ABOUT:For your consideration is another piece from my personal collection of retro gaming systems, a classic custom all-ISA mini-tower 486SX system in original base-spec condition. This unit has NO hard drive, but does have both a 3.5" and a 5.25" floppy (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 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.
This PC has been tested with a standard VGA 1080P LCD monitor and was able to power on, POST, enter the BIOS. The CMOS battery was removed, this unit boots into BIOS and would seek the A: drive but not boot from a DOS desk disk.
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, only the small above described calcium spot, and no drop or abuse damage. Power supply fan works and is quiet.Keyboard has some cosmetic grime that might call for detail cleaning, and has squishy rubber dome 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.
