In case the battery is actually "leaking", you really should replace it with a new, simple Ni-MH battery or an ordinary non-rechargable lithium battery like the C2032. A C2032 is powering the RTC of my old 80386XS.
Great video, thanks for posting it!! I have one of these machines too, and I cannot figure out what keys you are pushing to enter turbo mode. Can you please let me know? I've been pushing keys like mad trying to figure it out. :-)
Hmm, it doesn't work, but I don't have the original PB keyboard. I have a later 101 key with the xt/at switch. It's working fine, but the command doesn't work, with numlock on or off. Thanks for the info!
This was my very first computer purchase. Bought it at a place called Highland Appliance in Flint,MI. I think I paid $1200.00. Traded it in 2 months later for a PB 286 for $2000. Ahhh... Sigh....
@terracon Actually the 8088 is a 16 bit processor as well, but it only has an 8-bit input/output bus, and does not have a Protected Mode, so it can't do multitasking. Windows 3.1 requires Protected Mode, so that's why it won't run on an 8088.
@TeamRocketReviews Possible, yes, but the really old PC parts are getting hard to find and expensive. Try the Vintage Computer Forum (link on my YouTube channel page), there are lot of helpful people there.
@TeamRocketReviews Ebay? Problem with these things are that a lot of the parts will be untested and may not work anymore or have problems and shipping can get real expensive.
@vwestlife Tell me, do you know if the keyboard is XT or AT class? I have the same computer and I just bought a standard AT DIN keyboard and strange characters appears when I press some some keys.
Did you try to use that CPU with another keyboard?
@omarsis81 This is an XT machine, so the keyboard is XT class.
Many older keyboards are switchable between XT and AT modes, usually using a little switch on the bottom (sometimes hidden under one of the flip-out feet), with positions marked "X" and "A". Also some keyboards, such as most of the IBM Model M keyboards, will automatically switch between XT and AT modes, so there is no manual switch needed.
@vwestlife Thank you for your prompt answer! I will upload a video of my computer when I get myself a XT keyboard. My CPU is a Samsung SPC-3000v. I didn't find much information on the net about this model, but I found I was identical to this one!
I think I commented this awhile ago saying I was going to resurrect my PB-500.. well I started, then I quit after running into a bunch of stripped screws. Came back to it a few weeks ago. Neither the damn floppy or hard drive work.. the ol' floppy drive will format a disk up until about 66% and the motor seems like it can't go any further than that. The hard drive won't even FDISK, it sounds like it just repeatedly bangs it's arm up against the inner wall like "durr, durr, durr, I'm retarded.. "
But the rest is working, using 2 3.5" floppy drives. Had to tape over the upper right hole of the disks to make them read as 720k's. I put DOS 3.3 on one 720k floppy in drive A: and load programs with the other one. The Panasonic dot matrix printer that came with it still works after greasing up the moving parts n such. Even the ink ribbon which hasn't been replaced in 20 years still prints and actually looks decent.
A year ago I commented on this video saying how my Math teacher owns a computer very similar to this one, an Epson Apex Plus. Well, as of a month ago, I am now the owner of it! Although I have yet to bring it home, I have done some work on it.
I swapped the CGA video card for a VGA one we have, and while it works perfect, the BIOS now beeps an error code when the computer is turned on - a long beep, a short beep, another long beep, and another short beep. Have any idea what that could mean?
@themaritimeman The BIOS is probably still expecting the CGA card to be installed, and gives the beep error indicating that it couldn't find the CGA card. You have to change the motherboard's video settings to indicate that "no video" is installed, because the VGA card has its own onboard ROM. Usually this is done by changing some jumpers or DIP switches.
@vwestlife Alright, thanks. Since I have yet to find how to set the motherboard's video settings for that, i've just done the lazy man's solution of unplugging the speaker, lol.
At the moment, i've found another problem - I have a bad memory chip (per advice I was given on the Vintage Computer forums), making installing MS-DOS 5 on the hard drive impossible. So right now i'm just getting everything on the hard drive onto another computer.
