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The Serial Port is a virtual museum that highlights technology and people we find interesting from years gone by. We strive to preserve history of all types, both physical and digital as well as through the innumerable stories of the people that lived it. Got some retro gear to donate? Get in touch with us over email (see below "For business inquiries") or https://www.serialport.org
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We bring an abandoned Compaq ProLiant 6500 back to life, and even better than before. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort #90s #pcgaming #restoration 00:00 — Reawakening 01:09 — What is it? 05:08 — Disassembly 09:50 — Cleaning and more cleaning 11:43 — Reassembly 14:53 — Upgrades 18:56 — Roaring back to life 20:48 — RedHat 30:07 — Quad CPUs for QUAD DAMAGE! 32:40 — Outro Huge thanks to: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio for "Kill Switch": https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com/track/killswitch as well as... bert for the smooth "offline": Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBZBzTTCO94 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/5M7Fen0QRGgHb6bhjSOKT1 Downtown Binary for the expansive "Astral": Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bC__mwZ6EQ Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGa6ryU3GodJXBlFCAqNj Above music provided by Lofi Girl.
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