Vintage computers

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Over the weekend I acquired an IDE hard drive and installed Windows XP. Here are a couple of photos.

 

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This morning I updated the BIOS in my Thinkpad T42. It took less than 5 minutes.

 

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I’m updating an old HP Compaq 6910p laptop which is still running the original build of Windows 10 from 2015. I’m surprised it was never updated in the last 7 years.

 

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Trying out my recent acquisition of a 14” iBook G3 from 2002. It has a 30GB hard drive and is currently running OS X Tiger 4.1.1. One of the stock wallpapers in Tiger is the clownfish wallpaper that was borrowed for the original iPhone introduction in 2007.
It has the same translucent keyboard used on the iBook G3 Clamshell models. The 21 year old battery still holds a charge for a short time.

 

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Logged into iPad Forums on my 2002 14” iBook G3.

 

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The laptop in the first photo looks cool! Does it work?

All the computers in this thread still work.

 

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My Compaq EVO N610c from 2003. It’s running Windows XP service pack 3.

 

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Here are some shots made when the Compaq was booting.

 

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Disc Defragmenting in Windows 98.
The darker rows of squares at the top are the defragmented bits.

 

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IBM Thinkpad 380D from 1997.
It has optical and floppy drives.