New member saying hi!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:58 pm
Hello there!
Just wanted to make myself known. I never had an Oric back when, but I got one a few days ago from a guy at the place I work. It's an Oric-1 with a rev 3 motherboard which he had bought new in 1983. What I was really after was his old Commodore SX-64, but when he said I could have his Oric too I was really excited. I've read a lot about the Oric on the web but I never thought I would be able to get one myself.
I had a Commodore VIC-20 form 1982-1984 and a Commodore 64 1984-1987, and the Commies were the only computers I cared about then. In 2001 I started buying old Commodores again, and after a while I began looking for other 8-bit computers too. I now also have a couple of ZX Spectrums and ZX81s, which I'm really fond of. I'm sure the Oric will find a place in my heart too.
I must say it seems to be a very nice little computer. You can never go wrong with a 6502, and the sound chip is certainly a big step forward from the Spectrum's beeper . Especially the hardware seems to be very sensible and well thought out, with the RGB output and real sockets instead of edge connectors in the back.
I'll have to build a tape lead before I'll be able to load any programs from my PC's soundcard, but I've made a composite lead, connected it to my monitor and tried it out a little, and it seems to be in working order.
I hope to find some time to do a little 6502 assembly programming on it soon with the help of ca65 or some other crossassembler.
P.S. I see that an old acquiantance from the VIC-20 forums over at Denial is here too. Hello Carlsson!
Just wanted to make myself known. I never had an Oric back when, but I got one a few days ago from a guy at the place I work. It's an Oric-1 with a rev 3 motherboard which he had bought new in 1983. What I was really after was his old Commodore SX-64, but when he said I could have his Oric too I was really excited. I've read a lot about the Oric on the web but I never thought I would be able to get one myself.
I had a Commodore VIC-20 form 1982-1984 and a Commodore 64 1984-1987, and the Commies were the only computers I cared about then. In 2001 I started buying old Commodores again, and after a while I began looking for other 8-bit computers too. I now also have a couple of ZX Spectrums and ZX81s, which I'm really fond of. I'm sure the Oric will find a place in my heart too.
I must say it seems to be a very nice little computer. You can never go wrong with a 6502, and the sound chip is certainly a big step forward from the Spectrum's beeper . Especially the hardware seems to be very sensible and well thought out, with the RGB output and real sockets instead of edge connectors in the back.
I'll have to build a tape lead before I'll be able to load any programs from my PC's soundcard, but I've made a composite lead, connected it to my monitor and tried it out a little, and it seems to be in working order.
I hope to find some time to do a little 6502 assembly programming on it soon with the help of ca65 or some other crossassembler.
P.S. I see that an old acquiantance from the VIC-20 forums over at Denial is here too. Hello Carlsson!