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A friend of mine won this NEC PC-8300 at an auction. Really curious if anybody knows what kind of weather related activities these may have been used for. #VintageComputing

17/5/26, 11:39 pm2 reposts8 likes

48k RAM

@48kram.bsky.social

18 May

I replied over on Fedi - not sure which one you monitor. I know this machine pretty well. Check if it has option ROMs installed under trapdoors on the bottom panel.

R. Wm. "Ruedii" 🦊🐧 🥖🔞

@rwruedii.bsky.social

18 May

Likely reading the weather off of a weather station on the roof connected to it.

R. Wm. "Ruedii" 🦊🐧 🥖🔞

@rwruedii.bsky.social

18 May

However, it may have dialed in to a weather service using it's modem.

Popcornbender Spatch

@spatch.bsky.social

17 May

First thought is some kind of broadcast studio but sometime I think everything could be a broadcast studio