Enjoyed this video...I have currently restored a 386 version ..and in the process of restoring a 286 version...which I have successfully integrated XTIDE(AT) on to the model 2660 mainboard using the 2 empty 28 pin bases ...keep the videos coming ...rgds.
Nice :) I have the 386 as well, still looking around for a Portable 486. For these 3rd-gen machines, a passive IDE2CF adapter will do as well, they work fine on the standard IDE connector.
@@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR I sent you an email recently...dont know if you received it....asking for detailed photo's of the memory expansion board....are rare piece I think with little if any information in the public domain sadly....good luck finding a portable 486...a must have for a serious collector.
@@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR That would be very much appreciated..totally beyond me to reverse engineer it...but at least I would know more about it..and what I would be searching for. Thanks
@@evanparton734 ... and I almost let it go, because of how bad shape the machine was! But then I took it anyway, as I had hoped for a working plasma display. Imagine how surprised I was to find that memory expansion board inside! Sheer luck, I may say :)
I'm a little confused after watching the entire video. What was wrong with the first unit, was it only the hard drive? What was wrong with the second unit?
Device #1 was the one shown at the beginning (the dirty one). It had ... - the missing trim panels (swapped with the original ones from device #2) - a dead hard drive (fixed) - a dead CMOS battery (fixed) - a wrong 3.5" floppy (swapped with the 5.25" drive from device #2) - a good plasma panel - the 6 MiB memory expansion Device #2 (the one I already had upfront), had - a defective (but still working so-so plasma panel, not fixed as of now) - a dead hard drive (previously replaced with a CF card) - the original trim panels (swapped to unit #1, mounted the 3d-printed panels instead) - the original 5.25" floppy drive (swapped with the 3.5" drive from unit #1, and completed with the 3d-printed mounting bracket) So Unit #1 is now fully complete and restored. And Unit #2 is in working condition, with some imperfections. Maybe I should have better summarized this then in the video :-)
Yeah, it was more like measuring on non-metric dimensions with an analog metric caliper didn‘t make the outcome perfect. The „it‘s gonna be ok“ pragmatic approach wasn‘t to the best here.
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Thanks for showing all of this. Will be very helpful when I get to fixing mine... It´s not booting from 5 1/4 and I have no diagnostic disk yet.
My pleasure!
I had one of these in the early 90s with windows 3.1 installed, I miss it so much 😢
Enjoyed this video...I have currently restored a 386 version ..and in the process of restoring a 286 version...which I have successfully integrated XTIDE(AT) on to the model 2660 mainboard using the 2 empty 28 pin bases ...keep the videos coming ...rgds.
Nice :) I have the 386 as well, still looking around for a Portable 486.
For these 3rd-gen machines, a passive IDE2CF adapter will do as well, they work fine on the standard IDE connector.
@@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR I sent you an email recently...dont know if you received it....asking for detailed photo's of the memory expansion board....are rare piece I think with little if any information in the public domain sadly....good luck finding a portable 486...a must have for a serious collector.
@evanparton734 I honestly didn‘t check the emails yet, just read it this very moment. Will send you some pictures of the memory expansion board.
@@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR That would be very much appreciated..totally beyond me to reverse engineer it...but at least I would know more about it..and what I would be searching for. Thanks
@@evanparton734 ... and I almost let it go, because of how bad shape the machine was! But then I took it anyway, as I had hoped for a working plasma display. Imagine how surprised I was to find that memory expansion board inside! Sheer luck, I may say :)
Early OS/2?
Where can I download those parts to print myself?
Yeah, Mr. Know-It-All survived.
Sort of, this was prerecorded footage, not considering latest poll results yet…
I'm a little confused after watching the entire video. What was wrong with the first unit, was it only the hard drive? What was wrong with the second unit?
Device #1 was the one shown at the beginning (the dirty one). It had ...
- the missing trim panels (swapped with the original ones from device #2)
- a dead hard drive (fixed)
- a dead CMOS battery (fixed)
- a wrong 3.5" floppy (swapped with the 5.25" drive from device #2)
- a good plasma panel
- the 6 MiB memory expansion
Device #2 (the one I already had upfront), had
- a defective (but still working so-so plasma panel, not fixed as of now)
- a dead hard drive (previously replaced with a CF card)
- the original trim panels (swapped to unit #1, mounted the 3d-printed panels instead)
- the original 5.25" floppy drive (swapped with the 3.5" drive from unit #1, and completed with the 3d-printed mounting bracket)
So Unit #1 is now fully complete and restored.
And Unit #2 is in working condition, with some imperfections.
Maybe I should have better summarized this then in the video :-)
@@THEPHINTAGECOLLECTOR Better late than never :-)
Concurrent DOS? :-D
yes that is good but this is for 386 , Concurrent DOS XM is more suitable, i am thinking on dr-dos better.
Interesting choice. But no (not yet…)
You can never go wrong with the metric. Do not blame yourself for the non metric lovers..
Yeah, it was more like measuring on non-metric dimensions with an analog metric caliper didn‘t make the outcome perfect.
The „it‘s gonna be ok“ pragmatic approach wasn‘t to the best here.
Lié au SPVM.
@karljohnson1121 I beg your pardon? French is not my strength, I'm afraid :-)