If I can help out in any way with the restoration lemme know, Neil! I have had several of these pass through my hands now, and currently own a nice working Model 3. Along with lots of documentation, hard drive contents, software on disk, peripherals and so on. The main thing I don’t have is that Sega CRT, those can go for similarly insane prices as the system itself!
@RMCRetro5 ай бұрын
Thanks Clint! Fingers crossed that CRT works, I’ll definitely shout if I’m missing anything I need 👍
@djassassinuk5 ай бұрын
Noice!
@andrewsadach31945 ай бұрын
@@RMCRetro This video has misinformation in it. There was a United States release, but it was in a different PC case. It was a beige box PC with a sliding door for the MegaDrive/ Genesis system instead of the flap on your PC.
@weltschmerz885 ай бұрын
@@andrewsadach3194you're thinking of the Amstrad Mega PC. Similar concept, different manufacturer and machine.
@andrewsadach31945 ай бұрын
@@weltschmerz88 no I am thinking of the SEGA PC. Basically the same case, but thicker & included a CD-ROM drive. The computer was made by SEGA for the United States market on a 386 platform with Windows 3.0
@MegaManNeo5 ай бұрын
If the TeraDrive was a 486DX2 or at least a socketed 386, this thing would have been a real amazing machine for retro gaming goodness.
@miregoji29595 ай бұрын
Why would a motherboard using hardware from 1984 use a 386?
@MegaManNeo5 ай бұрын
@@miregoji2959 I mean it in the sense that if they had used PC parts that were current standard at the time, obviously.
@MinorLG5 ай бұрын
Perhaps he could use one of the clamp-on upgrades? I believe there were some options available.
@Vladimir-hq1ne5 ай бұрын
Yep. Even 386DX could be OK, but SX? Nope, alas. DBase III+/IV were quite sluggish on that, AFAIR. Supercalc too.
@jimb123125 ай бұрын
@@miregoji2959 This motherboard was released in 1991, that is six years after the 386 and two years after the 486 was released.
@coyote_den5 ай бұрын
"Mother Board provided by IBM" I can only imagine IBM's response to SEGA when they asked. "You want us to build you a PC with a *what*?"
@nickwallette62015 ай бұрын
I would've loved to hear that phone conversation. "Mega Drive, huh? Would that be a hard file, or high-capacity floppy? .... uh huh ... uh huh ... Uh, genesis of what, exactly? ... uh huh ... I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you correctly. Did you say 'hedgehog?' ... You did. .. Uh huh ... 'Tube?' ... OH, sorry, 'Tude.' ... Short for 'attitude.' ... I see. Well, to be perfectly honest, sir, I'm not sure what to suggest. We don't really do 'fun' around here. _Our_ mascot is a silent film actor. I'll see what I can do. I'm sure manufacturing could have a prototype for you in about ... three, four years...? For the chassis, do you prefer beige or cream? .... Uh huh. Well, that would be highly unusual."
@lmoore3rd5 ай бұрын
I'm imagine it was a handful of Japanese men in pressed black suits with a leather briefcase full of cash presented on a conference table in Texas.
@llSuperSnivyll5 ай бұрын
Or maybe "Thank you! We've got so many we were about to throw awa--- er, we mean, sure, we want to sell these state-of-the-art pieces of hardware! Totally not obsolete tech!"
@pragmax5 ай бұрын
Considering that the entire PS/2 line was built to differentiate the hardware from generic PCs, i think they would have welcomed the opportunity if they didn't pitch the idea first.
@ronch5505 ай бұрын
I think back then IBM was quite open to doing consoles. They also made the motherboards for the Atari Jaguar.
@Stomski5 ай бұрын
Every time the mention of leaking batteries happens, all of us A500+ owners shed a single tear.
@Hugh_Jurrection5 ай бұрын
You know it!!! Ha!!!
@bobingabout5 ай бұрын
I didn't even know the A500+ had an RTC in it, what's the battery for? I remember the first time I heard about this, I dug my A500+ out of the cupboard, opened it up, and found a pristine battery in there... and promptly snipped it off the motherboard.
