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Since I'm still relatively new here, I'd thought I'd share my arsenal of machines, maybe inspiring y'all to share yours too.

Machine List:
(L) - Laptop
(D) - Desktop
(T) - Tablet

HP/Compaq -

Compaq Armada E500 (SMFXV) (L)
15" / PIII 1 GHz / ATI Rage / 512 MB RAM / 32 GB SD SSD / DVD / Win98SE

Compaq Presario 710US (SMVFXVIII) (L)
14" / AMD Duron 1 GHz / S3 Twister / 384 MB RAM / 40 GB HDD/ WinXPHome

Compaq Presario 725US (SMXVIX) (L)
14" / AMD Athlon 1600+ (1.4 GHz) / S3 Twister / 384 MB RAM / 100 GB HDD / WinXPHome

Compaq Presario 725US [out of commsion/needs repair] (L)
14" / AMD Athlon 1600+ (1.4 GHz) / S3 Twister / 256 MB RAM / 20 GB HDD / WinXPHome

Compaq Presario SR1265CL (SMOne) (D)
AMD Athlon 3200+ (2.2 GHz) / ATI Radeon 9550 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 250 GB HDD (x2) / WinXPPro

Compaq Presario SR1250NX [Rebuild] (SMTwo) "Phaeton" (D)
Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz Q9400 / ATI Radeon HD 4350 / 8 GB DDR2 RAM / 500 GB HDD (x2) / WinVistaUltimate

HP Compaq NX6325 (SMZXIX) (L)
15" / AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1.6 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 1150 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 120 GB SSD / WinVistaBusiness

HP Compaq 6735B (SMVFXVI) (L)
15" / AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70 2.0 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3200 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 120 GB SSD / Solaris11.3

HP Pavilion DV6-1355DX (SMVFXIX) (L)
15" / Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz T6600 / Intel Graphics HD 4500 / 8 GB DDR2 RAM / 500 GB SSD / Win7HomePremium

Sony -

Vaio PCV-RS411 (SMXVIII) (D)
P4 2.66 GHz / ATI Radeon X1300 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 40 + 250 GB HDD / WinXPHome

Vaio PCG-F560K (SMFXIX) (L)
14" / PIII 600 MHz / NeoMagic 256 AV / 512 MB RAM / 60 GB HDD / Win2000Pro

Vaio PCG-FXA53 [out of commission/needs repair] (L)
14" / AMD Athlon XP 1500+ (1.3 GHz) / ATI Rage Mobility / 512 MB RAM / 40 GB HDD / Win98SE

Toshiba -

Satelite C55-B5319 (SMSXI) "Midnight" (L)
15" / Celeron Dual Core 2.16 GHz N2840/ Intel Graphics HD Gen7 4EU/ 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 512 GB SSD / Win10Home

Dell -

OptiPlex GX1 (SMThree) (D)
PIII 500 MHz / ATI Rage Pro / 786 MB RAM / 14 + 30 GB HDD / Win98SE

Dimension 2400 (SMFive) (D)
P4 2.66 GHz / ATI Radeon X1300 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 160 GB HDD (x2) / WinXPPro

Dimension 3000 (SMFour) (D)
P4 2.8 GHz / ATI Radeon X1300 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 80 + 120 GB HDD / WinXPPro

Inspiron 530S (SMSix) (D)
Core 2 Duo 3.33 GHz E8600 / ATI Radeon HD 4350 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 250 GB HDD (x2) / WinVistaBusiness

Inspiron 570 (SMSeven) (D)
AMD Athlon X2 3.0 GHz / ATI Radeon HD 5450 / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 250 GB HDD (x2) / Win10Pro

Inspiron 3847 [WIP] (SMFXIII) (D)
Core i3 3.5 GHz 4150 / Intel Graphics HD 4400 / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 250 GB HDD / Win10Home

Vostro 220 (SMEight) (D)
Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz Q9400 / ATI Radeon HD 4350 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 250 GB HDD / WinVistaUltimate

Latitude E6410 (SMNine) (L)
14" / Core i5-520M (2.4 GHz) / Intel Graphics / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 240 GB SSD / Win7Pro

IBM/Lenovo -

ThinkPad A21E-2655 [out of commission/needs repair] (L)
12" / Celeron 600 MHz / ATI Rage Mobility M / 512 MB RAM / 15 GB HDD / Win98SE

ThinkPad A20M-2628 [out of commission/needs repair] (L)
14" / PIII - /ATI Rage Mobility M / 512 MB RAM / 15 GB HDD / Win98SE

