Leading Edge - the 486 that time forgot
New CPU, MR BIOS, Battery, CF-to-IDE, and PicoGUS! Patreon: / retrobits Channel Membership: https://www.youtube.com/retrobitstv/join Discord: / discord Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/retrobits Featured .xm track: Path to Nowhere by :: Anvil :: 2002 Thanks to our awesome Patrons and Channel Members for their support!!! Kevin Gonzalez Jon Ingersoll John DiLiberto John Trammell Paraffine Pinay Collectibles – / pinaycollectibles Vince Valenti hertz_donut Justin D. Morgan - / @jdmcs Peter (Melair) William Sullivan Ryan Brooks James Taylor FULLSET Jim Leonard [mi.low] ALVIN L BRADFORD Mark A Andrews The 8-Bit Theory Don Namron Peter Hlavička (phl) Erik Jahn Pierre Kressmann Sword and Shield Computer Repair Josh K Mitch Hoffman Rayner Daniel Pedersen Thomas Jager Stefan Jamie Copeland Mark Krueger John T Davis souichi123 Alex Ruppel Christophe LECLERCQ 00:00 Introduction 00:41 History of Leading Edge computers 02:42 Exterior Features of the CPC-2008 / 2004 04:15 Inside the Case 06:04 ISA Cards: Aztech AT6800W SoundBlaster Clone 07:14 ISA Cards: CH Products Gamecard III Automatic 08:02 ISA Cards: Trident TVGA8900C VGA 08:36 ISA Cards: Jace Super I/O 09:47 An Authentic 90’s Aesthetic 10:38 Phoenix BIOS 13:12 CPU Performance and L2 Cache Settings 15:14 Video Performance and BIOS Shadowing 17:11 Video Performance and ISA Bus Overclocking 19:17 Keyboard Review and ASMR 21:10 Preinstalled Software 22:27 Game Test: Wolfenstein 3D (Wolf3D) 23:01 Game Test: Doom 23:15 Game Test: Descent 23:40 Game Test: The Need for Speed (NFS) 24:02 Motherboard Inspection 25:08 Intel 486 DX/2-50 Upgrade 28:12 Repair and Replace the Leaky Battery 29:51 Microid Research MR BIOS 31:17 Compact Flash-to-IDE Hard Drive 32:25 Floppy Drive Belt Failure 33:07 Testing MR BIOS and New Features 35:27 CPU and Video Performance Benchmark 37:00 MR BIOS Turbo Hotkeys 37:49 Game Retest: Doom 38:36 Game Retest: Descent 39:14 Game Retest: The Need for Speed (NFS) 39:51 Game Test: Epic Pinball (Cyborgirl) 41:04 Game Test: Wing Commander II 42:35 Game Test: Sam and Max Hit the Road 43:30 PicoGUS Teaser 44:39 Conclusion

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