Attempting to restore the world's first Ethernet bridge

We attempt to restore the DEC LAN Bridge 100, the world's first Ethernet bridge... but do we succeed?

If you want the full story of how the LAN Bridge was developed, and how important it was for Ethernet, check out our first video:    • EXPANDING THE ETHER: The invention of the ...  

EPROM and NVRAM dumps here: https://files.serialport.org/network/...

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00:00 — Intro
01:28 — Disassembly
05:51 — Power supply
11:08 — Motherboard and EPROMs
12:29 — Cleaning up
13:26 — Fans
19:35 — First test
21:39 — Troubleshooting
24:31 — Outro

Huge thanks to:

Laffey for the gorgeous "Out of Orbit":
Watch:    • Видео  
Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/0YjNah...

Above music provided by Lofi Girl.