I Rammed Modern Tech Inside a Vintage Laptop

TME Retro June 12, 2025
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Thank you to PCBway for continuing to support my channel through sponsorship. For all your PCB, 3D printing, CNC and project assembly needs head over to https://www.pcbway.com In this video I take my failed restoration of the Amstrad ALT-286 laptop from 1990 and convert it into a modern gaming rig. Thanks to @minisforumofficial for sending over the awesome UM890 Pro as part of this build! https://www.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-um890-pro?_pos=1&_sid=e0f1e54bc&_ss=r Thanks to the amazing @Momentvm for letting me use his music for the montages in this video! Join in the conversation at the Retro Hardware Discord server: https://discord.gg/aBNW99FfWg Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/TechMadeEasy Visit my website: https://www.techmadeeasy.co.uk STL files for the parts I designed for this project can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/twojxcg09gr4t0azrd1jw/AGncBCQGALbaHpEJDP24KzA?rlkey=efq1shw6esaixi8ww4mpv93ul&st=m2bx3hlf&dl=0 The display used in this project can be found here: https://amzn.to/3STgOtt Other Music: Music courtesy of incomptech.com Leopard Print Elevator Pyro Flow Groove Grove Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

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