To answer questions about the Hardcard: as expected, it doesn't work. t.co/GK2oUEfzQJ Every single one of them I've come across are in need of various internal repairs. Hopefully I'll get around to fixing mine up someday, but it'll be a time-consuming and fiddly process that I'm not exactly rushing to get involved in, haha.

Clint, Some notes about the machine (the rusty one with the leaked battery): This machine belonged to my father, who worked for a law firm in New York. This would be the reason for the disclaimer notice on startup. It was not his personal machine at work-- according to him, computers for every employee was not the practice yet, and he says the machine was most likely used for word processing. As for what the hardcard was originally connected to, he does not know. Later, in about 1991, the firm sold off the machines to the lawyers for use as personal computers, and my father bought his for practice using computers as well as the installation of Word Perfect which came installed on the machine. This was his first personal computer at home. He says that he remembers installing the modem card himself, and using it for some early internet functions like Compuserve and possibly Prodigy. Also, I am bummed that you were unable to try it with the original amber display that came with it. I had hoped to see that, but regardless, my father and I were very pleased to see you were able to boot up the old hard drive. I did try powering up the motherboard once myself, and I did not see any explosions from the tantalums, but if I remember correctly, I think some of the power supply rail voltages may have been reading incorrectly, so I would assess the power supply to be sure. Thanks!

We should take a moment to appreciate how those rear IO plates haven't changed in design at all since 1986.

Hello Clint, I have pretty crappy hearing and so usually watch KZfaq with subtitles. I really appreciate all the work you put into captioning your videos, rather than relying on auto-generated ones. The in-jokes (excited chirping, clumsy fiddling, cautious laughter) are a wonderful touch.

I love the sound of that startup. It seems to say "Hang on to your hat, the engines are reaching FULL POWER"!

LGR: Starts bashing the battery compartment with the screwdriver. ME: HELL YEAH NOW WE'RE RESTORING!

When those two PC's started booting up... I felt like I should hold on to something.

Anyone else find old pc noises and old hard disk noises to be highly satisfying?

Everyone else: "Gotta wash my dishes in the sink." LGR: "Gotta wash my IBM in the sink, with slow sensual music."

"Hey newer computer, can you tell me the time and date so I can tell it to this older computer?" Flerpelnerp: "yes"

It warms my heart to see somebody giving a shit And taking care of older hardware

Those stepper motor hard drives make such a distinctive sound, they're recognizable anywhere. At some point, one got sampled into a sound effects collection and you hear it all the time in movies and video games (including Black Mesa, most recently). Every time I hear it, I get this nostalgia flashback as a teenage nerd sitting in front of my dad's Mac Plus in like 1986.

My wife is deaf and I watch these with her sometimes, your captions {computer loudly whirls to life} is great!

I caught that Technology Connections reference at 9:07

Wow. From my birth year. My dad worked at IBM Germany at this time (30 years in all). Bringing home 'old' Computers from there. Sadly he died 5 month ago

Oh, man. Hearing that CRT ring when he powers up the monitor... it's like wince-stalgia.

THAT'S THE SOUND!!!! I've been looking for a video of a HDD that sounds like that for AGES! That's exactly what my XT sounded like, I DEEPLY regret selling it.

Subtitles: [Classy Computer repair music]

Love how everyone who has them keeps saying how rare they are, and then casually shows 2 of them :) Lovely machines, but prefer the look and feel of the AT. But always great to see an old IBM restoration process !

I'm reminded of when my dad powered up an old full-height scsi hard drive he was testing. It sounded like a prop plane starting up. Womp womp womp womp womp whirr whirr whirrr...

The power up sounds is so nostalgic i actually miss these sounds like the floppy chatter.

When I was 10/11 I came home from school to find my dad sat in the living room surrounded by these machines. Not a one of them worked! He gave up and gave me a screwdriver and let me have at it. It took me a week of guesswork, stripping and swapping parts before I finally had 2 working machines! And I joined the PC master race and left my poor old Amiga to rot.

It never ceases to amaze how fast Planet X3 is on just about anything under the sun. LOL

"Hey Alexa, i've decided to that your name is now Flerpelnerp" Flerpelnerp: D:

I don't even have a particular interest in computers, but I find a lot of your content satisfying, especially this one.

>vid starts with subtitles on >*classy computer repairing music* ....okay, I chuckled at that

"What day is it? I honestly didn't know.." You and the rest of us, Clint.." =P

IBM build quality in the 80s was just something else, talk about 'over-engineered' !!

It's 2 in the morning, and I am watching Clint wash his cases in the sink.

I'd love to hear more about those Hard Cards and (hopefully) see one in action in a future LGR Video or Blurb!

