Future uncollectable computers...

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Fri Jul 18 13:24:00 2003

In a message dated 7/18/2003 2:07:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jforbes2_at_mindspring.com writes:

> >One model that I used to support and I'd like to find would be the IBM
> Aptiva
> >stealth model they made back in 1998/1999. I thought it was a neat idea to
> >put the drives in a seperate enclosure below the monitor.
>
> 1996/97 maybe? Cluttering up my office/lab/computer room is an Aptiva
> 166mhz machine, with the neat black tower and black monitor with the
> drive pod below it. It's a non-upgradeable system, a gift to one of my
> kids from a grandparent, and has been replaced with a more modern
> generic pc. You should be able to find on on epay if you're patient. I
> want to save this one for the kid when he gets older he might want to
> have his first computer, with it's antique windows 95, cd rom drive
> (with no writing or dvd reading capability), and miniscule 2.5gb hard drive.
>

Yups, that sounds like it. 2159-Sxx series. Sound like yours is the first
generation model with that cursed MWAVE modem. There was 2159-S80 and S90 models
which were MMX, no MWAVE and slightly redesigned and much better IMO.


--
Antique Computer Virtual Museum
www.nothingtodo.org
Received on Fri Jul 18 2003 - 13:24:00 BST