Ltning

@ltning@weirdr.net

He/him. This is one of my alter egos in the retro world. Read about this instance on front page. My goal is to be able to post here from a 286* running DOS. Might be a while..

and enthusiast with a craving for retro (mostly PC) hardware. Four kids and a wonderful patchwork family.

*Speaking of 286es: http://floppy.museum/

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Herewith, the actual machine. Some specs ..
- Motherboard: Zida TD60C
- CPU: Harris 286 28MHz
- RAM: 16MB "RainbowRAM", 55ns (check out the LEDs!)
- Graphics: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5422, 1MB
- Network: 3com EtherLink III (3c509)
- Floppy: 2-in-1 90mm (3.5") and 1.2" floppy drive
- Storage: Promise DC200M caching IDE controller, 2.5MB cache
- SCSI: Sound Blaster 16 SCSI :D


Dark-ish picture showing motherboard mounted horizontally on a transparent acrylic surface. Underneath a combined 5.25 inch and 90mm floppy drive. The installed RAM lights up in different colours, four sticks with blue, purpole organge and yellow LEDs, respectively. VGA, network and sound cards are also visible.

Alt...Dark-ish picture showing motherboard mounted horizontally on a transparent acrylic surface. Underneath a combined 5.25 inch and 90mm floppy drive. The installed RAM lights up in different colours, four sticks with blue, purpole organge and yellow LEDs, respectively. VGA, network and sound cards are also visible.

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    @ltning any 286 over 16mhz is a unicorn!
    Great find!

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