PC archeology: Mystery 486 Mini-Tower
The viewers asked for it, so here it is! Let's take a look inside the Mini-Tower PC I rescued from a local recycler and get it working. The first PC Archeology video, the Leading Edge Model "D": • PC archeology: Leading Edge Model D #doscember official playlist: https://bit.ly/DOScember2020 #doscember Participating Channels: 8-Bit Show And Tell: / 8bitshowandtell Adrian%27s Digital Basement: / adriansdigitalbasement ctrl-alt-rees: / ctrlaltrees DaveJustDave: / mrdavejustdave Jan Beta: / janbeta Josh Malone: / joshmalone_48kram LGR: / lazygamereviews MindFlareRetro: / mindflareretro Mr Lurch's Things: / mrlurchsthings Noel's Retro Lab: / noelsretrolab Ovesen.net / ovesennet RetroBytes / retrobytesuk RetroSpector78: / retrospector78 RMC: / rmcretro RoseTintedSpectrum: / rosetintedspectrum Tech Tangents: / akbkuku The 8-Bit Guy: / adric22 TheRetroChannel: / theretrochannel --- Info / Keywords Cirrus Logic CL-GD5424 Video Card Thunder Audio Spectrum 16 Contaq 82C596 A Galaxy V3 --- Tools Deoxit D5: https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1 http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16... Jonard Tools EX-2 Chip Extractor: https://amzn.to/2VazxDS https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX-2-... Wiha Chip Lifter: https://amzn.to/3a9ftWw https://www.wihatools.com/precision-c... O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) https://amzn.to/3a9x54J Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0 Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi... Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: https://amzn.to/3adRbuy TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000... TS100 Soldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MI... EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DS... Magnetic Screw Holder: https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-... Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-... RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) http://www.retrotink.com/ Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-... Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537... Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r... Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: • How to remove chips without damaging the c... --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino Outro Music: Abyss by | e s c p | https://escp-music.bandcamp.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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