Compaq Portable 486/66

Posted by 74LS00@reddit | retrobattlestations | View on Reddit | 17 comments

With this one you can "Hack the Planet" as they say.
Saved from becoming e-waste, and needed a lot of leaky capacitors replaced in the PSU and LCD screen. The CPU had already been upgraded to the Intel Overdrive 486DX4 100MHz by the previous users, a nice surprise. The LCD screen is grayscale/monochrome by the way.

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Zentralschaden@reddit

Where did you find a fitting lcd screen? I ended up building a ordinary tft screen with external power supply in :D

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74LS00@reddit (OP)

It is the original LCD screen. It needed a lot of repair work due to leaking capacitors.

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Zentralschaden@reddit

Oh you are lucky, to find a spare part is nearly impossible. The display I had had vinegar syndrome or how you call that.

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Player_A@reddit

The song from this scene is kicking in and now I’m having a rave in my head

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explodedtesticle@reddit

Type “cookie” you idiot.

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TreemendousLeaves@reddit

Passive matrix man, 4 psychedelic greys! Did you triple the RAM?

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phxor@reddit

Oh hey, I just got one these, a color one, def needs some work on the power supply, I did get it fire up a couple times and looks pretty good. can’t wait to hack into our local public access cable channel. never fear, I is here

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