IBM PC compatible retro tech enthusiast who likes trying out unique retro experiments!
So, here it is unboxed. Looks to be a decent length cable. Great! 
So, first, for those who didn't see it, here's everything I picked up at the swap meet. You can see the two CD-ROM drives I grabbed in the middle of the picture!
So, as you saw from the initial picture, this thing has seen the elements. As I look inside, I also see leaves and other debris. Makes me wonder if this was stored in a shed or something of the sort. 
Here's the back and inside of the case, and some included hardware. Look at that nice diagram that shows you where to use all of the screws and parts. Nice! 
Assembling the tub wasn't too hard. I used aluminum foil and spray adhesive to adhere it to the tub, or to adhere it to other pieces of aluminum foil. Shiny side out! After that, running the UV lights was easy since they had a sticky backing to them. Just plan ahead a bit š 
So, anyway, this "hard card" has a Seagate ST01 controller card attached to a Seagate ST-138N 32 MB SCSI drive. It's a chonker! Pretty unreal to think they put this on a "hard card!" 
First of all, for the PC on the left, there is no heatsink and fan! I happen to have one on hand, so that is an easy fix! 
So, for continuity sake, a few weeks back after we picked up the Rustbucket PC, I added a SCSI controller and HDD to it. You can read all about that here!
So far this Dell and FSP Group supplies have tested good. But the network card is misbehaving. Going to give it a shot of contact cleaner here in a minute. After all, this is the Rustbucket PC š
After getting the software installed, I had a look at some of the options. Just look at the graphics representing 600 vs 300 DPI š. Alright, let's print a page from Windows Write. 
First, here's a look at the front and back. The case is made by Enlight. These cases are SOLID! No turbo button or seven segment display, but all is forgiven. Also, I need to find a few slot covers... or put some cool cards in this PC š 
This computer has a very nice condition Macase KS-330, which I why I wanted it. Compared to my other one, it is actually slightly different! Guessing they had different iterations. It may look to be slightly shorter but it is not, more on that next... 
So, my first observation: this PC is RUSTY! Just look at the back of this PC and these screws. Hopefully we can fix that up at least a little bit. 
So, you might say "what's the big deal, doesn't this PS/2 Model 30 286 use normal 30 pin SIMMs?" Sadly, no. The pinout is different. This gentleman did a writeup on what you have to do to modify standard 30 pin SIMMs: john.ccac.rwth-aachen.de:8000/misc/ps2cache/
So, first of all, I carved out a 2GB FAT16 partition for use, using, yes, you named it, BootIt Bare Metal 
First of all, I decided to put this in a Dell Dimension 2400 case, so first thing I did was to remove the Dell guts. Just look at that heatsink! I had to remove the standoffs for the heatsink too. This machine was ultra budget, and if my eyes don't deceive me, that's a Celeron. 
So, first order of business was to find a suitable version of NT 4.0 Workstation. I see that someone had made a bootable ISO that includes the latest Service Pack 6a "baked into" the image. I'm going to use that! 
First, if you missed the video clip yesterday, here it is. This is "after the fact" of me fixing the drive. The Compaq is on the far right in the opening part of the clip!
So, first of all, this was an eBay purchase. It took about an hour of mindless scrolling, which was patterned with hope, despair, and then finally elation which landed me on just what I needed! My "lowball" offer accepted too! An I/O shield for the ages
So, this motherboard has allegedly been manufactured in modern times. But nominally, it is new old stock. It's a CYS Tech CYSMBD-694X, which is a clone of the Gigabyte GA-6VXC7-4X-P, with a few changes. I picked it up from Ali Express, it arrived in about two weeks. Pretty good! 
