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Currently Playing: Exploring Two 1980s Packard Bell PCs: PB 500 & VX88 Turbo XTs

Unboxing, inspecting, and testing two old Packard Bell PCs from the late 80s that need restoring! I imported these VX88 and PB500 Turbo XT PCs from Canada a while back and they each need some repair and testing. So let's do it! Or, as much as I can in the scope of this video anyway. I was happily surprised how functional one them ended up being, and the other will have to wait for a future restoration. ● LGR links: https://www.patreon.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.twitter.com/LazyGameReviews https://www.facebook.com/LazyGameReviews ● Grab an archive of the ST-238R hard disk contents here: https://archive.org/details/lgr-pb500-hdd ● All background music licensed from: http://www.epidemicsound.com 00:00 Introduction & Unboxing 02:06 Two Nifty Old Packard Bells 04:45 1987 Packard Bell VX88 06:35 1988 Packard Bell PB500 11:30 Power Supply Testing 12:56 First Startup, Video Card Stuff 15:36 Booting Up the PB 500! 17:23 Backup with LapLink 18:31 A Moment of Zen 19:00 Exploring the ST-238R 23:50 Commander Keen 4 CGA 24:46 TopBench Performance Test 25:40 Silpheed 27:02 The PB 500 is Neat. 27:48 ATI GSSC Dip Switch Test 28:06 Plantronics Colorplus Graphics 29:26 Outroduction #LGR #retro #computers