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Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 4
In my previous post I had everything running to a satisfactory level, but I was still running from a bench power supply. Time to sort that out… Read more
Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 3
Last time I got as far as the Euro PC showing tons of BIOS errors on the screen, which is a good first step. This time I try to get a little further… Read more
Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 2
In my previous post the machine was disassembled and the battery removed. Since then I’ve been coming back to this machine on and off over the last week. In this post we dig a bit further to see if we can get the machine running. Read more
Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 1
At the end of my keyboard PC blog post I mentioned that I really wanted a Schneider Euro PC. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, a Euro PC in a sorry state popped up on eBay at a reasonable price. So, I went ahead and bought it. Knowing it was a bit of gamble whether… Read more
Yep! I bricked a Pentium 3 motherboard (and how I fixed it)
In my retro collection is a Pentium 3 based computer which I will be blogging about once I finish building it completely. But in the mean time I figured I would update the BIOS in it to fix an issue, and bricked it in the process. This is what happened and how I fixed it. Read more
This PC keyboard hides an interesting secret…
I found this keyboard on eBay recently, although it wasn’t quite the one I was looking for I still think it is interesting. Let me show you why. Read more
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