I have recently come in contact with a guy who works as a scrapper in Colorado. The particular junkyard he works at does not separate computer parts, and consequently he has pallets and boxes of old parts and towers. He recently sent me these two AT towers, and I've had a lot of fun with them. Both need a cleaning and have minor issues (the right one does not find the CD drive in BIOS) but they both work fine so far 😀
Left: "Magtron" branded mini tower. Interestingly, has a keyboard port in the side panel.
CPU: Intel 486DX2-66
RAM: 32 MB 30-pin SIMMs (8 x 4 MB)
Motherboard: Shuttle HOT 409
Video Card: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5426-80QC-A 1 MB VLB
Sound Card: ExpertColor MED3931 (OPTi 931 chipset)
HDD: Seagate 260 MB
Optical: Matsushita 8X
Floppy(s): Teac 5.25" & 3.5"
OS: Windows 95
Right: Generic AT case with a sliding door. Neat design
CPU: Cyrix 6x86-P166+GP (133 MHz)
RAM: 16 MB 72-pin SIMM (2 x 8 MB)
Motherboard: Amptron PM-8800A (PC Chips re-brand)
Video Card: Matrox Millennium 4 MB PCI
Sound Card: Sound Blaster 16 ISA
HDD: WD Caviar 2.1 GB
Optical: Acer 10X
Floppy(s): Teac 3.5"
OS: Windows 95
The generic case's OS is pretty broken; missing system files and really slow. I plan to wipe it and reinstall. The 486's install is actually quite clean and snappy, so I will keep it like that. I had to remove a barrel battery that had not yet corroded the board but an external battery is also connected and it seems to hold settings for a few hours.
Both are fun to play with, and I've recently got word the guy got ahold of a 486SX desktop, so I may break the bank and buy that one too 🤣