286

[xmastree]

Many moons ago, I picked up this epson 286 with a view to modding it. I haven't actually done anything with it yet, but I thought I'd share the photos I took when I took it apart today.

Firstly, the front view:

http://cginternet.net/286/1.jpg


Behind those front panel covers:

http://cginternet.net/286/2.jpg

That switch slows it down from 12 MHz to 8 or 6, just in case some applications run too fast...


First look inside, at all the expansion cards:

http://cginternet.net/286/3.jpg


The cards, one by one (from top/left to bottom right in the above photo):

Modem:

http://cginternet.net/286/4.jpg
Yes, it is bent...


Memory expansion:

http://cginternet.net/286/5.jpg


Video:

http://cginternet.net/286/6.jpg


FDD/IO controller:

http://cginternet.net/286/7.jpg


HDD Controller:

http://cginternet.net/286/8.jpg

RAM:

http://cginternet.net/286/9.jpg


Motherboard:

http://cginternet.net/286/10.jpg

CPU:

http://cginternet.net/286/11.jpg


The mobo slides in through a slot in the front,

http://cginternet.net/286/13.jpg


and connects to the expansion slots via that grey connector:

http://cginternet.net/286/12.jpg


One of the disks (20MB I believe):

http://cginternet.net/286/14.jpg
http://cginternet.net/286/15.jpg

(not as big as I had imagined)


The case almost empty. The drive cage is welded in place.

http://cginternet.net/286/16.jpg

[xmastree]

I've added this post to the original thread (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6798) about this case, so I'll close this one.

If a mod would like to remove it, that would be fine. No need for duplicates.