"A lot of these are made by Kraft". They missed a huge opportunity by not manufacturing the Mac n' Cheese PC.

when you started both of the systems it sounded like the job center I went to in the early 90's . that unmistakable back ground drone from the power supply's would fill a room fast when you had ten IBM's going at once

7:58 That's a re-badged AcuMOS AVGA card! Good performers, those! Also, they derive their clock from the ISA bus clock, so they're somewhat overclockable. One of the fastest 16-bit ISA VGA cards made.

LGR turns on two IBMs Whole city: Did the light just got dimmer or is it me?

The hard disk bring back memories of working a lab full of those machines in the early 1990's I recall playing karateka and doing lotus 123 and Word Perfrect.

That hard drive needs to put out a mixtape. 🔥

Now every time I hear that sound at 13:23, I think of that goofy video with the kid crawling through the tube (and Beck).

One of these days were going to witness Clint restore a mainframe

That little Windows Movie Maker cutaway music made me laugh pretty hard

unbelievable the prices fetching for these, thirty two years ago my work sent fifty of them to the tip when we got brand new 386s, if only we kept them, we'd be rich!

12:06 "Hey Flurblenurp, what time is it?" "It's 11:08"

Is it just me or is it simply amazing how this 35+ year old tech just switches on and continues to just chug along. Besides the odd tantalum cap exploding or hard drive failing, most of these old IBMs simply work after setting them up again. Even with these old MFM hard drives I’ve had a decent success rate. Great pieces of engineering.

LGR: does literally everything That one panel: *bro I’m outta here*

The final result is incredibly satisfying. It looks brand new.

Ah, HDD Instant Type 2. The good stuff.

The slow but musical-sounding Seagate ST-225 is one of the most reliable hard drives ever made. But the huge, clunky ST-4038... not so much. I don't think I've ever come across a fully working one. They draw so much power that they like to burn out resistors on their circuit board.

I love it when the panel keeps falling down

This brought back so many memories of my IBM XT 8088 as a teenager (which I really wish I could have held on to, but life got in the way). A very impressive restoration. Loading "Wheel of Fortune" was the icing on the cake.

WOW Hearing that Wheel of Fortune start-up music instantly took me back to being a kid!!! Thank you for that.

Wahoo! I love watching these classic computers get the love they deserve, restoration videos are always welcome!

Back in the day, my friend played that version of Wheel of Fortune so much, he knew all of the answers as soon as they appeared. I think there were only a about 200 puzzles.

Great video, my first PC my mate showed me this PC and I offered him my Amiga as a swap he looked at me like I was stupid he agreed and ran out of the house with my Amega I was more than happy because I always wanted a PC and you could get more pro packages wow this brings back memories I think I would love one now for nostalgia

I am excte

13:22 I like that this has become a meme

Laughed out loud @ the Windows Me noise and the Beck graphic from that CLASSIC movie used at 13:23.

We have such compatiable all around hardware that is so fast and plays everything... Watching the older hardware and seeing all it took to get it running, the cords, the cards, the connections, all the floppies, even some machines used special ram, it's just so fascinating to watch the process of getting these older machines to run proper

I don't understand a lot you talk about, but I still like to watch. I like computers, but I'm not knowledgeable about electronics. I bought my first computer in '93 and have loved them ever since.

The sound of that keyboard brings back so many memories from working on one in my office back in the lat 80s! You could use that keyboard as a bat'leth!

There's really nothing better than a 37 minute LGR video on a Friday :D

Oh wow. I haven't seen one of those for so long. Actually used the chassis of one all the way up 'til I built my second 486 and finally bought a tower.

dude, that Seagate ST-225 sounds wonderful! I don't think any of those have ever failed to this day :). Memories of 1984 come flooding back every time I hear an ST-225 chirp.

flat head screw : disintegrates LGR : Ok let's take the allen driver Allen part of the screw : *DISINTEGRATES*

> 30 Minutes Later [Windows ME Music] heheheh

Good restore job. I remember playing that exact wheel of fortune game back in the 80's. Ah the good old days.

Seeing Clint peeking into the camera made me so happy!

that hard drive looks like it would survive reentry into the Earth's atmosphere

"I like the way it snaps." Spoken like a true killer

Can I just say that every time one of these videos gets released my hearts skips a beat of happiness and excitement. Something that feels normal and like home in times that absolutely nothing is normal 😂

"Computer loudly whirs to life" is probably the coolest sentence in existence.

Boy are those machines A-blast from my past. Those of the 1st P c's I actually repaired when I got into computer repairs. Thanks for the video in memory lane run.

"Hey Flerpelnerp" ...excuse me? :::Flerpelnerp Answers:: ...k

The profile picture finally comes alive.

