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IBM AT 5170 - The most beautiful PC in the world
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A rather boring PC at first glance, but I have a thing for these old brands (Compaq , Dell, IBM, ....).
Lets see what this computer is all about and if it has potential.
#retro #dell #intel
Not wanting to sell a broken system I decided to investigate and found the fix to be very surprisingly simple (and weird).
Audio on this video isn't up to par as I was talking into my iPhone during this off the cuff video.
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Now the question remains, did I buy a working 286 that doesn't need repairs and will simply start without any interventions ?
Lets find out.
In this video I want to show you one of the weirdest PCs I've ever received.
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I was lucky enough to receive this one from a viewer from Saudi Arabia and I'm really excited to give you this walkthrough and hopefully get it up and running
Enjoy.
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A complete system with monitor, keyboard, mouse and even a printer.
But does it work ? And if it doesn't, can I fix it ?
Stay tuned.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - To virtualize or not
2:36 - Word from our sponsor
3:17 - Windows NT 4.0 setup
8:25 - Installing Service Pack 6
8:54 - Virtual Box Guest Additions
9:27 - Microsoft Exchange Server installation
10:35 - Windows NT domain and users
13:11 - Outlook Web Access / NT Option Pack
16:00 - Microsoft Inbox / Exchange client
18:14 - Outlook 97 (Exchange Client)
19:23 - Outlook Express
20:43 - Exchange Server Internet Mail Service
22:48 - Exchange Server MS MAil connector and outro
After a power cut the NAS box stopped working and all I got was the blue LED of death, a common problem with these NAS boxes from synology
0:00 - Introduction
1:17 - Blue LED of death
1:44. -Removing the disks
2:36 - Resetting the unit
3:20 - SSD slots
3:48 - Disassembling. the NAS box
6:12 - The main PCB
7:12 - The debug port
9:44 -The Flash chip
10:21 - Reading the Flash chip
11:55 - The BIOS firmware
14:44 - Reflashing the firmware
17:17 - The web interface
18:08 - Putting it back together again
20:34 - Conclusions
Music used : SILVER MAPLE - Let There Be Rain (epidemicsound.com/track/0KWHmZa8MH)
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In part 2 we will be covering Windows 95 / NT 4.0 and Windows 98.
0:00 - Introduction
1:27 : Sponsor message
2:09 : Microsoft Mail for AppleTalk (1988)
2:26 : Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1 (1991)
5:45 : Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2 (1993)
7:09 : Microsoft windows For Workgroups 3.1 Mail App (1992)
11:32 : Microsoft Exchange Client 4.0 (1996)
14:50 : Microsoft Outlook 97 (v8.0) (1997)
Enjoy the video !
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Lets take a first quick look at the machine, and see what we find inside.
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If you like ICQ, RealPlayer, WinZip, Netscape, WinAmp, GoldWave, Total Commander then stay tuned !
A rather boring business oriented desktop PC with an Intel pentium 75MHz.
Does this have potential to become a nice retro gaming rig ? Lets find out .
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0:00 - intro
0:26 - Message from our sponsor
1:08 - Exterior
1:51 - First boot
3:10 - The case
3:58 - Opening her up
4:47 - Disassembling the computer
9:07 - Software on the computer
10:07 - Components of the PC
10:32 - 3COM Networking card
10:49 - Western Digital Caviar hard drive
11:11 - Mitsumi disk drive
11:22 - Rise card
11:34 - The PSU
12:17 - The motherboard
14:06 - Voltage regulation
15:03 - Intel chipset
16:07 - The Intel Pentium 75MHz CPU
17:33 - Outro
#retro #siemens #computers
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0:00 - intro