@lookitskazzy5 ай бұрын
That's a capacitor, not a battery
@Stomski5 ай бұрын
@@lookitskazzy 15:15, mentions the coin cell battery.
@tech347565 ай бұрын
I once briefly owned an A500 with an expansion board which had leaked so badly it not only ate through a connection but also reached the rear I/O connections, 'thankfully' I was able to return it.
@MrDeelightful5 ай бұрын
The PC side using the YM2612 sound chip is so cool! The Mega Drive's FM chip is a legitimate powerhouse to the point there's a desktop synthesizer that uses two of those chips to generate sound. It's called the MEGAfm. If you look it up you'll see the huge variety of sounds it can make, it's still so relevant today.
@kaitlyn__L5 ай бұрын
AIUI it was between OPL2 and OPL3 in capability, so yeah pretty freaking cool!!
@SproutyPottedPlant5 ай бұрын
What a good thing there are a few VSTs if you want to achieve a similar thing in your DAW and there is also the Sonicware Liven Mega Synthesis hardware groove box which I own and love and even a midi adapter for your Mega Drive!
@ynotwalk73915 ай бұрын
@@SproutyPottedPlant there is a midi adapter for saturn that is bundled with a piano learning program, but have not seen anyone hack anything
@BixbySnyder2095 ай бұрын
Sega Saturn midi
@shadowopsairman15835 ай бұрын
Yuzo Koshiro harnessed the Power
@GTXDash5 ай бұрын
It's like deja vu. I thought to myself "didn't he already do a video about this thing?" I was obviously thinking about the Amstrad Mega PC.
@GODCONVOYPRIME5 ай бұрын
You mean it's not the same thing?
@MoTheBlackCat5 ай бұрын
Oh boi never heard of it, I had an Amstrad CPC 6128+ as a first PC, would have blew my mind if had this with a MegaDrive!
@dwinterx5 ай бұрын
I think he did feature this Terradrive some time ago, but only in passing, so perhaps you are thinking of that!
@markmuir73385 ай бұрын
I remember the Mega PC well. It was in all the main department stores in the UK in the early 1990s. It was highly desirable but out of the price range of anyone I knew.
@meteor15225 ай бұрын
I remember seeing these back in the ‘90s when I was living in Asia. I was around 9-10 yrs old and had an Mega Drive. Owning one was the ultimate dream at the time since PCs weren’t common for home use yet. I was familiar with PCs and DOS games because I saw them in the office where my dad worked. Back then, PCs were all beige, and most didn’t even have CD drives or sound cards yet. So, seeing such a modern-looking, cool black PC with a matching monitor made by Sega that could also play Sega cartridges was unreal.
@petrolhead03875 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning piece of technology, i love seeing retro motherboard layouts. Back when chips took up most of the space on the board, nowadays the chips barely take up any room and most of the board is just silk screen.
@Vyp3Rau5 ай бұрын
Having owned a IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 (my 1st PC) and a SEGA Mega Drive at the same time back in the early 90s, this blows my mind! A combo of these two! Oh, you lucky devil Neil!
@carloslint99145 ай бұрын
Back in the days there was this Sega-only magazine in Brazil called SuperGame, they release an article about the Tera Drive. 11 out of 10 people you show would have their minds blown, and as a kid we rightaway started thinking you'd be able to develop games for the Mega Drive and all sorts of crazy stuff. Good ole times...
@properjob23115 ай бұрын
that keyboard looks gorgeous
@loz93245 ай бұрын
It was built by Alps and uses Alps Buckling Spring!
@kaitlyn__L5 ай бұрын
@@loz9324 fascinating, I’ve only used their simplified and complex leaf-switch designs.
@loz93245 ай бұрын
@@kaitlyn__L it really is! google Alps SKCP plate spring if you wanna learn about another interesting alps switch
@dwinterx5 ай бұрын
I had an IBM PS2 keyboard for years and it eventually went the way of the swan. Was built like a tank! It was also quite noisy and used to wind up my housemate. 😃
@FatNorthernBigot5 ай бұрын
It looks waaay cooler than the Amstrad PC/Megadrive abomination. (in every way, but the spec)
@DigitalDiabloUK5 ай бұрын
Thank you! In my memory it was an Apricot PC but just googled it.
@johnd64875 ай бұрын
You know, I'd just been thinking didn't Amstrad do something like this
@FatNorthernBigot5 ай бұрын
@@johnd6487 I had one. The Amstrad PC was not particularly integrated with the Megadrive other than they shared the monitor and case
@RsiX_productions5 ай бұрын
I was just thinking about that white / grey one . Never understood the point of it when i saw it in a shop here
@FlugeTryne5 ай бұрын
Really cool machine, i miss the 90's innovation where companies took chances and things didnt always had to make sense^^
@ThunderdomeDoc5 ай бұрын
Absolutely incredible. I never knew such a thing existed, thanks for making the video and sharing this oddity with us. Looking forward to part 2
@BenjaminVestergaard5 ай бұрын
Looks like it would stack well with a CDTV 😋 fully equipped black desktop setup if you could do some KVM switching.
@TomRaine5 ай бұрын
One of the best channels on youtube, love it. Great production and presenting, hope to visit one day!
@koztech5 ай бұрын
"OK Bill, if you can beat me in 'Street's of Rage II' I'll approve your budget for the year. If not, you're entire team gets laid off."
@neilh9905 ай бұрын
When you are booked to visit tomorrow to the cave and you see this and not after the final part of the series!
@loz93245 ай бұрын
These keyboards rule! Built by Alps and uses Alps Buckling Spring. Similar to the IBM Buckling Spring but it uses a slider and buckles in a different direction
@GeckonCZ5 ай бұрын
The SMD caps on these IBM hard drives are prone to leaking, and it looks like yours is affected too. IIRC, you can access all of them without having to remove the HDA.
@nickolaswilcox4255 ай бұрын
yes, mine wasnt booting reliably until i replaced them and now it seems functional
@philiphansen11035 ай бұрын
I tend to struggle with life and my mind racing. Your videos really calm everything down for me and remind of good times in my life.
@johnnymuen49484 ай бұрын
some of the TOP TIER content on youtube, presented in a comfy style LOVE THIS
@speedysandisk785 ай бұрын
These were definitely sold here in the Netherlands. No idea about how popular they were, I've only seen a single advertisement in an Escom brochure in the early 90's.
@Bort_865 ай бұрын
Maybe you are confusing it with the Amstrad Mega PC? (I am in Germany, and a friend recently told me they had one when he grew up)
@jinxterx5 ай бұрын
They never were released outside of Japan.
@speedysandisk785 ай бұрын
@@Bort_86 I might be, it's been a while. I only remember seeing an ad. I do distinctly remember the advertised machine being black. Aren't the Amstrads all white/grey?
@Blackadder755 ай бұрын
@@jinxterx but they were sold here, he is right. Maybe some company that imported them and not official Sega , but they came here. But not popular because the PC part was too old when they came here and people had moved to 386/486
@Blackadder755 ай бұрын
@@speedysandisk78 you were right, I still have 2 magazines that cover these, with actual info where you could buy it, and not just some preview article
@mattelder19715 ай бұрын
I lived in Japan in the early 90s while I was in the Navy. I vaguely remember seeing these for sale at some of the stores in Akihabara.
@ravenwolf30395 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video I didn't know it existed and it is really awesome concept. I will keep an eye out for part two and hope to see it working
@billybollockhead56285 ай бұрын
Seeing a Sam Coupe in the background made me happy, while at the same time sad that my parents threw away my old one, with dev card and loads of software, when they moved years ago.. There's something about the Coupe that I really still love the look of.
@notenoughmonkeys5 ай бұрын
3:24 - 2 CPU, 1UP.
@AccFireballs5 ай бұрын
Such a cool piece of hardware. Looking forward to part 2!
