I have loved PC's, ever since I came into contact with them 20+ years ago.
In 1992 I had the first PC I could call my own, a Tulip PC Compact 2, with a 20 MB(!) harddisk, 2 floppy drives, 640 KB RAM, running at a whopping 9.54 MHz, all of which at some point in time was truly state of the art, but already positively ancient when it came my way.
Since then I've made quite a bit of headway, upgraded or replaced many a part, if not entire systems, and invariably ended up with a lot of old systems. Most of these are still running, and actually have a meaningfull purpose (being able to play games such as Realms of Chaos or Bio Menace is meaningfull).
So here's a brief list of all the hardware that's still happily humming along. I'll add more technical details eventually, to please all you nerds and sentimental old folk.
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CPU
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Mainboard / Model
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Purpose
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80486DX2, 66MHz
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Unisys MPI 466
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Playing old DOS games / DOS software development
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Storage:
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SCSI HDD, 500MB
Mitsumi 12x CDROM drive
3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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16MB
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Video:
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QuadTel S3 86C801 / 86C805 onboard video
Neovo 15" TFT monitor
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Audio:
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SoundBlaster 16 Value Edition
Philips desktop speakers
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Input:
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Microsoft internet keyboard (PS/2)
Microsoft basic optical mouse (PS/2)
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Other:
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Belkin KVM switch
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Pentium MMX, 200MHz
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Asus TXP4
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Playing old Windows 95 games
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Storage:
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Western Digital IDE HDD, 10GB
Creative Labs DVDROM drive
Philips 16x CDRW drive
3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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64MB
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Video:
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Genoa S3 ViRGE /DX
Diamond Monster 3D II
Hauppauge WinTV FM
RealMagic Hollywood+
Belinea 15" monitor
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Audio:
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SoundBlaster AWE 64
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Input:
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Mitsumi DIN keyboard
Microsoft serial mouse
Gravis Analog Pro joystick
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LAN:
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3Com 3C509 10Mbps ethernet
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Pentium II, 400MHz
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AOpen AX6BC
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Being host to an old Conner Travan 3 tapedrive / Playing DOS games
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Storage:
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Western Digital IDE HDD, 6.4GB
AOpen DVDROM drive
Plextor 8x4x32 CDRW drive
Mitsumi 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
Mitsumi 5.25" 1.2MB disk drive
Conner TapeStor 3200 Travan 3 tapedrive
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Memory:
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192MB (64MB + 128MB)
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Video:
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Asus V6600 Deluxe (GeForce 256 / 32MB)
Neovo 15" TFT monitor
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Audio:
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SoundBlaster 16 value edition
Philips desktop speakers
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Input:
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Microsoft internet keyboard (PS/2)
Microsoft basic optical mouse (PS/2)
Logitech Wingman Extreme digital
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LAN:
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Sitecom 10/100Mbps ethernet
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Other:
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Conner 2Mbps tape drive controller
Belkin KVM switch
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Pentium III, 1.0GHz
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Asus CUSL 2C
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none
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Storage:
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Western Digital IDE HD, 120 GB
OEM 52x CDROM drive
HP DVD 200i DVD+RW drive
Mitsumi 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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512MB (2x 256MB)
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Video:
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Hercules Radeon All In Wonder 7500 (64MB)
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Audio:
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SoundBlaster Live! value edition
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LAN:
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Intel 10/100Mbps ethernet
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AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 1.8GHz
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MSI KT3 Ultra II
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Backup / Web / Database / File server
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Storage:
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2x Western Digital IDE HD, 160 GB
Western Digital IDE HD, 40 GB (Western Digital Elements USB enclosure)
Freecom network / USB harddisk, 250 GB
Western Digital Passport USB harddisk, 250 GB
Western Digital MyBook USB harddisk, 320 GB
Iomega network / USB harddisk, 320 GB
Western Digital SATA HD, 1.0 TB (Western Digital Elements USB enclosure)
Western Digital SATA HD, 1.5 TB (Sweex USB enclosure)
Samsung DVDROM/CDRW combo drive
AOpen 16x DVDRW drive
Mitsumi 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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2GB (2x 1GB)
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Video:
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CreativeLabs Radeon 9600 (512MB)
Neovo 15" TFT monitor
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Audio:
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RealTek ALC650 6 channel audio
Philips desktop speakers
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Input:
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Microsoft internet keyboard (PS/2)
Microsoft basic optical mouse (PS/2)
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LAN:
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3Com 3C905 10/100 Mbps ethernet
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Other:
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Belkin KVM switch
Sitecom 4 port USB 2.0 hub
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Intel Pentium 4, 2.4GHz
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Compaq Evo D310
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Media center
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Storage:
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Seagate IDE HDD, 80GB
OEM 48x CDROM drive
3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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512MB