1:46 - sponsor message
2:28 - Intel 486 dx2 66MHz with Western Digital IDE drive
3:05 - Intel 386 sx 16MHz with broken Seagate IDE drive
3:59 - Intel 386 sx 40MHz with Seagate IDE drive
4:38 - Olivetti M300-02 with Conner IDE hard drive
5:36 - Intel Pentium 166MHz MMX with broken Quantum BigFoot IDE drive
6:33 - AMD K5-PR150MHz with dual Seagate IDE drives
7:00 - AMD DX4 100MHz with Conner IDE drive
8:03 - Toshiba 310CT laptop with Toshiba drive
8:37 - Altima Two laptop with Conner hard drive
9:09 - Data General laptop without hard drive
10:27 - IBM 5151 Portable with Seagate MFM hard drive
12:10 - AMD DX4 100MHz with Seagate IDE hard drive
13:11 - 386dx33 Kloon PC with broken Toshiba IDE hard drive
13:33 - Commodore PC-10 with broken sometimes BASF MFM hard drive
13:57 - DTK 8088 XT system with Seagate MFM hard drive
14:40 - Grape XT system with Seagate MFM hard drive
15:23 - IBM PC XT 5160 with Seagate MFM hard drive
16:31 - Another IBM PC XT 5160 with Seagate MFM hard drive
17:26 - IBM PC 286 XT 5162 with MFM hard drive
18:19 - Turbo XT system with MFM hard drive
#asmr #retro #vintage
I also want to give a shoutout to @necro_ware , take a look at his awesome retro channel where he showcases his mad motherboard repairing skills. Also take a look at this Dallas RTC chip replacements (youtube.com/watch?v=svPNxILeQEw)
Another great retro channel is @PCRetroTech that has also covered this Compaq 386s. (youtube.com/watch?v=ye51HGZ1rsg)
Be sure to checkout part 1 also : youtu.be/iUQOKlw00RI
0:00 - Introduction
0:47 - Seagate ST351A/X 43MB IDE
2:59 - Seagate ST3120A 107MB IDE
4:14 - Seagate ST3250 204MB IDE
6:18 - Teac SD-3105 30-U 105MB IDE
7:30 - ALPS Electric DRR040C05A 40MB IDE
12:44 - Connor CP-3024 20MB IDE Repair
19:38 - Connor CP-346 40MB IDE Repair
26:43 - Conner CFS1275A 1278MB IDE Repair
29:50 - Outro
Still need to test the following SCSI drives but that will be for another video :
Quantum ProDrive LPS 40MB SCSI
Compaq 142003 566MB SCSI
#retro #harddrive #ide
Looking forward to seeing how many stood the test of time.
0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - Quantum ProvDrive ELS 40MB IDE
8:14 - Connor CP-3024 20MB IDE
12:35 - Connor CP-346 40MB IDE
13:54 - Connor CP30104 120MB IDE
16:53 - Connor CFS420A 340MB IDE
19:38 - Conner CFS1275A 1278MB IDE
21:48 - Outro
Stay tuned for part 2 where we'll be looking at the rest :
Seagate ST351A/X 43MB IDE
Seagate ST3120A 107MB IDE
Seagate ST3250 204MB IDE
Teac SD-3105 30-U 105MB IDE
ALPS Electric DRR040C05A 40MB IDE
Quantum ProDrive LPS 40MB SCSI
Compaq 142003 566MB SCSI
#retro #harddrive #ide
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#atari #286 #retrocomputing
#atari #286 #retrocomputing
Also check out the Atari Legend Youtube channel youtube.com/c/AtariLegend and the excellent AtariPC.net website at http://www.ataripc.net
Enjoy !
Now its time to put it back together again.
#toshiba #laptop #teardown
Not the best laptop (in fact pretty terrible), but a good laptop to experiment with and see if we can completely disassemble it without doing any damage.
Stay tuned for part 2 where we will clean and assemble the laptop again and have some fun with it
I will be parting ways with this computer so only had 1 day to make a quick video on it ... hope you enjoy it and we might see it again on the channel someday,
#retro #computer #vobis
Got a late christmas present last week when I went to pick up 2 keyboards.
The seller had some other vintage goodies on offer and I was glad to pick them up.
Enjoy the rest of 2021 and wish everybody all the best for 2022 !
In this video we're going to be looking at the games that were on the hard drive of this 35yr old PC.
A nice trip down memory lane, exploring some iconic games that were available between 1982 - 1990.
Covering both text-based games. CGA, EGA and hercules, I thought this would make for a fun video.