@VeganaAnarkiisto5 ай бұрын
I've seen such a PC in France, it had a sliding part in front to hide either the cartridge slot or the floppy/cd drive. I don't remember which drive(s) it had. It seems people are looking for forgotten pieces and bits about these machines, so just in case, the one I saw was in a shop called nasa or tardy in early 90s, in the center of Strasbourg.
@DragunBreath5 ай бұрын
I would totally build a modern gaming PC in one of those cases.
@GraceMcClain5 ай бұрын
Oh wow. I actually had one of these. A friend of mine gave it to me after his dad bought two back from a business trip in early 1992. It was very weird when, in 1993, the Mega PC from Amstrad came out.
@Cyberpunk0015 ай бұрын
Years ago I was a proud owner of an Amstrad Mega-PC, a similar idea to this. It was simply and Amstrad 386 PC compatible computer with a sliding door on the front of the desktop unit. If you slid the door across to the right, you found a Megadrive cartridge slot. It came with a beige Sega controller, and the computer literally had nothing to do with the Megadrive bits. Neither part spoke to the other. It was two machines in one case essentially, and sliding the door cut off one part so you could use the other. Both outputted to the same monitor and speakers though. This was UK computer, and I wrote this before the Mega PC was displayed in the video.
@shadowopsairman15835 ай бұрын
Yes please Make PT2, the Sega Genesis and Dreamcast are my favorite consoles. When the Dreamcast stopped production I moved to PC Gaming.
@einokeskitalo32175 ай бұрын
An utterly, utterly fascinating machine.
@alexojideagu5 ай бұрын
Apparently Amstrad had an upgrade for the Mega PC called the Mega PC Plus, which used an 80486 processor and had a RAM upgrade. That's probably the rarest Megadrive PC.
@lachlanwilliams58185 ай бұрын
This was a PC I'd have sold my soul for as a kid!
@Hdtjdjbszh5 ай бұрын
I had something similar as a kid, I think it was the megaPC, maybe by amstrad, is was a dos computer and a megadrive. It was my first introduction to PC gaming and it shaped my life so much! I am so happy I had that system
@Hdtjdjbszh5 ай бұрын
oh, you mention it later, yeah it was that!
@Colin_Ames5 ай бұрын
What a cool piece of gear! I am looking forward to the next video in the series.
@treedoor5 ай бұрын
You think anyone is ever going to be nostalgia about the designs of the 2010s and 2020s? Somehow, I doubt it. There is just something so timeless about these old computers. Every company added their own flare with lines, and curves, and color choice. Even the branding is beautiful on these old machines.
@bryndal365 ай бұрын
I'm inclined to think the 90s were the last time that tech looked beautiful. From the 2000s onwards, they seemed to have lost the ability to make things look good. Now it's all about rgb but it still doesn't hold a torch to those old machines in my opinion.
@MegaManNeo5 ай бұрын
I mean... we have black boxes and glass boxes that shine in RGB lights.
@DrBagPhD5 ай бұрын
Yes because that's how nostalgia works. Things will change and the adults will of tomorrow will pine for the things available to the kids of today
@kaitlyn__L5 ай бұрын
@@bryndal36I’ve already seen nostalgia for the 00s and early-10s designs from people 5-10 years younger than me, even though I tend to consider them sludge. I’ve also seen many people a bit older than me saying that computer aesthetics peaked in the 70s, turning ugly in the early 80s! 😅😊
@NdxtremePro5 ай бұрын
The iMacs from 2010 are a timeless design, its why it is so copied. iPad for tablets. iPhone for smart phones. In consoles, probably not, Some of the Yoga 2in1 designs are nice, and the Surface Studio from Microsoft is a nice design. The Unibody laptop design is nice, and has been copied. The big problem is, the good designs are so copied they become mundane. The Wii and Wii U are going to be iconic, however. The Switch is already being copied, but the Nvidia Shield is kinda iconic as well. The Mac Pros are iconic and a beloved design, if we skip the Trash Can Mac. (That is iconic in itself, but not for the same reasons. :))
@MarkusDieterle5 ай бұрын
As an interesting side note, Egyptian (ex Kuwaiti) company Al Alamiah also brought out the AX-660 and AX-990 in 1992. Both were MSX 1 computers even though MSX 2 and 2+ already existed. Both systems had integrated MegaDrive clones and you could switch between MSX mode and MegaDrive mode.
