Installing Vintage Ubuntu - Hardy Heron!

[@Pentium4Proto]

"I can quit installing Linux whenever i want"

[@scamperly]

"I just don't want to"

[@Krovatko]

"It's not that bad for my health"

[@danielisaac7586]

Best addiction to have haha

[@ordinaryguy1192]

I have same problem

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Parents, talk to your children about Linux before someone else does.

[@appleontheapex]

Ubuntu 8.04 was how I discovered Linux. My mom was part of some online forum that shared links to free things you could sign up for, and this was one of them - same CD sleeve and everything! I recall wanting to badly to replace Windows XP on my laptop, but after some trial and error, it ran so poorly on my hardware that I reverted. Still have this tucked away on my shelf of software somwhere.

[@arnorobinwerkman]

For me it was ubuntu 10.04 with compiz, and emerald window manager, stil fancy the cube and wobbly windows and the burning windows.

[@calebharris292]

12.04 Precise pangolin was my first, always have a soft spot for it.

[@tpike1296]

Ubuntu 8.04 was also how I discovered Linux. I borked my XP install by compressing NTLDR and didn’t have install media, but the library would loan out a Ubuntu 8.04 LTS book with accompanying install media, so my Dell Optiplex GX240 ran Ubuntu Hardy Heron for quite a while.

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

It was my second Linux... I'd been using Red Hat 8 and 9 until Ubuntu 8. Then I moved to it for an easier app install/update process. This vid really brings back memories.

[@DouglasWalrath]

@@arnorobinwerkman for me it was also 10.04, some guy did some workshop at a nearby elementary school computer lab and handed out CDs with 10.04 on them

[@negativeflare]

Oh my Lord. The startup sound. I..I just can't. That brings back so many memories. I've been using Ubuntu since 6.06. And that sound is just glorious

[@dirtybrokkoli]

It's a damn shame that the epic soundscape of 2000er linux distros is not used anymore

[@StanSyfert]

Man... right into the feels

[@markmuir7338]

I loved those sounds! Then always turned them all off within a day of installing 😅

[@kostkon]

An early adopter, noice. I myself have been using it non-stop since 5.04.

[@gooberboy69420]

y’all don’t know how it feels, i’ve been using it since the first version released to public

[@keithmichael112]

I always appreciated that you just blur the thermal paste application. Some people just can't handle it

[@JorgeALXNDR]

most sane thing to do on youtube

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

He should blur out the applicator but show the paste itself being deposited…. 😂

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

He applied the thermal paste the right way, and also the wrong way. There's way too much and not nearly enough. So there, whatever way you fall on the issue, I got you covered (pun intended). #ThermalPasteOpinions

[@sylverrez]

Guess you can say that it was "too hot to handle".

[@lokelaufeyson9931]

thermal paste cant be shown on YT, its a hot subject O.o You never do it right.

[@LordManhattan]

Oh my God, that startup sound instantly transported me back to the late 2000s 😂 I had SO MUCH fun with Ubuntu on a tiny Acer netbook back then. Messing up the system after tweaking it "a bit" too much launched a routine of bi-weekly re-installs of Ubuntu 👀

[@sirkus34]

Man.. I am glad I found this channel. It's been a blast from the past and there's no magic cuts to where everything is magically working. I really appreciate having real videos that show the struggles of working with 20+ year old hardware. Keep on keepin on! You're awesome!

[@GeckoTDFarg]

I remember when I tried Ubuntu for the first time. I was about 15 years old and I read about the system on the Internet, since I had a dial-up modem I couldn't download, so I tried to get the CD in physical format, I sent the request and after a few weeks I received the CD in a white padded bag . As a plastic bag, with some Ubuntu stickers to use. It was Ubuntu 6.0 Dapper Drake, and I remember very well that I went to my school to see if I could get "a real dial-up modem" because I have a WinModem that was like a simple board and almost 100% drivers for Windows. So I couldn't use it on Linux. I got a dedicated Motorola so I could finally use it. What times...

[@fabiosemino2214]

Had the same problem, started using Linux for real with Ubuntu 9.10 and a DSL connection, very nice version btw.

[@MarcosCodas]

You have no idea how much your videos help my mental health. I'm not in dire straits, but these shenanigans bring a lot of joy to Mondays, which are my most chaotic work days. So, thank you.

