Vintage Dell CPx 500GT - 26GB of total storage - 192mb ram - 4mb dedicated Video ram - CDROM, Win98SE/Dos ready - A fast 500mhz Laptop in decent condition for a laptop of this era. This system is backward compatible with Win95 and win 3.1
I encourage people to ask questions. If you want to know if one of
your
Programs will work with one of my systems I can let you know for sure.
The Last thing you want to do is waste time and money. Purchase the
best system the first time that will cover the widest range for the
programs and games you want use. You would be surprised at the number of
issues these well configured systems address to give the best gaming. I
have been a gamer myself all through the early 90's until now and had
to learn the hard way what was needed to make things work. So feel free to
ask and
Please give me a little time to get back to you.
These computer completely take the guess work out of obtaining a retro game computer. If you figure in the...
1) Computer
2) Operating system
3) All components working properly.
4) The time and Expert attention devoted.
All
this to make sure everything is right the first time. Then the asking
price of these Ultra compatible computers is minimal.
The idea is to provide a Service and not just a decent laptop. People
want to know they are not going to have to root out a lot of problems
first after receiving the unit.
If you are like
so many who have purchased tons of games over the years, you have
experienced the disappointment of trying to install them on a machine
with a new Operating system and find out it just does not work. Even
with attempting the "comparability mode" it still does not work. And
for some even if you get it started it just does not run right. But
going back is daunting. Old hardware that works right is hard to find
these days and very hard to setup correctly. So what is offered in this
auction is intended to make it easy to go back and get to play again all
those games sitting somewhere collecting dust. And if you are like me
that is quite a collection.
I Put other Computers of various abilities on eBay. Laptops for
Greatest comparability with Dos/Win98 1992-2002 era. See my
other items above under my feedback. It shows I believe in using the
right tool for the right job and when it comes to laptops and games/Apps
this is even more true. If you want to see it on Ebay just ask and I
will put something on to match the recommended needs of your program.
These are some of the last laptops to have authentic win98 driver
support. The P4 Laptops do not and are very risky to try to setup for
Window 98 and even worse for Dos since they will never have authentic driver support from the
manufacturers. Not to mention some of the problems created by excessive
CPU speed and CPU changes in chip instructions. Many games will not work
with a win98 system shoe horned into a P4. The reason I setup these
laptops is they are genuinely guaranteed to support the Win98 games of
this era with all the right drivers. For Windows XP go with a P4 since they are made for it.
But as for Win98 it was made for the P3 and is by far more compatible with all the games/Apps.
More about this Laptop.This is a Fast Tier 4 computer (see below)
If you really want to see what these machines can do. Go to
YouTube and type an easy search.-- (( harry laptop showcase ))
Or Paste this in new window - https://youtu.be/DyohK07GiTI
You
will see a short video I have made using these laptops featuring several classic games. I quick
connected to a large LCD TV easy for these laptops with a VGA cable.
The Sound, themes and atmosphere in these old games are fantastic. The music in the video is from Epic megagames Crash and Burn Pinball I would like to do more videos like this with other games since this video came out so well.
I have worked hard to set these laptops up and I
think you will fine the results are quite impressive.
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See my feedback. They are people who purchased these
Optimized Laptops for Gaming, business applications and Programming
in Win98 and Dos.
One of the best grab and
go gaming systems you can buy. And has the largest quality Game
selection available for Win98/Dos.
This is also a great system for Win98 Business applications and has the latest Framework installed. It Is easy to connect to a network with the Drivers.
Fully
configured Windows 98 operating system and Dos that functions
perfectly. It has all the most important Drivers
in place. Some are listed below. Many Laps
even if they have a Win98 OS on them will come with a fresh install and
it is up to the user to figure out how to get everything working(I
really daunting task.)
You will NOT have to try to figure out how to
get games/Applications to work on this Laptop since I have done it for you. As you
will read everything has been taken into account so you will start using the Laptop right away. I have made it so simple to get started. This systems
feels very much like a more modern computer in terms of speed and the
fact there are few limitations to what you can do as you will see
below.
Many
things did NOT work right with early installations of windows and
required a lot of updating and you had to know what to go get to make
the later games happy. I was using this laptop and others like it
through the 90's and early 2000's. I was always playing around to make
everything play nice together. The End result is this laptop and others
like it.
One
big plus is I have added USB Data key/Flash Drive and thumb drive
support to
windows 98(No Key included but cheap on ebay). I have not tried keys
bigger then 32GB. Even USB Keyboards and Mice are supported in Dos
To use all that extra space there is a
free CD disk mounting utility on this laptop that will easily mount
disk .ISO files. This is a great feature if you want to burn your old
cdrom game disks to .ISO format which there are many free utilities out
there for doing just that. Then you can keep your personal collection of
games on the USB data key and not have to lug around all your disks. I
converted my game disks to preserve them and just use my .ISO virtual cd
disk files to play my games. Now you have your cdrom collection all on
your Key. We are not done yet.
It even has Network Drvs
installed for a home network (See picture example).
It also has USB Game-pad support
and
almost any Logitech game-pad should work with it in Win98, and Dos if
you play from Windows. Many Dos game can play this way and gives
GP/Joystick support. I used a GP model G-uf13a and 310 see picture. The
provided utility lets you setup up your game-pad any way you like for
your games.
I
left a lot of games on it like the ones seen in the pictures and so
much more, you would take years to go through them. The sound is Sound Blaster Pro A220 I5 DI. The DOS memory configuration allows of
almost 620
kilobytes of lower memory 128 megabytes extended memory which is much
more then Dos needs and Win98 runs best with 64 - 128 mb. Some programs
just do not do well in emulators. This works better then most of the
computers I had during the early days of PC Gaming. This Lap does not
have the compatibility problems that the piecemeal computers had trying
to run the games in Dos mode. Common for many Laptops the screen does have slightly irregular brightness around the screen. See pictures. One really sweet feature of this unit is
it has a VGA out and hot switch to a Monitor or Large
TV in which many newer TV's have. (This is a feature I look
for in my laptops and rarely purchase without it. But you have to be
selective which Laps you get since many in that era do not have it.)
You
will love all the games I have left on here like WC, Duke Nukem, NFS,
Descent 2 Games and many Window games.
It can come (Upon Request) with a free Atari classics
CD (Asteroids pictured) yes the arcade edition upon request. These are legal copies with the CDROM included but you must request it from me to put it into the Package. I will make sure anyone who request it gets it. To some this might not be important. I would think this would be a must for most people since these are the ultimate (jump into games) for the best "quick blast" PC gaming has ever offered.
Do
you have old games sitting somewhere get them out and relive the early
Glory of PC gaming as it was in the 90's. Play Windows 98 and Dos games
the way they were meant to be played.
Does have a power
adapter/Working CD drive. Battery not guaranteed. It is an older
computer and it has minor imperfections. Good condition
for a laptop of this era.
I
am very careful about how I pack and ship your laptop. The reason is
after you go through all the trouble of finding the laptop that you want
and suits you needs. It is a real disappointment to receive it and have
it broken in shipping. This causes all kinds of problems. So I do the
little extra need to make sure your laptop comes ready to use. It would
be hard to abuse one of these laptop packages badly enough to damage its
contents.
No DOA but sold as is. Please ask questions and I will answer right away.
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Additional info below.
Windows 98 computers
The
Possessor speed and the amount of ram and video ram in each tier are
balanced and will run programs well within a specific time in gaming
history very well. The list below is only a guideline since there are
always programs that require a different mix of system specs. The ones
below are a good baseline average.
Get the computer that suits the games you want to play.
In a glance.
Tier 1 under 200mhz, 32mb ram, 1 or 2mb video ram
Tier 2 200mhz-266mhz 32mb-64mb ram, 2 - 3mb video ram
Tier 3 300mhz-600mhz 64mb ram, 2 - 4mb video ram
Tier 4 650mhz-700mhz 64mb-128mb ram, 8mb video ram
Tier 5 750mhz - 1ghz 128mb-256mb ram, 16mb video ram
More detailed information.
If
you follow the tier information below each is followed by a Google
search. The first thing to come up in the search is a Wiki list of all
games from that year. You will see these Laptops are actual the most
inclusive game systems ever build. In many ways better then any console
ever build. Several hundred games made every year and many very high
quality and very easy to obtain for little of nothing in many cases. The
searches below give the years that the Laptops/tier will cover well.
Tier
1- Their strong point is complete hardware compatibility with Dos.
Windows 98 is well supported. Older window 98 games are better supported
because they are not overpowered with possessor speed.
Games supported.
Descent1 and Descent 2 and Dark Forces for Dos --More below
Pent 1 under 200mhz
32 MB RAM
---Google
search > Category:1991 video games << These games need
a laptop easy on the throttle. Anything in between is perfect.
---Google
search > Category:1997 video games << Most games in
this year are well supported but some of the games start to max out this
tiers abilities.
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Tier
2 Their strong point is complete compatibility with Dos. Windows 98 is
well supported. Older window 98 games are better supported and the
extra speed benefits newer windows games. Some Older Dos games start to
have problems with too much CPU speed.
Descent 2 for windows
Pent 2 200mhz-266mhz
32-64 MB RAM
---Google search > Category:1991 video games <<Anything in between is perfect.
---Google search > Category:1997 video games
<< Almost all games in this year are very well supported.
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Tier
3 Their strong point is software compatibility with Dos. Windows 98 is well
supported. Newer window 98 games are better supported and the extra
speed benefits newer windows games. Some Older Dos games start to have
problems with too much CPU speed. Sound is Software insead of More
compatible Hardware. Dos sound is Software instead of More compatible
Hardware.
Need For Speed Porsche unleashed
Pent II or III 300mhz-600mhz
64 MB RAM
Video ram 2 - 4mb
---Google search > Category:1993 video games <<Anything in between is perfect.
---Google search > Category:1998 video games
<< Most game in this year are very well supported.
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Tier
4 Still very compatibility with Dos. Newer window 98 games are well
supported and the extra speed benefits later Windows 98 games. Some
Older Dos games start to have problems with too much CPU speed. Dos
sound is Software instead of More compatible Hardware.
Star wars Pod Racer
Star wars The Phantom Menace
Star trek Elite Force 1
Intel Pentium III 500 - 750mhz
64-128 MB RAM
Video ram 8mb
---Google search > Category:1994 video games <<Anything in between is perfect.
---Google search > Category:1999 video games
<< Most game in this year are very well supported.
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Tier
5 Still some compatibility with Dos. The Newest window 98 games are
well supported and the extra speed really make games run well. Some
Older Dos games start to have problems with too much CPU speed. Dos
sound is Software instead of More compatible Hardware. In some Dos games
the Sound does not work.
Star wars Pod Racer
Star wars The Phantom Menace
Star trek Elite Force 2
Intel Pentium III 750 - 1ghz
128-256 MB RAM
Video ram 16-32mb
---Google search > Category:1995 video games <<Anything in between is perfect.
---Google search > Category:2000 video games
<< Most game in this year are very well supported.
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