@vwestlife You were right! I found the original manual on the Epson website, and for those four DIP switches on the back, the first and second switches are to set if you have a second serial or parallel port, respectively, and the last two are what kind of video card you have, with both in the 'on' position meaning a "Special" video card. No more error beeps. :)
Conflict: The Middle East Political Simulator was the game I played on this computer. This computer was still working when it was replaced. Might be out in the garage even, lol.
@1997FordProbeGT I had 3, this model was the first. I really didn't have any issues with any of them. I had this model, in 95 got a 75mhz Pentium and later, I got either a Pentium 2 or 3. After that went with local built from the Asian computer stores that were insanely cheap. Now, only use laptops. But they were on all the time, and I had no issues with the ones I had. Guess I was lucky.They are now NEC.
Got mine at Lechmere. And, the monitor was, I was told later, out of calibration, looked funky. No matter. I played a few games on it, one was a sub game, another a tank game, but my favorite game on it was Harpoon. Also had a game where you were the premier of Israel, turn based. You had to allocate your funds, build your army, decide on if you were going to make peace, wage war, or send in insurgents. If you declared war, the U.S. would cut off supplies. Ran Quattro on it for school.
these are great computers for business applications, id think, not for those who wants to use a computer for a game, ipod, or DVD Center, which i think most people buy computers for nowadays! Computers were made for business, and now they are bought to use for everything BUT! LOL I used to refurb and resale, but I have to tell most people that now, you cant go into the bootleg DVD business with one or download Justin biebers ,Baby oh, on it 3000 times!
I had one of these from 1988 or 87. for college, accounting major. Cost was a whopping $1500 back then! Mine had a 40 mb drive partitioned. Mine made the same hum too. I had mine until 1995 when I got a Pentium Packard Bell.
Can this computer run Crysis on max settings? I saw this at Best Buy the other day and almost bought it, but then I thought I should research it a little more.
@vwestlife yeah,those things were like 4 grand when they were new! you used to be able to find those for about 5 bucks each a few years ago, now they are hard to find and fetching 40 0r more bucks! I had a few i wish i still had now!
@vwestlife Really? I've always heard that most Packard Bells were mediocre at best. This must be an exception. What would be a good DOS PC with a 8 Mhz 286, EGA graphics, AdLib sound, 60MB hard drive, 1MB of RAM, dating from around 1986-1990, that's fairly easy to find? I'm thinking of getting a Tandy 1000TX with 768K RAM, 8-bit VGA and 8-bit SoundBlaster 1, but I haven't found one on eBay yet.
@TeamRocketReviews Tandys are rare on eBay and expensive when they do show up; they are sought after by people who want to play the many Tandy-enhanced PC games from the late '80s and early '90s.
There were countless generic 286 PC clones made; unfortunately most have been junked by now, but there are still some left to be found, and they can be equipped however you like.
you should make some sort of rig to dump the disk data, aswell as, upload them on a web site, (like one you make) a porgram I use to dump disk data is win image
@thebeastinme1 Probably regional, I pronounce it without the L too. I only know one person in the US that I am friends with who pronounces the L. Doesn't bother me in the least though.
It is slow because the 8088 only has an 8-bit external bus even though it is a 16-bit processor internally. The 8086 in my Tandy 1000RL is a full 16-bit processor both internally and externally so even at the same clock speed as the Packard Bell (9.54 MHz) it is much faster -- it boots up quicker than any modern Windows or Mac computer!
@ClactonRadio Are you kidding? Sims 3 is a modern Windows XP / Vista game. You'll need at least a Pentium-4 to run it -- in other words, a computer around 20 years newer than this one!
the cars back then had plenty of horsepower, they were better looking, less expensive and the visibility was much better! today's cars with their tiny windows and ugly designs suck ass!
I don't know what you mean. I've never seen a computer with non-removable parts. Yes, you have to use a screwdriver, hex driver, or Torx bit, but most PC makers did not copy the IBM PS/2's trend of using toolless snap-in parts until quite recently.
That's a neat little computer. I've never seen a Packard Bell like that before. Probably because a majority of them are now in landfills around the world.
My Math teacher actually has a computer almost exactly like this one! It's branded as an Epson Apex Plus, and the only difference between that computer and this one is the power button is a bit different in shape, and it has a 3.5" floppy drive as well as a 5.25" one. Other than that, it is exactly the same as this one, right down to the beep sound when the processor speed is changed and the BIOS counting the RAM twice!
