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Justin "Doesn't have his beard anymore" Morgan!

I’ve recently received several suggestions on better ways to glue plastic pieces back onto the case. Unfortunately, I had already attempted to glue this case back together before receiving them. Because I’m not really happy with how the results turned out, I’m going to decline to admit to the products I used. However, not all of the faults lie with the glues I used - the plastic on this case is Spindler-plastic-level brittle (beige Mac owners will probably know what I’m talking about.)

hi Justin try using ess solo1 vogon driver cant link but google it :) (idk my other link got monetized or something) , these cards are head ache like IBM mwave dsp based very bad dos sound blaster combability , for IBM os combability look the list the have from pull down menu, vogons driver libary ftw , and loves Phill and site what he does some drivers there aren't right for all hardware.

I appreciate your work Justin. Thanks for leaving the live videos up. I usually "Listen" at work (I work for a sister company to Giant Food and Food Lion up in New York. I run a grocery Store night crew) and while I am working, Im listening. If I happen to be home during the stream, I'll usually be more interactive. The other night when this video was live I got bogged down cleaning up after Thanksgiving shopping.

Dang … missed the whole stream … got involved with a project at work …

Dev / QA test board?

Hey do you have to replace the battery can you just set the value every time?

I’ve been searching for my childhood pc which was an Emerson xt with 2 5.25 drives and no hard drive. It was purchased from either home shopping club or qvc😂. I wonder if this is it, I’m looking to see the case then I could tell. Any ideas on places that may have Emerson’s for sale?

I missed the live stream …

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Hello Justin, nice video again. Greetings from Steven from the Netherlands

Hi Justin, what a nice channel. I have subscribe it. I like your content. I repair motherboards and computers too for my customers. Greetings from Steven from the Netherlands

Hahahaha!

Hi, where did you buy the charging board and the IC to be able to put a 2032 battery without charging? Lastly, could an Intel DX4 100 Mhz be configured on the ExpertBoard without a voltage regulator? I have the same one as in the video, but the first version that comes with resistors that are not SMD type.

I almost never see references to KLH computers. My family's first IBM compatible was a KLH 386 SX-20 which we bought at Sam's Club in 1990 or 1991. I still have it. Been meaning to get it up and running but it still looks really good inside. No longer have the drives. I did get one of those Ti 486SLC chips but haven't decided whether to install it. Probably not. I think it would limit the ability to play early PC games. Too powerful. I have an Am486 DX4-120 anyway. Your KLH is distinctly different from mine which suggests they were simply selling white label PCs. It also has WDC onboard graphics.

Do NOT let this man get ahold of a Fire Flower.

@Mac84 sent me!

can't believe i missed this live lol

By the way, I've submitted the info to The Retro Web on this board, and they've updated the page we found with the info on this board: theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/unknown-386sx-16-system

I was there with my daughter and gave you that Cartel case. Just wanted to say the PSU works great, I ran it for hours on a meter and it was steady the whole time, it should be perfectly safe to use.

I had to leave for work by the time you got the Sun's out. I said "I told myself I wasn't going to buy much, I am not breaking that promise" or something to that effect.

The title mentions a recap but when you speak you mention it’s had an ultrasonic clean and there’s no electrolyte residue. So, was it recapped or just cleaned? Also, did you recap the power supply also? I’m only asking because I refurbished my LCIII digital board and power supply board. I recapped them, then washed them, then dried them and finally placed them in a warm environment to drive out the remaining moisture over 24 hours.

Love the wheel of regrets

Just a quick update on the “tested working” Apple II+ motherboard I bought on eBay: it actually had a falling 9334 on it… 🤦‍♂️ The chip worked well enough for BASIC; I discovered that the failure by running Adrian Black’s Dead Test on it, which failed with all the bits of the zero page repaired as bad.

The fact that someone had previously labeled that that was in fact the power supply though

I do apologize for anyone that thought I was ignoring them in the chat. The chat in OBS froze around the time the chat rate normally goes down, so I didn't catch the issue before I ended the stream. I'll try to do better next time.

I feel asleep right before the hard drive surgery. The floppy drive will likely need a recap as well. There are 4 caps total. The SMD caps on the board need to be replaced. I’ve been working on an adapter for the hard drive, but I stopped that in February when everything went south.

One of these day's I will surprise you and watch live, but feel free to refer to Dad as Johnny Anonymous. (LOL)

Could you tell me how to make an order of this board? Which folder in github consists right gerber files? In picogus/hw/jlcpcb I can see only project.db file...

Those are some really unusual features for a VGA card.

There is a little blurb in infoworld (Mar 11, 1991). "PH6 Technology Corp.'s Super Intelligent VGA controller, which features automatic systems configuration backup and password protection, is now shipping. The 16-bit board with 256k of memory lists for $245.

Nice. I took a picture of a rainbow once, and it landed on a chicken fast food restaurant in Australia... rainbows don't lie.

I was going to say a box of Trident Cards....

what liquid do you use in your ultrasonic cleaner? I've been looking for something to clean PCBs with but everything I've seen is over 100 bucks.

