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Listing is for a Compaq Deskpro 386s/20 which was fully restored. The computer POSTed when I received it, but not much else. There was an SCSI controller in there, and a NIC, as well as 4 Mb RAM. The case had a good amount of rust on the outside right side (just there, case and the rest of the cover was fine - internal date stamp 05 06 90), and the power switch did not work (always on). I was able to disassemble the power switch and reset the springs and plates, it works as it should now. I had to dismantle and remove the power supply, so I had a good look in there - no leaking caps, no burn marks on PCB, very clean inside overall.
I set off to work sourcing a hard drive, since it has an Adaptec 1542 controller. The smallest drive I could get was a 1.06 GB drive, which I installed DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1 (Compaq edition). This is an authentic Compaq Spare, albeit from 1994 and probably from a server :) The drive is quick and spins up with a pleasant sound. No bad sectors, and it's completely full of games. I also put the SCSI controller LED on pin headers and got another Compaq orange LED (from an old Presario), trimmed it, and put it over the original IDE hard disk LED - This can easily be undone if you choose to use IDE again.
The floppies worked, so that was nice, however the RTC needed a battery mod. I also had to modify the cradle to accommodate the extra height for said battery. After that I looked to the case, sanding down the rust and chemically treating the rust (converter compound) then a light layer of primer (which Compaq actually used originally!), then textured paint, then the whole cover was repainted. Since I had separated the plastic from the case, I retrobrited it (it really didn't need it) and cleaned the minor scuffs and scrapes off it. Now that I had it booting properly, I added 2 more MB of RAM via a 72 pin to 30 pin adapter (4Mb on that one) and two 1 Mb 72 pin SIMMS, for a total of 6 Mb. Now that the base hardware was set up, I had to get the Compaq diagnostics (included in this lot on a 720k diskette) and run it on the system, which is now correctly configured and passes the diagnosis tests. The last thing I did was put in an AWE 64 which is set up with Windows and DOS games see it. The NIC is BNC/Vampire Tap, but has a socket for a ROM, which could accommodate XTIDE, and the SCSI card will work with SCSI2SD.
Finally, I paired it with an era correct keyboard it would have come with it at the time. The speakers and mouse are slightly newer (mid 90s) and the LCD is from the 21st century, but everything is Compaq branded. The mouse tracks well, speakers sound great, and the keyboard is pleasant to type on.
This is a great retro gaming machine, or for industrial applications.