Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The System Source Swap Meet was held on April 27, 2025. Unlike last time, I joined up with @RetroTechChris to carpool up to the event, and good thing Chris decided to bring the minivan... I'm not sure everything would have fit in his car!

I picked up two PCs from the museum's Warehouse Sale for $20 each. They appear to be complete, but dirty... and both still have NiCad batteries on the motherboard with minor signs of leakage and corrosion.

Last time, we got the battery off the 386/20's motherboard, along with two corroded ISA slots, and I confirmed that there was no trace damage on the board. I was unable to find the 8-bit slots that I thought I had, so I have ordered replacements. In addition, since the keyboard socket has broken shield tabs, I ordered a replacement for it as well.

Will the parts arrive in time? Will we get the computer back together? Will it still work? You'll have to watch to find out!

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