#intel 486

[commodorez]

A pair of Intel Overdrive CPUs, for when you need a 486 to go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[retrocgads]

USA 1990

[sortedthings]

My old system was a 486 dx @33mhz 32mb if ram 4gb hdd and windows 98 what's yours?

[retrocgads]

USA 1990

[retrocgads]

USA 1991

[commodorez]

Retrotech Crew: Bad luck with 486′s and magnetic media

The Retrotech Crew discord channel currently has 3 people simultaneously messing with 486 machines, floppy disks, and/or IDE hard drives, and having terrible luck, each for completely different reasons.

[commodorez]

Toshiba Satellite T1910CS-200 Upgrade Progress

As I was gearing up to begin installation of Windows 95B on my T1910CS, I discovered that the floppy drive motor was acting up.  Fortunately I have a replacement.  In order to get into the machine deep enough to remove the floppy drive, I need to disassemble most of the laptop. 

By that point, I realized it wouldn’t be too much extra effort if I wanted to separate the main case for painting.  It had crossed my mind a few times to paint this beauty red or green or something, and really make it my own. 

Having to tear it down to brass tacks really pushed me to go ahead and paint it.  I plan to cover up the nice large stickers with masking tape, however the small “Toshiba” screen printing will sadly be lost along with the indicator LED marking.  I also ordered a larger ZRAM expansion card, because 20MB instead of 8MB sounds mighty nice right about now.  Plus, the CMOS battery is dead, so this is an opportune time to replace it.  The guts should be functional without the case, I just need to use an external monitor and keyboard.

This thing is gonna be one hell of a powerhouse if all goes well. 

[commodorez]

The classic Intel 486SX