[@magickmarck]

Take care, stranger. Yr not alone.

[@MarcosCodas]

@@magickmarck Thank you! Indeed, I am extremely fortunate. I have a fantastic family and amazing therapists. But sometimes, days are mbeh and honestly, retro shenanigans bring a smile to my face. I thought he should know. Take care, yourself! Life is pretty nice :)

[@NatetheAceOfficial]

I would love to see the TV Tuner situation on 8.10. I remember having a tuner card and recording shows on a schedule from Ubuntu Studio and running XBMC to watch them all and sync to my iPod video.

[@Nostalgia_Realm]

I have never used Linux in that era, only after 2015 or so. Interesting to see what the Ubuntu experience is like while watching this on Ubuntu 23.10 and you just introduced me to Sauerbraten, absolutely love it haha

[@deadskull888]

I would say all Ubuntu versions before unity have the best interface, UI design, and also system sounds. Also it was stable and also has the most authentic design in terms of wallpapers and theming.

[@kanscirn3248]

I actually ordered that same ubuntu dvd and was very pleasantly surprised when I received it in mail. I never believed they would ship to India back then

[@gymnasiast90]

Brings back fond memories! My first version of Ubuntu was 6.10, which I tried for a few days until 7.04 was released (which was a lot less buggy). Ubuntu 8.04 LTS would be the first version that I installed on some other people’s computers, most of them running Windows Vista originally. Seeing the colour scheme, hearing the login sound and seeing that classic GNOME 2 desktop in action really brings back good memories! On the other hand, I do remember how hard it was back in those days to do things like watch online video, or the availability of software. There have most definitely been great strides in making the Linux desktop Just Work, helped by the general move towards the web.

[@Drbeckerproductions]

You never really understand the value of something until it's gone. Why did they have to remove such amazing sounds from the current version of Ubuntu?

[@txtncnomad6095]

I think startup sounds really just went away in general in all recent OSes.

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Because boring is trendy in OS design these days.

[@IkarusKommt]

Because they could not fix the bug with uninitialized volume levels before the desktop is completely loaded. People kept complaining.

[@SuperDavidEF]

@@wallyhackenslacker It must be true. I miss screensavers and compiz effects too.

[@UnderEu]

@@SuperDavidEFUbuntu MATE still has Compiz all effects available

[@DaiAtlus79]

5:46 thats true for that socket 478 version, but in LGA775 versions, not only were 64bit P4's common, many were 3ghz and above, plus hyperthreaded. I have a 2ghz version of that 478 P4 in my Win98 machine on a Gigabyte board, but ive had no urge to overclock it (the board does allow for it).

[@hankhulator5007]

Hi, it is always interesting to see an old computer Linux revival. Back in the old days (25 years ago) when Ubuntu did not exists, the Debian installation was not so easy because you have had to know a lot about your hardware before even turning the computer on, this (hopefully) has changed, a lot…

[@alles_klar]

Man I remember these "free shipping" Ubuntu CDs fondly, including the stickers they came with.

[@lastmagmarian9116]

Socket 478 wasn't actually the last intel pga socket, that honour goes to socket G3, the last laptop socket (at least on the intel side). 478 was the last on the intel desktop though, unless someone used high end laptop parts in a desktop up to 2014.

[@esseferio]

What were the chances of actually saying "8.04" at exactly 8:04 ? Great editing skills, truly :)

[@sarkybugger5009]

Hardy Heron was the release that got me to finally switch to Linux full time, after dipping my toe into 6.06 a couple of years earlier. My desktop still looks like the one I had back then, which to me, is the most important thing. The underlying OS has changed massively, but I have hardly noticed it. Windows, on the other hand, has changed little under the hood, but the look, and workflow, have changed massively. Microsoft seem determined to drive people away, which is fine by me.

[@charlesdorval394]

Finally! The insides! I so glad you posted this, I was quite curious about them.

[@Nyanix42]

Hardy Heron was my intro to Linux, Vaio was my introduction to laptops, and Lemmy was my respite from the internet of 2023. This video's got it all, and I am so happy

[@kopprev]

Weird and fun... very Sean. I do remember running that version of Ubuntu. It's fun to see the old Linux distros getting some love. Thanks for the hackery. As for the VAIO -- it's just kind of sad-- unless there was one with a minidisc.

