ballytablewiz
Well-known member
Exploring a Digital Controls Countercade (Exidy Fax) ... WARNING : pic heavy
*I wasn't sure if this should be "General.." or here, Mods feel free to move as needed.*
So I picked this... thing, up, from a well-known local. For a working 13" and the peanuts price, I couldn't resist...
*captions/info under each pic*
This is how it was advertised
But I immediately recognized it as this.
Which was a modular unit that is also this.
This has long intrigued me, and I had to get my grubby little mitts on it to investigate further, as there is very little documentation on them here or elsewhere I've found. I'll try to change that a little bit here, as I unfurl my master plan on this little sumbitch...mwhaha!
This is where it sits 24 hours after acquisition. After "cabinet" cleaning, disassembly, and reassembly. You can see the control panel on the table next to my cat (Stella). I am attempting to show it's relative size there with the measuring tape, the numbers are hard to see, but it's about 21" high, 19" wide, and 22" deep. Kind of a hulk, which is what I want, and we'll discuss why as this thread continues and I post pics of it's disassembly and internals. But right now I need a smoke, so TBC...
Discuss amongst yourselves, I'm all verklempt
*I wasn't sure if this should be "General.." or here, Mods feel free to move as needed.*
So I picked this... thing, up, from a well-known local. For a working 13" and the peanuts price, I couldn't resist...
*captions/info under each pic*
This is how it was advertised

But I immediately recognized it as this.
Which was a modular unit that is also this.
This has long intrigued me, and I had to get my grubby little mitts on it to investigate further, as there is very little documentation on them here or elsewhere I've found. I'll try to change that a little bit here, as I unfurl my master plan on this little sumbitch...mwhaha!
This is where it sits 24 hours after acquisition. After "cabinet" cleaning, disassembly, and reassembly. You can see the control panel on the table next to my cat (Stella). I am attempting to show it's relative size there with the measuring tape, the numbers are hard to see, but it's about 21" high, 19" wide, and 22" deep. Kind of a hulk, which is what I want, and we'll discuss why as this thread continues and I post pics of it's disassembly and internals. But right now I need a smoke, so TBC...
Discuss amongst yourselves, I'm all verklempt

