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Electronics projects, vintæg computing, programming and repairs. A minimalist blog of sorts.
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The newest addition to my ever growing pile of crud: a Philips :YES.
80186 DOS computer that is not PC compatible
It left out the magic smoke. The seller said he taped it shut to keep the special aroma in. I guess we all know what happened.
Hello there
Construction wise this reminds me a lot of the MSX2 I have that was also made by Philips. Even uses the same floppy drives.
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Expansion bay
Whatever the engineers that designed this had on their minds, ease of serviceability was not among that. To even open it, to have to pull ten screws out. To take the mainboard out, to first have to remove the left floppy drive. And there are washers between the board and the screw posts, which are of course fiddly to get back in