ThinkPad A21M-2628 (SMVFXVII) (L)
14" / PIII 750 MHz / ATI Rage Mobility M / 512 MB RAM / 20 GB HDD / Win98SE

ThinkPad A22M-2628 (SMZXVI) (L)
14" / PIII 800 MHz / ATI Rage Mobility M / 512 MB RAM / 30 GB HDD / Win98SE

ThinkPad R32-2659 (SMZXIII) (L)
14" / P4 1.6 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 20 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad R40-2724 (SMXen) (L)
14" / P4 1.3 GHz/ ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 16 GB HDD / Win2000Pro

ThinkPad R40-2682 (SMZXII) (L)
14" / P4 2.0 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 40 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad R40-2681 (SMXenV) (L)
15" / P4 2.2 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 250 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad R40-2723 (SMZXV) (L)
14" / P4 1.5 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 20 GB HDD / Win2000Pro

ThinkPad R40-2897 (SMXenIV) (L)
14" / P4 1.6 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad T41-2373 (SMXenI) (L)
14" / P4 1.7 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 40 GB HDD / Solaris 11

ThinkPad T42-2378 (SMXenII) (L)
14" / P4 1.6 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 / 2 GB DDR RAM / 120 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad T43-2373 (SMZXVIII) (L)
14" / P4 1.5 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 40 GB HDD / Solaris 11

ThinkPad T43-1875 (SMXenIII) (L)
14" / P4 1.7 GHz / Intel Graphics GMA 900 / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 60 GB HDD / WinXPPro

ThinkPad T43-2687 (SMZXIV) (L)
14" / P4 1.86 GHz / ATI Mobility Radeon X300 / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 60 GB HDD / WinVistaBusiness

ThinkPad T60-2007 (SMZXI) (L)
14" / Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz T7400 / ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / Win7Pro

ThinkPad T400-7417 (SMZXVII) (L)
14" / Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz P8400 / Intel Graphics GMA 4500 / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 240 GB SSD / WinVistaBusiness

ThinkPad T400-7417 (SMFXIV) (L)
14" / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz P8600/ Intel Graphics GMA 4500 / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 480 GB SSD / Win7Pro

ThinkPad T420-4177 (SMDX) (L)
14" / Core i5 2.5 GHz 2520M / Intel Graphics HD 3000 / 16 GB DDR3 RAM / 1 TB SSD / Win7Pro

Pionex -

MP400-A-V10 (SMXVII) "Sunset" (D)
PII 400 MHz SL357 / ATI Rage Pro 128 / 768 MB RAM / 32 GB SD SSD / Win98SE

Senate -

Focus G (SMXero) "Spectre" (D)
Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz Q9400 / ATI Radeon HD 4350 / 8 GB DDR2 RAM / 500 GB HDD (x2) / WinVistaUltimate

Microsoft -

Surface RT (SMXVI) (T)
NVidia Tegra 1.3 GHz T30 / NVidia GeForce T30 / 2 GB DDR3 RAM / 32 GB SSD / Win8.1RT [Win9Home?]

Apple -

G4 Cube (SMZX) (D)
G4 450 MHz 7400/ ATI Rage Pro 128 / 1.5 GB RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.4 Tiger

MacMini G4 (SMSX) (D)
G4 1.5 GHz 7447a/ ATI Radeon 9200 / 1 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

iBook G3 [A1005] (SMDXIII) (L)
12" / G3 500 MHz 750cx/ ATI Rage Mobility 128 / 640 MB RAM / 15 GB HDD / OS 9 (9.2.1)

iBook G3 [A1005] (SMVFXI) (L)
12" / G3 600 MHz 750fx/ ATI Mobility Radeon 7050 / 640 MB RAM / 20 GB HDD / OS 9 (9.2.2)

iBook G4 [A1133] (SMDXIV) "Project : BlaqBook" (L)
12" / G4 1.33 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

iBook G4 [A1133] (SMDXV) "Mobile Cube" (L)
12" / G4 1.33 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 40 GB HDD / OS X 10.4 Tiger

iBook G4 [A1133] (SMDXVI) (L)
12" / G4 1.33 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 40 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

iBook G4 [A1133] [?] (L)
12" / G4 1.33 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

iBook G4 [A1134] (SMDXVIII) (L)
14" / G4 1.34 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

