This is a new (for me) laptop i acquired for free.



Yes it is old. Ok to set the scene, my dad got a call from his friend who explained how he and his sister were in a new shop they had just bought. It was an old PC shop that had parts, PC's and other bits etc. So we were invited to come see if anything was any good. Now yes normally people clear out before they pack up shop. however turns out the guy didn't pay rent, as a result the stuff inside got locked up till he payed the rent. He never paid.
Unfortunatly he did expect this to happen and had stripped alot of the good stuff out. But boy it was a retro trip .

'Does anyone need 64mb RAM? sorry highest we have is top of the line 256MB................'

Also including the latest external CD-rewriter now just over the size of a laptop O.O, with it's own travel case.

A moniter so big you could of thought you had a 32" TV, but unfortunatly thats the length of it from front to back nto the screen .

I did find the guys chequebook though pictures to come shortly ^_^.

Ok back to the subject at hand the laptop. I think i may try to restore it. A challenge i probably shouldn't have taken up.



Firstly i need a power supply to fit the above O.O. Yes i could not find a powersupply there......well one that fit this at least.



Failing that maybe i should replace the batteries? Note AA batery by the side for comparison of the size.



If i somehow manage to get it on, this cool looking switch should allow me to boot up.



Here's the make number......i think.



If i manage to get it working, Floppies are the way to go, with XP......if it runs it of course.



Well i'll update this if i ever find a power supply for it. .

Power supply - Go to Maplins and get a generic 12V power socket with interchangeable plugs. There are about 6 standards of plugs, and one is bound to fit that socket. Also useful for other stuff. I'm pretty sure all laptops use 12V.

98 wouldn't fit on 6 floppies, nevermind XP! Those floppies definitely won't work.

6 floppies is the XP installer loader... you know where it goes "Loading DeviceYouDontHave" when you insert the disc... it then takes over by the CD... I've had to do that before when a pc wouldnt boot from disc.

Oh, for if it won't do the boot from CD? Heh, still won't be installing XP from them!

i thought it was a little small >.< lol. ah well i have 95 some where i think O.O

You'll probably want to run Win311 on that thing. I had a similar laptop though not quite as cool.

Good for that, also a 6-disk install

yeh ur laptop pwns my old desktop
i still have win 98 in that old thing but the video card broke so i cant display anything
u ever tried linux?

did u know u can get a laptop with a 1ghz amd duron processor laptop for 99p?
what are amd duron processors?

Duron processors are just the name of an old AMD processor. I don't have a clue where you could get one for 99p, though it could make a fairly funny folding farm, lol.

u can get laptops with duron processors , loads of them are for sale on ebay that are under £10, although 1 doesnt have a hdd :O

Yeah, they're really old and not very good at all for the current world. However, some people may just want to spend £10, so get a really old second hand laptop.

yeh that explains why they dont make them anymore, i cant believe dell still put semprons into their laptops

They don't make them anymore because AMD stopped making the chips, just like Intel no longer make Pent4s (I think).

nah, amd still make semprons, athlons and turions while intel still make celerons, pentiums and centrinos, the older chips are for entry level desktop and laptops

They don't make Durons though, lol. Intel don't make the Pent4s anymore, and the current Pentiums are cheap rebranded Core2 processors making use of the strong consumer brand image.

Centrino isn't a type of processor. It is the name given to an Intel branded laptop board, I think, and will be a Core2 Duo now. They have used that name since atleast the Pentium M.

hey i dont know that much about processors, i think my knowledge is quite good considering

:O

As I have previously said, I'm an enthusiast, and I read faaar too much, lol.

i learnt so much about computers coz i was picking a laptop and i wanted good specs for good price, i bought a pavilion dv9646em at pc world for £600
specs:
turion x2 1.9ghz
2gb ram ( it scored 5.9 in vista!!)
8400m gs
17" laptop
160gb hdd
broadcom wireless
with quicklaunch buttons and stuff

i got this in january this year so it was very good for its price i reckon
but right afterwards i saw an asus gaming laptop that was £929 i
it had c2d 2.2ghz
8600m gt
2gb ram and i wanted that afterwards (my parents were willing to spend up to £1000
but i was a wuss and didnt say anything so i got the hp laptop instead

That's not a particulary bad spec for the price. Mine cost £700, but that's mostly because it was an Ultraportable tablet, lol.