Anyone know any members that know a lot about mid 90s Compac PCs?

[bpw87]

I have an old Compac PC, I was told it was one of the best computers around at that time. It has been sitting at my parent s house for a while know and I was over their so I picked it up. Just wondering if anyone has any info or ideas. Some of the prices for these parts are insane on eBay but I'm not so sure they are worth that much. All looks to be in really good condition.

 

Some of the parts:

 

CPU: Intel Pentium Pro KB80521EX200 SL22t 256K

Mobo: Compac 005468-012 socket 8 board

PSU: Compac PS2022 160W

HDD: Seagate Hawk 2.15GB ST32155N

 

Can get photos tomorrow if wanted

[burnttoastnice]

Keep that PC bro. Sell it for big $$$$ to a museum in 20-30 years time.

[bpw87]

Keep that PC bro. Sell it for big $$$$ to a museum in 20-30 years time.

It's not complete anymore but I'd say a majority of it's here, I got it off a mate that was rebuilding it and he never finished it. I had 8 sticks of RAM for it to, I think they may have been 16MB sticks off memory but I'm not sure where they have disappeared to

[NumLock21]

That compaq must be be one of those workstation types. Pentium pro are rarely seen, as consumer chips are pentium based on socket 7. ram, i think they are edo, unless that uses sd-ram. Keep it as a collection, them pentium pro are old, but they can do quad sockets.

And its compaq not compac

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_Pro

[bpw87]

That compaq must be be one of those workstation types. Pentium pro are rarely seen, as consumer chips are pentium based on socket 7. ram, i think they are edo, unless that uses sd-ram. Keep it as a collection, them pentium pro are old, but they can do quad sockets.

And its compaq not compac

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_Pro

It does look like it would have been a workstation style PC. I would love to get it to a working PC again if I could do it for a reasonable price.

Wow I didn't even realize after spending ages looking over the PC and I even have a compaq laptop as well

[iHardware Shelden]

@tmcclelland455

Also the Pentium Pro is actually worth a lot of money and it getting harder to find, like the second post said I would also say hold onto it and don't modify it if you can because it very well could be worth more in the future

 

Also get photos!

[bpw87]

@tmcclelland455

Also the Pentium Pro is actually worth a lot of money and it getting harder to find, like the second post said I would also say hold onto it and don't modify it if you can because it very well could be worth more in the future

 

Also get photos!

I was actually shocked at some of the prices that come up when I googled their part numbers. I wouldn't try and mod it.

 

I will put up some photos up in the morning at the moment it's the middle of the night here.