In this retro hobby we're all used to working with computers or hardware that's already had a long life of use by a previous owner. This means things are often worn out from use or neglect.
So when given the opportunity to relive the experience of opening a brand new item, it's hard to say no to the opportunity.
So here we have a brand new laptop from 1996 let's check it out and see how it fared stored away for 27 years.
Video Links
Disk images of all the driver disks that came with this:
https://archive.org/details/green753
Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store:
https://mystorec82bd22.creatorspr...
Support the channel on Patreon:
/ adriansdigitalbasement
Adrian's Digital Basement (Main Channel)
/ @adriansdigitalbasement
Tools
Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...
ORing Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J
Elenco Electronics LP560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW
Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0
Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...
Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens FlipIn Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy
TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...
TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS10065WMI...
EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/
DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USBLogicDS...
Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4inch...
Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14161820...
RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/
Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12510PCS...
Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...
Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI
Links
My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...
Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/
Instructional videos
My video on damagefree chip removal:
• How to remove chips without damaging ...
Music
Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino