Driving down the street minding my own business and then I saw it a vintage ibm plus monitor sitting on the side of the road outside of a house on the real estate market. Honestly I drove by it, but decided to turn around to inspect. Actually I was impressed by its condition. It was only placed there recently and experienced no weather. Unfortunately someone got thdir first and took the wires including the vga off the monitor likely snipping it for its copper. Do not blame him/her copper is $3 per lb locally. Anyway I have it now and are trying to piece it together. The computer turns on with the fan running and a red light illuminated on the front. While the monitors cord was snipped it does turn on and the dials function properly.
Everything appears to be intact but there are expansion slots being utilized by things I know not what. Unbelievable how many ic chips are in this thing and must be 2-3 times heavier than a modern computer.
I am in the process of getting it to work and I need help. First off being its age is 41, is a mouse necessary? Are there any programs that utilize a mouse? There is a mouse port so I am assuming so, or is it ahead of its time?
I plan on doing a simple splice for the vga cable, i ordered a new 9 pin, its arriving tomorrow. The soldering job looks difficult so i am shamefully going to use electrical tape.
Anything I should know?
I was considering extracting the gold but have no sulferic acid to dissolve the ic chips. Sure a lot of gold compared to newer computers. I think I will piece it together.
Any help or advice?
Everything appears to be intact but there are expansion slots being utilized by things I know not what. Unbelievable how many ic chips are in this thing and must be 2-3 times heavier than a modern computer.
I am in the process of getting it to work and I need help. First off being its age is 41, is a mouse necessary? Are there any programs that utilize a mouse? There is a mouse port so I am assuming so, or is it ahead of its time?
I plan on doing a simple splice for the vga cable, i ordered a new 9 pin, its arriving tomorrow. The soldering job looks difficult so i am shamefully going to use electrical tape.
Anything I should know?
I was considering extracting the gold but have no sulferic acid to dissolve the ic chips. Sure a lot of gold compared to newer computers. I think I will piece it together.
Any help or advice?
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