Board:   [fsxNet] Retro Computing
Subject: Re: who 286 here
From:    boraxman (21:1/101)
Date:    Thu Nov 12, 2026 09:25

 xa>  bo> I have one I found on the side of the road about 20 years ago.  Alas,
 xa>  bo> doesn't quite work.  I get a "Gate A20 error" on startup.
 xa>  bo>
 xa> oh dear sounds like corrosion
I think it is.  The varta battery leaked, and there is visible corrossion.

However I can't find where it actually failed.  I've taken a multimeter to the traces which appear to be corroded and they do look like complete circuits.  Could be somewhere else.

.... This virus requires Microsoft Windows 3.x

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