Too Broken to Fix? Just Make a New Motherboard! | Trash To Treasure

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Neil doesn't let a completely ruined motherboard stop him. He just makes a new one. 😁 Listen to that Model F click. Absolutely love it.

[@p_mouse8676]

I personally would keep it as is. I think it completely suits the feel and vibe around the machine. As already clearly shown by the amount of people using it. Less is sometimes more. Plus it puts the focus a bit more on the team effort that went into this.👍👍

[@threepotMR2]

The amount of time that went into drawing out that board is immense, a labour of love right there. And it worked first time! This was a mighty feat to bring this back from the dead. Maybe it should be next to an Amstrad 1512 as that was the PC that really gave x86 to the common man here in the UK.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Having it next to a 1512 would be interesting as both computers have special graphics modes which however were sadly rarely or never supported. But the games by The 8-Bit Guy support both the PC-10's Plantronics compatible graphics and the special 1512 graphics. So that would be a nice comparison to see at least..

[@paul_boddie]

Get an Atari PC and complete the set!

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

Avoid brake fluid for sticker residue; it etches ABS plastic, and can also cause embrittlement. No idea why people would recommend it for something as simple as sticker removal. Just to add to the pile of recommendations, my favorite is charcoal lighter fluid. It's basically just mineral spirits, but barbecue lighter fluid is a readily available and cheap source of it. I like it because it works quickly, doesn't harm plastics, and doesn't leave any residue of its own. It (or something similar like kerosene) is likely the component of WD40 that is actually doing the work of removing the residue. Honestly, there's nothing wrong with sticking with WD40. The spray can makes it easy to apply, and it's likely comparable in performance to the other products anyway.

[@Nicolasherdwick]

People must have suggested brake CLEANER, certainly not brake fluid!

[@thepenultimateninja5797]

@@Nicolasherdwick I think brake cleaner would attack plastics too though, right? It seems the exact solvent mixture varies, but it looks like a lot of them contain acetone and methyl acetate, both of which dissolve ABS plastic.

[@Nicolasherdwick]

@@thepenultimateninja5797 I've never used it on bare plastic myself, so thanks for the warning!

[@patx35]

​@@Nicolasherdwickbrake cleaner absorbs the oils in plastic. Use an actual electronics cleaner spray. It should be on the same aisle as brake cleaners.

[@Ragnar8504]

With most types of sticker residue any kind of oil will work just fine. In a pinch you can even raid the kitchen. At work I use the bottle of sewing machine oil we keep around. We do have a special adhesive remover that claims to be safe on plastics but in my experience it tends to dull formerly glossy surfaces so I'm not 100% convinced. It's also incredibly smelly and probably not particularly healthy, even though there aren't any warnings on the bottle (not sure how that's even possible in 2024 in the EU).

[@slckb0y65]

9mhz turbo speed ... mere mortals were never meant to wield such almighty power ...

[@davidrenton]

you can overclock it to 9.3mhz, but beware of the heat, it runs at a hot 30C :)

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

I dreamt of such breakneck speeds when I only had a lowly ZX Spectrum back in the ‘80s

[@NEStalgia1985]

Sexy looking motherboard

[@NEStalgia1985]

I'm willing to fund a fully restored video toaster. Your the only one who can help me relive those early days when technology took over master control. I felt like a god once people saw the capabilities I could create....God bless newtek, and RMC....YES IM GOING EASY ON THE COMMENTS. hope your well Neil, looking good

[@IkarusKommt]

It didn't have any bus frequency dividers, and many ISA cards could not handle 9MHz operation.

[@mattscomp]

Unbelievable restoration. I agree with those that say keep this machine as it is now. Back in those days it's not like this system would have gotten an upgrade. It would have been more likely that the owner would've moved onto a newer PC and probably sold or gifted this to a family member. At least that was my path. Amstrad XT then got a clone 286 with SVGA. :-) I also remember checking out Commodore PC's at Kmart. I never knew anyone that owned one.

[@WayneBarroncffcs]

19:00 watching as time ticks by. By watching the shadow move across the keys and the table. Very cool.

[@1lapmagic]

This is the best channel I've found in a long time. I'm so tired of low-rent, mass produced, meaningless "slop" content on the internet. This makes me feel like I could learn to take my hobby further with just a little dedication.

[@FintanMoloney]

Incredible the amount of work that went into this. Seriously talented people involved !

[@ctrlaltrees]

So glad the keyboard arrived just in the nick of time! I do love the Model F but that Commodore keyboard looks the absolute business hooked up to this machine 😁

[@MrLurchsThings]

I was just about to comment, but I thought you had a second 5150/5160?

[@Kumimono]

A, Commodore Business Machine? I hope that catches on.

[@jtc1947]

Did I miss something? Thought that the COMMODORE keyboard was still in the wind? Was there a follow-up? Pls advise and give link???

[@MrLurchsThings]

@@jtc1947 did you watch the whole video….?

[@jtc1947]

@@MrLurchsThings Thought that I did but maybe there was something at the very end that I missed. Will have to go back and cee how close the C keyboard resembles IBM??

[@Midcon77]

Neil - visiting The Cave is official a bucklet list item! I *will* make it happen LOL So cool how this all played out! As for the future - any chance of making another functioning board and upgraiding it to run, say, the original Civilization? Some of the very early Microprose flight simulators? That might be interesting!

[@Morinaka25]

17:30 To be annoyingly pedantic, both the Model F and M use buckling springs, but the difference is that the hammer hits a capacitive PCB on the F vs. a membrane on the M. While you could technically call the Model M a membrane keyboard, in common use the term membrane now almost always refers to rubber dome membrane keyboards, and is used an an antonym for mechanical.

[@Darxide23]

I don't think it's pedantic. The Model M is known as a mechanical keyboard by virtually everyone.

[@philrod1]

Thank you! I have two Model Ms, and I will fight anyone who dares slight them. They are majestic keyboards and definitely buckling spring.

[@jtc1947]

@@philrod1 I loved the old IBM KEYBOARDS. Keyboards of today are junk with their numeric keypads.

[@wiresmith2398]

You have failed to be annoying, sorry. I thought it was a delicious bit of information - and I've got a Unicomp PC122 on my desk.

[@nickthaskater]

@@philrod1 nobody debated that the M uses buckling spring. The point is that it uses a membrane as well.

[@MatSpeedle]

Cracking job Neil. Another reminder of how great this retro community we're part of is. Nothing stops us restoring. The painstaking work on the PCB alone is testament to our collective resolve to save these treasures and keep them going. And thank you Holly for saving that keyboard from the bin, that would have been a real shame had it gone to the crusher.

[@NeilCarr]

the lamp needs a flickering led

[@RMCRetro]

LEDs ordered! Great idea

[@matthewday7565]

@@RMCRetro Did BigClive review a flame LED module at some point

[@NeilCarr]

@@RMCRetro ...Then i look forward to seeing your mine type corner.

[@nickwallette6201]

I think you mean: > Order flickering LED LEDs ordered! Great idea > Put flickering LED in lamp You place a flickering LED in the hurricane lamp. It casts a convincing flame-like shadow on the nearby wall.

[@herpderp3131]

This is some crazy high-end nerd stuff. I never imagined you could even build something like this by hand. Respect

[@shakeyourbunny]

The Commodore PC 20-III came with a 102 keys keyboard, not the 83 one. They were shipped with the PC-10 series. This PC was a very trustworthy computer, was my first PC and loved it to death.

[@Oguz286]

I still have my PC 30-III that my dad bought for me when I was 3 years old and it's still going strong. Love it :D

[@005AGIMA]

Loved this build. I initially thought "Throw a 486DX in it" but I like what you've done with it and the use case. I assume Leather Goddesses of Phobos can be loaded on special request? Asking for a friend.

[@RichRap3D]

Absolutely wonderful work, the Commodore keyboard looks perfect and it's now the best text adventuring station in the Cave / UK / Entire World! Well done everyone.

[@PXAbstraction]

This is some next level trash to treasuring! I never even considered the possibility of something like this. Well done!

[@TechMadeEasyUK]

I waited an entire year for this and it didn’t disappoint. What a fantastic project!

[@elishariedlinger559]

I like all your trash to treasure videos. But this one stands out as one of the best. I love that you replicated the motherboard precisely.

[@burnrubber7547]

That is incredible work restoring that machine. Props to Neil and the team, and pcb way. Having worked in the industry back in the day. I know what a task that is to strip a board down, and remapping all the traces etc is complex and easy to mess up. Awesome, well done all involved.

[@rolfvandervlist]

The love for this project splashes of the screen. So many kudos to you for this gem!❤

[@ReinMixTape]

I'm super impressed by the effort you all went to preserve that computer. Ya it's awesome to see an old m/b fixed, but seeing someone make modern like for like replacement is awesome. It will help out other people when their old m/b starts to fail/etc.

[@althejazzman]

Incredible that you have the people with the skills available to remake a motherboard. I had thought that working units would just dwindle until there's hardly any left.

[@phillupson8561]

Such great custodians of history, you're all doing super work!

[@tony359]

What a massive project! I can barely design a 2x2cm PCB with 4 traces, I can only imagine the efforts and skills behind such a restoration. The machine looks so incredible, particularly considering how it was found - I'd put up some pictures of the "before" on the wall so visitors can appreciate the restoration even more! And maybe the old, corroded motherboard? And yes, WD40 is perfectly fine for sticker removal! One tip - which you might know already - soak the label and give it time. Most of the labels would completely dissolve and come off with no need for scrubbing within, say, 30 minutes. Plastic labels ones are tough as the WD40 cannot reach the glue. Thanks for the video!

[@RetroMatt67]

I say leave it as it is Neil. It has a certain charm the visitors are obviously loving. Love to see the amount of effort that goes it to restoring these machines. Great content as always!

[@aeiouxs]

That Commodore keyboard has so many familiarities to the Amigas' keyboards - the key fonts, the caps lock light on the num lock key - so you've got to love it Neil! I know the Amiga keyboards ain't nothing on a good IBM, but still! Wow, incredible effort by everyone involved!

[@shodan2958]

Lovely restoration, I think you should keep the PC as is and use another machine for upgrades. Its the closest thing (to my knowledge at least) that the cave has to an original IBM PC and its capabilities so to be able to showcase what the early days of what IBM PC and compatibles could do in terms of games is a fantastic thing. I'm sure some less aware of those early days and who are modern PC game players will be able to appreciate just how far its come.

[@anakondase]

Oh, so many of those, earlier versions then, I assembled during my internship at Commodore Scandinavia. They must have sold quite a few of them but strangely enough I've never seen one in the wild since.

[@Ragnar8504]

I had a PC10-III for a while, found it on the street somewhere, with the original keyboard. It had no hard drive but two DD floppy drives. If I remember correctly I eventually gave it to a collector because XTs without hard drives didn't float my boat and I was running out of space. The fun part about old, abandoned hardware for me was always digging through someone else's hard drive, checking all the exciting software they'd installed. So no hard drive pretty much equalled no fun.

[@zero0ryn]

It was lovely to see this in person over the last 2 days at the cave.

[@chrisdixon5241]

That is some serious dedication, remaking the PCB of the machine! Great work, hats off to everyone involved!

[@Roxor128]

I would be in favour of a project to create open-source replicas of old PC hardware. Chip-for-chip, trace by trace. I might even download the results and put them together.

[@paulomanuelsousa]

I must say, i follow your channel a lot but i don't coment much but i have to say, what a lovely piece of hardware history and the love you and all your friends put on this restorations, it blews my mind... Well done... you are all great people that spend your free time to a passion that made me be an it professional. I just love the era back then, it was so much more exciting than this days... at least for me it was :D... The kids nowadays will never experience the thrills we had back in the days... Well done and keep doing this because what you do and the quality is top notch...

[@airfixer9461]

Keep the machine as it is Neil, it's fab.... 🙂

[@simmo1024]

Recreating that PCB is some undertaking. Kudos.

[@nickwallette6201]

I want to see a lot more of this. Schematics and PCB design files for all the classics. :-) I've gotten more willing to replace PCBs that have suffered damage, or to just RE simple things like ISA cards and PSUs. I would imagine lots of others have, too. I like the idea of this becoming a thing, in order to preserve and recreate lots of retro gear. Just need a good repo somewhere to catalog it.

[@Dave01Rhodes]

I love the idea of having that PC with that beautiful monitor dedicated to text adventures.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

9:17 I like Goo Gone as well but it's not really a thing sold here in Taipei. I brought mine from overseas. My other sticker residue cleaner is WD 40 Specialist contact cleaner as it seems to be safe on most materials and it does a really good job.

[@retro-futuristicengineer]

Congratiulations for bringing this system back to life. Great job. By the way, don't reduce the PC20 to 4 Color CGA. Actually, the Paradise chip should support Plantronics mode with 320x200 in 16 colors. Okay, Plantronics is quite uncommon but at least Planet X3 and drivers for Sierra SCI Generation 1 support it. The PC20-III should be a great machine for the ultimate Turbo-XT with dropping a V20 in it instead of the 8088. Considering the turbo/double speed, this should be the fastest you can get out of the XT architecture. The Commodore BIOS runs quite well with the V20, I didn't see any significant improvements with the c't V20 BIOS. My PC20-II (unfortunately limited to 4.77MHz) has also a Tandy-compatible soundcard in it and I hacked the BIOS to mute the Tandy sound generator before booting. I did some videos on my channel on how this looks and feels with a Plantronics compatible card (in the PC20-II, it's an ATI, but the Paradise in the -III, to my knowledge, does the job, too) and how I hacked the BIOS to mute the sound chip. But while I think, a V20 would be a great add-on, the Tandy soundcard is something like a "everyone would have bought this if it existet back then" nerd thing, but nothing original, so a question of taste.

[@eekee6034]

I'd love to see the Plantronics mode, too.

[@winstonsmith478]

My first x86 PC, the Commodore PC20-III, which I bought as an open box special in mint condition with its Commodore color monitor for a mere $300 at the RAF Lakenheath BX (base exchange) while stationed at nearby RAF Mildenhall. I already owned and used concurrently my 1040STf with associated color monitor. I went back to the states with it and gave my 1040STf system (with 115V step-down transformer) to my next door neighbor (mainly for their kids) in beautiful Bury St. Edmunds.

[@DarkestVampire92]

Recently i've been thinking about building my own Amiga 2000 from scratch, but after seeing how much the commonly available parts would cost, how much the scarce chips cost (if you can even find them at all!) and how rare even the empty cases are... i quickly decided to stick to emulation until those FPGA chips finally replace Fat Angus, Gary, Denise, etc.

[@Vanders456]

The good news is that for an A2000 you can use a chipset from an A500, which are much more common. A replacement exists for the one A2000 specific custom chip ("Bluster")

[@brrebrresen1367]

you could go for the E-ATX version of the new boards. would save you some money being able to use ATX case and PSU. but you should be able to solder SMD's before going that route... because the EATX variant have loads of it.

[@DarkestVampire92]

@@brrebrresen1367 Oh its not the PSU and case thats the issue, its those custom chips nobody makes. Everything else you can find modern equivalents for but the custom chips Commodore made have a dwindling supply...

[@brrebrresen1367]

need a donor A500 and you get most chips except the Buster chip. now there is modern replacements for the Buster chip problem is that they are mostly "make it yourself" with just a bare PCB. i managed to score an original A2500 from Germany for "reasonable" price (around 350€ with international shipping and VAT) needed a new fan in the PSU and a adapter for using PS2 keyboard and was working. was planing to build an A2000 EATX but with an original the PCB is just being on the shelf until i find time and a A500 not worth saving. for my part is the price for the stuff that you can add to an A2000 that you can not to an A500 that makes it damn expensive. like a Picasso II board and internal scan-doubler. even the reproductions are over 200€ a piece.... and then add a accelerator and you have dumped 800-1000€ just in upgrades, and a Vampire would smoke all of it.

[@nickwallette6201]

As more of these replacement boards get designed, changes could be made for drop-in FPGA replacements, with the goal being 90% authentic, but augmented with modern VLSI to make them sustainable.

[@mysticgreg]

Can I just say that aside from the awesome preservation and restoration work you're doing, the production values in these videos is just going from strength to strength? The shots where (I assume) the system is under the skylight as the sun moves across the sky look fantastic. It's obvious that a lot of thought and effort is being put in to all this! You've come a long way from filming A500's for sale in your spare room!

[@RMCRetro]

Thanks! Very much appreciated

[@musiqtee]

Agree with many here; Keep the PC-20 as it is, with all the effort put into replicating the board, it already has a history now… 😊

[@ordinosaurs]

Spent hours on Alley Cat. Brilliant game, very unusual ; doesn't use any operating system, and if I remember well (I very well may not), it was used or even commissioned by IBM to demo the PC before there was any OS available for it.

[@SianaGearz]

I had no idea that was a selfboooter! I have only ever seen it as a DOS game. But it was also the only good original/XT CGA game that I remember. Do you have other recommendations?

[@paulboardman01]

loves these trash to treasure

[@TastyBusiness]

As a fan of the Commodore PC line, this is a great recreation. I've got a similar looking PC40-III, and finding a matching Commodore VGA monitor took a few years, but you've already got the full kit for it -- fantastic!