0:00 - Introduction
1:20 - Graphic cards
3:29 - Tetris - 1988 - Ron Van Wier
3:57 - Defender - Basic Demonstration Program
4:21 - PGA Tour Golf - 1990 - EA
7:02 - Paratrooper - 1982 - Orion Software
8:25 - Bushido - Way of the warrior - 1983 - Ebenal Enterprises
10:37 - Dammen - 1988 - C.A. Reedijk
11:16 - Digger - 1983 - WindMill Software
12:20 - FlightMare - 1984 - Peter Adams
13:53 - Chess - 1985 - Psion Software (Richard Lang)
14:42 - Mahjongg - 1987 - Nels Anderson
16:44 - SopWith - 1986 - BMB Compuscience
17:30 - Sokoban - 1984 - Spectrum Holobyte
19:52 - Loderunner - 1983 - BroderBund Software
20:45 - PCMan - 1982 - Orion Software
21:27 - Space Commanders II - 1985 - Arcade Shooter - Columbia Data Products
In this video we're going to take a look at the software on my 1985 stoned infected PC
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0:00 - Introduction
1:00 - A word from our sponsor
2:00 - State of the hard drive
2:12 - Spinrite to the rescue ?
5:19 - Hooking up another computer
6:34 - LapLink
8:51 - MS-DOS Interlnk / Intersvr
10:44 - DosBox
11:50 - Turbo Pascal
13:05 - IBM Virus Scanner
14:00 - Microsoft Windows 1.03
14:23 - Lotus 123
15:03 - Corrupted files
15:48 - PC-Man glitch
16:33 - Pianoman
16:50 - Some games
18:11 - Outro
We've got some nice cards here including the Geforce 256, the Geforce 4 TI 4600 and TI 4200.
#agp #nvidia #ati
#olivetti #intel #486
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Last week I decided to build a new PC. First build I did in over 15 years. Thought it would be fun to see how it compares to a build from 1992, almost 30 years ago.
Enjoy !
Not for repairs, but for an old fashioned LAN party.
Netware 4 seemed like a nice choice for setting. upa little retro LAN.
Look at how I prepare the 286 machines for networking using original Novell Netware cards, hook them up to a Novell NetWare 4server, share some files and play some games.
Other channels mentioned here
NCommander : youtube.com/c/NCommander
RetroTechChris: youtube.com/c/RetroTechChris
RetroBytes : youtube.com/channel/UCBp33nQRejZkmujCMtnPJTQ
#novell #LAN #networking
I got this one really cheap with a bunch of other PCs, but realistically in today's prices you're probably looking at about 50 USD for a retro platform like this
0:00 - Intro
01:19 - Opening her up and first boot
03:43 - Exterior
04:17 - Interior and expansion cards
06:04 - The motherboard
09:30 - The award bios
10:18 - Expansion cards
11:50 - Installing windows 98
12:46 - Glitches
15:11 - Installing drivers
18:06 - Benchmarking with the TI
19:39 - Benchmarking with a lower-end ATI card
21:08 - Playing games with the ATI card
23:45 - Playing games with the Geforce Card
24:41 - Comparing some cards
25:20 - Conclusion
#Intel #Nvidia #Retro
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Surprised to see this listing in a local add online for over 10 days so decided to pick up this "little" computer.
0:00 - Introduction
0:36 - A word from our sponsor
01:14 - What is a virus ?
02:21 - What is the Stoned Virus ?
02:47 - How did the Stoned Virus spread ?
03:40 - Stoned Virus variants
04:37 - What is a bootsector virus ?
09:21 - Boot sectors
10:38 - How does it all start ?
11:40 - How does the Stoned Virus infect other floppies ?
14:11 - What happens if you have the Stoned Virus ?
15:16 - How do you know if you have the Stoned Virus ?
16:50 - Creating Patient Zero
21:01 - The source code
21:41 - Thank you
References :
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_(computer_virus)
- f-secure.com/v-descs/stoned.shtml
- computerarcheology.com/Virus/Stoned
- http://teaching.idallen.com/dat2343/09f/notes/20MSDOSDiskStructure.htm
#virus #stoned #xt
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Surprised to see this listing in a local add online for over 10 days so decided to pick up this "little" computer. So I picked it up and was a bit surprised at what I found.
For more information on the Stoned Virus, checkout part 2 of this video : youtu.be/4wpAucMg65Q
0:00 - Introduction
0:53 - A word from our sponsor
01:30 - Exterior
04:09 - Interior
07:12 - Graphics card
08:30 - Floppy controller and IO card
10:40 - The monitor
12:20 - Starting the computer
14:10 - The boot floppy
16:22 - The virus
17:44 - Some games
18:34 - Thank you
Originally destined to be a Windows XP workhorse, I decided to put Windows 98 on it and see how she would perform as a gaming machine.
