Pentium II Frankenstein

An old codger, used primarily for preservation.

Narrative »

  • Picked up from a client who had been using it for years to receive a single email a day with his previous day’s futures trading results. Upgraded him to the 21st century, and received the old computer as a donation. Used primarily for disk preservation.

Vital Stats »

  • Model Number: Nope
  • Serial Number: Nope

Acquisition Data »

  • Acquisition Date: 10/27/2015
  • Acquisition Method: Client Donation
  • Acquired From: Dean

Physical Condition »

  • Condition: Functional and insanely clean for it’s age.
    • 7 November 2015: Updated BIOS to newest, reconditioned the CPU cooler, installed 40GB HDD, installed Windows 98 Second Edition and Unofficial Service Pack 3. The old thing works.
  • Other:

Accessories And Specifications »

  • Motherboard: Asus P2L97
  • Processor: Intel Pentium II 333 Mhz
  • RAM: 64MB PC133
  • Matrox MGA G100 Series AGP
  • Creative Sound Blaster 16 ISA
  • Network: [none]
  • Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar 40GB IDE
  • 3.5 Floppy, IDE CD-ROM, PS/2 Mouse, PS/2 Keyboard

Photographs »