[@imqqmi]

Never cared for PC until I could afford a P75 system to upgrade to from A1200 and even then I never developed a taste for DOS, DOS games though I did play a few etc. I hated the PC experience with a passion until W2K or XP arrived. But man what an amount of effort went into recreating the mainboard PCB! And the result is stunning! I've done the ReAmiga 1200 a few months back, which also was quite an undertaking and I also design PCBs myself though not quite as big so I can appreciate what's involved. I'd keep it as stock as possible, and put upgrades into a second or bit more modern machine like you said, perhaps a 286.

[@stianhus]

simply amazing! whole new level of trash to treasure and documenting the retro the past! great work!

[@MarkyShaw]

Reading my mind on the cup of coffee! What an inviting setup. Absolutely perfect. Monochrome was an awesome choice. Beautiful!!

[@samshort365]

Definitely keep this setup as is. It feels inviting, period correct and provides a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

[@simonaread]

An amazing transformation, looking forward to seeing it when the family and I visit next weekend 🙂

[@rlk54]

I have got a working Amstrad PCW 8512, a PCW 9712 with an additional 3.5" drive, also working and a working PCW 16. I love to donate them to the cave.

[@johnarthur4555]

Brilliant work Neil and the team, thanks for rescuing classic computers, so many more can enjoy them in the future.

[@grantm902]

"Just!" That's a monumental undertaking!

[@canthearu4876]

What an amazing restoration job. Can't fault anything, and the final result is just perfect.

[@TheInfiniteMiseryJumper]

Well done on saving that Model F Holly, came up a treat!

[@bucketlung61]

Had that PC when I was at university. Bought through a Barclays student computer loan. Funny thing was that after a month it wouldn’t boot. Commodore sent a field engineer who told me the there was a known issue with processor popping out of its socket when it cooled down. So for the rest of it’s life before I eventually upgraded to a new motherboard it sat on my desk with no screws in the case so I could push the processor back in every day. Good times.

[@TheDarkHour684]

Great story lol. What year was this? Also, out of curiosity was there no way to stick the processor down? I suppose tape would get to hot?

[@SebMcC2007]

My dad used to have the same case, only his had a 720kb disk drive. That particular pc was the reason I got into IT.

[@jtc1947]

FANTASTIC WORK by ALL involved! If some one is talented with DOS and some form of BASIC, they can practically make the computer jump through FLAMING HOOPS!

[@massmike11]

Quick basic 4.5 runs great on these machines.

[@jtc1947]

@@massmike11 OUTSTANDING! How much for that IBM F keyboard? those types of layouts were fantastic for DATA ENTRY! The present designs are absolute K.R.A. P.

[@SobieRobie]

Fantastic work and great idea for the display!

[@Capt.Marco-Hawk-L.L.A.P]

I'm extremely impressed with all the work you all did to get the Commodore PC20-III running, and what a great video to

[@AnimeJSaysBah]

I had this particular Commodore computer back in the day! It's nostalgic and nice to see one running again.

[@CASFAN]

Amazing video Neil and that Commodore PC looks stunning restored. I’d definitely keep it as it is and stick with the text adventures. Like you I was on the 8 & 16 but micros (Spectrum and Amiga 500 & 1200) before heading to the PC with a 486 DX25 (I think) which I upgraded to a 100mhz beast 😂, so my PC journey started there too. It would be great to experience the earlier days of PC gaming and this machine is a perfect choice to do that with.

[@Nabraska49]

Ive tried just about everything to get the gum off and by far the best and cheapest thing I’ve found is just plain old petrol.. just a bit on a rag dissolves it straight away and it doesn’t affect paint .. plastic is ok too just don’t leave it on too long .

[@paulmiller591]

Wow, the full rebuild for the motherboard is impressive!

[@John_Locke_108]

Best part of the video was the overwhelming wave of nostalgia when you started playing Hitchhiker.

[@QuizTimeUK]

Wow, such skill creating a new mobo, I would not know where to start!

[@kikoc71]

What an incredible episode. It brought so many memories back! I remember when I moved from a C64 to my first PC. We were browsing all magazines, catalogs, etc. Also visiting the colleagues houses to see what they had. One of them had this very same piece of hardware... Honestly, great channel with a great content.

[@TheBasementChannel]

The commodore PC range are such stunners. I’ve got a PC5 which is useless, but gorgeous.

[@pajaco6502]

I played with this at the weekend and really I loved just playing out as an old text adventures old dos PC. So I'd leave it un-upgraded for now. There's plenty in the cave already that can get me a newer experience so it's nice to play on things that are as close to they were originally.

