A Rare Windows 98 Laptop, Made In Australia! - Optima TL2000

Back in the early 2000's, Optima were Australia's largest computer manufacturer. I found one of their Dynamis TL2000 laptops on ebay, now let's give it a clean and have some fun in Windows 98 :) #Vintage #Laptop #windows98
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[@psivewri]

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[@ducksonplays4190]

it depends exacly on the keyboard design but you can repair it by removing each key and cleaning under them and doing it on the keyboard board and the membrane assuming its that type

[@imeepysleepy]

Windows 98: Eucalyptus Oil Edition

[@andrive]

Sounds good

[@episepdiatmoko9594]

'_' '_'

[@P00PYMAY0NA1SE]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@fishmanloveslinux7978]

@ autoonion LOL! That is a good one.

[@kentries5690]

Supposed to be the title of this video

[@tcp124]

IM ADDICTED TO... *Windows 98 start up*

[@RWL2012]

I respect your opinion but I prefer kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnfTqaCppst0gdk

[@zoemills242]

Mood!

[@dieinselaffen6275]

I came

[@eclecticreader961]

You are indeed a cool person :) I'm addicted to Windows 95 startup.

[@eclecticreader961]

For sure. I find from my experience that Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and, Windows XP, all boot up faster and respond faster, than modern Windows 10. I've noticed that the number one problem that computer manufacturers make in today's time is increasing the amount of storage space in a hard drive. Doing this slows an operating system's speed, creating continual booting issues. If the public would only learn to work with less GB's they would have a faster computer. Instead, people choose to hoard files and other unnecessary data, filling their computers up to the maximum storage capability, simply because they can. Modern computers are nothing more than a compact bomb in a suitcase, that is destined to implode itself. Meanwhile, all of the older laptops I own with their original operating systems, not one of them has severely failed me. The only repair I've had to make, has been on a Windows 95 HDD. After a re-install, everything was good.

[@fishmanloveslinux7978]

When I was in college, all of our desktop computers were Optima. Back then we were using Windows 95. Thanks for this bit of nostalgia.

[@psivewri]

Was that in Australia? I wonder if Optima shipped internationally

[@i3_i9]

Oof I was using Windows XP, Windows vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, last Windows 10. In my family we upgraded computers often. The 3 versions of Windows I have the most memory’s with in the past are Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and Windows XP.

[@jan-olemichael4967]

@@i3_i9 for me it's windows 7 and 10, when I got into the age where I started using Computers Windows 7 was the main OS.

[@fishmanloveslinux7978]

@@psivewri No I am in the U.S.A.

[@jan-olemichael4967]

@fff stupid you have projectors? Our teachers fell in love with Overhead Projectors No we also have some newer projectors, but the main part are still these things from the 90s

[@nicegy0197]

11:40 General Psivewri: "A fine addition to my collection"

[@sidbitgid]

Nicegy019 nice Star Wars reference 😂

[@spongeyperson]

I love that wallpaper at the end there on the laptop 😂

[@lm_dccxl4078]

1:06 You are a real gentleman, respect.

[@nuIlIllI]

11:13 😂 Can't do any longer for acting like the keyboard is working.

[@Lachlant1984]

I seem to remember Optima computers being sold at Dick Smith stores, and their desktops were cheap too from memory. I also remember seeing reviews of their laptops on CNET Australia back in the early 2000s.

[@Lachlant1984]

@Daily Dose of Little Kid Once a major electronics retailer in Australia.

[@mantasraph555]

Your videos are definitely worth the wait. I once dipped my toes in these types of restoration videos, but quickly found out they're not for me... I don't remember how I found your channel, but I'm happy I did! You somehow managed to get me into these types of videos and I am very thankful. Love your content! Keep on making these quality videos! I make sure to turn off adblock just for your videos!

