has some NOS manuals in stock, so I sent them an
email to check to see if they had one.
Thanks,
Jeff Birt
There is better technical documentation for the NEC's than there is for the
100. At least programming wise. The best documentation on the file system,
for example, is in the NEC technical reference manuals.
Go to
https://www.web8201.net/
And look in the tech documents section.
It says there's a
Hi all,
I was tinkering with a PC-8300 this weekend and wishing I had something other
than the PC-8201A manual (which is not really a great manual anyhow). Alas, I
have searched and searched and not find anything other than a user’s manual and
BASIC manual for the PC-8300. Has anyone every l
These are old school unregulated DC supplies, just a transformer, rectifier
and a capacitor. When unloaded the output voltage is higher and you have
losses in the transformer itself, so you still get heat. With the supply
loaded the voltage drops to the nominal rated voltage. They are a quite
ineff
I didn't see Jeff Birt mention it, but he now has a new take down video of the
stylish Olivetti M-10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq8DnnvOAy8
I left my Model-100 plugged in to an original Tandy transformer/power supply,
it got a bit warm, so I said... Hum..
What happens if I unplug the tran
