Hey, that's a very nice old computer! I have some four or so old computers of different moments that I should clean and service a little because I haven't touched them in many years, but I always think of putting one of them back to work. My first computer was a 386DX advertised as 40MHz/60MHz. I never understood this, as the 386 actually is 40MHz and at that time I assumed the contrary (that it was 60MHz and the Turbo button would slow it down). Anyway, I had it in 1993 and it cane with 4MB RAM and a 120MB HD. Video was a Cirrus Logic ISA VGA card with 256K RAM. Before I had it, I could program in QuickBasic, but didn't know how to use DOS! It changed my life. Now the oldest computer have is a 486DX4 100MHz with, I think, 16MB RAM.

xlucas wrote on 2020-03-10, 23:59:

Hey, that's a very nice old computer! I have some four or so old computers of different moments that I should clean and service a little because I haven't touched them in many years, but I always think of putting one of them back to work. My first computer was a 386DX advertised as 40MHz/60MHz. I never understood this, as the 386 actually is 40MHz and at that time I assumed the contrary (that it was 60MHz and the Turbo button would slow it down). Anyway, I had it in 1993 and it cane with 4MB RAM and a 120MB HD. Video was a Cirrus Logic ISA VGA card with 256K RAM. Before I had it, I could program in QuickBasic, but didn't know how to use DOS! It changed my life. Now the oldest computer have is a 486DX4 100MHz with, I think, 16MB RAM.

If any of them have the barrel batteries, REMOVE THEM! They will and will destroy your system. 2 and 386 systems can be refurbished even by the most ham-fisted blokes, but a tarnished 486 PCI system which had a leak is beyond my talent.