What are the CPU speeds, anyway? 4.77 MHz and 9.54 MHz?
Phoenix BIOS was very common for XT clones. Even Tandy used it. That's why the startup sequence is very similar among different brands. Yes, this one is 4.77 MHz in slow mode and 9.54 MHz in "turbo" mode. Some XT clones also offer a medium speed of 7.16 MHz.
Physically those computers look about the same as a modern computer inside, but it's amazing how much more storage is in the modern ones! seems like only a few years ago a gigabyte was huge!
Cool vid, please keep these typ of vids coming :-)
Have the same ATI card in my IBM 5160
Better replace that leaking battery fast so the acid won't eat away at the mobo tracks...have the same issue on my Commodore PC20 which is also an XT clone...really hate when they didn't use proper PC speakers for the gaming purpose :-P
Just think about the many brand names that are bygone from the 80s. PB was a hot seller back then, I have a PB 386 with a TV card in it, up in the attic, I think it has a 40 meg HD in it too, DOS 5 or 6, and Win 3.1 - kept it for a DOS machine. Tandy was also a big seller, but costed more than PB, unless Radio Shack had a special SALE deal.. Back then, this would have been called an "IBM clone", meaning IBM compatable, but some were proprietory. What made them clones was the Intel CPU.
Boy, I remember similar machines like that when I was in college back in the late '80s. Looking at one of those now shows how far computers have evolved since then.
I'm guessing even by 1988, this computer wouldn't have been the latest and greatest because 286, 386 and even early 486 processors would have been out, very expensive but out there.
The first 486s came out in 1989 and were very expensive. XT-class computers were still very common and useful until Windows 3.x became popular in the early '90s.
search "Saturday morning 1988" on youtube.. oh man those were the good old days!!! no hip hop crap on the radio, TV was great, movies were great, cars didn't cost $20,000 I could go on and on. I was a little kid back then.
well not really, Records were pretty much almost gone music stores were full of cassette tapes and CD's were just getting popular, like blu ray is today.
well, it's not like I went into record stores when I was 7-8 lol I remember a store called Record town, and I guess it must have still had some records, and I remember walls of tapes. but records were on their way out. but back then I was more interested in KB toys and the video arcade^^ Records seem to be making a comeback now though!
I remember still seeing some "Record World" stores in malls in the early '90s. Some had already changed their name to "Tape World" (I bet that didn't last long!) while others just held out until they eventually switched to "CD World."
That is so awesome!
youtubasoarus 1 month ago
if you Can, is there any way that you can Make Disk image Files of all the Disks that Came with that Computer, Thanks
PB70CDOEM 2 months ago
In case the battery is actually "leaking", you really should replace it with a new, simple Ni-MH battery or an ordinary non-rechargable lithium battery like the C2032. A C2032 is powering the RTC of my old 80386XS.
80486er 2 months ago
@80486er I have already replaced the battery (this video is nearly 2 years old).
vwestlife 2 months ago
Great video, thanks for posting it!! I have one of these machines too, and I cannot figure out what keys you are pushing to enter turbo mode. Can you please let me know? I've been pushing keys like mad trying to figure it out. :-)
sarajwil 2 months ago
@sarajwil Ctrl-Alt-plus (on the numeric keypad). Ctrl-Alt-minus puts it back in slow mode (4.77 MHz).
vwestlife 2 months ago
@vwestlife
Hmm, it doesn't work, but I don't have the original PB keyboard. I have a later 101 key with the xt/at switch. It's working fine, but the command doesn't work, with numlock on or off. Thanks for the info!
sarajwil 2 months ago
This was my very first computer purchase. Bought it at a place called Highland Appliance in Flint,MI. I think I paid $1200.00. Traded it in 2 months later for a PB 286 for $2000. Ahhh... Sigh....
