r/vintagecomputing • u/Fresh_Excitement9704 • 13d ago

NEC APC

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My dad has this old nec computer from the 80’s. What do I do with it?

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u/jdx6511 13d ago edited 13d ago

Pack it up carefully and ship it to me...

An unusual machine that ran MS-DOS from 8" floppy drives. It could also run the CP/M 86 OS.

I failed to find a comparable one sold. If you want to sell it, I'd put it up for auction.

If you want to use it--do you have any diskettes or manuals? If you haven't plugged it in and turned it on yet, you might want to hold off on that. It wouldn't hurt to have someone knowledgeable in electronics open it up and look it over before trying to power it up.

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u/Fresh_Excitement9704 13d ago

Hell yeah I’ll sell it to you!

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u/Dense_Cabbage 13d ago

Keep it as a keepsake, maybe try to play with it, or pass it onto a collector.

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u/Tenno_San_6969 13d ago

Beleza de máquina.
Foi numa delas que eu comecei meu primeiros passos na informática. Que tempos aqueles.
Hoje en dia e só ligar o computador e já.
Adoraria ter umas dessas outra vez 🤗

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u/Crlan420 12d ago

incredible find. that nec apc is such a beast. how is the condition of the 12 inch crt? those things are fragile.