I wanted a desktop machine that was not-too-modern to bridge the gap between my older hardware and more modern hardware. I found this on eBay and it looked like a good contender, so I ensured it!
Slot 1 PIII 850, 1GB RAM maxed from 256MB, 32GB SD up from 9GB HDD
Convenient Tote Bag
Rear: L/R Volume, PSU, Back panel
Access panel for Serial, Parallel, and USB. I had to cut the opening a little larger to fit the USB ports, it used to be identical to the square on the left. Originally none of these holes were used and had their blanks in place, and USB wasn't even hooked up.
My installed cards: GPIO, (Empty ISA), SCSI, Soundblaster, Ethernet, Dual PCMCIA, VGA, (Mouse reroute), Extra 3.5" bay left open to expose IDE cables and power, 1.44 3.5" Disk, 1.2 MB 5.25" Floppy
The dangly IDE cables and power are for imaging old drives, and/or hooking up a CD-RW if needed
Keyboard detached from front. The LCD frame was cracked, which I repaired.
The connectors are stowed in this little hatch. AT Mechanical Keyboard, PS/2 Touchpad Mouse
BIOS overview
I multi-boots DOS 6.22+Win3.1, Windows 98SE, Windows XP, and Arch Linux via System Commander from the SD card. Stereo speakers exist below/behind the LCD frame on the main unit.
Final iteration of my filled-out ACME Portable, an industrial luggable booted into XP.
I call it my babelfish because it has all the ports, cards, and connectors I need to interface with all my old hardware/accessories
And here is a small gallery with the original specs and cards https://imgur.com/a/tjslS9U
Slot 1 PIII 850, 1GB RAM maxed from 256MB, 32GB SD up from 9GB HDD
Convenient Tote Bag Rear: L/R Volume, PSU, Back panel Access panel for Serial, Parallel, and USB. I had to cut the opening a little larger to fit the USB ports, it used to be identical to the square on the left. Originally none of these holes were used and had their blanks in place, and USB wasn't even hooked up. My installed cards: GPIO, (Empty ISA), SCSI, Soundblaster, Ethernet, Dual PCMCIA, VGA, (Mouse reroute), Extra 3.5" bay left open to expose IDE cables and power, 1.44 3.5" Disk, 1.2 MB 5.25" FloppyThe dangly IDE cables and power are for imaging old drives, and/or hooking up a CD-RW if needed
Keyboard detached from front. The LCD frame was cracked, which I repaired. The connectors are stowed in this little hatch. AT Mechanical Keyboard, PS/2 Touchpad Mouse BIOS overview I multi-boots DOS 6.22+Win3.1, Windows 98SE, Windows XP, and Arch Linux via System Commander from the SD card. Stereo speakers exist below/behind the LCD frame on the main unit. Final iteration of my filled-out ACME Portable, an industrial luggable booted into XP. I call it my babelfish because it has all the ports, cards, and connectors I need to interface with all my old hardware/accessories
And here is a small gallery with the original specs and cards https://imgur.com/a/tjslS9U
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