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The IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 External Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtMtfqpCdV4

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086: External Overview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtMtfqpCdV4)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR1Fx4INNaA

IBM PS/2 Model 30 8086 (8530-021) Overview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR1Fx4INNaA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWDSY7XS4vI

Hibernation Mode – Activated

It’s pretty cold here at the moment and I am in the process of moving house, so things have slowed down a significantly. I am currently looking into purchasing an old PC from my youth. When I was a child … Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 486 CPU Upgrade Failure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGvDwl04crs

Quick Desolder of a RAM Chip… Chip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGvDwl04crs)

First up we have some test desoldering of a RAM chip off a RAM chip board to see if this would even work … Continue reading

Amstrad Sega Mega PC 386SX CPU Replacement

The time has come. We wish you a safe journey AMD 386SX CPU. You have served us well. Armed with a heat gun and flux, work begins to create a 50MHz Amstrad Mega PC motherboard.

EDIT: Everything is on fire! … Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Hard Drive Interface IDE / ESDI / XTA

Above are some photos of Sega TeraDrive hard drive. Sadly it looks like a simple interface is not possible natively by the looks. See the TeraDrive HD pinout spreadsheet on the File Server for the differences in pins. There’s half … Continue reading

286 / 386 / 486 – Overclocking and Upgrades

Wow! My mind been racing at 1000 miles an hour. I can barely keep up with the ideas for future mods jump in. Let’s start with what I’ve been scribbling down on the paper next to my computer. I have … Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Puzzle Construction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhHoHnwrTLI

Faulty IBM WDI-325Q Hard Drive (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhHoHnwrTLI)

To kick things off here is a video of my faulty WDI-325Q. Listen to it grind! I’ll need to be sending that back to the … Continue reading

Sega TeraDrive Model 3 Hard Drive Replacement

It worked and it worked! I can’t really complain about that. Picked up 3x IBM WDL-330P drives for the TeraDrive Model 3 of mine that didn’t have a hard drive and they all work well.