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Compaq Presario 1200XL-106

This is a pretty cool laptop! It’s the first one of these I’ve seen that wasn’t crumbling in my hands, a pleasant surprise indeed. The battery doesn’t work, but that’s typical.

On this unit, I had to resolder the DC jack, replace the dead CD drive, and lubricate the hinges with lithium grease. I also managed to replace a missing hinge cap with one I had fortunately saved! So, this one worked out fairly nice, even if there was a lot of effort to find a compatible CD drive.

Specs:

  • CPU: AMD K6 475MHz
  • RAM: 168MB
  • HDD: 5GB
  • GFX: Trident CyberBlade i7
  • OS: Windows 98 SE (if the splash screen didn’t give it away)

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