Picked up a couple 386 machines

Bill Degnan billdegnan at gmail.com
Wed Feb 28 17:45:04 CST 2018


On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 6:05 PM, devin davison via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> While working at the scrapyard today, i managed to get a couple 386
> machines right as they were being dropped off. One is a pakard bell
> with monitor, in pristine condition. The other is a Tandy 2500 with
> monitor, in rough looking shape but working too. The monitor is pretty
> beat up for the tandy but working.
>
> I have been on the look ut for a good 386 mahine for a while now, i
> got kinda lucky and picked up two working systems in one day.
>
>
Glad to hear.  I think it's worth holding onto one or two 386 machines for
their historical context.  the 286 / 386 was a jump into a new era of what
one could do with Intel desktops.
Bill


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