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Video:
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GeCube Radeon 7000 (64MB)
Samsung 32" LCD TV
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Audio:
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ADI SoundMax
Built-in speaker
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Input:
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Microsoft wired keyboard 600 (USB)
Microsoft basic optical mouse (USB)
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LAN:
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Intel 10/100 Mbps ethernet
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Intel Pentium 4 HT, 3.0GHz
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Compaq dx2000MT
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Software development (older tools)
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Storage:
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Western Digital IDE HDD, 120GB
Western Digital IDE HD, 250 GB
LG 16x DVDRW drive
Philips 16x CDRW drive
3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
Jobo GigaOne cardreader / 30GB HDD
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Memory:
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2GB (4x 512MB)
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Video:
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Intel 865G onboard video
Belinea 17" widescreen monitor
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Audio:
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ADI SoundMax
Built-in speaker
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Input:
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Microsoft PS/2 internet keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 optical mouse
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LAN:
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Intel 10/100Mbps ethernet
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Other:
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Sitecom KVM switch
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Intel Dual Core E2140, 1.6GHz
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MSI G41M4-F
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Video capturing & editing
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Storage:
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Seagate IDE HDD, 40GB
Western Digital SATA HDD, 500GB
Western Digital SATA HDD, 1TB (EACS)
Western Digital SATA HDD, 1TB (EARS)
Samsung 22x DVDRW drive
Internal cardreader
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Memory:
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2GB (2x 1GB)
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Video:
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Point of View GeForce 8500GT (512MB)
Intel GMA X4500 onboard video
Belinea 17" widescreen monitor
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Audio:
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RealTek LC888S
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Input:
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Microsoft PS/2 internet keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 optical mouse
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LAN:
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RealTek gigabit ethernet
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Other:
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Sitecom KVM switch
Terratec Grabby
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Intel Core i5 750, 2.66GHz
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MSI P55-CD53
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Photo editing, games, internet, software development
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Storage:
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Hitachi Sata II HDD, 320GB
Samsung 16x DVDROM drive
LG 20x LightScribe DVDRW drive
LG BD-RE/HD-DVDROM drive
Sony 3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
Internal cardreader
Iomega 400GB external harddisk
Toshiba 40GB external harddisk (Conceptronic enclosure)
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Memory:
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8GB (4x 2GB)
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Video:
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Point of View GeForce 9800GT (PCI-E, 512MB)
Club 3D Radeon HD 2400 (PCI, 512MB)
Acer AL2623W 25.5" widescreen monitor
Acer X193HQ 19" widescreen monitor
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Audio:
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RealTek HD Audio
Acer AL2623W built-in speakers
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Input:
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Microsoft wired keyboard 500 (PS/2)
Microsoft IntelliMouse optical (USB)
Wacom Bamboo tablet
Logitech Rumblepad 2
Medion MD 7413 joystick
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LAN:
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RealTek gigabit ethernet
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Other:
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Cooler Master Hyper TX3
Noise Blocker M8-S1
Noise Blocker M12-S1
Belkin UPS
Conceptronic USB 2.0 PCI adapter
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Pentium III, 1.1GHz
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Toshiba Satellite 1800-911
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HTTP server
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Storage:
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Toshiba IDE HDD, 20GB
Toshiba DVD ROM/CDRW combo drive
3.5" 1.44MB disk drive
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Memory:
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384MB (128MB + 256MB)
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Video:
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Trident CyberBlade XP, 16MB shared memory
Built-in 1024x768 TFT panel
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Audio:
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Onboard ALi soundcard
Built-in speakers
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Input:
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Built-in keyboard
Built-in touchpad
Microsoft internet keyboard (PS/2)
Microsoft optical mouse (USB)
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LAN:
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Onboard Intel 100Mbps ethernet
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Other:
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Sitecom USB 2.0 PCMCIA adapter
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Intel Dual Core T2370, 1.73GHz
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Compaq Pressario C760
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Office, photo editing, software development
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Storage:
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Hitachi SATA HDD, 80 GB
TSSTCorp DVDRW drive
Hama USB 2.0 card reader
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Memory:
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2048MB
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Video:
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Intel G965M
Built-in 1280x800 TFT panel
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Audio:
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Onboard Conexant HD audio
Built-in speakers
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Input:
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Built-in keyboard
Built-in touchpad
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LAN:
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RealTek RT8139 10/100 Mbps ethernet
Atheros AR5006X wireless ethernet
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Other:
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Conexant SoftModem
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And then there is a fair amount of other external harddisks obviously: