Man that one took me back I wish I could remember but I had a Packard bell the first 286 with a 20meg drive I think it had 512m ram . It was back when Packard bell was building computers to last . That bad boy was solid steel had a 5 /14 and 3.44 I remember backing it up had a huge pile of floppy discs . I sold it 4 times and it come back every time after the buyer bought a better machine . I sold it for the last time to a guy moving I callled a few months and he still had it .
Mate, I'm a fan of his videos as well, but unlike some people, he actually has a life! He goes to work to earn money, he goes and visits family and friends, he sleeps at (semi) regular times and many other things that normal people do.
I honestly do not think it possible for you to make a boring video. Perhaps it is just me, but you seem to have the amazing ability of making anything interesting.
That's actually an MDA/Hercules monitor, not a monochrome CGA monitor, although the video card may also support CGA, as there were a lot of combo CGA/Hercules cards. And having only 512K RAM was very low-end for a 286 in 1989. Probably the only reason he got it instead of a "Turbo XT" was to be able to use the tape drive.
I have a Packard Bell from 1994 that I still run occasionally. Apparently, that's about the cutoff point before PB started going downhill. It's a 486 machine, but it can support up to 64MB of RAM (it came with 20MB- which I'm told was still a huge amount for the time).
I really wanna get a 286 sometime. I get to play with one soon though. My teacher brought in a 286 to class today that was used to drive a engraving machine, kinda like the ones you see in walmart for your dog's tags. There is just something about old computers that fascinates me.
No, I have a relatively large backyard with a 16x7 deck, plus two parking spaces in front of my condo. I choose to put it indoors to protect it from the elements and to keep it clean.
Doesn't matter anymore, but you can try to enter '47' as hard drive type, then you should be able to enter the C/H/S-values of the hard drive manually. However this isn't a real 'standard', it'll work in most cases on those old BIOS'es
I was too young to remember these ... (1989 was the year I was born!), but I can imagine that it was harder to set up computers back then comparatively to today. Not sure what the numbers really mean, but it seems like you're having to basically tell the computer what it has, versus that being already known to it ...
Tape drives for modern systems cost upwards of AU$400 so they aren't really things you could make a video of for fun. If he has an old system with a tape drive already in it, sure I would probably like a demo too, but asking for a demo in a "Modern" system is probably a bit too much to ask.
I love these videos, they provide some zen backdrop for me. Are you into the mechanical keyboard scene much? You should review or compare some vintage boards.
Yo Bbishoppcm Just out of curiosity while were on computers , only if you don't mind us asking, what sort of price did you manage to sell that Powerbook g4 you found in the skip ? Only reason I ask is i have a very similar one 2GB RAM 320 hdd ive never seen a 15In go for $500 let alone 300, I live in Scotland where theyre supposidly more expensive and i only see thm for 1- £150 Im lookin for an intel mac got this off my uncle but its hard to find anything thatll run on it these days. Cheers
How come most of the old computers (1997-older and especially the 186-286) don't normally have heatsinks on the CPU's, and when they do, they're only just small? Do these old processors not generate that much heat? I've got an old computer with a 180MHz Cyrix MediaGXi processor. Even though it has a heatsink on it the computer will run just fine without it.
I absolutely HATE Acer.....and Gateway, and eMachines....which is saying I hate Acer 3 times. But I guess since this one was made 23 years ago it's kinda cool.
stason.org/TULARC/pc/ has some very useful information on old computer hardware. Such as motherboard & io-cards jumper settings, RLL, MFM, and IDE hard drive information and types.
Correct. Low definition is 240p (Video CD quality). Standard definition is 480p/480i (DVD quality).
Didn't know acer was around since then
Man that one took me back I wish I could remember but I had a Packard bell the first 286
with a 20meg drive I think it had 512m ram . It was back when Packard bell was building computers to last . That bad boy was solid steel had a 5 /14 and 3.44 I remember backing it up had a huge pile of floppy discs . I sold it 4 times and it come back every time after the buyer bought a better machine . I sold it for the last time to a guy moving I callled a few months and he still had it .
Mate, I'm a fan of his videos as well, but unlike some people, he actually has a life! He goes to work to earn money, he goes and visits family and friends, he sleeps at (semi) regular times and many other things that normal people do.
I honestly do not think it possible for you to make a boring video. Perhaps it is just me, but you seem to have the amazing ability of making anything interesting.
That's actually an MDA/Hercules monitor, not a monochrome CGA monitor, although the video card may also support CGA, as there were a lot of combo CGA/Hercules cards.
And having only 512K RAM was very low-end for a 286 in 1989. Probably the only reason he got it instead of a "Turbo XT" was to be able to use the tape drive.
I have a Packard Bell from 1994 that I still run occasionally. Apparently, that's about the cutoff point before PB started going downhill. It's a 486 machine, but it can support up to 64MB of RAM (it came with 20MB- which I'm told was still a huge amount for the time).
Wow I never knew Acer made computers back that long ago!
I really wanna get a 286 sometime. I get to play with one soon though. My teacher brought in a 286 to class today that was used to drive a engraving machine, kinda like the ones you see in walmart for your dog's tags.
There is just something about old computers that fascinates me.
I love the sound of these MiniScribe drives, it always remembers me of my very first Macintosh, the Macintosh SE
No, I have a relatively large backyard with a 16x7 deck, plus two parking spaces in front of my condo. I choose to put it indoors to protect it from the elements and to keep it clean.
Doesn't matter anymore, but you can try to enter '47' as hard drive type, then you should be able to enter the C/H/S-values of the hard drive manually. However this isn't a real 'standard', it'll work in most cases on those old BIOS'es
I was too young to remember these ... (1989 was the year I was born!), but I can imagine that it was harder to set up computers back then comparatively to today. Not sure what the numbers really mean, but it seems like you're having to basically tell the computer what it has, versus that being already known to it ...
I kinda figured as much.
Tape drives for modern systems cost upwards of AU$400 so they aren't really things you could make a video of for fun. If he has an old system with a tape drive already in it, sure I would probably like a demo too, but asking for a demo in a "Modern" system is probably a bit too much to ask.
I love these videos, they provide some zen backdrop for me.
Are you into the mechanical keyboard scene much? You should review or compare some vintage boards.
95 needs atleast a 386 with i think, 8 MB of ram to run. That computer would maybe run 3.1 with dos 5.0
Yo Bbishoppcm
Just out of curiosity while were on computers , only if you don't mind us asking, what sort of price did you manage to sell that Powerbook g4 you found in the skip ? Only reason I ask is i have a very similar one 2GB RAM 320 hdd ive never seen a 15In go for $500 let alone 300, I live in Scotland where theyre supposidly more expensive and i only see thm for 1- £150 Im lookin for an intel mac got this off my uncle but its hard to find anything thatll run on it these days.
Cheers
How come most of the old computers (1997-older and especially the 186-286) don't normally have heatsinks on the CPU's, and when they do, they're only just small? Do these old processors not generate that much heat? I've got an old computer with a 180MHz Cyrix MediaGXi processor. Even though it has a heatsink on it the computer will run just fine without it.
Yes, but keeping it indoors protects it from the elements.
Isn't it standard definition? Not low definition?
I had one of these in the mid 90s:)
It makes sense the keyboard connector is on front because usuially people placed monitors on top of the computer and keyboard and mouse infront.
Gotta love that low definition..
Sorry man, not gonna happen. Lighting in my house is horrible (no matter what I do). I bought (and used) a hi-def camera, but was not happy with it.
Wow, I want one of these. Nice find.
What kind of keyboard is that?
I can make this happen, but it wouldn't be very interesting at all.
i have the 500+ version with an 8088 on it, sadly the PSU is dead and is very rare :(
It's just a standard AT power supply.
Cool.. I've found recently Acer XT with hercules video card and MFM HDD...
just google the part number of the drive... 8051a
The SNES also suffered from the yellowing of the plastic as well. I, unfortunately, am a victim of that.
22:10 was funny
I have two spaces.
I think he should build like a little cubby for it on his deck.
Hi there. I am lady Moonstar. (annie) :) do you know if samsung make arcade machines
I absolutely HATE Acer.....and Gateway, and eMachines....which is saying I hate Acer 3 times.
But I guess since this one was made 23 years ago it's kinda cool.
I've seen AT keyboard connectors on the front and back of IBM PC/XT/AT clones before.
BB i was getting worried u were not gonna post!
im your fan. please do a video everyday PLEASE! :P thnx
I can't review something I don't have... sorry dude!
Bro, he lives in a condo....aka no backyard.
Can you do a demo of a tape drive in a modern system?
seriously, don't throw this one away too, I'll pay shipping to send it to me...
hello BBishop, you show me the data sheet for this PC Acer 910? thanks
Really? Lucky....nice condo then. And ok, that makes sense.
Could that machine handle a graphical user interface?
stason.org/TULARC/pc/ has some very useful information on old computer hardware. Such as motherboard & io-cards jumper settings, RLL, MFM, and IDE hard drive information and types.
mmmmm, PC Chips shite.