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I think I had the same Vectra a while back. They are really nice retro boxes and quite roomy inside for their size. Expandable and well built.

Restored this HP Vectra with a period correct CDROM drive.

I had a similar Vectra a while back with 486DX2/50 inside. Looked exactly the same; same proprietary PSU and front panel and everything. Hmmm.

Btw, your spec sheet has an error... that "EIDE Seagate 1gb" is actually a 3.2GB Quantum Fireball ST.

That's a nice looking system.

That must be one of the first pc's with USB 1.0 ports (I see it's from ca. week 36 1997).

From Wikipedia:

USB 1.x

Released in January 1996, USB 1.0 specified data rates of 1.5 Mbit/s (Low Bandwidth or Low Speed) and 12 Mbit/s (Full Speed).[21] It did not allow for extension cables or pass-through monitors, due to timing and power limitations. Few USB devices made it to the market until USB 1.1 was released in August 1998. USB 1.1 was the earliest revision that was widely adopted and led to what Microsoft designated the "Legacy-free PC".[12][13][14][15]

Neither USB 1.0 nor 1.1 specified a design for any connector smaller than the standard type A or type B. Though many designs for a miniaturised type B connector appeared on many peripherals, conformity to the USB 1.x standard was hampered by treating peripherals that had miniature connectors as though they had a tethered connection (that is: no plug or receptacle at the peripheral end). There was no known miniature type A connector until USB 2.0 (revision 1.01) introduced one.

I've had an IBM Aptiva from January 1997 without USB ports and recently found out that USB ports became standard equipment just a couple months later.

Thanks for sharing wallpapers 😊

nice wallpapers! I have been playing with a Vectra VL/6 200 recently (similar specs just pentium pro)... my favorite part is the 10/100 nic that was included with the machine... it's not auto-sensing... literally has one port for 10 only, one port for 100 only, wild!

SW-SSG wrote:

I had a similar Vectra a while back with 486DX2/50 inside. Looked exactly the same; same proprietary PSU and front panel and everything. Hmmm.

Btw, your spec sheet has an error... that "EIDE Seagate 1gb" is actually a 3.2GB Quantum Fireball ST.

Yeah, I remember working with rooms full of these HP Vectra's. They were real work horses.
In the older 486 models they had Seagate hard-drives and when they got old they made a terrible whining noise.
it was very irritating. But these Vectra's ran allot of government and corporate America back in the 1990's

I recently got a Vectra VL/5 200 and I'm having trouble getting into the case. If other Vectra VL/5 owners haven't seen my other thread, I'd really appreciate if you'd have a quick read: Opening HP Vectra VL Case

Thanks!

Intel486dx33 wrote:

Restored this HP Vectra with a period correct CDROM drive.

I am in the process of upgrading my HP Pavilion 7410P. I just need to get an ISA NIC Ethernet card.

August 24 of this year, I went to the thrift store and just bought for 10 us dollars an HP Pavilion 7410P. I am planing to throw a a 3Dfx Voodoo 1 in it. I currently have a ATI 3D Rage Pro coming in the mail.

Estimated Price Range: $899 to $3,550 US Dollars

Basic Specs
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Chipset: Intel i430FX Chipset or Intel i430HX Chipset

Motherboard: Intel Ruby RU430HX [Proprietary Computer Case Specific Socket 7 Motherboard]

CPU Type: Has either Intel Pentium Classic [The A80502120, A80502133, A80502150, A80502166 and A80502200 were used on this series of PC. These systems seem to have mostly come originally with Pentium Classic and later offered with Pentium MMX versions.] or Intel Pentium with MMX Technology

Max Memory (Able to Take): 128 MB (4 sticks of 32 MB) EDO SIMM NON Parity but I think that they might be able to pull off 512 MB

Max Hard Disk Drive Capacity Support: 8 GB

USB Version: USB 1.0 [Only on the models that came with Windows 95 OSR2.1]

AGP Slot: None

Max Amount of PCI Slots: 2

Max Amount of ISA Slots: 5

Max Amount of Serial Ports: 1 to 2 COM Ports & 1 Parallel Port

PS/2 Port Implementation: 1 Keyboard & 1 Mouse

Max Amount of USB Ports: 2

Max Amount of Hard Disk Drives That It Can Take (3.5 Inch Bays That Are Above the Power Supply): 2

Max 5.25 Inch Drive Bays (Front): 2

Max 3.5 Inch Drive Bays (Front): 2

Stock Hard Disk Drive: Quantum Bigfoot (5.25 Inch) Hard Drive In Removable Tray

Onboard Graphics: S3 Trio 64/­32 Chipset or S3 ViRGE Chipset with 2 MB of VRAM [In terms of higher end models I would recommend either the NVIDIA RIVA 128 PCI or the ATI 3D Rage Pro PCI if the 3Dfx Voodoo 1 cannot be obtained and even if you do get a 3Dfx Voodoo 1 then I still recommend either of these]

Onboard Sound: Crystal CS4232 or Yamaha OPL3-SA [These support Sound Blaster Pro 2.0]

Modem Card: Pavilion PC Lucent Modem

Ethernet LAN Card: None [You will have to add one in. I recommend an LAN card that uses the ISA Bus]

Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95 OSR1 or Windows 95 OSR2.1
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Nice clean case.
You probably want and ISA NIC like the “3com 3c509b etherlink-3”
Or
An “Intel Pro 10 ISA”

These provide good support for DOS, Win3x and Win95/98
WInNT3x and WinNT4x and Win2000
Etc....