PC Digital 5100 Pentium 233MMX (USA)

[PeterNC]

1X Digital PC 5000:
- Pentium 233MMX CPU
- 192MB RAM
- 3.5 DS/HD & 5.25 DS/HD FDDs
- IDE CD-ROM & IDE HDD
- Digital PS/2 keyboard
- IBM PS/2 mouse
- SimEarth (incomplete)
- Manual (PDF: will be emailed)

CONUS only: $125 including FedEx/UPS Ground.

Works great.

5% of net sale will be donated to VCFED.

 

[Chuck(G)]

I'm probably hallucinating, but one thing that strikes me is the decided similarity of this thing to a Compaq Deskpro 4000 of about the same vintage--the keyboard similarity is unmistakable. Even though Compaq bought DEC in 1998, were they making the DEC PCs before then?

 

[krebizfan]

DEC PCs were made by AST and the AST Pentiums are very similar. I think the power switch was placed differently to allow the logo to be moved. Compaqs tended to have molded covers surrounding the 3.5" bay.

 

[TJ_Mossman]

I thought it was Olivetti making DEC's PCs during the 286-through-Pentium era?

DEC's choice of PS/2 keyboards and mice were very generic during the late 90s. I've seen the same keyboard on a Compaq; and DEC, Compaq, and DELL have all at some point used the same re-branded Logitech 2 button PS/2 mice

 

[PeterNC]

The keyboard may not be period correct. Has more of a Pentium 3 feel to it IMO.

 

[6885P5H]

I thought it was Olivetti making DEC's PCs during the 286-through-Pentium era?

From my understanding during that time in the USA DEC PCs were made by Tandy and in Europe by Olivetti. Sometimes a Tandy-made DEC PC could have the same name as an Olivetti one despite being completely different machines.

Below is what I found about the Olivetti-made DECs...

The DECpc 425i is an Olivetti M300-30
The DECstation 200 is an Olivetti M250
The DECstation 220 is an Olivetti M250E
The DECstation 300 is an Olivetti M300
The DECstation 325 is an Olivetti M386/25 (and possibly the "325C" as well?)
The DECstation 350 is an Olivetti M380 XP1

Then those ones I am not sure...

There might have been a "DECstation 210" that once existed...
The DECstation 320 is probably an Olivetti M300-10?
There might be a DEC-rebadged Olivetti M300-08 also known as a DECstation 300 or 320 (or both?)...
The DECstation 425 sounds like it was an Olivetti M486 (it could've been a CP486 as well or an LSX 50xx but an M486 is the most likely)...
The Digital Venturis systems (at least the majority of them) definitely have an Olivetti-like case but I do not know if they were actually manufactured by Olivetti... I also do not know if they were re-badges of Olivetti systems or if they simply used similar-looking cases and put unrelated motherboards inside of them.

There were also DEC re-badged Olivetti laptops like the DECpc 425SLE, which appears to be an Olivetti Philos laptop.

 

[PeterNC]

I remember that Digital Venturis is very similar / near identical to Olivetti in design.

 

[PeterNC]

Sold elsewhere.

 

[pkhoury]

DEC PCs were made by AST and the AST Pentiums are very similar. I think the power switch was placed differently to allow the logo to be moved. Compaqs tended to have molded covers surrounding the 3.5" bay.

I thought it was Olivetti making DEC's PCs during the 286-through-Pentium era?

DEC's choice of PS/2 keyboards and mice were very generic during the late 90s. I've seen the same keyboard on a Compaq; and DEC, Compaq, and DELL have all at some point used the same re-branded Logitech 2 button PS/2 mice

Same for the 486's? Either AST or Olivetti? Were these systems originally intended for MS-DOS/NT, or DEC's own OS offerings?