This page is for Rubenerd's vintage PC compatibles.
Commodore computers, and Apple machines are on their own pages.
Ami, the Pentium MMX tower (1998)
This was the first computer I built as a kid, using winnings from a writing contest if you can believe it.
Named for my anime crush at the time, Mizuno Ami from Sailor Moon (aka: Mercury)!
Power supply
| Connector |
Connection |
Notes
|
| ATX 20-pin |
Motherboard |
Via AT-ATX adaptor to power switch
|
| ATX 4-pin |
Motherboard |
Via AT-ATX adaptor to power switch
|
| Molex 1 |
Creative Infra48 CD-ROM |
|
| Molex 2 |
Iomega Internal Zip 100 SCSI |
|
| Molex 3 |
Dual CF to IDE adaptor |
(Molex to FDD adaptor)
|
| FDD 1 |
Mitsubishi 3.5 floppy drive |
|
Parts
| Part |
Model |
Serial |
Notes
|
| Motherboard |
Octek Rhino 12+ |
|
|
| Chipset |
VIA |
|
|
| CPU |
Pentium MMX 200 MHz |
|
|
| 5.25 Floppy |
Panasonic |
|
|
Compaq Contura Aero 4/25 (1994)
My dad briefly had one of these at work that he gave to me, but they insisted on taking it back so they could... take to e-waste! Bought a similar machine off eBay many years later.
Wishlist
8 MiB RAM upgrade
Parts
| Part |
Model |
Notes
|
| CPU |
Intel i486SX-S, 25 MHz |
|
| RAM |
4 MiB |
|
| Screen |
Passive matrix 16-grays VGA, 640x480 |
Ghosty! But part of its charm :)
|
| VGA Output |
Colour with external screen |
|
| PCMCIA |
Type II |
|
| Mouse |
Built-in trackball |
Surprisingly responsive
|
HP Brio BA600 (1999)
This was my second PC from my childhood. My old man bought it for me during COMDEX 1999 in Singapore, but it was lost in a house move ;w;. In 2023 Ruben found the exact machine on eBay in Australia.
Power supply
| Connector |
Connection |
Notes
|
| ATX 20-pin |
Motherboard |
|
| ATX 4-pin |
– |
|
| Molex 1 |
TEAC 5.25 floppy drive |
|
| Molex 2 |
HP CD Writer Plus 9100 |
|
| SATA 1 |
3.5 floppy drive |
Via SATA → FDD adaptor
|
| SATA 2 |
Dual CF to IDE adaptor
Arctic F8 intake fan |
Via combined SATA → FDD & Molex adaptor
|
Parts
| Part |
Model |
Serial |
HP Part № |
Notes
|
| Motherboard |
A43B-343194 Rev 3B |
8630DK7413948 |
D7600-60005 |
|
| BIOS |
Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG |
|
|
HW.27.09(QHW.09.05)
|
| CPU |
Intel Pentium III 550 MHz |
|
|
|
| FDD A |
TEAC FD-55GFR 5.25 floppy drive |
TT H320514 |
(n/a) |
P/N 19307351-93
|
| FDD B |
(3.5 floppy drive) |
(TBD) |
(TBD) |
|
| IDE 0 Primary |
Transcend CF 8GB Ultra Industrial |
|
(n/a) |
Via CF-IDE adaptor
|
| IDE 0 Secondary |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
| IDE 1 Primary |
LG GSA-H42N DVD Writer |
– |
(n/a) |
|
| IDE 1 Secondary |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
| PCI1 |
SMC EN5030B 10BaseT NIC |
ACC000225739 |
5064-9746 |
"Realtek RTL8139(a)-based PCI Fast Ethernet"
|
| PCI2 |
– |
– |
– |
–
|
| PCI3 |
Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 PCI |
SV202203020011 |
(n/a) |
256 MB DDR
|
Toshiba Libretto 70CT
(To be added).