Thanks to PCBWay for supporting this channel. http://www.pcbway.com. In this part of The Eric Experiment we will try to repair a late 80s/early 90s laptop I found on eBay for a very decent price. The laptop has a dead CMOS battery and it doesn't boot anymore. 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Background 1:13 - Battery 1:33 - Disassembly 4:11 - Removing the CMOS battery 4:33 - What to do about the CMOS battery? 5:33 - Reassembly 6:31 - Modifying the hard drive power cable 7:10 - Testing the cable 8:16 - New plan for the power cable 8:43 - 3d printing a bracket 9:02 - Sponsor 9:44 - Finish reassembling laptop 11:01 - Dynamic Drive Overlay attempt 11:50 - Original Plan 12:09 - Install Windows 95 13:39 - Install DOS 6.22 instead 14:11 - Hardware info 14:38 - Windows 3.11 install 15:21 - Windows 3.11 demo 16:17 - Games 18:37 - Outro Make sure to check out my website: https://www.ericexperiment.com It also works on old browsers such as Netscape 4, you just have to access it wihout https: http://www.ericexperiment.com Get in touch with me! Twitter: @ericmackrodt http://www.twitter.com/ericmackrodt Instagram http://instagram.com/ericmackrodt Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/eric-mackrodt ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CQPOzAXQyg

I found this cool acrylic display that can be used for displaying some of my CPUs. Have you checked out my retro search engine yet? https://www.oldavista.com Make sure to check out my website: https://www.ericexperiment.com It also works on old browsers such as Netscape 4, you just have to access it without https: http://www.ericexperiment.com Join the Discord server! https://discord.gg/PsnWrjadqt Get in touch with me! Twitter: @ericmackrodt http://www.twitter.com/ericmackrodt Instagram http://instagram.com/ericmackrodt Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/eric-mackrodt ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_QPPLpszfY

In this video, join me as I finally reveal the tiniest 486 computer I built from scratch, complete with a custom 3D printed mini case and monitor! This project, over two years in the making, showcases the highlights of my journey, from its conception to the unique components that make it tick. With its Intel 486DX4 100Mhz processor and genuine retro hardware, this little machine is a dream come true for space-conscious retro gaming and computing fans. Discover how I created this miniature marvel and explore more retro tech content on the channel! #Tiny486Computer #RetroGaming #retrocomputing Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Background 1:15 - Main parts 1:49 - The Monitor 2:28 - Monitor Assembly 4:22 - Preparing to Build the Computer 5:50 - Building the Computer 11:18 - The Assembled Case 11:42 - Preparing to Install Software 12:08 - Installing Windows 95 12:33 - Windows 95 Demonstration 15:29 - Windows 3.11 Demonstration 16:30 - DOS Demonstration 17:36 - Conclusion Have you checked out my retro search engine yet? https://www.oldavista.com Make sure to check out my website: https://www.ericexperiment.com It also works on old browsers such as Netscape 4, you just have to access it without https: http://www.ericexperiment.com Join the Discord server! https://discord.gg/PsnWrjadqt Get in touch with me! Twitter: @ericmackrodt http://www.twitter.com/ericmackrodt Instagram http://instagram.com/ericmackrodt Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/eric-mackrodt I do have a Patreon that I don't advertise much, but if you decide to become a patron, that helps a lot with expenses from the multiple projects I work on. https://www.patreon.com/theericexperiment I do have some t-shirts and mugs as well if you want to contribute with that: https://the-eric-experiment.myspreadshop.com/ If you decide to buy something, make sure to send a photo on Twitter or Discord! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkuYGle9L20

Let's do something a bit different from the usual content today. In this part of The Eric Experiment we'll do a Tier List of 90's internet gifs! Try the tier list for yourself: https://www.ericexperiment.com/contents/posts/11-01-2022-90s-gif-tier-list/tier-list/tier-list.html And send a screenshot to me on Twitter! http://www.twitter.com/ericmackrodt Where I got the gifs from: https://gifcities.org/ https://www.cameronsworld.net/ Here's the Oldavista guestbook: http://www.oldavista.com/guestbook.php Where you can see old Geocities pages: https://web.archive.org/ https://www.oocities.org/ Here's the repository where I found the original tier list code: https://github.com/ijemmao/tutorials/tree/master/tier-list Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:37 - The Tier List 0:55 - Neon Welcome Gif 1:17 - Email Gif 1:47 - Knight Rider Separator Bar 2:06 - Netscape Now Button 2:40 - 3d Vortex Gif 3:59 - Welcome to the Internet Gif 3:10 - 3d ping-pong racket Gif 3:25 - Velociraptor Gif 3:51 - Earth Gif 4:07 - Heart Exclamation Mark 4:24 - 3d Skull Gif 4:38 - Flaming Separator Bar 4:54 - Bullet list gifs 5:15 - Weird Knight Guy 5:27 - Frog Home 5:49 - 3d star 6:02 - Internet Explorer Button 6:31 - Under Construction 7:07 - Best Viewed in 800x600 7:36 - Rainbow Separator Bar 7:55 - Dollar Sign Gif 8:08 - Book with Quill 8:35 - Neon More Button 8:55 - Geocities Button 9:33 - Seal with Spinning Earth 9:50 - Dancing Baby 10:17 - Outro #tierlist #internet #gif Have you checked out my retro search engine yet? https://www.oldavista.com Make sure to check out my website: https://www.ericexperiment.com It also works on old browsers such as Netscape 4, you just have to access it without https: http://www.ericexperiment.com Get in touch with me! Twitter: @ericmackrodt http://www.twitter.com/ericmackrodt Instagram http://instagram.com/ericmackrodt Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/eric-mackrodt If you like this content, you can also buy me a coffee to help me stay awake editing videos until late in the night: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ericexperiment ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYoW-RoWCI0