@ThePopolou5 ай бұрын
Very timely...i recently found my Mega PC which was bought from new, still in as-new condition and decided to restore it. Currently battling a possible faulty onboard WDC FD controller (very common in IBM conpatibles at the time) which is preventing booting up with the HDD.
@HunTaoLee5 ай бұрын
Amazing... It's so clean inside without case rusting (excluding PSU)
@gregor5 ай бұрын
Getting distracted by the SAM Coupe lurking in the cabinet ...
@grumpyoldwizard5 ай бұрын
I wish they hadn't restriced this to Japan. I would have been interested at the time. It's perfect for me yet I hever heard of it.
@squeeeb5 ай бұрын
It's in great hands. Sega had one of these on display at SegaFes 2018 in Tokyo, so cool!
@gn77405 ай бұрын
What a brilliant video! Never heard of it and really enjoyed this!!
@JVHShack5 ай бұрын
Just for the sake of preservation (and maybe a dash of curiosity), I'd like to see a detailed scan and / or photo of the motherboard and other PCBs especially since this system seems to be more rare than hen's teeth and unicorn leavings combined.
@raywt32375 ай бұрын
An IBM, PS2 and Mega Drive? I'm in!
@barc0deblankblank5 ай бұрын
Saw one on sale as a kid, in 1997, but seeing as I was on holiday it would have been impossible to haul back. I was 12 and here I see people not knowing about this, 30 years later, to my great surprise. I wish more people would have paid attention back then, like a few of us did, when it came to games :(
@nopenopeandnope70505 ай бұрын
New "trash to treasure" on a long weekend? Yes please! Thanks Neil :)
@fiddley5 ай бұрын
14:36 "Factory fitted patch wires" is a nice way of saying "Bodge Wires" ☺
@CaptainShiny50005 ай бұрын
Nice! What a fun watch! I guess I found a new channel to chill out to!
@Reprogrammed_By_SEGA5 ай бұрын
Now you are missing the SEGA A.I. Computer.
@theadamtron2 ай бұрын
Can we talk about the design of this machine? That front panel has such a sleek and sexy look.
@miro50525 ай бұрын
I've wanted one of these for decades now, I was a kid when they were relatively cheap online (couple hundred max), now they're impossible to find under thousands.
@nickolaswilcox4255 ай бұрын
the puzzle game is a pack in title included on the factory hard drive loadout, i have one of these and have that working, but ive also found a hard drive image for it that someone made since i had some trouble with my hard drive, it needed the caps replaced but works properly again, however i think it managed to corrupt some files since a few thing i try poke at crash the system
@shodan29585 ай бұрын
Interesting to note at 3:33 that screenshot of Sonic 1 is from a prototype because its missing the s from "rings" and I think the flower sprite is slightly different.
@kmass775 ай бұрын
Wonder how many office executives were able to sneak this in as a company purchase for their office and were playing sonic at work
@willrobinson75995 ай бұрын
That's a beautiful bit of kit . U would have to be well rich to have had one of them back in the day , as usual amstrad tried to do something similar but about 2 years too late Can't wait for the next part
@Vladimir-hq1ne5 ай бұрын
@13:50 - I remember these rails. IBM used those in their PS/ValuePoint PCs... Maybe my toys in the attic playing tricks again.
@landamo845 ай бұрын
Wow, I was just reading an old issue of EGM from late 90 that had mentioned this was in the works. I'm here because I wanted to learn more about it.
@PatJamesRicketts5 ай бұрын
12 years on KZbin and I am just now finding your channel!? I feel cheated by the algo! Where is Sega or IBM on this? They should be helping us piece together their history...
