First post, by Half-Saint
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Just tested what appears to be a Suntac 286 with 287-10 coprocessor, 1MB RAM and a very fat 3.5" hard drive. Got the machine from the dumpster, dirty as hell, full of dead spiders and spider webs.
Quick look: barrel battery hasn't leaked yet, BIOS is Award and ultra primitive! Has both 5.25" and 3.5" floppy drives as well as 1MB RAM and SIPP sockets. Powers up and displays a picture but always reports some kind of floppy mismatch. 5.25" closing mechanism is sticky and probably just needs to be cleaned and lubricated.
Interesting bit is that the motherboard has an integrated IDE controller. Not used to seeing that in motherboards from that period.
Motherboard before and after cleaning and battery change: