Performa
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A while ago, club member @PS2it swapped some machines, and I received this Compaq Prolinea that's in fantastic condition. Compaq had a short window in which they tried to "style" their computers to stand out over the competition, and the results are kinda nice I think.
Under the hood, the machine is clean and fairly basic- by this point most computers had all their "basics" integrated into the motherboard, with the biggest oddball feature about it being the riser card that features a combination of ISA and PCI slots. The only card installed here is a modem card, as that's the only thing the motherboard doesn't have built in.
Another thing to note is the hard drive- on the right side, on it's side, right up against the metal of the case. It's not super noisy, but it's pretty obvious there wasn't any consideration for sound when this was designed.
Under the hood, the machine is clean and fairly basic- by this point most computers had all their "basics" integrated into the motherboard, with the biggest oddball feature about it being the riser card that features a combination of ISA and PCI slots. The only card installed here is a modem card, as that's the only thing the motherboard doesn't have built in.
Another thing to note is the hard drive- on the right side, on it's side, right up against the metal of the case. It's not super noisy, but it's pretty obvious there wasn't any consideration for sound when this was designed.