IBM was late to the 386 PC party, but when they finally arrived they made a statement about what they thought the future of computing would be. With a 32-bit Micro Channel bus and room for six drives IBM aimed this tower directly at the likes of Compaq. But what’s inside this monstrous machine and how can it be upgraded? And what can you do with an old boat anchor like this? Join me as I pull this PC apart to see what you got when you bought a $6,845 workstation in 1990.
-=- Chapters -=-
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Adopting a Micro Channel PC
04:38 - The Case
07:35 - Drive Bays and Power Supply
09:30 - Disassembling the Model 80
13:35 - Micro Channel Slots and Cards
15:53 - Auxiliary Video Extension
18:38 - Token Ring Network Card
19:05 - IBM PS/2 SCSI Adapter
19:51 - IBM Enhanced 80386 Memory Adapter w/ ROM
23:12 - Programmable Option Select
25:31 - Auto Configuration In Action
27:51 - Period Appropriate Productivity
29:15 - XGA-2 Graphics Adapter
34:21 - Conclusion & Outro
-=- Links -=
* Ardent Tool of Capitalism - https://www.ardent-tool.com
* Model 8580-081 Resources - https://www.ardent-tool.com/8580/Planar_T2.html
* Tube Time's MCA Tutorial: https://github.com/schlae/mca-tutorial
* The Micro Channel Architecture Handbook by Chet Heath and Winn Rosch: https://archive.org/details/microchannelarch00heat
* IBM Museum - https://www.youtube.com/@IBM_Museum/
* BOPT 16 MB Barrier Walkthrough: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware/c/SIRXr3RBBLM/m/4fDpZeg-YtkJ
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