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First post, by kirikl

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That is my collection.

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Sony Vaio PCG-505TR. My favorite old device. Literally haven't seen computer more accurate and cooler then that for 1998!
Pentium MMX 300Mhz. Yes first generation - 300Mhz, it exists.
128 MB Card RAM (maximum for that laptop I believe, anyway I pulled it from other non working laptop, the same model)
NEOMagic MagicGraph 128XD 2MB
Transcend 32GB SSD (recognized in Bios as 8gb, but who cares?)
ESS Audio Drive + Roland Sound Canvas (Serial connection)
New batteries there! finally can use it everywhere
Kinda the main retro machine.

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PowerBook G3 (bought it almost for nothing on craigslist along with Compaq above)
PowerPC 300Mhz
192 MB RAM (512 on the way)
ATI Rage PRO LT 4GB
Sandisk 8GB UDMA CF-IDE (working as fast as possible)
Sound board is wonderful there. Virtual MIDI without any issues, no delay on MIDI keyboard! Well, apple, as always for musician.

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Compaq Elite LTE 4/75CXL (I wished for 486 Laptop like last 2 years, bought it on Craigslist like for nothing. Bad HDD only was there, replaced and Floppy is dead, belt is totally broken, hard to find though)
Intel 486 75Mhz
16MB RAM
Western Digital Video 1MB
Toshiba 6GB HDD (pulled out from Sony Vaio's Donor, with some bad secotrs). It came with old fashion fat 2.5 HDD, don't know even the size of that thing, cannot properly start.
Covox Speech Thing (on the way)
Roland Sound Canvas 55ST (serial, shared with Sony Vaio)
Love this device, looks like Desktop for customizing, except Video. Everything you can replace there.

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Roland SC-55ST itself. Serial + Midi connection.
Finally, I can enjoy Wavetable in DOS games. Windows programs and games are also good. I even use it for Sibelius program to play music, through the USB to Midi connection.

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All that stuff connected to KVM switcher, except PowerBook (waiting for PS/2 to USB converter to finish). All sound connections connected to the mixer. Waiting for serial switcher for my Roland as well.

Also I have PCMCIA cards/devices:
CD-ROM VAIO 16-bit (works on both PC laptops, not Mac or I miss the drivers)
SD Reader (works everywhere)
CF Reader (works everywhere)
USB 2.0 NEC series 32-bit (works DOS/Windows on Vaio and Mac as well. no Compaq as it 32-bit)
ASUS Wi-Fi CardBus 54Mbit, 32-bit (actually too heavy for Vaio and doesn't work on mac, worked on different Pentium II laptop, just in case. no Compaq as it 32-bit)
Linksys WPC11 ver3 11Mbit, 16-bit (works everywhere, No WPA-SK though, only open networks or old fashion encryption and Mac Drivers are shareware)
3Com Megahertz 10/100 Ethernet card 32-bit (works on Sony Vaio, haven't tried Mac though, no Compaq as it 32-bit)

Last edited by kirikl on 2016-08-19, 19:24. Edited 2 times in total.

GA-5AX/k6-3+ 600mhz
XT Turbo 10mhz
HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL / LTE 5000
Toshiba T1100+ / T3100e/40 / T3200SXC
Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
PB G4 1.33 / G3 300
iBook Cl 300

Reply 3 of 7, by kirikl

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einr wrote:

Sony Pentium II system looks cool as heck too. You could probably go around using that in public in 2016 without getting funny looks.

Pentium I !!! It is first generation 300Mhz, yes.
Edited my description a little bit.

I left two of them in my home country over the ocean. One of them is broken display and another matrix cracked at the middle, but still works all of them. I have older models, 166 and 233 with 800x600 matrix. And here is 1024x768, one of the last model.
And I have Toshiba Satellite Pentium II and Compaq or Dell 486, do not remember, it was a gift last week before my trip back. I left all these guys there, next time probably.

Last edited by kirikl on 2016-08-19, 19:21. Edited 2 times in total.

GA-5AX/k6-3+ 600mhz
XT Turbo 10mhz
HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL / LTE 5000
Toshiba T1100+ / T3100e/40 / T3200SXC
Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
PB G4 1.33 / G3 300
iBook Cl 300

Reply 4 of 7, by kirikl

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luckybob wrote:

That compaq is so neat! I want one!

And it came with Compaq laptop bag!
Very cool, but battery should be expensive

GA-5AX/k6-3+ 600mhz
XT Turbo 10mhz
HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL / LTE 5000
Toshiba T1100+ / T3100e/40 / T3200SXC
Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
PB G4 1.33 / G3 300
iBook Cl 300

Reply 5 of 7, by einr

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kirikl wrote:
Pentium I !!! It is first generation 300Mhz, yes. Edited my description a little bit. […]
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einr wrote:

Sony Pentium II system looks cool as heck too. You could probably go around using that in public in 2016 without getting funny looks.

Pentium I !!! It is first generation 300Mhz, yes.
Edited my description a little bit.

I left two of them in my home country over the ocean. I have older models, 166 and 233 with 800x600 matrix. And here is 1024x768, one of the last model.

Oh wow. I was this close to posting a smartass comment about how P1-300's just don't exist but I looked it up, and you're right. I never realized they made 300 MHz mobile MMX chips. You learn something new every day. That's a nice, rare chip you've got there. 😀

Reply 6 of 7, by kirikl

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well, before I bought this little baby I was sure 233 or 266 was the last model

GA-5AX/k6-3+ 600mhz
XT Turbo 10mhz
HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL / LTE 5000
Toshiba T1100+ / T3100e/40 / T3200SXC
Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
PB G4 1.33 / G3 300
iBook Cl 300

Reply 7 of 7, by kirikl

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An also I have exactly like this machine. Won't start. Checked power block. works on good one. So, Motherboard... I don't go that far to fix motherboard. Can Replace some parts, but not motherboard. But I have good extra display anyway and yes I pulled RAM from there. 128 is better then 96! 😀 and some other little parts as well. I replaced Touchpad with keyboard from this model as well. So it helped a lot and I have a floppy now. And that was for $30 as for parts, but actually only RAM for this costs like on eBay $50!!! Only one seller! I don't say anything about display or other working parts. So I'm happy and I have extra 2 chargers. All that stuff.

GA-5AX/k6-3+ 600mhz
XT Turbo 10mhz
HP TC4200 / NC6400
Sony Vaio PCG-SRX99 / PCG-505TR / C1 Picturebook
Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CXL / LTE 5000
Toshiba T1100+ / T3100e/40 / T3200SXC
Tandy 1400 LT / 1000HX
PB G4 1.33 / G3 300
iBook Cl 300