Nice work and these look like a great replacement. In 2024 the 12887+ is still manufactured. Maxim bought Dallas 20 or so years ago and in 2020 Maxim was acquired by Analog Devices. You can find them on Mouser and Digi-key. Personally, I like the DIY replacements better but for those that want a OEM replacement then you can still get them.

If you're wondering, we stayed at the Avista Resort in North Myrtle Beach, SC.

Sorry I missed the stream. I was at a concert... and drove through a snowstorm to get back from said concert.

Yeah sometimes they are brittle I had to deal with a apple Bandai pippin recently horrible machine to take a part because of the ribbon cable system just to remove the bomb battery out of it so it doesn't leak or kill the board 3 1/2 hours later finally get it together and snap went the clip on the side panel gave me a heart attack. Until I noticed it wasn't needed

it came with 2 massively thick but not full page size emerson branded binders, one for the included software and the other hardware. ours came with an okidata dot matrix printer that was massive! i wonder if i was booting from a dos 5.25 floppy for no reason! lol i cant wait to find one of these and max it out as much as possible, hopefully using a rasberry pi as both a gpu and coprocessor but that may be wishful thinking lol there have to be upgrade cards like those made by sonnet that will work in this! anyone know a goodplace besides ebay/facebook to look for this pc?

We bought one of these xt clones through qvc! Ive been searching for one because i lost mine in a house fire, my dad had purchased it right before he was paralyzed in an accident and later passed so it means alot to me but i never see them around!

FYI: The theme from “The Curse of Monkey Island” will result in a Composition Match (not a strike, but it does affect monetization of the video); therefore, I have muted the claimed segments of this livestream. This also means that “The Secret of Monkey Island” isn’t safe for TH-cam videos, so I’ll have to find another game for demonstrating certain sound cards…

Q: Why isn't this computer wearing your cap in the thumbnail? A: It's not my computer. Q: If only your computers wear your cap, why is Jeramy's Apple IIc wearing a cap in a previous thumbnail? A: I hadn't made the decision then that only my complete computers would wear the cap. I may eventually re-do the thumbnail to match current capping standards... but that's lower on my to-do list.

I believe I kept mixing up the Crystal Flex 370 BX and the Crystal Flex 370 GX during the stream, as both single-board computers look the same. I believe that I have the Crystal Flex 370 BX as this board has the Intel 440BX chipset, whereas the Crystal Flex 370 GX has the Intel 440GX chipset. That being said, if you find a manual for either model of SBC, please let me know!

2 years later... The 8000 series did not have the speech chip in it. Only the 286 and up did. Bought this computer at Wal-Mart in about 1990-ish, on sale for $425 and it came with the Emerson CGA color monitor. This is a fast little XT class machine. I was always impressed as to what games it could play. I eventually upgraded the "A" Drive to a 1.44mb 3.5" floppy and added a Sound FX sound card. Then Added a Video 7 CEGA card, which gave me 16 colors on that Emerson CGA monitor. Played a ton of Sierra games on this thing, all the way up to Space Quest V. It was quite the capable little XT machine. If I remember correctly, you could load TSR's in the upper 128k of the 768K and free up almost all of your base 640K for games. CTRL + ALT + ESC gets you into the BIOS setup. Just for those reading the comments years later. If you do end up with either the 286 or 386 version, make sure the BIOS is not password locked. It's impossible to clear the password by simply removing the battery and there doesn't seem to be a clear CMOS jumper.

I can't believe i missed this one

Justin, that Quadra 700 motherboard came from one of my machinist buddies, an 85 year old guy, in Falls Church VA. I'm glad you got some enjoyment out of it.

If anyone is curious, the seller did require me to return this motherboard, so I'll have to find another FX-3000 or similar motherboard for future 3/486 shenanigans.

I have the Emerson 500EC’s cousin, a Scott 2000SC12. I couldn’t find information about it specifically, but I saw the same ad you showed in a video about the Emerson and started looking for information about it. It has the same digitized voice that I remember from the Scott. Mine has an Oak video card with an FCC ID: IEW-OAK-VGA-16 and a sticker with M900523641-800 on it. It also has a Dallas DS1287 and I’m trying to decide weather to mod it or replace with the Necroware or Glitchworks chip. I saw your warning about the Necroware not working on the 12887. I’m inclined to try the mod first. It has a Western Digital hard drive (type 17) that I won’t be able to test until CMOS settings can be saved. Both the drive and video cards seem to be original to the computer. The only upgrade may be an extra meg of memory. Have you figured out since posting this video that your CF IDE issue is due to the non-standard IDE controller? I was considering a custom ribbon cable with the appropriate pins swapped in order to allow the CF cards I use to be portable. Looking forward to following your progress, and your work so far has helped me with mine. Finding someone else who worked with a similar machine and tracked down the Emerson software has given me confidence to go ahead and purchase the Scott (which happened to be my first ever PC back in 1992). So, depending how it goes from here, you’ll either share in the credit or the blame. 😄

Number 7 is my favourite on this video, as 24 Minutes in Justin has gone chipmunk mode! its a great recap of an insane year of eBay regret!, really enjoyed watching this! and no1! of course!