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{{Infobox System
| name = dimetrius
| image = Inspiron3800Green.jpg
| caption = Dell Inspiron 3800
| vendor = Dell
| model = Inspiron 3800 C450
| cpu = Celeron
| freq = 450MHz
| ram = 320MB
| acquired = 2000
| acquired_from = Dell
| relinquished = 2004
| relto = Ben Duh's Hammer of Doom
| paid = $1200
| bus = PCI, USB
| os = NetBSD
| osver = 1.5
| location = Location Unknown
| role = Various
}}

== Original Purchase ==

This machine was purchased direct from the [http://www.dell.com Dell Website] in 2000, while living at the Martinez household. For $50 more, I could have had a larger screen and a Pentium III processor instead of a weak Celeron. This is a lesson in how not to be, unless you want to be penny-wise and pound-foolish. [[:User:Soundstains|Joel Martinez]] reminds me (quite correctly) of this error in judgment quite regularly, which is something I definitely appreciate.

=== Ariel Technologies Upgrade ===
As shipped from Dell, the machine came with 32MB of RAM and no Wi-Fi support. [http://www.arielusa.com Ariel Technologies] paid to max out the RAM at 320MB, and added a Cisco AiroNet 340 Wi-Fi card. I tested the Windows "Whistler" beta on this machine, and it ran Red Hat 7.1 for a bit. 

== Trailer Era ==
This machine was used in the trailer as a MOP server (running NetBSD) to netboot a VAXstation 3100 M40.

== Loan-Out to [[:User:Soundstains|Joel Martinez]] ==
Joel borrowed this machine for a bit, shortly before it failed, and would only come up to a blinking cursor.

== Final Destruction ==
During the [[:Category:Trailer Tragedy of 2004|Trailer Tragedy of 2004]], I let [[Ben Gutierrez]] smash this machine to smithereens with his Hammer-O-Doom.

== Historical Summary ==

''This section was taken from my old personal website, which is archived at and accessible from [http://www.chivanet.org/~jpw/vax/computer.html The VAX Pirate's Lair]. As such, the contents are likely out of date and not particularly reliable.''

This laptop replaced an ancient Toshiba 486. I bought it direct from Dell in 2000 or 2001. It has run Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Red Hat Linux, and most recently netBSD. Not a horribly good machine-the keyboard barely works. It makes a good portable UNIX box with netBSD, provided you don't need "i", the down arrow, or "delete." Oh well, theres always telnet...

== Specifications ==

* Dell Inspiron 3800 C450
* Intel Celeron 450MHz
* 320MB RAM
* 4.5GB IDE hard drive
* 24X CD-ROM
* ATI Rage P/M Mobility 8MB video chipset
* Linksys 10bt ethernet adapter (PCMCIA)

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Inspiron3800Open.jpg|Similar Machine Open
Inspiron3800Closed.jpg|Similar Machine Closed
</gallery>

== External Links ==
* [https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-3800/manuals Inspiron 3800 on Dell Computers website]

[[Category:Trailer Tragedy of 2004]]