Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this video we're going to take a first look at this gorgeous 386 tower.
Long overdue, as I've had this PC sitting in storage for a while and always like the look of it.

Chapters:

0:00 Introduction
0:36 Exterior
1:32 Looking inside
2:20 Turning it on
3:00 Hard drive issue
3:51 BIOS
5:15 Buttons, LEDs and HD revival
6:33 Disassemble the machine
12:03 The motherboard
15:45 The harddrive
16:35 Videocard and controller card
17:34 The PSU
19:46 Future upgrades


This is just part 1, in the second part I'll add sound, networking look at some games and the overal performance of the machine.

Although this doesn't really cover DOS I do want to remind everybody of the #doscember official playlist:

bit.ly/DOScember2020

And also the #doscember Participating Channels:

Adrian's Digital Basement: youtube.com/AdriansDigitalBasement
ctrl-alt-rees: youtube.com/CtrlAltRees
DaveJustDave: youtube.com/MrDaveJustDave
Jan Beta: youtube.com/JanBeta
Josh Malone: youtube.com/JoshMalone_48kRAM
LGR: youtube.com/LazyGameReviews
MindFlareRetro: youtube.com/MindFlareRetro
Mr Lurch's Things: youtube.com/MrLurchsThings
Noel's Retro Lab: youtube.com/NoelsRetroLab
RetroSpector78: youtube.com/RetroSpector78
RMC: youtube.com/RMCRetro
RoseTintedSpectrum: youtube.com/RoseTintedSpectrum
Tech Tangents: youtube.com/AkBKukU
The 8-Bit Guy: youtube.com/adric22
TheRetroChannel: youtube.com/TheRetroChannel

#DOSCember #Intel #Retro