This thread is for myself and anyone else to post findings and documentation info related to AlphaTop and ECS Elitegroup laptops that were part of the "Green" series, sold by various local distributors throughout the 90s and 2000s, including Micron, NEC, WinBook, Jetta, Gericom, and many others.
Same sort of idea as my previous two thread here on:
WinBook: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?t...op-brands-winbook.1242548/page-4#post-1352802
and
CTX: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/documenting-obscure-90s-laptop-brands-ctx-ezbook.1245407/
laptops.
I am currently working on documenting these laptops on my website. I do not have any pages on these laptops live yet, but I will be putting out one next time I update the live copy of the site.
Currently, I've processed through the AlphaTop laptops in the series. So far, my main resource has been @DeltaDon's old site, orphanlaptops.com (offline, use WayBack to browse) which has been quite helpful. I do however suspect that AlphaTop released more laptops that we don't yet know about, or have ANY info on. According to Don's site, ECS bought AlphaTop in 2001 (which is why later Green laptops were made by them), but we don't seem to have any models documented that match the specs you'd expect in a laptop from 2000, leaving a gap. I also found an FCC listing for a "GREEN400" which isn't documented anywhere.
I'll post further updates here as I process through all the information I have, and link to new site pages when I get them out.
Don may also have some info to add here, he has extensive experience working on some of their older models.
Same sort of idea as my previous two thread here on:
WinBook: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?t...op-brands-winbook.1242548/page-4#post-1352802
and
CTX: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/documenting-obscure-90s-laptop-brands-ctx-ezbook.1245407/
laptops.
I am currently working on documenting these laptops on my website. I do not have any pages on these laptops live yet, but I will be putting out one next time I update the live copy of the site.
Currently, I've processed through the AlphaTop laptops in the series. So far, my main resource has been @DeltaDon's old site, orphanlaptops.com (offline, use WayBack to browse) which has been quite helpful. I do however suspect that AlphaTop released more laptops that we don't yet know about, or have ANY info on. According to Don's site, ECS bought AlphaTop in 2001 (which is why later Green laptops were made by them), but we don't seem to have any models documented that match the specs you'd expect in a laptop from 2000, leaving a gap. I also found an FCC listing for a "GREEN400" which isn't documented anywhere.
I'll post further updates here as I process through all the information I have, and link to new site pages when I get them out.
Don may also have some info to add here, he has extensive experience working on some of their older models.