[@neffscape6353]

Thank you for revisiting this dear OS, I still miss those adventurous days, when I was truly convinced that the Day of Linux was just around the corner. 😅. I wonder how modern ubuntu MATE would run on that hardware. You would need a 64 bit CPU however. And of course that ATI video card would help. But that would absolutely showcase how Linux can literally revive any old crusty piece of rusty metal and silicon. I would use it as a daily driver for sure!

[@CodyEwok]

UBUNTU 8.04 saved my life!!! those tones made my night!

[@s8wc3]

This was ubuntu at it's peak, no joke

[@LightTheUnicorn]

Oh gosh. 8.04 was the first Linux I properly used as well, this brought back some cool old memories. Awesome stuff.

[@TylerComptonShow]

Hardy Heron was my first ubuntu! I remember finding it very stylish at the time and those sounds are just wonderful.

[@segaboy9894]

I laughed out loud when I saw you blur the thermal paste application! Then I immediately became concerned about what's in your browser history...

[@anidnmeno]

i remember getting this very version shipped to me in college blast from the past fr

[@deadreaver666]

MANNNNN The Nostalgia of that boot up noise.... Pristine, my friend.

[@JVHShack]

Seems that an oscilloscope and a lot of probing could be beneficial to get an actual graphics card in that system. If you do figure it out, those rainbow jumper wires between the mainboard and the VGA port header on the card would be the obvious choice.

[@sylverrez]

Classic Ubuntu was how I got into Linux at first. I used to have this on an old HP Windows XP laptop sometime around 2011, I remember when the performance was really poor due to how low-spec it was. Now, currently in 2023, I use Linux Mint for mostly everything on my daily driver.

[@johnny14794]

That idea of hard wiring the video card's output would be superb!!! Can't wait to see the project video!!! Cheers. Also, is it possible that you could create an image of that Ubuntu release with the repository fixes please and upload it some where for us non guru's to download and use? I would like to use it for an old laptop I have that barely can run anything and it's only 32bit X86 intel Atom processor with only 1.5 Gig Ram

[@MattExzy]

Oohhhh. I remember ordering an Ubuntu 7-something version disc from Canonical to stretch out the usefulness of an old PowerPC iBook. Much prefer this classic interface vs. the 'dock' they started using.

[@kingtom]

Ubuntu 10.04LTS was my first Linux experience in junior college. My computer teacher showed us the OS in class, and had told us that “the world isn’t just windows,” which I scoffed at at the time but I guess he had the last laugh now lol. Anyway, I went home to try it out since it was free, and boy, for someone that was curious about getting things working in other operating systems but didn’t have the technical know-how to use something more advanced, this was fantastic. The commands were easy to learn, the GNOME interface was intuitive, and the official forums were super friendly and a must to get more advanced processes going. I don’t know if there’s an experience like that anymore, but I hope there is for the younger crowd, because Windows is awful and a novice computer tinkerer needs something to spark their curiosity.

[@Ariannus]

The internal screen is probably connected using an LVDS interface. You can probably get it working using a generic LVDS controller board to adapt it to VGA or DVI, but it would probably be best to get the model of the panel and look for a controller that is known to be compatible. That being said, that is just based on my experiences with other AIOs and not any knowledge about the Vaio specifically.

[@jaredwright5917]

This really brings back some memories. Ubuntu 8.04 was the first Linux version I used regularly. The hard drive in my laptop at the time died, so I ran off of a live disc for a few years until I finally bought a cheap external hard drive. Other than crashing once the system ran out of RAM, it worked great.

[@pablocano6272]

This really takes me back to 2007, first year of college, learning whatever I could learn about computers and receiving a CD package from Canonical with Ubuntu 7.04 Gutsy Gibon, since I didn't have a computer of my own at that time, I installed it in a friend's Intel Dual Core home assembled with 4GB and 320GB HDD, dual booting along with Windows Vista Home Basic. I felt like a hacker back then. Canonical kept sending me CDs for 2 more years, I got Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu, also I got some DVDs from Sun Microsystems with Solaris and Open Solaris.

[@lonewolf31337]

This is so awesome. I always enjoy your videos. Ubuntu was my very first Linux distro back in the day with a old knarley Toshiba laptop with a broken screen and net zero free dialup with the big banner across the top lol.

[@SockyNoob]

Love how you censored the thermal paste despite being clearly an X pattern. Not getting away from internet critics that easily lol.

[@Lauch-Melder]

Pure nostalgia for me. Ubuntu 8.04 was my first ever contact with Linux. I was only 12 years old and thought it looked really nice on the cover of a magazine. Now, a couple years later I finally finished my LPIC-1.

[@CasioMaker]

Awww, Hardy Heron. Brings back memories of trying to run it on my old laptop and failing in the process

[@alwanrosyidi2772]

Hardy heron was a milestone for ubuntu. I installed ubuntu 8.04 on a lot of my friends' laptops. It was the first distro that support a bunch of wifi cards by default. Now ubuntu is so busy pushing its snap package that annoy its users.

[@beridus]

I remember this version of Ubuntu! I always felt so cool having an official disc of this and kubuntu

[@SudosFTW]

I'm so glad that X1300 is getting used for this. I was expecting it to get modded by dosdude1 and slapped into a G3 for absolutely cursed upgraded graphics, but this is way way way more fun to see. Also glad to see that the system played nice with it! under Windows, you have to remove one of the OpenGL DLLs from a folder in order for stuff to work properly with that specific card to prevent green-screening... but it was also a common problem with others too. Fun to note that the fan in that is from a Quadro 600, and I had to modify the hell out of the back of it to get it to work in that heatsink, as the old fan failed and I was tight on time to get it working for my own needs before I moved onto something else. However, it seems to work just fine missing a couple of blades and still keeps the card relatively cool!

[@cogspace]

I still remember upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy and seeing that lovely wallpaper for the first time. I wish Ubuntu would go back to their old earth tones color scheme. Purple just doesn't hit the same.

[@andresbravo2003]

Nice to see Ubuntu running on the Vaio PC…

[@Xilefian]

8.04 is also my first version! And I have the same Live CD still! That desktop is such a nostalgia punch

[@dean5263]

Great video, it was fun watching. Thank you for sharing your passion with us.

[@l0ud5p34k4]

It would be cool if it was possible to plug in the internal monitor to the pci gpu, maybe using an IDE extension cable, but that would probably mean lots of poking around with an oscilloscope, sony probably did not provide a pinout or service manual. Also the startup sound brings back a lot of memories. I think I first used Ubuntu in 2009 with karmic koala, at least in terms of dual booting it with Windows XP or even 7 at that point. EDIT: must have been an older version, I just checked the big Ubuntu book that I bought, that one has 9.04 in it, but I downloaded and used it before.

[@kuroistuc]

Those sound effects take me back!

[@goosebyte]

Ubuntu 8.04 was my first Linux os, threw it on a laptop my coach didn't want anymore. Felt like I was 10 years in the future software wise, even if Compiz was taking up 75% of the system resources lol Also, if the connection is not VGA or DVI internally, it's probably LVDS, which nowadays you can get adapters for cheaply. Can't wait for the VAIO AIO sleeper build! Wish I could do one myself. (TBH I would even consider a screen swap to a 4k if you go the sleeper route!)

[@ShaffafAhmed]

that startup sound is the greatest.

[@NeverlandSystemZor]

This was my second Linux distro... I'd been using Red Hat 8 and 9 until Ubuntu 8. Then I moved to it for an easier app install/update process. This vid really brings back memories.

[@charlottesimss9853]

Love classic Ubuntu, especially considering how much effort went into building free software back then. Nowadays everyone has their own distro but Ubuntu really did change the entire linux landscape and help get a lot of people including 14 year old me into open source. 12.04 was my first but I remember using 10.04 on a really really old system lol

[@airspeedmph]

I really didn't expected Saurbraten to work as it did on that card. The AMD drivers back then (Mesa or even proprietary) were...well, not so good). There was another one I used to play extensively back then, can't remember the name...maybe Free Arena or something. Anyway, I'm impressed how well everything went with this machine and Linux.

[@courtneymertz4596]

I legit didn’t know that there was a repository that still allows old Ubuntu versions to install packages from the web in 2023! That’s mind blowing! I love going for the newer of the new in Linux computers, but this is still awesome!

[@dprrn]

Man, that's a throw back, My first run with ubuntu was 7.04 IIRC. I got it on the mailed cd since we had DSL at 1.5 mbps shared across our family. I remember getting my multi desktop to be a moveable cube I could switch between.

[@wertywerrtyson5529]

I remember these old Ubuntu versions. Dapper Drake 6.04 for example. But this one looks similar. 10.04 was one I used for a long time as well. Although that had the Unity desktop environment. It’s nice that we have Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Unity to still get the old Ubuntu feel.

[@3rdalbum]

Actually it was 6.06 - they gave it an extra two months development time! My first version was 5.10 and I first started using it on Christmas Day 2005. Whenever Santa Claus visits our house I remember trying to get the 5.10 Live CD working on an iMac :)

[@beridus]

AHHH classic Ubuntu sounds are fantastic. I need to find a pack and put it on my laptop lol

[@HaikuOezu]

I remember ordering one of those free Ubuntu disks for the hell of it, thinking it would never show up I don’t think I even used it, I was a Gentoo kid

[@p_mouse8676]

aah, the time that Ubuntu came with a good taskbar and menu! Miss it! (yes I know you can change that, or there are different flavors)

[@mannhimself]

6.06 was when I knew about ubuntu....package I didn't order or have knowledge of showed up with 10 cds of Ubuntu 6.06 in 32bit, 64 bit and PowerPC. And a few stickers. That was a motivation to finally buy a laptop for college.

[@takochiba9151]

So nostalgic for this vintage of ubuntu

[@jgaming2069]

I love your linux content! Keep up the good work

[@3rdalbum]

On Monday I will be celebrating 18 years as a Linux user. To mark the occasion I have installed a tree in my house, I'm singing wintery-themed songs, and I shall eat a rich dense pudding with brandy-soaked fruit. I'm not sure what these traditions have to do with Ubuntu, but I remember my family doing this on 25 December 2005 when I first booted Linux, so I've continued this strange practice.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Man, that box art just reminded me of what that Ubuntu symbol was supposed to represent. It just kinda faded into the back of my mind after all these years.

[@285049]

that startup sound is actually pretty cool.

[@MegaFlorin111]

Damn, that log in Ubuntu sound brought me so many memories.

[@LooselyRigorous]

Good ol' Hardy Heron was my first introduction to Linux (I actually tried Gentoo before that but it went about as well as you'd expect. I really liked GNOME 2, had it set up with all of the Compiz effects. I also remember getting a USB wireless card and having to use ndiswrapper to make it work, things are most certainly better now lol.

[@timothygibney159]

Back then Nvidia GPU drivers just worked 😂

[@wallyhackenslacker]

Ubuntu 8.04 has always been my favorite. It wasn't my first but that was the version where I really got into Linux and I had a hell of a lot of fun customizing the desktop. I even got it to look and feel like macos 9 iirc, running in a satellite latptop I used to call the Toshimac. Good times!

[@jasonorriss]

Same. I think I started dabbling with Ubuntu with 6.06, and did some serious messing around with 7.04 and 7.10, but it was 8.04 that became my primary OS and daily driver for about 3 years

[@Comm0ut]

I first used that Ubuntu version on an A31 Thinkpad assembled from two wrecks. I copied that install upgraded to 10.04 to a T61 that replaced it after it died. I used the PAE patch (remember the upgraded install was still 32-bit) so I could run 8GB RAM and found the per process limit prevented Firefox from hanging the system!

[@JoCaTen]

Oh that start up brings back memories, high school IT class. except we were using Ubuntu 10 or 11 i think i'm surprised they were using the start up for that long

[@oscarcharliezulu]

I remember machines like this from Sony, so wonderfully premium and different but so pricy back in the day. Playing with one now would be awesome!

[@LeslieLanagan]

You know you're getting old when you think, "oh. Yeah. Apt-get is deprecated now."

[@Splicher]

Ubuntu 8.04 is also my first Version of Linux. I was 7 years old and my PC back in the days was a late 90s HP Vectra VL Series 6 with a Pentium 2 400Mhz and 192 MB of Ram. Everything runs sluggish but it runs. And i have very good memorys of using it despite it was so sluggish

[@monkeyman767]

Man of all things, seeing Sauerbraten took me back hard! And I agree, the music is fantastic

[@HuseynMemmedov]

That startup sound also used in Windows XP XTreme (Modified russian build of Windows XP) as shutdown sound.

[@honkhonkler7732]

This is interesting to see. The first Ubuntu I ever tried was Lucid Lynx which had a more modern interface.I still had dialup then so I had to order a CD.