LegacyMicro 3 months ago
@LegacyMicro and guess what, today for 600$ you can build a real monster - in these days PCs for 3 months were VERY OLD
crogeek 2 months ago
why don't you install windows 3.1
matthew65536 3 months ago
@matthew65536 3.1 won't run on an 8088.
vwestlife 3 months ago
@vwestlife try windows 1.0 or fuison-pc an apple Macintosh emulator
matthew65536 3 months ago
@matthew65536 Windows 3.1 requires a 16-bit processor (80286 minimum). The 8080/8088 was only a 8-bit processor.
terracon 2 months ago
@terracon Actually the 8088 is a 16 bit processor as well, but it only has an 8-bit input/output bus, and does not have a Protected Mode, so it can't do multitasking. Windows 3.1 requires Protected Mode, so that's why it won't run on an 8088.
vwestlife 2 months ago
Is it possible to buy parts and build an old MS-DOS PC with a 286 processor, 640K ram, 40MB hard drive, and EGA graphics? Where would I get parts?
TeamRocketReviews 3 months ago
@TeamRocketReviews Possible, yes, but the really old PC parts are getting hard to find and expensive. Try the Vintage Computer Forum (link on my YouTube channel page), there are lot of helpful people there.
vwestlife 3 months ago
@TeamRocketReviews Ebay? Problem with these things are that a lot of the parts will be untested and may not work anymore or have problems and shipping can get real expensive.
oldtwins 1 month ago
@vwestlife Tell me, do you know if the keyboard is XT or AT class? I have the same computer and I just bought a standard AT DIN keyboard and strange characters appears when I press some some keys.
Did you try to use that CPU with another keyboard?
omarsis81 3 months ago
@omarsis81 This is an XT machine, so the keyboard is XT class.
Many older keyboards are switchable between XT and AT modes, usually using a little switch on the bottom (sometimes hidden under one of the flip-out feet), with positions marked "X" and "A". Also some keyboards, such as most of the IBM Model M keyboards, will automatically switch between XT and AT modes, so there is no manual switch needed.
vwestlife 3 months ago
@vwestlife Thank you for your prompt answer! I will upload a video of my computer when I get myself a XT keyboard. My CPU is a Samsung SPC-3000v. I didn't find much information on the net about this model, but I found I was identical to this one!
omarsis81 3 months ago
America Grew Up Listing to us,it still does
(old 80s packard bell catch phrase)
7127terra 4 months ago
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7127terra 4 months ago
ctrl,alt,/ for fast mode, right?
AtariFTW 4 months ago
I got a rare computer never seen. It is called the US Computer. Also it has a turbo button.
atomjelly 5 months ago
For some reason i want one of these.
51rickjames 6 months ago
I think I commented this awhile ago saying I was going to resurrect my PB-500.. well I started, then I quit after running into a bunch of stripped screws. Came back to it a few weeks ago. Neither the damn floppy or hard drive work.. the ol' floppy drive will format a disk up until about 66% and the motor seems like it can't go any further than that. The hard drive won't even FDISK, it sounds like it just repeatedly bangs it's arm up against the inner wall like "durr, durr, durr, I'm retarded.. "
aut0turret 6 months ago
But the rest is working, using 2 3.5" floppy drives. Had to tape over the upper right hole of the disks to make them read as 720k's. I put DOS 3.3 on one 720k floppy in drive A: and load programs with the other one. The Panasonic dot matrix printer that came with it still works after greasing up the moving parts n such. Even the ink ribbon which hasn't been replaced in 20 years still prints and actually looks decent.
aut0turret 6 months ago
A year ago I commented on this video saying how my Math teacher owns a computer very similar to this one, an Epson Apex Plus. Well, as of a month ago, I am now the owner of it! Although I have yet to bring it home, I have done some work on it.
I swapped the CGA video card for a VGA one we have, and while it works perfect, the BIOS now beeps an error code when the computer is turned on - a long beep, a short beep, another long beep, and another short beep. Have any idea what that could mean?
themaritimeman 8 months ago
@themaritimeman The BIOS is probably still expecting the CGA card to be installed, and gives the beep error indicating that it couldn't find the CGA card. You have to change the motherboard's video settings to indicate that "no video" is installed, because the VGA card has its own onboard ROM. Usually this is done by changing some jumpers or DIP switches.
vwestlife 8 months ago
@vwestlife Alright, thanks. Since I have yet to find how to set the motherboard's video settings for that, i've just done the lazy man's solution of unplugging the speaker, lol.