I really kind of miss that old chunky power supply switch. Something so satisfying about flipping those switches and hearing the humm and clicks and beeps of these old PCs coming to life ❤

ibm was probably using overstock of xt cases up to make these "bargin" 286's

Oh man, that hard drive chirping takes me back. My very first computer was a PS/2 model 30 with a 20MB HDD, and it made those same noises. Total nostalgia bomb.

wow, that classic boot up sounds, those fans, the hard drives clicking and chirping...brings back warm fuzzies from my youth.

3:41 My actual reaction when anything goes wrong on my computer.

Clint "I have two of them" I would expect nothing less sir

there's something therapeutic (maybe it's just nostalgia) about watching your vdeos. My dad was a small business PC guy back in the late 80s and early 90s. I used to help him build PCs all the time -- as well as working on my own. I remember my custom 286 fondly =).

The Navy bought 10's of thousands of those. I remember them well.

Aaahhhhh a relaxing video with a cup of tea, thank you Clint!

Damn 1991, remind me a lot of my middle school years, playing those late 80s - early 90s dos pc games with 286 IBM compatible machine 😎✌️

Watching you restore computers, giving them a good cleaning, getting excited about getting them powered up... it really soothes my soul. Thanks always, Clint.

Really brings up the memories.. my first computer but with monochrome screen.. Mother bought it for my 11th or 12th birthday, i remember i couldnt get sleep cause of excitement and in the morning straight from bed switching big red button and browsing through Norton Commander playing games like Prince of Persia, Eagle, Street Rod and others. Eventually i start to neglect school and mother locked PC lock and hide keys but i found the way to open it with the casing of a pen. Tnx Clint for your effort reviving those childhood feelings.

Soon as video start, hears first LGR Foods music. Gets confused as to why I'm hungry, except looking at vintage pc

Damn, 20 seconds after release! For some reason, I want to put some high end hardware in that case for a sleeper. :D

Hi LGR, I found your video of you visiting that computer place in Dallas, I really like how you talk about old shit you find and I can tell you have a passion for sharing your thoughts/opinions/information. I don't delve into stuff that pre-dates the early 90's but I was excited along with you opening these things up and seeing just how easy they are to fix with the large traces, large chips of silicon. I liked listening to the sounds of retro hardware/software, it all sounded like it means business

I just started watching your videos not to long ago. This one so far is my favourite. I’ve been into computers since 2000. Self taught. Can be very frustrating at times but in the end if it all works out. That’s the reward. Love seeing these old pc’s still living. Keep up the awesome job. I still have lots to learn. And over learn lots In little time I’ve began watching your videos. And I’ll keep watching as king as you out then out there.

Dad always asks me: "Why do you have so much computers?" Dad will never understand the pleasure in making then race against each other. The only race where the slower gets the prize

For that rusted case, look into getting some evapo-rust. They've got a liquid you can immerse things in and a gel you can spread. Does a great job of dissolving away iron corrosion and at least the liquid can be used more than once.

Oh my goodness, I hate to say it but I do miss the sounds that your machine is making, it reminds me of the old days when computers were very simple. Thanks Clint!

Lovely restoration... the XT cleaned up beautifully and runs a champion! I love the simplistic, no-nonsense design of this era of machines... there’s something just so satisfying about the XT/AT/PS2 design and I’d love to build a sleeper in one if I could get a case.

24:10 sounds like a Black Mesa laboratory (from Half-Life lol)

I just watched one of your videos. AOL and it reminded me of something..... You should do an episode on the old Microsoft web TV!

I had a 286 in 1991 or 1990. I didn't realize how outdated it was. It had a 256-color, 320x240 graphics card. I can't remember how much RAM it had, and the hard disk was hilariously small, like less than 50MB. I was going to say it was only 24MB, but that can't be right. A guy at the software store legit laughed in my face and said, "That's a dinosaur!" when he found out it was a 286. The store clerk got mad at him! That same store clerk tried to help me install a SoundBlaster in that machine, but we never could figure out why it wouldn't work. Ah, memories. Thanks, LGR! And thanks to nice workers at Waldensoftware for putting up with pre-teen me!

So many memories! From the sound of them booting up to the cramped space inside the case. The through hole architecture. The (resulting) physical size of everything. I mean, that disc controller was enormous! It was just so much fun watching this video. Thanks so much!

Ah this is my lullaby for tonight.

Haven't watched this dude in awhile, but I still think he sounds like either a used car salesman or a game show host!

@LGR The subtitles are fantastic “Chill assembly music” “whirs loudly to life” great stuff!

I had one of these. It was my very first PC that I bought off someone I worked with in about 1991. Brought back a lot of memories. My Hard Disk made exactly the same noise! Awesome video.