Published: Wednesday, July 7, 2021 - Asylum Vault
Well, this 486 motherboard has a similar story. The board was part of a super cool Mini Tower computer that I acquired several months after selling off my existing 486 computer parts. I had already migrated to a Socket 5 based machine and really had no use for another 486 build but, I felt it would be a good platform for learning Linux and testing out some computer networking.
Published: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 - Retro
The computer featured in this video falls into this category. This is a 486 33Mhz mid tower that was clearly a living computer having many upgrades installed over its lifetime. I tear into the build to find the hidden gems and try to figure out what it was used for.
Published: Monday, May 24, 2021 - Retro
There is something synonymous between floppy drives and retro computing and while most of you may associate a floppy disk with a save icon they are still a key element in getting any Retro system running.
Published: Sunday, May 16, 2021 - Retro
This Vintage shipping fail is brought to you by why you should always pack items correctly. When I bought this PC the listing said it came with the original box. Which is not liberty to "ship" it in the original box.
Published: Saturday, May 15, 2021 - Retro
For those of us wanting to mess around with old hardware it is important to check your hardware for issues including old barrel style batteries. I picked up this board on eBay and while the battery didn't explode or damage the board it had started to leak. With a soldering iron it is pretty easy to fix.
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2021 - Editorial
As a PC Hardware Enthusiast I can get excited at just about anything. Turns out my playing Quake 1 on a Pentium Pro sparked a "retro kick" that brought me to RE-PC in Seattle to get some hard to find parts.