Anyone have experience with the Epson QX-10?

3 years ago by sandlot8625 to c/retro_computing

Mine has bad floppy drives. Hopefully it'll get floppy emulator replacements soon.

Saitama 3 points 3 years ago

That's the sexiest mf'er I've seen since my first Commodore, a C16 back in 1986

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sandlot8625 1 point 3 years ago

Thanks! You still have that C16? Those are cool machines

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Saitama 1 point 3 years ago

Unfortunately no. I still have a C128 with a 1541, a 1571 and the first mouse they released (1351 I believe?). There was another mouse later that had proportional acceleration and operated more like a normal mouse.

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Kaizen 1 point 3 years ago

No experience with it but damn that's a good looking computer!

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sandlot8625 0 points 3 years ago

Isn't it?!? It's hard to tell in pictures but the floppy drives are 1/4 bay height, so half the height of a normal 5 1/4". They use an electromagnetic solenoid to move the heads to keep them thin. That mech is what fails, unfortunately.

I even have a Titan QX-PC IBM pc emulator card for it. There was also a dual monitor display card available. It's a really cool machine that nobody ever heard of.

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Kaizen 0 points 3 years ago

So was it inherited / been storing it for a while or bought it from a garage sale ?

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sandlot8625 0 points 3 years ago

It was a trash find. Got the computer, keyboard, monitor, printer, and PeachText out of an e-waste bin. The other accessories are from ebay.

It's the computer I've owned the longest, probably close to 20 years now.

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Kaizen 1 point 3 years ago