Sometimes we focus too much on period-correctness, and the ultimate period correct Win98 gaming rig would set you back a lot. This however is a much cheaper alternative while still providing you with lots of fun !
Not really sure why ... I was in the market for some early 2000 machines, and I always like the idea of buying something where I don't always know what I end up getting. I actually offered 15 EUR, we agreed on 25EUR, but ended up paying 30 EUR because he had no change :)
In this case I did spot a nice Antec tower but other than that these are just 3 random beige PCs.
So let's see what we got for 30 EURs.
Kindly donated to the channel by Christophe from Germany, I was finally able to test it out on my period correct Compaq Deskpro Pentium II 350MHz
#nvidia #gpu #riva128
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In this first part we're going to go over the hardware of the machine. Next part will cover some software, benchmarks and games.
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Before we start looking at the performance of the Diamond Viper V330 and Matrox M3D card, I wanted to see what the ATI 3D Rage Pro (Turbo) AGP card that came with this Compaq DeskPro is all about.
We'll be doing some benchmarks and show some gameplay, and see what this card can do.
A nice Pentium 2 based system that I am going to use for my Viper V330 and Matrox M3D tests.
Enjoy
#Compaq #Intel #Pentium
Stefan was kind enough to donate a Matrox M3D card, combined with a Matrox Millenium II, and Christoph donated his Diamond Viper V330 (Riva128) card, together with lots of other stuff.
I'm currently shooting footage for those video cards so expect a more detailed an indepth video on those very soon.
But I did already want to get this unboxing out there for you to enjoy.
I'll go through the diagnostic steps in order to try and find out what t he problem was and how I could fix it.
Despite the fact that there was lots of documentation and manuals available, a lot of them contained conflicting information. Combine that with the fact that the machine wasn't able to output any video signal, I was left blind trying to fix the issue.
But I was finally able to fix the issue.
Drivers for this and lots of other intel boards can be found here : driverscollection.com/?V=INTEL&S=4
#Pentium4 #Intel #BIOS
Lots of people don;t even considering them retro, but hey, as somebody once said, if it has a purple and green keyboard / mouse connector, it is retro :)
So here we are .... After an initial start it looked promising .. but then all of a sudden it stopped working ...
Lets see what happened.
They have been "abandoned" in a garage for 15 years minimum. So it'll be interesting to see how they stood the test of time.
#retro #computers #nineties
I don't think we're done with this one yet, as I would like to explore some CPU / graphics and cache upgrades as well ... I would also like to see what other non-game-software we can run on this thing.
Let me know in the comments what you think and what you would like to see in a future video.
#retrocomputer #intel #pentium
The seller actually had 2 computers to sell for a total of 50 EUR.
An HP computer AMD Athlon64 I featured in my previous video (youtu.be/dYR9CyJoFsg), and this HighScreen Pentium 75MHz that caught my eye as I saw the listing.
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Vobis HighScreen
2:50 - Exterior
3:40 - HighScreen speakers
4:20 - HighScreen monitor
4:50 - Opening up the case
5:50 - Starting the system
7:20 - Hard drive issues
10:08 - More hard drive issues
11:23 - Disassembly time
13:15 - Motherboard
16:49 - Intel Pentium 75 MHz CPU
18:00 - Back to the hard drive issues
20:00 - Windows 95 installation
21:41 - Starting windows 95
22:23 - Outro
#Vobis #HighScreen #Pentium
The most "modern" system that I had up until this point was an Athlon XP 1700+, but that all changed with this one here. With an AMD Athlon 64 3700+ this is probably the fastest machine covered so far on the channel.
Lets see what this home PC can do ....
00:00 - Introduction
02:11 - What you typically see on the channel
03:11 - Introducting the Paviliion
06:11 - Starting her up
07:20 - The internals
08:44 - The Athlon64 3700+
10:48 - The motherboard
12:12 - The videocard
14:16 - Software journey
15:15 - Carmageddon 2
16:03 - 3D Mark 99
17:11 - Midtown Madness
18:13 - Age of Empires
19:04 - Colin McRae Rally
20:25 - Total Annihilation & StarCraft
21:27 - Rally Trophy
22:36 - Grand Theft Auto III
23:29 - Colin McRae Rally 2.0
24:40 - Quake 3
25:20 - Outro
#Amd #RetroComputer #Games