At the moment, i've found another problem - I have a bad memory chip (per advice I was given on the Vintage Computer forums), making installing MS-DOS 5 on the hard drive impossible. So right now i'm just getting everything on the hard drive onto another computer.
themaritimeman 8 months ago
@vwestlife You were right! I found the original manual on the Epson website, and for those four DIP switches on the back, the first and second switches are to set if you have a second serial or parallel port, respectively, and the last two are what kind of video card you have, with both in the 'on' position meaning a "Special" video card. No more error beeps. :)
Also, the power supply is a whopping 88 watts!
themaritimeman 8 months ago
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themaritimeman 8 months ago
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Roetheperfect 10 months ago
Conflict: The Middle East Political Simulator was the game I played on this computer. This computer was still working when it was replaced. Might be out in the garage even, lol.
slick1ru2 1 year ago
@1997FordProbeGT I had 3, this model was the first. I really didn't have any issues with any of them. I had this model, in 95 got a 75mhz Pentium and later, I got either a Pentium 2 or 3. After that went with local built from the Asian computer stores that were insanely cheap. Now, only use laptops. But they were on all the time, and I had no issues with the ones I had. Guess I was lucky.They are now NEC.
slick1ru2 1 year ago
Got mine at Lechmere. And, the monitor was, I was told later, out of calibration, looked funky. No matter. I played a few games on it, one was a sub game, another a tank game, but my favorite game on it was Harpoon. Also had a game where you were the premier of Israel, turn based. You had to allocate your funds, build your army, decide on if you were going to make peace, wage war, or send in insurgents. If you declared war, the U.S. would cut off supplies. Ran Quattro on it for school.
slick1ru2 1 year ago
these are great computers for business applications, id think, not for those who wants to use a computer for a game, ipod, or DVD Center, which i think most people buy computers for nowadays! Computers were made for business, and now they are bought to use for everything BUT! LOL I used to refurb and resale, but I have to tell most people that now, you cant go into the bootleg DVD business with one or download Justin biebers ,Baby oh, on it 3000 times!
Dreambro1 1 year ago
@1997FordProbeGT yeah, and those things were like 2500.00 when they came out!
Dreambro1 1 year ago
I had one of these from 1988 or 87. for college, accounting major. Cost was a whopping $1500 back then! Mine had a 40 mb drive partitioned. Mine made the same hum too. I had mine until 1995 when I got a Pentium Packard Bell.
slick1ru2 1 year ago
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TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
@TheIntolerantAtheist Already done. No damage to the motherboard.
vwestlife 1 year ago
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TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
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TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
So! Old!
theyipodness 1 year ago
nice machine you got there
TheNovum 1 year ago
hehe you just happen to have original packard bell dos floppys around. :)
simon1234simon 1 year ago
I would carefully clean the battery acid off or it will destroy the MB. Replace the battery.
2wayfreq 1 year ago
Better replace that battery before it destroys the connections.
TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
running vista??
jeenormus 1 year ago
Can this computer run Crysis on max settings? I saw this at Best Buy the other day and almost bought it, but then I thought I should research it a little more.
barret46922 1 year ago
@barret46922 Packard Bells are worth their weight in gold, and this one weighs a lot!
vwestlife 1 year ago
@vwestlife I appreciate someone with a sense of humor, you earned a like my friend.
barret46922 1 year ago
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TheIntolerantAtheist 1 year ago
@vwestlife yeah,those things were like 4 grand when they were new! you used to be able to find those for about 5 bucks each a few years ago, now they are hard to find and fetching 40 0r more bucks! I had a few i wish i still had now!
Dreambro1 1 year ago
@vwestlife Really? I've always heard that most Packard Bells were mediocre at best. This must be an exception. What would be a good DOS PC with a 8 Mhz 286, EGA graphics, AdLib sound, 60MB hard drive, 1MB of RAM, dating from around 1986-1990, that's fairly easy to find? I'm thinking of getting a Tandy 1000TX with 768K RAM, 8-bit VGA and 8-bit SoundBlaster 1, but I haven't found one on eBay yet.