[@mc_frag8643]

I've wanted to do the same thing with the Schneider Euro PC II for a long time.

[@borislab8153]

The 'JUST' in the title... it's a crazy good project. Thanks for the constantly inspiring videos 🤩

[@alisharifian535]

I wish it was me soldering all of those components on the mainboard 😁 hours and hours of pure fun.

[@nigelrhodes4330]

I have a battery damaged PC20-III, fortunately it only had 4 damaged traces that needed fixing, added a gotek and XT2IDE so the machine is much more usable.

[@johnpickett5561]

Don’t change anything on it, it’s perfect as it is, especially with all the work that went into recreating the motherboard!

[@richardbaker974]

Great job. I'm looking forward to seeing it at The Cave.

[@seanys]

@6:30 “Who would that even be these days?” Nobody knows! 😂😂

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

The brand was acquired by Luigi Simonetti, so Commodore is now headquartered in the north of Italy.

[@jasongrimes9305]

I use WD-40 to remove stickers as well, it works. The only thing I had issues with was strapping tape, that needed some mechanical removal before the WD-40 would work.

[@infi84]

This is great, I do have a Commodore PC 10-III with a green phosphor monochrome Commore Monitor and the original Keyboard, and while it did still work last time the board is indeed suffering from a lot of rot under the solder mask (the battery has long been removed) ... sooner or later it might give up the ghost, so it's reassuring to know I could revive it with a new board. Thanks to all involved!

[@JustinKPrim]

I can speed run through hitchhikers guide from waking up to winning the game without any mistakes and any help. Even the babel fish… I have it all memorized from playing it over and over as a teenager on a vintage Mac plus.

[@Pedro_Pimenta]

Amazing work, you're really setting the bar high in regards to preservation and restoration work.

[@nicoful86]

The WS40 gives back some moisture and shine into the otherwise old doll plastic too

[@snowman5020]

Fantastic. My completely uninformed view is to leave it all as it is, that setup just looks right (especially if you get that commodore keyboard). Just makes you want to start typing.

[@Desert-edDave]

I have also used WD-40 for years to remove sticker or label adhesive, it works fantastic, services other purposes, and in total is cheaper than dedicated 'adhesive removers'. 👍

[@dinocorreia1202]

Started with a ZX Spectrum than jumped to an amazing 286 IBM PS/1..... So great to watch this video

[@ChEd1980]

I learnt another trick for removing sticker residue without chemicals and its just rubbing over the residue with a pencil eraser! Of course there's the bits of rubber to sweep up but its not a liquid and they can just be hoovered up if they get inside something. Its worked very well for me on hard flat surfaces, not so good on textured surfaces but worth a try and cheap!

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

Since you are wondering, Commodore these days is in Italy, since the brand was acquired by an Italian entrepreneur.

[@Metadas]

All I can say is WOW! This Rebuild / Restoration is amazing. Keep up the great work and hopefully I can visit the Cave again soon. First time was a bit overhelming.

[@Underestimated37]

I use a combo of bicarb soda, dish soap and cooking oil, it removes labels and residue with barely any effort.

[@nazteeb]

That motherboard is gorgeous! Well done all.

[@mwk1]

20:20 - nah, you should definitely put that old rusty one, it would be a much much greater reminder of what has happened. Either way, AWESOME JOB! 😎

[@XMaximvsPayneX]

some day i will visit you i hope - greetings from germany and: well done!

[@AndreasKoepkeAU]

Wow, you and the team went above and beyond to bring this back to life. These machines were certainly an interesting stage of the Commodore history. We had a 286 12Mhz variant of Commodore PC when I was younger and it still used an Amiga mouse too.

[@TheGunnarRoxen]

Amazing achievement by the whole team. Well done!

[@ukcbtv]

An amazing effort and the sound of that keyboard was enough to turn a bad day into a good one!

[@oldhedders]

What a feat! I hope everyone involved is very proud of themselves.

[@retro_reflections]

Stunning work, and a fantastic restoration. And definitely leave it as is, it's absolutely perfect as an Infocom station!

[@paulstubbs7678]

Wow. that's taking to a whole new level, about the only step up from here is re creating IC's, maybe one day....

[@stevesretroloft]

A great rebuild - top work from all involved. As for the upgrade best leave as is. Maybe try and find an old Apricot Xen-i PC for the gap between 8086 and 80286 devices.

[@dontthroworanges]

Holy cow! So much work went into this restoration. Great job!