Nice Aptiva! The 2176 was the first PC we ever got at home! Although it was a 75 Mhz version :) Just recently, while visiting my parents, I drove by an old electronics second hand store, and to my great surprise found an old Aptiva 2142 from 1997 there, one of the few IBM machines I've seen from …

Yes I had been looking at the Intellistation as well, and right now there's one for sale locally with 2 x 300 mhz P2 CPU's installed. Have been thinking about getting my hands on it 😀

Nice! That's my family's first PC right there, although we had the 75 mhz version - really in great shape! I remember the blue IBM background and the neat cabinet sliding door. Excellent pickup! 😀

Can you actually insert cards into the slots closest to the main board without having to remove the processor or having to take out the whole riser card? :exclamation: Hehe yeah somewhat :) Haven't had to remove the riser card at any point, however you might have to take out the processor if you're …

Thanks man! Yeah I guess it's a bit unusual to see the cards mounted like that 😁 And yes, there is indeed a quite large (and surprisingly quiet) intake fan hidden beneath that shroud looking thingy 😀

Hello everyone! :) I haven't posted here before, although I have been visiting these forums quite a few times! Therefore I thought it was time to come out from the shadows and say "Hi!", and what better way to do it, than to show you all my faithful retro PC? :) This is an old IBM 300PL (The tower …