Inspecting the IBM PC 300GL

[@Metal_Maxine]

I've always loved IBM blue.

[@MikeyN6IL]

Non techie people tended to call their entire computer the “CPU” not realizing that actually referred to one specific chip inside not the entire machine.

[@JohnAGalvanArt]

Battle Beast, the memories. Great video I remember these.

[@ryanstoddard1803]

I bought one on ebay some years ago. Slightly later model with pentium ii. Advertised for Windows 95/NT I suspect it was in an office running NT until it was retired and hard drive removed and eventually acquired by the ebay seller. I added a 20 GB HDD put Win 98SE on it, added RAM, and got a faster Pentium II forgot what i put in since im tired right now, added matrox graphics card, a soundblaster live, ethernet card, case badges from Geeknspiel. I later on I went crazy and put in a 120 gb sata HDD with a sata to ide adapter. Works well at least for me! I had a purchased a fully restored and ready win 98 pc but the 300GL was my first restoration and upgrade of a retro computer. Learned alot especially having a clear vision so I dont waste money plus defining if it is an actual restoration or a maxing out for gaming purposes like I did. Not every computer i touch needs to be my childhood dream PC, but it was a great experience!

[@IanM1]

Ah the 300GL, I installed so many of them at the start of my career, and a few years later scrapped them all as we moved to Dell

[@JamesPotts]

At a net startup back in the 2000s, I had a stack of Pentium 3 300GLs on a shelf in our server rack, along with some pricey netfinity servers.

[@dave4shmups]

Great video! When I was in high school in the 1990s, it was all Apple Macs.

[@TheReimecker]

You can open the system panel by clicking right on "My Computer" and then on properties

[@horusfalcon]

I used to have a clone with that Cirrus Logic video card. It was a standout unit for its day... I think it had a whopping 512 KB of VRAM on board.

[@madmanfrommars]

Didn't recognize it by name, but as soon as you started playing I remembered spending TONS of hours on Battle Beasts. Haven't had a single thought about that game in years. Now I have to go find a version to download

[@michaelstoliker971]

Ha, that PC comes from my area. Bethlehem Area School District is located in the City of Bethlehem in Northamption County.

[@The_Wandering_Nerd]

Battle Beasts looks like what would happen if Humongous Entertainment (creator of Pajama Sam, Freddi Fish, Putt-Putt, and other animated edutainment games for children) made a fighting game.

[@rmcdudmk212]

Very cool Win 95 pizza box. I remeber having to use similar machines in a couple of classes in high school. I feel old now. 😂

[@mattelder1971]

You think YOU feel old. My high school computer class was a bunch of Apple IIs, CoCos, TRS-80s, and my own C64 (my teacher allowed me to bring in my own since I was already familiar with it and the school was short on computers anyway).

[@sdsck]

WOW !!!! What a blast from the past !!!!

[@mikesilva3868]

😊great

[@michaelstoliker971]

The Bethlehem Area Vo-Tech (BAVT) was associated with the Northampton County Community College. How on Earth did it end up in your area?

[@OtterlyInsane]

I think the processor markings will be underneath on the pin side

[@JVHShack]

You are correct! The speed will be the last three numbers at the end of the first line of text.

[@mattelder1971]

Yes, on that era of CPU they were. I'm surprised he didn't take the chip out of the socket to check that.

[@miked4377]

lol great game

[@IkarusKommt]

I don't like proprietary floppy drives.

[@riseandshinejp]

These were in every best buy in the USA. I hated that machine.

[@MidniteTease]

I had this exact computer for several years. Those Pentium MMX chips were incredibly adaptable: I ran my 200 MMX at 250 MHz after moving it to a newer motherboard in a new case.