{"id":23001,"date":"2025-12-10T14:15:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=23001"},"modified":"2025-12-10T14:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T19:52:14","slug":"vin147","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/item\/vin147\/","title":{"rendered":"80286\u2011class Industrial PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>[Vin147]<\/p>\n<p>This compact 286\u2011class machine represents the late\u20111980s shift from bulky desktops to highly integrated \u201cpizza box\u201d and embedded PCs, squeezing a full ISA\u2011based AT\u2011compatible system, hard disk, and 3.5\u2011inch floppy into an enclosure barely larger than a drive bay. While generic 286 systems like this were extremely common workhorses in labs, offices, and industrial control, far more numerous than today\u2019s surviving examples, their small form factor foreshadows later ultra\u2011compact desktops and embedded PCs, making this a nice tangible link in the evolution from early AT towers to modern mini\u2011PCs.<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-23004\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"80286\u2011class Industrial PC\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_183911567-1-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Manufacturer<\/strong>: Unknown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Type<\/strong>: Industrial computer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date<\/strong>: ~1990<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cost at release<\/strong>: ~$6,000 (adjusted for inflation)<\/li>\n<li><strong>MIPS<\/strong>: ~3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23011 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"80286\u2011class Industrial PC\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-2048x1538.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/PXL_20251210_184428690-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Vin147] This compact 286\u2011class machine represents the late\u20111980s shift from bulky desktops to highly integrated \u201cpizza box\u201d and embedded PCs, squeezing a full ISA\u2011based AT\u2011compatible system, hard disk, and 3.5\u2011inch floppy into an enclosure barely larger than a drive bay. 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