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  1. 10-07-2007, 02:07 PM #21
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    And, today is yesterday's tomorrow... It's now in the boot of the car.
    Blimey, this is an old thread...

    Well, that 286 was still in the boot of the car until last week, when me and Mrs. xmastree moved into our own house. With a cellar...

    Maybe I can finally get round to doing something with this old banger after all.

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  2. 10-07-2007, 09:19 PM #22
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    Sadly, the original picture/link is down... I'd really like to see the beast, though. I love that old hardware.
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    Jon, the whole post is about building a bong that changes its own water.
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  3. 10-08-2007, 01:46 AM #23
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    Don't worry, there will be pics once I open it up.

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    I took it apart today.

    Firstly, the front view:




    Behind those front panel covers:



    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:




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

    Modem:


    Yes, it is bent...


    Memory expansion:




    Video:




    FDD/IO controller:




    HDD Controller:



    RAM:




    Motherboard:



    CPU:




    The mobo slides in through a slot in the front,




    and connects to the expansion slots via that grey connector:




    One of the disks (20MB I believe):




    (not as big as I had imagined)


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


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  5. 12-02-2007, 03:25 PM #25
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    Ok, now I feel old... I remember those part....



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    These old cases are made of heavy steel... god bless Aluminium for the Thermaltake Armor and Lian-Li cases. xD
    Your Armor is in Aluminium? only the silver one is...

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  6. 12-03-2007, 07:51 AM #26
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    Default Re: Possible retro mod case for UK ebayers

    People restore really old cars and really old furniture. But I have never seen anyone restore an old 286 to it's original specs. A couple of years ago I sent everything that used the old AT type power supply or ISA bus to a recycling place.
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    Default Re: Possible retro mod case for UK ebayers

    That's incredible. Reminds me of the Hyundai I took apart a while back - also a 12 MHz AMD 286. Great stuff. This is even better, though - a little door on the front! Gonna hide a fan controller behind it?

    +rep for an awesome project.
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  8. 12-23-2007, 01:52 PM #28
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    Hyundai made computers? Damn, those Koreans have made everything, lol

    can't believe this thread is still active, I remember a couple of months ago this had started. XD
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