Why not? Looks pretty decent. Just don't expect anything from the screen that it can't accomplish 😀

d1stortion wrote:

Why not? Looks pretty decent. Just don't expect anything from the screen that it can't accomplish 😀

I'll most likely go for it as it's a nice clean example 😀. I'm not expecting the screen to handle high resolutions or high refresh rates, i just don't want it to have serious 'streaking' or big black borders when gaming. I'm pretty sure the ESS audio chip will be fine for DOS gaming (SB Pro compatible iirc?).

I had an Compaq desktop with ESS 1869 audiochip onboard, it was SBPro compatible with all games i played on that machine. Only problem might be the NeoMagic 2160 display adapter it seems to have, I am not sure about that exact model, but in general NeoMagic is bad news afaik.

Aideka wrote:

I had an Compaq desktop with ESS 1869 audiochip onboard, it was SBPro compatible with all games i played on that machine. Only problem might be the NeoMagic 2160 display adapter it seems to have, I am not sure about that exact model, but in general NeoMagic is bad news afaik.

I think it does use the Neomagic 2160 graphics chip (MagicGraph 128XD). It should be fine if it can run DOS and old Windows games comfortably... I won't be running any D3D or OpenGL stuff on this 😉.

I have an old IBM Thinkpad 380ED laptop myself, it is equipped with MagicGraph 128ZV graphics. Most dos games i have tried work pretty well, then again I have mostly played Doom and Legend Of Kyrandia with it. Some resolutions just plain simply do not seem to work with that chip, i remember trying to get some nes emulators running, and had quite a time setting up the resolution. I think it might do better in old windows games tho, never really tried 😜

I guess in the end it depends on games you would be running with the machine, i think mode x games are a no go with that graphics chip... unless NeoMagic decided to go and really make their chips better 😜

I decided to go for it in the end, now i just have to wait for it to arrive 😀.

I received the laptop today and it's in absolutely pristine condition! It actually looks unused with not a sign of wear to be seen at all 😀. The screen on the other hand is no good when it comes to fast paced games (too much motion blur)... But i kind of expected that considering it's a 16-17 year old laptop and LCD pixel response times were at an all time low back then 🤣... Should be ok with classic adventure and RPG games though 😀.