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IBM PC 300 XL (Pentium II-233)
| Machine type | 6588-110 |
| Serial | 55333RF |
| Manufacturer | IBM Corp. United Kingdom Ltd. |
| Pre-loaded software | MS Windows 95 |
| Date | August 1997 |
Physical description
| Type | Desktop |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 159 x 420 x 470 mm |
| Weight | 12,7 Kg (w/o HDD) |
| Drive bays | 3 x 3.5" (2 internal), 2 x 5.25" half-height |
| Power supply | 200 W, 110-220VAC manual voltage switch (9733) |
Main board
| BIOS | IBM SurePath BIOS (rev. LUKT36AIT, 10 Sept. '98), flashable |
| Chipset | Intel 440FX |
| Processor | Intel Pentium-II 233 MHz (fam. 3, mod. 3, step 3), on slot-1 (supports 333 Mhz CPUs) |
| Coprocessor | Integrated on Pentium |
| Cache | 256 Kb of high-speed 4-way set associative cache integrated on CPU |
| Memory | Three 128-pin sockets for 3V 60ns DIMM modules |
| Std. memory | One 128-pin 32 Mb DIMM module |
| Max on system board | 384 Mb (3 x 128 Mb) |
| Bus | PCI 32-bit, ISA 16-bit |
| Expansion slots | 3 PCI/ISA combos, 2 ISA (total 5), on riser card |
| Video | S3 Trio64V2/DX, w. 2 Mb mem. (9727 on chip) |
| Interface | Enh. IDE (2 ports, tot. 4 units), FDD (2 units) |
| Ports | PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, buffered serial, parallel, USB, infrared |
Cards
| Installed RAM | 2 x 64 Mb DIMMs (Kingston, 60ns EDO) |
| Controller | Adaptec AHA-2940/UW SCSI Controller (0899) ADDITION |
| Audio | Creative CT4810 ISA (2099 on card) ADDITION |
| Ethernet | D-Link DFE 530TX (100Mbit, 9837 on card) ADDITION |
Storage
| Diskette drive | 1.44 Mb, 3.5" slim (Teac FD235HF, DATE 97-04) |
| Hard disk | lBM DDRS-34560 (4300 Mb) SCSI, 3.5" slim (OCT-98) REPLACEMENT (*) |
| 2nd hard disk | lBM DDRS-34560 (4300 Mb) SCSI, 3.5" slim (DEC-98) ADDITION |
| CD-ROM | Plextor PX-40TSi, SCSI (40x max speed, March 1999) ADDITION |
| CD-ROM Writer | Mitsumi CR2801TE, EIDE/ATA (2x-8x, April 1998) ADDITION |
Trivia
| Acquisition | May 04, paid ca. 10$ |
| Condition | Good, working but w/o RAM and CD-ROM drive |
| Installed O.S. | None |
| Repairs/modifications | Added memory DIMMs, Ethernet card, SCSI ctrl., and CD-ROM drives, replaced existing hard-disk drive (see below) |
| Current status | All hw perfectly working, currently in use |
| Current O.S. | Windows NT 4 Workstation (It.), Linux Red Hat 6.2 |
| Spare parts | Case, accessories |
Notes:
(*) According to model number, original hard-disk must have been a 2,5 Gb unit. This machine come to me with a W.D. 21600 (1,6 Gb IDE/ATA) drive dated 9-APR-97 (probably taken from a 6589-100 unit).
Peripherals: KEYBOARDS, MONITORS, MICES, PRINTERS
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