[@Ybalrid]

Hardy heron was an awesome release. I have a lot of nostalgia for it somehow. It is the version that was out when I was in my first year of high school

[@dom1310df]

At my school the IT class were given a load of old PC's to learn about components from (I was roped in to help because the teachers weren't very knowledgeable). Several were Sony Vaio towers with PCI tuner cards just like that one. Some also had RCA connectors broken out at the bottom of the case, which I think plugged into the PCI card. Sadly they didn't work.

[@adamsfusion]

I miss the Ship-It program a bunch. It was such a neat idea.

[@MarcusTheDorkus]

That version of Ubuntu must have aligned with my bit of time messing around with Linux as a primary OS because Hardy Heron is the only Ubuntu adjective animal I can remember!

[@guilherme5094]

Classic Ubuntu! So beautiful!

[@pvc988]

First Linux I used on daily basis was Ubuntu 9.10 (I was still dual-booting with Windows back then). A little bit later than 8.04. I tried some version of Mandrake/Mandriva before, but it didn't run very well on my machine. Nvidia cards didn't play very well with Linux back then and I had no ATI card to swap.

[@rigues]

Ah, that boot sound. I was a Ubuntu user since the very first version, and would love when new CDs arrived in the mail. Since then I moved to other distros (currently Pop!OS), bit they are always Ubuntu-based so... still a user 😅

[@dokichokei]

my first Ubuntu was the very first one - 4.10 (Warty Warthog). I think I still have some of the CD's that canonical gave out for that lying around.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

On the 64-bit Pentium 4 - the Socket 775 P4s had most of them 64-bit capable, the rarity is only for the Socket 478. And it requires BIOS support - I can guarantee that AIO won’t support the 64-bit CPU. (At all, it won’t even boot, unlike some later S775 boards that may be capable of booting with a 64-bit CPU, but won’t run in 64-bit mode.)

[@OvidianIdeals]

Oh wow...this brings back some memories.

[@Danieldrylie]

That was my first Linux. I remember installing it on an old Windows 98 desktop when I was like 14 or 15 after requesting the disk from Canonical. I ended up installing that on every old computer I could get my hands on. I had this old Thinkpad and I thought it was the coolest thing ever with the Ubuntu sticker on it.

[@gm112]

Ubuntu 8.04 and 6.06 were the best version of Ubuntu. Just many personal fond memories

[@skinnie88]

So many good memories! I may still have some of those cds laying around! Just by curiosity, is there any real advantage on having such old distro, comparing to newer ones?

[@takix2007]

Hardy Heron was my first contact with Linux. My IBM ThinkPad T40's Windows XP had irretrievably crashed, and I just thought I'd have a look at Linux while I was at it, before even trying to re-install XP. I never went back. I had Vista on dual boot with Ubuntu on my next laptop, but since then various Linux distros have been my daily driver (Mandriva 2009, Arch in ~2010, then Ubuntu mostly, which I dropped around 2019 for MX - for its relatively lightweight)

[@rmcdudmk212]

Ubuntu isn't my favorite distro these days but I'm glad to see Linux bringing an old PC back to life.

[@magickmarck]

It "just works" though and that's a thing of beauty imo

[@philtype-r810]

I remember trying to install this on my crappy PowerBook G3. So much wasted time. Loved it.

[@Jdbye]

I still have an old Ubuntu CD laying around somewhere that they sent me for free. Not that old though, I think it was 9.04 as the timeline matches up with roughly when I got it. They kept sending those out for a long time, long after most people stopped using optical media, as I checked years later and the offer was still there.

[@bryanjensen2614]

Thanks for blurring out the thermal paste application my 9 year old dog was watching this.

[@roracle]

Yes! Try to get that video card connected to that internal display!

[@mkonjii]

So, there used to be a pin out floating around to route the vga(might have even been dvi) signal to the internal monitor since there were several other vaio machines that had the same 40 pin ide connectors to route the onboard graphics display out internally. I'll look a little bit but with some digging we might get lucky. I vividly remember on a forum a guy using the display out from the video card with some dupont male to female cables going to the "ide" ribbons of the display to the gpu and using hotglue to hold them in.. yea, hotglue on dupont connectors but you cant fault it not working. Proper hackery though.

[@ActionRetro]

Woah awesome!!