A fairly quick look at a couple Hercules graphics cards from the 1980s as well as the Plantronics ColorPlus card.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtqH-jD7EE
We are looking at the short lived and much hated Socket 423 Willamette Pentium 4 in the form of a "Ultimate year 2000" build and how this PC compares to a Pentium III PC of around the same era.
skip to the main video at 5:06
*UPDATE* 2/7/18 benchmark results at end of video are flawed. check blog in link below for updated benchmark results
Watch Part 2 for updated results https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=kcB62yBKaiE
*CORRECTION* Pentium III motherboards DO exist that also use RDRAM though they seem to be uncommon or rare.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX0pi9MmYQA
A look at the Cyrix 486DLC-40 chip, a chip meant to upgrade existing 386 motherboards to a 486 CPU. In the video we compare it to a AMD 386-40. More information can be found at the blog at https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/upgrading-the-386-enter-the-cyrix-486dlc/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWlBLrkBtok
In this video I try to solve an issue with my 486 incorrectly playing back midi tunes from external midi devices.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yNHTlalZeE
Doing something a little different and looking at a sort of recent pickup. a almost complete i7 PC I bought for $5. not ancient but an interesting find.
Thanks to Zestypanda for the video suggestion. check out his channel here https://www.youtube.com/user/Zestypanda
channel update at 0:14:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8brrnX5zk-E
A "general" look at SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) hard drives and devices. A good video if you're totally new to SCSI and what it is and how it fits into your retro PC
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0i4MxeoatQ
Taking a look at the UMI ProQuest 900 Series Workstation a 286 class computer vary similar to the NCR 286.
For more information check out the blog at https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/2023/05/13/proquest-900-series-workstation/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eht8exxloh8