Good job Jeremy, that turned out super well! I must say though that this machine deserves a CRT display to make the pixel art really shine. Your channel takes me back to my days of poking inside PCs, tweaking autoexec.bat, and playing Sierra’s and other’s adventure games. Best of luck in the Nintari Championship!
Once I get that Compaq monitor recapped it’ll be paired with this machine. The LCD was because it’s lighter and easier to set up and take down. I’m glad you like my channel. Thanks!
The restoration looks amazing! I love the octet area as it is, but I think - as you say - it might be worth it to have the "original" cases instead. Love the two videos on this project, and I really miss Win3.1 when I saw the icons again. Awesome result!
The Compaq case came out pretty good. When it comes to putting keys back on a keyboard, I always do the keys with the stablized bars first (space bar, shift, etc) which makes it a lot easier without all the other surrounding keys in the way. SpaceQuest III was a great choice for the first game to check out. Nice job overall on your restoration!
@@geekwithsocialskills You are the first person to answer a question I asked in a video. I feel you should get some sort of award. Should it be a Clone PC of the era or a PC from a major manufacturer? Or does it matter?
Switch them out. I have a quartet of computers on display marking some of my childhood progression. Atari STFM, Dell Pentium 2 and 3 and Siemens Core 2 Duo. Paired all of them with authentic CRT monitors (Atari, a shared Dell OEM, and a Diamondtron) from the same era.
To get the CF adapter to work, you can use XTIDE Universal BIOS. You can write the ROM to an EPROM chip and then use a network card with an option ROM socket to load XTIDE and then it should boot the CF card.
Hi Jeremy, I just got my 386/20e working today not kidding!! I used a nic with xtide bios burn configured to 170h on a CF adapter. had to disable the hard drive controller in setup. works fantastic. I have dos 6.2 but think it would be better to go your route of 5.0. Is that the rev d off archive org? thanks! Good timing!!!
Yeah I thought about an xtide too I’ve done that on my IBM AT. I just had the SCSI2SD handy and I assume it probably runs faster. I got the 5.0 Compaq DOS from WinWorldPC.com
Does anybody make new classic-style PC cases? That's got to be one of the big parts of recreating the retro look and feel you were discussing; having a 486 built into a modern black metal and glass Lian Li tower bristling with RGB just doesn't have the same moxie as a beige, horizontally oriented box with 5.25" bays in the front. :)
I’ve found some new old stock full tower case on eBay, but I’d love it if someone would make new cases in a desktop form factor. Especially for 286 and 386 era machines. The checkmate is the closest I’ve found and that’s made to look like an Amiga.
I just saved them to my computer but I haven’t had time to check and see what best practices are for archiving disks. Just to make sure it’s correct when I upload it to archive.org
I built several 486's in the mid 90's and I enjoy watching people like you restore machines from that era.
Oh yeah, pretty good chance the Win3.1 software came from Computer Reset :-) Great Video, Jeremy!
Yeah based on the description in the auction, I’m almost positive it did.
Good job Jeremy, that turned out super well!
I must say though that this machine deserves a CRT display to make the pixel art really shine.
Your channel takes me back to my days of poking inside PCs, tweaking autoexec.bat, and playing Sierra’s and other’s adventure games.
Best of luck in the Nintari Championship!
Once I get that Compaq monitor recapped it’ll be paired with this machine. The LCD was because it’s lighter and easier to set up and take down.
I’m glad you like my channel. Thanks!
@@JeremysRetroBar Oh, by the way, the octet looks cool but actual retro machines are way more interesting, at least to me.
Thanks for your vote.
This was my first pc, also had a monochrome monitor that came with. That thing was built like a tank, so many fun times on that machine.
I love reverse sleepers, but I totally get your thoughts. I love seeing modern cooling cases with vintage parts...
I'll keep watching regardless.
Thanks for the answer.
More restorations from Computer Reset, please!
Great job. Love mixology & retro computing. Such an enjoyable combo. Keep em coming 👍🏼
The restoration looks amazing! I love the octet area as it is, but I think - as you say - it might be worth it to have the "original" cases instead. Love the two videos on this project, and I really miss Win3.1 when I saw the icons again. Awesome result!
The Compaq case came out pretty good. When it comes to putting keys back on a keyboard, I always do the keys with the stablized bars first (space bar, shift, etc) which makes it a lot easier without all the other surrounding keys in the way. SpaceQuest III was a great choice for the first game to check out. Nice job overall on your restoration!
Thanks I thought it turned out well too. Good tip on the keyboard I’ll keep that in mind for next time.
@@JeremysRetroBar P.S. I think you should swap out the octet with actual machines of the era :-)
@@geekwithsocialskills You are the first person to answer a question I asked in a video. I feel you should get some sort of award.
Should it be a Clone PC of the era or a PC from a major manufacturer? Or does it matter?
@@JeremysRetroBar winner winner, chicken dinner! I'll PM you on Twitter.
Switch them out. I have a quartet of computers on display marking some of my childhood progression. Atari STFM, Dell Pentium 2 and 3 and Siemens Core 2 Duo. Paired all of them with authentic CRT monitors (Atari, a shared Dell OEM, and a Diamondtron) from the same era.
Nicely done ! Good video 👍
Thanks!
Love the channel and it’s helping me get back into mixed drinks again! Great job on the 386 - I have a similar one from CR that I need to restore too.
To get the CF adapter to work, you can use XTIDE Universal BIOS. You can write the ROM to an EPROM chip and then use a network card with an option ROM socket to load XTIDE and then it should boot the CF card.
I know. I just like the ease of SCSI. I’ve used XTIDE on my XT and AT machines.
Just create an other table with 8 off these orginal pc's next to the 8. They need to stay. It looks so nice. Then again both do so.
You mentioned in the video an archive of the disks? Where did you upload them? Or were you not making them publicly available?
I just haven’t gotten around to it yet. I’ll put them on archive.org
@@JeremysRetroBar okay cool! I have a Presario CDS 850 I’d love to install it on.
Hi Jeremy, I just got my 386/20e working today not kidding!! I used a nic with xtide bios burn configured to 170h on a CF adapter. had to disable the hard drive controller in setup. works fantastic. I have dos 6.2 but think it would be better to go your route of 5.0. Is that the rev d off archive org? thanks! Good timing!!!
Yeah I thought about an xtide too I’ve done that on my IBM AT. I just had the SCSI2SD handy and I assume it probably runs faster. I got the 5.0 Compaq DOS from WinWorldPC.com
@@JeremysRetroBar Awesome, installed and running. Now if I can only find an eject button for the 5 1/4! Really enjoy the channel, thank you!
Win 3.1 were 7 disks, not 6.
The 7th had the printer drivers that was optional. Same with 3.11
Does anybody make new classic-style PC cases? That's got to be one of the big parts of recreating the retro look and feel you were discussing; having a 486 built into a modern black metal and glass Lian Li tower bristling with RGB just doesn't have the same moxie as a beige, horizontally oriented box with 5.25" bays in the front. :)
I’ve found some new old stock full tower case on eBay, but I’d love it if someone would make new cases in a desktop form factor. Especially for 286 and 386 era machines. The checkmate is the closest I’ve found and that’s made to look like an Amiga.
Switch them out, but the computers look nice tho.
Where were the Compaq Windows 3.1 disks archived?
I just saved them to my computer but I haven’t had time to check and see what best practices are for archiving disks. Just to make sure it’s correct when I upload it to archive.org