Building a 486 DOS PC with modern parts

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[theDudeOfDudes]

The ol' big squishy clicky power buttons...Something I competely forgot about my old PCs. The feeling of pushing in a long throw switch reminds me of waking up during summer breaks to play hours and hours of wolfenstein and later doom. Hearing the click followed by the 'beep' of the bios startup, then followed by the drive self checks. I can still hear all of these sounds in my head, and the smell of hot computer components/case.

I imagine my nostalgia towards PC games is similar to what my grandparents had with old vaccum tube radios. People become so wrapped up in the large generational differentials that they don't realize that every generation is the same with varying experiences.

[DECCAS]

This is funny to me because in Australia you can't really get away with not having an I/O shield. It'd just fill up with spiders.

[mistaecco]

After years watching LGR, in the past few months I've been discovering a TON of other retro PC-based channels. You and Duraga are some of my new favorite channels :D

[Madness]

Hey, I still have the 486DX2/66 PC that I bought about 24 years ago. And it's still in service as my retro-gaming machine.

those were the days, my friend,
we thought they'd never end...

[nagytestutyuk]

Damn, I had that benchmark at 15:35 :)

My first PC was a 486 SX25, this brought back sweet memories.

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You may not be a big channel like Linus Tech Tips but you sure as heck are entertaining

[jturner]

Eating breakfast, drinking coffee...

watching some PhilsComputerLab videos...

yup, this summer is off to a great start.

[Rouxenator]

Nice! I am #3000 on the thumbs up. Wanted to see what a 486 with PCI slots worked like. I worked on a few of these machines back in the day, but never had them for long enough to see what PCI on a 486 could do.

[QuantumBraced]

I still remember my 486 machine. It was my first PC. The CPU didn't even have a cooler, not even passive. Good times haha

[Skidtire]

the proper term for that power switch is a "latching switch"

[RedSntDK]

Sweet setup, even has a proper config.sys menu and everything. I remember I only got into setting that up when it was practically too late, already into 95/98 era where it mattered a lot less.

[bratticuss]

I would have used a heat sink and fan for that processor. The 486 DX4 100 does get hot.

[randylaird]

Wow a 486 in 2015. You're the man if you can get it on the modern web.

[therealjammit]

SPDT= latching on/off (single pole, double throw)
SPST= momentary on (single pole, single throw)

I remember those darn Dallas time chips. More than one time I've used a Dremel to grind down the top until I got to the embedded lithium battery, cut the battery out, and add wires to an external "AA" battery pack.

[Nocito]

And that's how you set up a real DOSBox folks :)

[Kazahmish]

ahh, the memories, my first computer was a 486, and Doom was the first game I ever played on it..  this may be something I might try to recreate.. I miss playing Doom.. :)  thanks for this vid

[Karreth]

If I were to do this project, I'd make an adapter board with a hold circuit, maybe even a relay for the click, for the front power button. I'd probably also make a hold circuit for the reset button to function as a turbo. Simple adapter for the front LEDs and you have yourself a nice vintage computer in a stock case. The I/O shield seem like a prime candidate for a 3D printed part, though I don't have a 3D printer yet.

[mattafaak]

Watching this video in 60fps made me feel like I might be able to accomplish something with my life.

[omidlara]

ooh! Yeah! this is the tangle that i remember from those days!