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
@TeamRocketReviews Tandys are rare on eBay and expensive when they do show up; they are sought after by people who want to play the many Tandy-enhanced PC games from the late '80s and early '90s.
There were countless generic 286 PC clones made; unfortunately most have been junked by now, but there are still some left to be found, and they can be equipped however you like.
vwestlife 5 months ago
@vwestlife Would you by any chance have a Commodore 64C? I was going to buy one off of Lemon64 but the seller already sold it.
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
@barret46922 Or not.. I guess I'll subscribe? haha.
barret46922 1 year ago
@barret46922 It would run crysis like nothing. Just try it up and runing in 1 sec.
shawnmccori 1 year ago
dude i have that tv its ok but im geting a bigger one
N64Guy 1 year ago
you should make some sort of rig to dump the disk data, aswell as, upload them on a web site, (like one you make) a porgram I use to dump disk data is win image
LuigiFan128 1 year ago
Packard Bell is still using in today's desktop pc's Seagate
daand12 1 year ago
@daand12 I do, I'm luckey I found a newer Hp keyboard from about 6-7 years back, that makes the same noises
LuigiFan128 1 year ago
is it just me, or does anyone else like the sound those old keybords make?
BenBasque 1 year ago 10
@BenBasque Everyone loves Clicky Keyboards.
TeamRocketReviews 5 months ago
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TeamRocketReviews 4 months ago
@BenBasque - Try using them, you'll fall in love. The clackity keyboards are heaven to use.
youtubasoarus 1 month ago
@youtubasoarus They are! I've got one of these clicky ones. They're better than those we use in college
19FD89 1 month ago
That is awesome! Can you run Crysis on it? :P
Maxthon5 1 year ago
Just out of interest. At 7:20 you pronounced the L in solder, then you corected yourself.
In England we always pronounce the L in solder but I've never heard an American do it.
Is it a reagonal thing or was it just a slip of the tongue?
thebeastinme1 2 years ago
@thebeastinme1 It was just a slip. I've been watching too many Brits recently on YouTube. :-)
vwestlife 2 years ago 7
@thebeastinme1 Probably regional, I pronounce it without the L too. I only know one person in the US that I am friends with who pronounces the L. Doesn't bother me in the least though.
blackbullet357 7 months ago
It is slow because the 8088 only has an 8-bit external bus even though it is a 16-bit processor internally. The 8086 in my Tandy 1000RL is a full 16-bit processor both internally and externally so even at the same clock speed as the Packard Bell (9.54 MHz) it is much faster -- it boots up quicker than any modern Windows or Mac computer!
vwestlife 2 years ago
Would this be enough to run the new Sims 3 game?
ClactonRadio 2 years ago
@ClactonRadio No. It will run the original SimCity from 1989, but that's about it.
vwestlife 2 years ago
I really want this for sims 3 so it would need upgrading then?
ClactonRadio 2 years ago
@ClactonRadio Are you kidding? Sims 3 is a modern Windows XP / Vista game. You'll need at least a Pentium-4 to run it -- in other words, a computer around 20 years newer than this one!
vwestlife 2 years ago
the cars back then had plenty of horsepower, they were better looking, less expensive and the visibility was much better! today's cars with their tiny windows and ugly designs suck ass!
ControlledExplosions 2 years ago
On a more related note: Was this a Packard bell that had all it's parts bolted in place, so that you could not upgrade or replace any outdated parts?
I worked on a few of those legacy machines when I helped out tech support in high school. *Shudder* Dumbest PC idea ever.
i8246i 2 years ago
I don't know what you mean. I've never seen a computer with non-removable parts. Yes, you have to use a screwdriver, hex driver, or Torx bit, but most PC makers did not copy the IBM PS/2's trend of using toolless snap-in parts until quite recently.
vwestlife 2 years ago
MFM hard disk drive. That's a term you don't hear much these days. Weird Stuff Warehouse has number of them out in their warehouse space.
Amiduffer 2 years ago
That's a neat little computer. I've never seen a Packard Bell like that before. Probably because a majority of them are now in landfills around the world.
Mrtechguy94 2 years ago
That's awesome!
