ABOUT:For your consideration is another piece from my personal collection of retro gaming systems, a classic custom all-ISA 486SX in the absolute classic huge AT Clone desktop chassis. This unit has NO hard drive, but does have both a 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy, a SCSI CD-ROM (and a free IDE bus), and has been tested to POST. This is a clean project ready for enthusiast restoration.
Please remember that, while I am a retro tech enthusiast, I am not an expert on the specifics of any given piece of retro technology. Some small components may be missing that I am not familiar with, so please ask any questions BEFORE offerding. This is a piece of 80's/Early 1990's technology that is incomplete, and offerding on it constitutes an interest to tinker with the understanding of nearly guaranteed random hardware issues and unexpected hurdles common to retro technology.
• QuadTel AVIEW2V S3-based ISA VGA Card• Spectrum Thunder (SoundBlaster clone) sound card with SCSI and YMF262-M Yamaha OPL3 chip• Gravis GameCard 1.2 ISA game portcard with speed dongle still attached• DB9 + DB25 serial, parallel, AT plug• Vintage original AT-clone case with original power supply
• A Focus Electronic FK8200 hybrid spring/dome keyboard is included, it has the unique feature of a built-in calculator powered by 3x AAA batteries (tested, no batteries included). The keyboard has been disinfected with isopropyl alcohol so it can be used immediately, the buyer will want to do a thorough restoration clean upon arrival.
• A 9-pin serial Microsoft 2-button mouse is also PC was lightly dusted and cleaned- it retains a bit of dust here and there but is overall clean. This unit did originally have a hard drive that was removed by the original owner, but retains its floppy drives.Both PC and keyboard have normal levels of UV yellowing expected for pieces of this age with the keyboard being more yellow than the PC tower. The PC chassis itself is clean with no heavy dust, no bugs or spiders, and no drop or abuse damage. Keyboard has some cosmetic grime that might call for detail cleaning.
CMOS BATTERY IS DEAD. BATTERY IS SOLDERED TO THE MOTHERBOARD.TESTING:This PC has been tested with a standard VGA 1080P LCD monitor and was able to power on, POST, enter the BIOS. The installed 3.5" floppy does not functional correctly, so a replacement Mitsumi floppy is included which was tested to boot to a DOS disk, ALSO is a used,barebones, vintage PC that is offered ASIS for enthusiastrebuild or collecting. It is not a modern computer and will require tinkering to findcompatiblecomponents and get it fully functioning. I am offering this unit to another enthusiast with theunderstanding that the buyer is willing toundertake responsibility for the many repair and maintenance variables that come with antique computer components including such delicate tasks as floppy drive reconditioning and capacitor replacement. Due to the weight, this unit cannot ship to a PO Box, APO, or FPO.
