Subj : Bluetooth To Ethernet
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Sat Apr 11 2026 08:27:00


Hi Ky!

 >   KM> I still have my original 286. I'll bet Barry still has his Super
 >   KM> XT. Packrats R Us!
 > <chuckle> Sadly no: the Super XT had some of it's components
 > transplanted to create the 486DX2/66.
 KM> I had my original 486 all the way to being a P3.... the PC of
 KM> Theseus. Still had it original case and floppies,  nothing else.

I had the case for a number of years, updating the components inside.  I
don't recall what was the final trigger to tossing it (to the recycle) 
-- motherboards no longer fitting?
   

 > I still have my original computer, a DEC Rainbow 100.  Last a checked a
 > few years ago it would not boot, giving an error code (LEDs on the back
 > panel).  I've forgotten the error but more than I wanted to deal with at
 > the time.
 KM> Probably some component aged out and that's a solder job, if you
 KM> can find it....
 
More or less my thinking also: there is some sort of booting up process 
going on to get to the stage to tell me something is wrong.


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