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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. This
is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. Case is clean and unscratched. Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. Local pickup is even less expensive. .... Ben Myers |
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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
On Jan 30, 6:43*pm, Ben Myers wrote:
I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. *This is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. *It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. *The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. *By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. *It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. *Case is clean and unscratched. *Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? *If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. *I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. *Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. *Local pickup is even less expensive. ... Ben Myers Ben how many card slots does this have, any isa or just pci? mc |
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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
mc wrote:
On Jan 30, 6:43 pm, Ben Myers wrote: I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. This is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. Case is clean and unscratched. Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. Local pickup is even less expensive. ... Ben Myers Ben how many card slots does this have, any isa or just pci? mc Two ISA, two PCI and no AGP. Photos available upon request. But please, no trampling of the crowd to get a look, like the Walmart fiasco on Long Island one Black Friday. ;) ... Ben |
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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
On Jan 31, 7:32*pm, Ben Myers wrote:
mc wrote: On Jan 30, 6:43 pm, Ben Myers wrote: I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. *This is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. *It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. *The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. *By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. *It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. *Case is clean and unscratched. *Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? *If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. *I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. *Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. *Local pickup is even less expensive. ... Ben Myers Ben how many card slots does this have, any isa or just pci? mc Two ISA, two PCI and no AGP. *Photos available upon request. *But please, no trampling of the crowd to get a look, like the Walmart fiasco on Long Island one Black Friday. *;) *... Ben- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That sounds better than the 901 tower I'm using (only 2 pci slots). If no one else wants it, send me am e-mail for what you want. If you come across any isa cards let me know. I could use some network, sound/ modem cards. And I'm still interested in any available cpu's to beef up the other machines (evergreen,powerleap, kingston). If you have any RAM for this machine I could use that as well. Walmart is always a fiasco here in Tampa. mc |
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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
mc wrote:
On Jan 31, 7:32 pm, Ben Myers wrote: mc wrote: On Jan 30, 6:43 pm, Ben Myers wrote: I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. This is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. Case is clean and unscratched. Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. Local pickup is even less expensive. ... Ben Myers Ben how many card slots does this have, any isa or just pci? mc Two ISA, two PCI and no AGP. Photos available upon request. But please, no trampling of the crowd to get a look, like the Walmart fiasco on Long Island one Black Friday. ;) ... Ben- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That sounds better than the 901 tower I'm using (only 2 pci slots). If no one else wants it, send me am e-mail for what you want. If you come across any isa cards let me know. I could use some network, sound/ modem cards. And I'm still interested in any available cpu's to beef up the other machines (evergreen,powerleap, kingston). If you have any RAM for this machine I could use that as well. Walmart is always a fiasco here in Tampa. mc mc, I don't have an email address for you. I don't need a lot for the PB 820 tower, plus the cost of shipping the least expensive way. At the moment, I have only a Zoom 56K ISA modem. In an unfortunte housecleaning, my ISA bus sound cards and modems went to the electronics scrap folks nearby. I once had some very nice (for ISA, that is) 10/100 Ethernet 3COM 3C515's. Just about the only way to get 100m bit Ethernet on an ISA bus computer. I have a good collection of 72-pin SIMMs still, 16MB and 32MB. I even have a few 64MB and 128MB(!) 72-pin SIMMs, used in Pentium Pro and early,early Pentium II systems. I use the smaller capacities to add memory to LaserJet 4 and LaserJet 5 printers, which work much better with more memory. I looked the other day and I did not see any Socket 5/7 CPU upgrades in my collection of parts. I'll look again. I have a few 486 upgrades based on the AMD chip, which was pretty sweet for the time, back in the last century... Ben |
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Packard Bell Model 820 sighted in good condition
On Feb 1, 8:08*pm, Ben Myers wrote:
mc wrote: On Jan 31, 7:32 pm, Ben Myers wrote: mc wrote: On Jan 30, 6:43 pm, Ben Myers wrote: I collected a Packard Bell model 820 small tower computer today. *This is one of the first ATX form factor computers sold by PB, but it is still a Socket 7 with a Cyrix CPU and 72-pin SIMMs. *It has a SiS 5598 motherboard chipset. *The hardware is complete and appears to be all original, except for one add-in card slot. *By coincidence, it also does not have an Ethernet card. System boots up and runs Windows 98, also apparently the original. *It has a CD-ROM drive, 3.2GB Seagate, 100MB ZIP drive, modem and 32MB memory. *Case is clean and unscratched. *Plastic front bezel is a bit yellowed. Any collectors interested in this one? *If so, make offer and add cost of shipping. *I have recycled computer sized cartons, so packing it to ship safely is no problem. *Shipping from eastern MA, probably UPS Ground least expensive. *Local pickup is even less expensive. ... Ben Myers Ben how many card slots does this have, any isa or just pci? mc Two ISA, two PCI and no AGP. *Photos available upon request. *But please, no trampling of the crowd to get a look, like the Walmart fiasco on Long Island one Black Friday. *;) *... Ben- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - That sounds better than the 901 tower I'm using (only 2 pci slots). If no one else wants it, send me am e-mail for what you want. If you come across any isa cards let me know. I could use some network, sound/ modem cards. And I'm still interested in any available cpu's to beef up the other machines (evergreen,powerleap, kingston). If you have any RAM for this machine I could use that as well. Walmart is always a fiasco here in Tampa. mc mc, I don't have an email address for you. *I don't need a lot for the PB 820 tower, plus the cost of shipping the least expensive way. At the moment, I have only a Zoom 56K ISA modem. *In an unfortunte housecleaning, my ISA bus sound cards and modems went to the electronics scrap folks nearby. *I once had some very nice (for ISA, that is) 10/100 Ethernet 3COM 3C515's. *Just about the only way to get 100m bit Ethernet on an ISA bus computer. I have a good collection of 72-pin SIMMs still, 16MB and 32MB. *I even have a few 64MB and 128MB(!) 72-pin SIMMs, used in Pentium Pro and early,early Pentium II systems. *I use the smaller capacities to add memory to LaserJet 4 and LaserJet 5 printers, which work much better with more memory. I looked the other day and I did not see any Socket 5/7 CPU upgrades in my collection of parts. *I'll look again. *I have a few 486 upgrades based on the AMD chip, which was pretty sweet for the time, back in the last century... Ben- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - If you come across any of those 3coms save them for me, also if you come across any flat RAM cards 2 to 20 MB save those as well. I sent you an e-mail from last years address...I'll wait for a return mc |
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