Broken to BBS: A Dell 286 Restoration

We restore Dell's second-ever PC model: the PC's Limited 286. There are some... sparks along the way, but we cap it off with a call into an important BBS that has been in operation since 1994.

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00:00 — Intro
02:08 — Cleanup and first power-on
03:27 — Disassembly
07:15 — Power supply
13:12 — Motherboard
14:32 — Reassembly
17:25 — Repairing the damage
18:48 — Reassembly continued
20:29 — First boot
21:11 — Terminate: The Final Terminal
22:00 — Darkrealms BBS
23:10 — Outro

Huge thanks to:

slowburn for the excellent "Poles Apart"
Watch:    • slowburn - Poles Apart 🌙 [lofi hip ho...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...

seeyouthere & dontcry's relaxing "Palette"
Watch:    • Tin. x seeyouthere - Palette [lofi hi...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...

...and Kinissue for the incredible "The Realization"
Watch:    • Kinissue - The Realization [lofi hip ...  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/albu...

Above music provided by Lofi Girl.

As well as Mars Wind for their album "She Is My Subwoofer"
https://www.illformed.org