iBook G4 [A1134] (SMVFXIII) (L)
14" / G4 1.34 GHz 7447a / ATI Mobility Radeon 9550 / 1.5 GB DDR RAM / 60 GB HDD / OS X 10.5 Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMHXIV) (L)
13" / White / Core Duo 2.0 GHz T2500 / Intel Graphics GMA 950 / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMHXV) (L)
13" / Black / Core Duo 2.0 GHz T2500 / Intel Graphics GMA 950 / 2 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMDXII) (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz T7200 / Intel Graphics GMA 950 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] [out of commission/needs repair] (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz T7200 / Intel Graphics GMA 950 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMDXI) (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz T7400 / Intel Graphics GMA 950 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMDXIX) (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz T8300 / Intel Graphics GMA X3100 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMVFX) (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz T8300 / Intel Graphics GMA X3100 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

MacBook [A1181] (SMVFXII) (L)
13" / Black / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz T8300 / Intel Graphics GMA X3100 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.7 Lion

MacBook [A1181] (SMHXVI) (L)
13" / White / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz T8300 / Intel Graphics GMA X3100 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.7 Lion

MacBook [A1181] (SMHXVII) (L)
13" / White / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz T8300 / Intel Graphics GMA X3100 / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.7 Lion

MacBook [A1181] (SMHXIX) (L)
13" / White / Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz P7450 / NVidia GeForce 9400M / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

MacBook [A1181] [out of commission/needs repair] (L)
13" / White / Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz P7450 / NVidia GeForce 9400M / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 240 GB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

MacBook [A1278] (SMHXII) (L)
13" / Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz P7350 / NVidia GeForce 9400M / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 500 GB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

MacBook Pro [A1278] (SMHXIII) (L)
13" / Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz P7550 / NVidia GeForce 9400M / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 500 GB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

MacBook Air [A1370] (SMVFXIV) (L)
11" / Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz SU9600 / NVidia GeForce 320M / 4 GB DDR3 RAM / 128 GB SSD / OS X 10.13 High Sierra

iMac [A1207] (SMFXVII) (D)
20" / Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz T7400 / ATI Radeon X1600 / 4 GB DDR RAM / 256 GB SSD / OS X 10.7 Lion

iMac [A1224] (SMFXVI) (D)
20" / Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz E8135 / ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT / 4 GB DDR2 RAM / 1 TB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

iMac [A1311] (SMDXVII) (D)
21" / Core i5 2.5 GHz 2400S / ATI Radeon HD 6750M / 32 GB DDR3 RAM / 1 TB SSD / OS X 10.11 El Capitan

iMac [A1311] (SMVFXV) (D)
21" / Core i5 2.5 GHz 2400S / ATI Radeon HD 6750M / 32 GB DDR3 RAM / 1 TB SSD / OS X 10.13 High Sierra

iMac [A1311] (SMFXI) (D)
21" / Core i5 2.5 GHz 2400S / ATI Radeon HD 6750M / 32 GB DDR3 RAM / 1 TB SSD / OS X 10.13 High Sierra

MacBook Air [A1466] (SMFX) (L)
13" / Core i5 1.8 GHz 3427U / Intel Graphics HD 4000 / 4 GB DDR3 RAM / 128 GB SSD / OS X 10.15 Catalina

MacBook Air [A1466] (SMHX) (L)
13" / Core i5 1.8 GHz 3427U / Intel Graphics HD 4000 / 8 GB DDR3 RAM / 256 GB SSD / OS X 10.15 Catalina

MacBook Pro [A1278] (SMHXI) (L)
13" / Core i5 2.5 GHz 3210M / Intel Graphics HD 4000 / 16 GB DDR3 RAM / 1 TB SSD / OS X 10.15 Catalina

MacBook Air [A1466] (SMHXVIII) (L)
13" / Core i5 1.4 GHz 4260U / Intel Graphics HD 5000 / 4 GB DDR3 RAM / 128 GB SSD / macOS 11 Big Sur

That is a total of 71 [?] functioning systems. 6 needing repairs.

I'm looking for the drivers for the Vaio PCG-FXA53 & PCG-F560K (WinMe if possible).

I also have some ideas/parts for future builds too.

Reply 1 of 5, by Joakim

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Those are a lot of laptops. They are easy to collect as they take less space. Do you have a favorite? I like old Thinkpads and have maybe 8. Oldest one is a 760CD, and newest a T43.

I see you have a couple of core duo systems, I have been thinking of getting one. Ever tried to run Haiku (OS) on one? (I tried it on a IBM T42 and it works, you can just barely surf, but there was some problem with the throttling of the CPU speed so I had to turn it off.)

