Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Two complete 286 systems and a random 286 motherboard need some repairs, and they need to be built up into usable systems for retro gaming. Be sure to stay for the fire works!

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00:00 Intro
04:44 MSI 286VL Exterior
07:01 MSI 286VL Interior
11:28 MSI 286VL Fireworks
15:57 MSI 286VL Acid bath
17:15 EV-1815 Acid bath
19:28 ELT-286B Exterior
22:18 ELT-286B Interior
32:58 MFM hard drive nonsense
37:44 ELT-286B motherboard
41:28 XT-IDE setup
49:07 Memory woes
1:01:12 EV-1815 testing
1:11:54 ELT-286B full assembly
1:13:59 Closing words

ROMCKSUM for DOS:

github.com/agroza/romcksum

XT-IDE BIOS images:

xtideuniversalbios.org/binaries/r630

MSI 286VL:

theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-286vl

Chaintech ELT-286B:

theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/chaintech-elt-286b-1000

Everex 286/12 (EV-1815) ZIP version:

theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/everex-systems,-286-12-ev-1815---zip-versio

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