How Corroded Can a Motherboard Be?
We will admit it. If we found a 386 motherboard as badly corroded as the one [Bits und Bolts] did, we would trash it—not him, though. In fact, we were …read more Continue reading How Corroded Can a Motherboard Be?
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Build Your Own 16 MB 30-Pin SIMMs For Vintage PCs
Today’s memory sticks have hundreds of pins and many gigabytes of RAM on board. Decades ago, though, the humble 30-pin SIMM was the state of the art where memory was …read more Continue reading Build Your Own 16 MB 30-Pin SIMMs For Vintage PCs
That Handheld 386SX Gets a Teardown
A few weeks ago our community was abuzz with the news of a couple of new portable computers available through AliExpress. Their special feature was that they are brand new …read more Continue reading That Handheld 386SX Gets a Teardown
Hackaday Prize 2022: Repairing a Vintage Laptop With Modern Components
Laptop computers may be ubiquitous today, but there was a time when they were the exclusive preserve of rich businesspeople. Back in the early ’90s, the significant added cost of …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2022: Repairing a Vintage Laptop With Modern Components
Flood Damaged 386 Gets a Modern Rebuild
Until a flood claimed its life, the 386 tower [Tylinol] found on the side of the road served him well as a DOS gaming rig. In the aftermath of the flood, the machine was left with ruined internals and a rusted case; it ended up being tossed in storage where it was slowly rotting away. But a recent idea got him to drag this old dinosaur back out into the light of day and give it a new lease on life with some modern gear.
For our viewing pleasure [Tylinol] documented the restoration of the computer, dubbed SErEndIPITy, from …read more