Compaq Deskpro EN (1999)

Compaq Deskpro EN

Celeron II 466Mhz 128Mb L2 cache

128Mb PC-100 (2 x 64Mb dual keyed)

4Gb Seagate IDE HDD

Gigabyte Combo drive: X52 CD Writer X16 DVD-ROM

1.44Mb Compaq floppy drive

A-Open PS/2 Keyboard

Logitech PS/2 ball mouse (new old stock)

Gigabit LAN via PCI card

PCI USB-2.0 card with 4 external and 1 internal* sockets

*Need more storage just plug a 32Gb Flash drive in here.

Built in 3 amplified speaker, surprisingly loud and clear.

2x Com ports -  1xLPT  -  2 x USB1.1

Line In Headphone MIC -Speaker jacks

Windows 98 fully updated with USB extensions.

2 Free ISA 16 slots and 2 free PCI slots. 3^rd PCI slot is a combo with the 1^St ISA slot.

Can be set up as a Mini-Tower or a Desktop. Has feet on both planes.

Sound chip is an Analog Devices AD-1881. Plays Music & FX in Doom2 ,Heretic , Raptor etc.

Just set up music as Midi on 330.  FX as SB 220, I5 D1. Has a pretty good wavetable as well.

Graphics is via onboard Intel i810 which is not too shabby.

I did test it with an ATi Rage XL 8Mb PCI card and the internal i810 was x2 faster.

New CMOS battery fitted, and CPU thermal paste was renewed.

Runs Windows 98 well on its period correct hardware but also has some useful modern tweaks USB2, Gigabit LAN and DVD.

All Windows 98 drivers are in a folder on the C drive.