@yoke4665 ай бұрын
Gorgeous machine. Inside and out.
@ynotwalk73915 ай бұрын
with some expected sega jankiness
@meh.75395 ай бұрын
Damn... I'd buy and unironically use that keyboard now.
@Wobble20075 ай бұрын
I've always wanted one of these, especially the MegaCD model.
@HajimeNoJMo3 ай бұрын
I saw a Teradrive in Akihabara over ten years ago. I don’t remember how much it was, but I remember it being affordable for me at the time (I wasn’t making much) but I didn’t have the space for it
@MoTheBlackCat5 ай бұрын
Another discovery for me, the cave is indeed a treasure trove!
@loktah15 ай бұрын
thanks for a great video!, hope part 2 comes soon
@BryonLape5 ай бұрын
Overcharging for crap hardware is what IBM excelled at in those days.
@miketran42895 ай бұрын
I remembered when this first came out in Australia, It was a pathetic 286/16 then later models was a 386 which was 2 generations out of date of the current PC's for the same price. It was way cheaper to buy a 486/dx33 AND a MegaDrive separately.
@alexhosselet69625 ай бұрын
So cool! Very excited for this series.
@RetroSegaDev5 ай бұрын
I picked the best time to become a Patreon :D
@nicholsliwilson5 ай бұрын
I’m aware of the Amstrad MegaPC, which is basically the same thing but the Teradrive is new to me? Thanks @RMCRetro
@swordman5215 ай бұрын
That SEGA branded Model M is gorgeous
@steveclarke17645 ай бұрын
5:05 that IBM quip made me literally laugh out loud!
@boydpukalo89805 ай бұрын
Really interesting system. I look forward to part 2.
@Nodeathnolife5 ай бұрын
I remember first discovering this out of random during when I starting to collect for the Genesis and looking up what good game are available and founded this out of nowhere. Although something worth noting in regards to the Expansion slot, I remembered that someone did disassembled a Mega CD to get it working on the Terradrive. Idk if the video is still there or not.
@Horrordelic5 ай бұрын
Really cool machine ... Looking forward to part 2 :)
@Tim_31005 ай бұрын
Crazy partnership between ibm & sega
@VisiV5 ай бұрын
It sure is pretty. I’d absolutely love to play MegaCD Lunar on this in a room full of cigarette smoke and laserdiscs.
@AtomSymbol5 ай бұрын
Part 2 suggestion: It would be nice to hear a short description of how the 3 CPUs (286, 68000, Z80) differ in terms of CPU architecture.
@jbmaru5 ай бұрын
"Too late, Mr. Sugar..." Sounds familiar!
@DarkRequiemFilms5 ай бұрын
I love my Megadrive, I still have it and it still works, sadly I've lost the games I have during a house move last year. I'm still looking for them, lmao.
@notsorandominspiration5 ай бұрын
Rocking outro music! 🤘
@tachyojeff5 ай бұрын
That sega branded floppy disc with drivers omg I want a poster of that on my wall
@gyrz194 ай бұрын
the dark color and shape remind me of a VCR of the time period
@JohnSmith-xq1pz5 ай бұрын
🎵SEGA🎵
@nicholsliwilson5 ай бұрын
Ah that crunchy sample that fills ones heart with joy to this day.
@angrybirds24725 ай бұрын
ooh i remember the TI-99-4A with its tape drive and Tunnels of Doom... off topic i know but i see it in the background
@fnjesusfreak5 ай бұрын
Based on a PS/2 Model 30/286? That would suggest that you should be able to use a modern drive with an XT-CF (which I actually do), but it doesn't look to have the three ISA slots the original PS/2 had.
@GeckonCZ5 ай бұрын
Aside from the hard drive, I don't see anything in common with the 30-286. But it seems some of the planar logic was reused from the Japanese PS/55 5510.
@fnjesusfreak5 ай бұрын
@@GeckonCZ Not even the hard drive, that was a 20 MB unit in the 30/286.
