Ah, I just assumed it was an MWave since mine came with one.

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Ah, I just assumed it was an MWave since mine came with one.

Yeah mine did also. Ditched that thing immediately! Zero support.

Nice to see a 2176 like you have. Classy ibm look with a 90s twist, and pretty rare. Very ibm inside and out unlike the e series that unmistakably look like a budget acer.

Here’s some pages still up with good info...

http://aptivasupport.com/aptiva.html

http://tedfelix.com/Mwave/

This site also has plenty of info http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/64e2.htm

And this site. got all my motherboard jumper settings from it.

http://stason.org/TULARC/pc/motherboards/I/IB … 8-TYPE-H-2.html

Yeah that site has all sorts of resources and info on various old obscure cards and boards.

Yeah, My Aptiva came with an AMD k6-2 333mhz CPU.
But you can change the CPU out for an Intel Pentium MMX 233mhz.

I was also able to find an IBM Aptiva Slot one Pentium-2 333mhz motherboard and CPU.

So now I have some options if I ever want to upgrade this.

I like the Pentium II mobo, has AGP + PCI + ISA.

Yeah,
AGP slot is good for a Voodoo 3 card and the PCI slots are good for a Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs with live drive.

Nice Aptiva! The 2176 was the first PC we ever got at home! Although it was a 75 Mhz version 😀

Just recently, while visiting my parents, I drove by an old electronics second hand store, and to my great surprise found an old Aptiva 2142 from 1997 there, one of the few IBM machines I've seen from that time, made with black casing. Its got a Pentium II 266 Mhz with 64 MB ram, and is one of those split systems with a seperate media console, which contains the 3,5" floppy drive and a CD drive. The system powers up via the media console, no buttons or drives (apart from the hard drives) are present in the actual tower, although you can put in additional drives if you like.

The 17 inch IBM MM75 monitor has built in Bose speakers, which connect directly to the Aptiva tower - there's an onboard Crystal audio chip that works with it. The original keyboard + mouse was not there, but there was actually an additonal tower unit of the same type, without console and monitor, which i ended up getting, along with the rest.

I have never ever seen this type of machine here before, so I am looking forward to testing it 😀

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Nice Aptiva! The 2176 was the first PC we ever got at home! Although it was a 75 Mhz version 😀

Just recently, while visiting my parents, I drove by an old electronics second hand store, and to my great surprise found an old Aptiva 2142 from 1997 there, one of the few IBM machines I've seen from that time, made with black casing. Its got a Pentium II 266 Mhz with 64 MB ram, and is one of those split systems with a seperate media console, which contains the 3,5" floppy drive and a CD drive. The system powers up via the media console, no buttons or drives (apart from the hard drives) are present in the actual tower, although you can put in additional drives if you like.

The 17 inch IBM MM75 monitor has built in Bose speakers, which connect directly to the Aptiva tower - there's an onboard Crystal audio chip that works with it. The original keyboard + mouse was not there, but there was actually an additonal tower unit of the same type, without console and monitor, which i ended up getting, along with the rest.

I have never ever seen this type of machine here before, so I am looking forward to testing it 😀

NICE !
I've been looking for a setup like that.

hooooooly crap what an awesome find! that thing looks MINT!

please take more pictures and show bobs & uh, er...

I really hope to have one of these towers as a replacement for my K6-2 build some day.. Even just the case I would be happy with.

IBM Keyboard. Clickity type , PS2 for Aptiva.
Very heavy.

Not a mechanical. It has rubber domes but does have a steel plate.

Same keyboard I have on my main machine. Its IBM in name only as the keyboard was actually made by Chicony. The unit I got was purchased new as an "IBM Basics" branded product.

Created an account just to say hi and brag a little.

Welcome aboard! Specs?

Brought one of these home after doing some rummaging at a yard sale so the system wasn't in the best shape and sadly the plastic face plate exploded on me 😵 , lifted by that bit at the top that is like a handle and plastic fragments went everywhere. Needless to say I was not happy when that happened, I hope to find another like it someday preferably a S7 system. Got two other Aptivas and both need restoration, one is a SS7 era that runs alright but also got a rarer socket 4 66mhz model and the plastic at the back broke up as well from age.

Korax wrote:

Nice Aptiva! The 2176 was the first PC we ever got at home! Although it was a 75 Mhz version :) […]
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Nice Aptiva! The 2176 was the first PC we ever got at home! Although it was a 75 Mhz version 😀

Just recently, while visiting my parents, I drove by an old electronics second hand store, and to my great surprise found an old Aptiva 2142 from 1997 there, one of the few IBM machines I've seen from that time, made with black casing. Its got a Pentium II 266 Mhz with 64 MB ram, and is one of those split systems with a seperate media console, which contains the 3,5" floppy drive and a CD drive. The system powers up via the media console, no buttons or drives (apart from the hard drives) are present in the actual tower, although you can put in additional drives if you like.

The 17 inch IBM MM75 monitor has built in Bose speakers, which connect directly to the Aptiva tower - there's an onboard Crystal audio chip that works with it. The original keyboard + mouse was not there, but there was actually an additonal tower unit of the same type, without console and monitor, which i ended up getting, along with the rest.

I have never ever seen this type of machine here before, so I am looking forward to testing it 😀

This is the aptiva holy grail! Everything is there and looks super clean. I need to get one of those...

mayhaps you should marry him so you can use that aptiva