Poseidon (Original)
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| poseidon | |
|---|---|
 IBM Aptiva 2144 | |
| Hardware | |
| Vendor: | IBM |
| Model: | Aptiva 2144-A12 |
| CPU: | Pentium P5@166MHz |
| Bus: | PCI, ISA |
| RAM: | 48MB EDO |
| Software | |
| OS: | OS/2 Warp Connect v3 |
| Collection Data | |
| Acquired: | 1996 |
| From: | Radio Shack N. Main |
| Paid: | $1699 |
| Relinquished: | 2004 |
| Relinquished to: | Storage Unit |
| Catalog Data | |
| Location: | Location Unknown |
| Usage Info | |
| Role: | Personal Workstation |
Specifications
- IBM Aptiva 2144-A12
- Intel Pentium 233MHz (running at 166MHz due to system BIOS limitations)
- 48MB EDO DRAM
- 121MB IDE disk drive
- 4X Mitsumi CD-ROM drive
- Trident TGUI-9680 video chipset w/1MB VRAM
- Adaptec AHA-1542 SCSI host adapter
- Iomega ZIP-100 external SCSI drive
- Archive 11250-NP external parallel QIC80 tape backup (DC2120)
- IBM mWave DSP sound card/28.8kbps modem
- IBM OS/2 Warp Connect V3
- Intel EtherExpress 16 Ethernet Adapter
Historical Summary
This section was taken from my old personal website, which is archived at and accessible from The VAX Pirate's Lair. As such, the contents are likely out of date and not particularly reliable.
This computer was my main machine for a long time. I acquired it in 1996 on sale at Radio Shack. IBM had recently discontinued the series, and it came stock with 8MB RAM, a 1GB hard drive, and 0K CPU cache. Also a 133MHz Pentium processor. I had been using a 90MHz homebuilt Pentium machine with 256K cache. I learned very quickly that cache RAM can make all the difference in performance, and the P90 was faster. Unfortunately, I never got around to upgrading the cache RAM in this box, and I seriously doubt the memory is available anymore. At some point, for some long-since forgotten reason, the original CPU was replaced with a Pentium 233, which the BIOS recognizes as a Pentium 166.
Joel Martinez Era
Joel Martinez used this machine as an mp3 player running OS/2 Warp v4 for a period of time. During this era, the machine's power supply failed dramatically, shooting flames out the back of the machine. A new power supply was ordered at great expense from IBM's labyrinthine website, and it was restored to working order. During my residence at the trailer, the machine became increasingly unreliable
Naming History
- picasso
- poseidon