@GeckonCZ5 ай бұрын
@@fnjesusfreak The 8530 286 was available with at least 3 hard drive sizes - 20, 30, and 45 MB. If I'm not mistaken the 30 MB one was the same WDL-330PS used in this unit.
@Gannett20115 ай бұрын
Remember reading about this back then, thought it sounded cool, but wondered how often the average PC user, who wasn't really into games at that time, would be firing up a cartridge game.
@dodgydruid5 ай бұрын
Back in late 80's I used to see Sugar on the first Liv St to Brentwood trains in the morning and even spoke to him a couple of times, utterly obnoxious man who used to sit near old ladies on the train and light up his toxic cigars for fun... wreathing the poor target in clouds of smoke and he played a vicious smirk when coughing the old 'un was forced to move and he would follow them around the train... Asked my BR dad why he never got nicked for smoking in a no smoking carriage and old man came back saying "he seems to have paid for the privilege..." suggesting someone on BR got a major bung in their sky rocket to allow him to light up anywhere where lesser folks like myself would have been ripped a new one finewise if I dared do likewise.
@ameriscm73515 ай бұрын
has a similar aesthetic to the 68k - love it! can't wait to see it turned on - i always wondered the level of integration but even japanese language sites are short on information
@csolisr5 ай бұрын
Ah, the good old times where "compatibility" meant slapping the entire processor of the guest device in an expansion card and hooking that wholesale to the host
@csolisr5 ай бұрын
In related news: has somebody tried to make the CD drive compatible with the Sega Mega CD add-on? And what about the 32X?
@dgmt15 ай бұрын
It should be pointed out that the 286 cpu used in the TerraDrive is a 2nd gen one from 1985 rather than a 1st gen 1982 286. There is a tendency for people to conflate early PC CPUs but usually there were 2 or 3 generations of each chip. The original 1982 286s were either 5, 6 or 8 MHz and the 2nd gen 1985 ones were much faster at 10 or 12.5mhz. As Intel shifted to 386 production, AMD and Harris released 16, 20 and 25 MHz 286s which were basically equal in performance to a 386SX at the same clock. 486s first came out in 1989 but it wasn't until 1991 that they had dropped enough in price to be really found in home builds so fast 286s and 386SXs were still very common for budget home setups. These PCs would have been fine running most software up until 1993 at which time 486s and the new Pentiums started to completely take over.
@lasskinn4745 ай бұрын
it's often overlooked how long the cpu gens were sold as lower end offerings. 1991 home 486 was still very, very rare and you could still buy a 8mhz xt. but then again you could still buy a new c64 too in 1991.
@bradleytompkins4 ай бұрын
@@lasskinn474 You could buy a new C64 all the way up until Commodore folded in '94.
@RockRedGenesis5 ай бұрын
I heard of the TeraDrive back in the '90's. And I heard of the Amstrad Mega PC around the same time. I wanted one of either, I didn't care. It didn't matter that I had a PC that was probably powerful than either combo-computer. I was a Sega kid growing up. Just thought it was cool to be able to play MD games on a PC.
@not_fresh67365 ай бұрын
i saw it once through the glass of the shop when we were rushing somewhere with my mom. i dreamt about it for years only based on what i saw, considering that was someahere in 92-94, this thing looked like something from sci fi movie especially taking to the fact that my gaming platform was NES. now to think about it it was a weird experience since the place i saw it was in a middle sized Iranian town. people were extremely poor there. even NES was kinda high end tech for that time.
@oliverhoschi61355 ай бұрын
reminds me of the Amstrad Mega PC. I have one of them in my collection. Weird thing but absolutely cool.
@xXHashassinXx5 ай бұрын
30mb hdd? Wow. When I added a 10mb to my 286 it was life changing. Triple that sounds like so much!
@twilliamc35 ай бұрын
That Manhole audio situation sounds neat.
@the_kombinator5 ай бұрын
My friend had a keyboard like that back in the 90s. I thought he just put that sticker on it somehow.