the keyboard lock in the front. lock it.

I can't... I don't have the key 🙁

But if I was able to do it, if the keylock is locked I can't use the keyboard right?

Those can usually be tricked out using a paperclip 😉

I can't find a way to lock it... I guess I will try to find a key.

other way is to bypass the key, some design are simple enough that can be replaced with a dip-switch

..." I tried to disconnect the keylock wire from the
motherboard but get the same message..."
keylock wire, or are there two wires going to the back of the keylock?

There are two wires.
But for some reason the computer will only boot with the keyboard locked (???)

Are these keys\keylocks universal?
Can I buy a used key and use it in this lock?

There are not many variations, but they aren't all the same. The lock may have a number on it like 102, finding a key with the same number as the lock should work in theory.

I remember years ago throwing a bike lock away because my keylock and caddy keys could open it... Probably not good given that I was riding it to an IT firm for work nearly every day.

You could also try shorting the two pins out for the keylock instead of disconnecting it, some systems have their logic reversed for the keylock.

Try shorting them, that should help. Is the keyboard connected?

That's what I did, I cut the cord and separated the two wires, problem solved!
Installing Ms-Dos, let the fun begin 😀

Very nice. Ti486SLC WITH l2 cache!

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That's what I did, I cut the cord and separated the two wires, problem solved!
Installing Ms-Dos, let the fun begin 😀

Do you have a youtube movie to see the system running?

Looking forward to seeing how this turns out

I don't get the situation with DIP28 sockets. As far as I know, it depends on bus width. 386SX can have 3 or 5: 2 for each bank of cache and one extra for TAG; 386DX can have 5 or 9: 4 for each bank and 1 extra for TAG. But why 6?

Well, bear in mind these are my first videos, they are nowhere near philscomputerlab videos 😀 and the DOOM one is not even in HD because I cannot upload more than one HD video per week in the free plan.

The computer recognize only 64kb of cache, I don't know if that's what is installed or if some of the chips are bad, I will look into that later, other than that, everything is working great, sound blaster pro 2 sounds great 😀

When the sun arrives in Portugal I think I will try to retrobright the case...

This was what I did to the keylock wire:

And everything in place:

The Videos:

Booting up, playing DOTT and Sherlock Holmes: https://vimeo.com/121731563

Trying to play DOOM: https://vimeo.com/121733742

If you're going to be playing Doom on there, you'll probably want to enable low-detail and turn the screen size down a few notches. 😉