I just finished swapping out the memory, which had a combo of 4 80ns & 4 70ns 1MB 30-pin SIMMs for all 60ns memory. The replacement badge I got really makes the keyboard look nice. It was just luck I happened to be there that day and 3 Omnikey keyboards available. I made some donations that day including a Tandy 1000 SL which was in pieces at the time. You were there the day I picked up Northgate Omnikey about 2 weeks ago and I got to talk to you for quite awhile. Nothing like a little jumper "battleship" to find the right settings. I'm doing a similar restoration on a Northgate Slimline 386dx/20 right now, it's also getting a Glitchworks clock chip, Orchid ProDesigner II Tseng et4000 / 1 meg graphics card, Sound Blaster CT1320c / 1.5 w/ CMS chips and eventually 8 megs of RAM, though I'm struggling with the RAM jumpers that don't match up with the mainboard documentation I found on Stason. Are you also on the FGTC Discord or was it random luck that you happened in at the right time? Congrats on the setup, looks great! Wow, your timing was perfect, those keyboards sold out FAST once they were put in the store, I think we had one left in the back room that just went last week out of a batch of 4-5 that were donated. This another memory I have recreated and a computer system I will be using for years to come. The computer is running DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11. The old controller lacked an IDE LED connector. I removed the 2400Bps modem, dual joystick controller, and swapped out the Headland Video 7 ISA video card, 200MB IDE drive and HDD & floppy controller. Here are the computer specs:ĭiamond Speedstar 24 ET4000 1MB ISA video cardģCom 3C509B 10Mbs ISA Ethernet network card I was able to get a reproduction label from Robert Tibbetts, who is well known for his Northgate keyboard repair skills. The Omnikey 102 keyboard was missing the Northgate logo on the dip switch cover. I ordered a modern replacement from Glitchworks and it has been working perfectly. The motherboard used a Dallas DS1287 RTC, which has been long dead. The computer was in very good cosmetic condition except for some rust on the right hand side that I was able to clean off. That set me back $150, but eBay prices can be more than twice that. They Omnikey keyboard came from the local Free Geek Twin Cities. I got the Northgate 386DX/25 on eBay for only $110. I have always wanted to recreate the experience of having a Northgate 386 and matching Omnikey keyboard. My first 386 computer was a Northgate 386DX/20 I got in 1990. ![]() There was a Northgate computer outlet store just a few miles down the road from me. I lived in Bloomington, MN from 1988-2011.
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