retired computers/Lita I |
Lita I was an attempt to have file server on my network.
Specs | |
Brand: | Zeos |
Model: | Pantera |
Case: | Full Tower |
LAN IP Address: | None |
CPU/Speed: | Pentium @ 90 MHz |
RAM: | 16 mb DIMM |
BIOS: | Phoenix |
Hard Drive(s): | 1 gb |
CD-ROM: | 1x tray loading SCSI |
Other Drives: | Generic NEC FDD, Colorado tape backup drive. |
Video Card: | Diamond VGA. |
Modem: | None |
NIC: | iNTEL Token Ring Ethernet |
Additional Cards: | Sound Blaster compatible sound board (don't remember brand) |
Monitor: | None |
Mouse/Keyboard: | Logitech MouseMan 3-button Serial Mouse, 101+ keyboard. |
Other Perephrials: | None |
Operating System: | (was) Windows98 |
System History/Future |
Lita I was to be a file server for my
network, and she definately had a whole lot of internal
space for extra hard drives. Unfortunately she was
plagued with problems, and I opted to scrap her for parts
instead of trying to fix what I counted to be 2 major
problems and several small ones. Given the fact that this
system was practically given to me, and some of the parts
were salvagable, she wasn't a total loss. One problem was that the SCSI interface on the motherboard or the SCSI CD-ROM drive seemed to be old and worn out. It would work fine for a while but then stop working alltogether. The second problem was that the power supply fan was dead, and I only noticed it after I had torn open the case and noticed there was no airflow through the power supply. When I took the power supply apart I noticed that some of the wire shielding had started to melt and the white foam like material supporting the ceramic capacitors were taking on a brown color (not good). One interesting note is that the AT motherboard was a 486 adapted to Pentium using a socket based daughterboard. |