First post, by zlucarson
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Hi all. this is my first time posting here,
I recently posted this on r/vintagecomputing over on Reddit and no one there seems to have the information I'm looking for. I'm trying to find more information on this specific model.
I recently was given this Gateway 2000 at work and I have been able to find little to no information on this specific model. It is a 486/33E as stated on the front of the case.
For the most part, I have only been able to find information on the DX2 and its lineup, any information on this computer seems to have been erased from the internet, I've only been able to find a couple images of this specific model, and a couple text references in various catalogs and such.
BTW, I have yet to attempt to fully power it up, my current test power supply is failing, however, power does seem to be going through the board, as several of the LEDs on the case and board appear to be functional. However it only powers on for a second, so I can't quite check if it's fully working just yet.
For those interested on the specs that I already know:
I believe it has 32 mb of memory ( 1MX36 sticks?)
And it has a Intel 486 DX.
It also has a zip drive, a CD drive, and a generic floppy drive.
u/megahertzcoil on Reddit helped me identify the most notable expansion cards.
There is:
a "Tseng Labs ET4000 VGA card."
a "Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 sound card."
a dual serial/single parallel port card.
a dual serial port card.
And finally, some sort of SCSI controller.
If anyone has any info on it, I would be very happy to hear!
I'll include these photos.
Also for anyone curious about the power supply, it is not shown here. I do not have any picture of it at the moment, it is in terrible shape. As such, I have been using an AT to ATX adapter to power it. According to u/leadedsolder on Reddit, the motherboard seems to have some sort of short as well.