
A lovely machine restored to good health.
IBM Aptiva 2176-C73
Intel Pentium 200MHz
64MB 72-pin SIMM RAM (was 16MB)
256K cache via COAST module
3.5" floppy drive
8X Hitachi CDR-7930 5.25" CD-ROM drive
3.5" IBM DAQA-32700 2.5GB 5400RPM hard drive
MS-DOS 6.22 + Windows for Workgroups 3.11
2MB ATI Mach64 GT onboard video
4MB Matrox Mystique 220 PCI video card
YAMAHA YMF-719 OPL3 ISA sound card (replaced an IBM Mwave modem/sound card combo, gross)
Kingston NE2000 clone ISA network card
Replaced internal fan with a larger, quieter one
Not complete yet, just want to add another hard drive for Windows 95.

Some areas were yellowed more than others, like the floppy drive bezel.

After a retrobright, good as new!

the rear

naked

the guts

More guts... this setup makes it annoyingly difficult to clean.

IBM DAQA-32700 hard drive. Interesting drive placement.

Matrox Mystique 220 4MB PCI video card. This card actually wouldn't boot but flashing a newer Matrox video BIOS fixed it. Details here viewtopic.php?f=63&t=60493

Trusty input devices, an IBM Model M and a PS/2 Logitech optical mouse.

BIOS system info

NSSI

MS-DOS 6.22 + QEMM + mem

defragged!

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

The past is ALIVE!
and here's a bonus!
