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Hello my patrons and welcome all the new members!  Next up on the main channel we have a PC Archeology episode where I take a look at and test a left for dead IBM PC 5150. This one was about to be recycled and get saved so it could live another day. Even more fun is there was an interesting surprising lurking inside of this machine which will lead to a another main channel video. 

Also, it never ceases to amaze me what even though I feel like I know so much about PCs, I still run into issues that stump me... Now I think about it, It seems every time I work on real IBM PCs happens! 

Anyway the video after this won't be a PC video, I know I've had a lot in a row lately .... so I'll be changing platforms. I'm just working on clearing out some backlog of PC stuff that seems to be floating around.... although now I think about it, I have several more machines. I guess those can wait! 

Thanks so much for the support! 

Direct link: https://youtu.be/KepvxT6Yc7E

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PC: Archeology: A left for Dead IBM PC 5150 with a treasure hiding inside 🕷

It's time for another episode of PC Archeology! This time we have a IBM PC 5150 that was picked out of the recycle bin, about to be shredded. I thought this was just going to be another run of the mill PC, but you never know what you might find inside. -- Links Testing floppy drives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtHwYQyhkAc Minus Zero Degrees (the best resource for IBM PCs:) https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/index.htm https://www.minuszerodegrees.net/5150/early/5150_early.htm Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store: https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spring.com/ Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement -- Tools Deoxit D5: https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1 http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1602/.f 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/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/ 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/33000308958.html TS100 Soldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MINI-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Structure/113382669853 EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DSLogic-Basic-Analyzer-16Ch-100MHz-4Ch-400MHz-Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA/202543965672 Magnetic Screw Holder: https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-magnetic-parts-tray-90566.html Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-24-28-32-40-pin-IC-Test-Universal-ZIF-Socket-Fs/303206721971 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-Micro-Scissor-125mm-PLATO-170-Electronics-Cutter-Side-Cutting-Pliers/163458746184 Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537183709.html Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8 --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino

Comments

Ed Johnson

I had a 386 accelerator card like that - plug it into an XP and you instantly have a 386 - very cool at the time but also very low performance compared to the real thing. It was a cheaper alternative than replacing most or all of your hardware back in the day. I got it from a vendor of used/recyclced PC stuff back in the day, and then eventually upgraded to a real 386 and discovered how bad the performance was by comparison.

Jim Moores

Just watching an episode of The Computer Chronicles from 1988 and they review the 386 card featured in this episode! https://youtu.be/awt0lbfTrzU?si=aQFubcJvqxMg95-4 at about the 15 minute mark.