Reply 2 of 5, by theaellie

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Joakim wrote on 2024-07-13, 22:26:

Those are a lot of laptops. They are easy to collect as they take less space. Do you have a favorite? I like old Thinkpads and have maybe 8. Oldest one is a 760CD, and newest a T43.

As far as ThinkPads are concerned, I'm quite fond of the R40 as it was my first. As far as Macs are concerned, it's the A1133 iBook G4. I do love the T43.

Joakim wrote on 2024-07-13, 22:26:

I see you have a couple of core duo systems, I have been thinking of getting one. Ever tried to run Haiku (OS) on one? (I tried it on a IBM T42 and it works, you can just barely surf, but there was some problem with the throttling of the CPU speed so I had to turn it off.)

I've been tempted to play around with Haiku, as I last used BeOS back in 1999 and would like to get another C2D system to triple-boot with Haiku, Unix, & Windows. I think that the T42 is just a bit too old to run Haiku on, as it is a Pentium 4 based system and netburst may be an inhibiting factor to it running efficiently. Unix however runs excellently on the T41, very smooth. If you find a C2D system, jump on it, though get a 64-bit version (I upgraded my T60 from a Core Duo T2400 to a C2D T7400 and it runs so much better).

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I don't even know for sure how many computers I have, much less have a list of them or what is inside them - this is something I'm working on but it takes a while to fully dismantle, clean, photograph and document just one computer. What I have done so far is here: https://www.zx.net.nz/computers/

Rather than attempt to list everything I know of, here are a few of the more interesting PCs (and one Alpha):

  • Custom 486DX4-100 - Am486DX4-100, 32MB RAM, built-in speakers, Gravis UltraSound, DreamBlaster X2GS
  • Tasman - 12Mhz 286, 10Mhz IIT 2C87, 2MB RAM, ST-238R RLL hard disk (20MB MFM formatted)
  • DEC PCs #1 - DECpc Lpv+ 466d2, Venturis 575, Celebris GL 5133ST, Celebris GL 6200, Digital PC 3500,
  • DEC PCs #2 - DECstation 325sx, DECoc 325sxLP, DECpc 340dxLP, Prioris LX 575, AlphaStation 200 4/166, Digital PC 3100/FX-2
  • Tandon Targa - 286, 1MB RAM

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theaellie wrote on 2024-07-13, 22:43:

I've been tempted to play around with Haiku, as I last used BeOS back in 1999 and would like to get another C2D system to triple-boot with Haiku, Unix, & Windows. I think that the T42 is just a bit too old to run Haiku on, as it is a Pentium 4 based system and netburst may be an inhibiting factor to it running efficiently. Unix however runs excellently on the T41, very smooth. If you find a C2D system, jump on it, though get a 64-bit version (I upgraded my T60 from a Core Duo T2400 to a C2D T7400 and it runs so much better).

Its very easy to try it. Can just burn it on a cd and run it from there if you want to.

And I agree, core2duo is probably minimum. Apple computer is probably most correct as the OS has some history from the fruit computer industry. 😉

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davidrg wrote on 2024-07-13, 23:12:
I don't even know for sure how many computers I have, much less have a list of them or what is inside them - this is something I […]
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I don't even know for sure how many computers I have, much less have a list of them or what is inside them - this is something I'm working on but it takes a while to fully dismantle, clean, photograph and document just one computer. What I have done so far is here: https://www.zx.net.nz/computers/

Rather than attempt to list everything I know of, here are a few of the more interesting PCs (and one Alpha):

  • Custom 486DX4-100 - Am486DX4-100, 32MB RAM, built-in speakers, Gravis UltraSound, DreamBlaster X2GS
  • Tasman - 12Mhz 286, 10Mhz IIT 2C87, 2MB RAM, ST-238R RLL hard disk (20MB MFM formatted)
  • DEC PCs #1 - DECpc Lpv+ 466d2, Venturis 575, Celebris GL 5133ST, Celebris GL 6200, Digital PC 3500,
  • DEC PCs #2 - DECstation 325sx, DECoc 325sxLP, DECpc 340dxLP, Prioris LX 575, AlphaStation 200 4/166, Digital PC 3100/FX-2
  • Tandon Targa - 286, 1MB RAM

Those DEC machines are absolutely stunning. You've certainly got yourself a brigade of brilliant systems in your care.

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