My Math teacher actually has a computer almost exactly like this one! It's branded as an Epson Apex Plus, and the only difference between that computer and this one is the power button is a bit different in shape, and it has a 3.5" floppy drive as well as a 5.25" one. Other than that, it is exactly the same as this one, right down to the beep sound when the processor speed is changed and the BIOS counting the RAM twice!
What are the CPU speeds, anyway? 4.77 MHz and 9.54 MHz?
themaritimeman 2 years ago
Phoenix BIOS was very common for XT clones. Even Tandy used it. That's why the startup sequence is very similar among different brands. Yes, this one is 4.77 MHz in slow mode and 9.54 MHz in "turbo" mode. Some XT clones also offer a medium speed of 7.16 MHz.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Physically those computers look about the same as a modern computer inside, but it's amazing how much more storage is in the modern ones! seems like only a few years ago a gigabyte was huge!
coolbluelights 2 years ago
Cool vid, please keep these typ of vids coming :-)
Have the same ATI card in my IBM 5160
Better replace that leaking battery fast so the acid won't eat away at the mobo tracks...have the same issue on my Commodore PC20 which is also an XT clone...really hate when they didn't use proper PC speakers for the gaming purpose :-P
Jivemaster2005 2 years ago
original discs WOW 4 stars
starlite2991 2 years ago
Just think about the many brand names that are bygone from the 80s. PB was a hot seller back then, I have a PB 386 with a TV card in it, up in the attic, I think it has a 40 meg HD in it too, DOS 5 or 6, and Win 3.1 - kept it for a DOS machine. Tandy was also a big seller, but costed more than PB, unless Radio Shack had a special SALE deal.. Back then, this would have been called an "IBM clone", meaning IBM compatable, but some were proprietory. What made them clones was the Intel CPU.
umajunkcollector 2 years ago
Packard Bell is actually still selling computers in Europe. They are now owned by Acer.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Boy, I remember similar machines like that when I was in college back in the late '80s. Looking at one of those now shows how far computers have evolved since then.
batterymaker 2 years ago
We had one of those at work,until only a few years back.Never gave much trouble as l understand,but they went for XP.
AG3304 2 years ago
When did the use of mice come out? Can one be used with this?
GanEdenAustralia 2 years ago
It can use a serial port mouse. Mice were available in the late '80s for PCs but not too common.
vwestlife 2 years ago
I'm guessing even by 1988, this computer wouldn't have been the latest and greatest because 286, 386 and even early 486 processors would have been out, very expensive but out there.
Lachlant1984 2 years ago
The first 486s came out in 1989 and were very expensive. XT-class computers were still very common and useful until Windows 3.x became popular in the early '90s.
vwestlife 2 years ago
@vwestlife well I have a 486 motherboard that I got for free
MixerVM 1 year ago
Great Video man!1988 was a nice Year!
mig189189189 2 years ago
@mig189189189 Yes it was very much :)
GanEdenAustralia 2 years ago
What was 1988 like?
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago
search "Saturday morning 1988" on youtube.. oh man those were the good old days!!! no hip hop crap on the radio, TV was great, movies were great, cars didn't cost $20,000 I could go on and on. I was a little kid back then.
coolbluelights 2 years ago
...and records were still massively bought.
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago
well not really, Records were pretty much almost gone music stores were full of cassette tapes and CD's were just getting popular, like blu ray is today.
coolbluelights 2 years ago
I disagree. JB Hifi completely stopped stocking records in 1991.
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago
well, it's not like I went into record stores when I was 7-8 lol I remember a store called Record town, and I guess it must have still had some records, and I remember walls of tapes. but records were on their way out. but back then I was more interested in KB toys and the video arcade^^ Records seem to be making a comeback now though!
coolbluelights 2 years ago
I remember still seeing some "Record World" stores in malls in the early '90s. Some had already changed their name to "Tape World" (I bet that didn't last long!) while others just held out until they eventually switched to "CD World."
vwestlife 2 years ago
Records are still in stores. There's a Best Buy next to my house in Saint Louis that still sells current and classic groups on the big vinyl discs...
i8246i 2 years ago
hey im ill today so im oon yoouttube lol
windowsXPrules 2 years ago