[@psivewri]

Thanks! I need all the ad revenue I can get 😅

[@thebusinessfirm9862]

My mate used to work at the Tandy’s at Glenelg. He sold lots of these computers to thousands of people all over Adelaide! Nice video. Made me feel bloody good. Cheers.

[@silvy7394]

That startup sound always brings me back to retro games and the clickity clackity of your HDD while your PC loads Windows. Ill always miss those days.

[@AlexTechYT]

Windows 98 Was really ahead of it's time when it was released!

[@redemundo2447]

Yeah

[@uziiii_]

@@redemundo2447 imagine being a OS when your a human irl

[@imeepysleepy]

@UCty8_WqW7ni6XSvqVtSRVPA ^^

[@uziiii_]

@scottxd31 actually using windows in your using yt name or pretending to be a OS, microsoft will do roda rolla da on you

[@ps5hasnogames55]

OMG Optima, all my school computers were from that brand back in primary school. Memories!

[@XeonProductions]

I always love a bit of mystery hardware. I wish I knew why keyboards on laptops randomly stop working, I have an old ThinkPad T520 where the keyboard randomly stopped working.

[@SerenaDeerGirl]

"I love how they were able to make a paperclip so lovable" Uh, chief, you sure about that?

[@howtofixyourtech9945]

it is nicer than any voice assistant like siri and google assistant!

[@michaellin7936]

*sarcasm*

[@SerenaDeerGirl]

@@howtofixyourtech9945 You are absolutely correct.

[@howtofixyourtech9945]

Michael Lin yeah I am just kidding :)

[@eclecticreader961]

Clippy is an awesome office assistant.

[@confused_potato_boi1435]

Thanks for another amazing vid! you and hamish from budget builds are my favorite tech youtubers, your videos are one of the last few good things in life. Thank you for all that you do

[@aetd106]

Can confirm we had a bunch of Optima computers at my primary school, from the classrooms to the libraries

[@mdqmatias]

Beautiful laptop. I love W98, soooo good memories!

[@tombuck]

Oh Encarta- so many hours looking up whatever popped up. It’s where I learned all I know about hovercrafts (which isn’t much).

[@mc24bk]

Surprisingly to see this name again especially on KZbin. My brother used to work in Optima assembling their PCs.

[@djdjukic]

I was hoping you'd play the startup sound one more time, and you delivered :D Super neat little Aussie laptop.

[@Mr_PokeLucario]

2:05 Windows Xp: Am i a joke to you?

[@Rolatnor]

It'd run if it had a 233mhz or higher with 128mb or 256mb of ram XP will install and run only a little slow

[@DavidWonn]

@Matthew Bittle I mostly agree. I’d highly recommend against sticking XP on this laptop with the current specs. A dual boot of 98SE with NT4 or 2000 would be ok, assuming you can find the proper drivers for video, sound, network, etc.

[@Rolatnor]

@@DavidWonn 2000 pro with sp4 and usp5 installed as the second os yes

[@colesyaj_tech]

I love the Windows 98 Startup too. its just so epic and beautiful!

[@penguinsushi8442]

Optima was quite a common monitor supplier in schools in Australia. Even made their own unique mice and keyboards (rebranded peripherals if I recall correctly).

[@MusicPlusNL]

This Is Some Kind Of Compaq Clone, Resembles one and looks just like the keyboard on my 2006 hp compaq

[@nerwin]

If he finds the right model clone, the keyboard might fit!

[@johncate9541]

@@nerwin That was my thought. This is probably from some OEM and Optima just put their nameplate on it. I'd bet anything that there are lots of keyboards that are compatible with it. Get the keyboard working and that's a fantastic laptop for period-specfic games.

[@much2soon4u]

Really enjoy all your videos! Always look forward to them keep it up mate! 👍😷

[@andrew_cole]

Since Optima is Australian, it ACTUALLY runs 86 sʍopuᴉʍ I'll sort myself out

[@chrispbacon3042]

I don’t know about other folks but find that worth a giggle.

[@jacksonhowell6747]

How awesome! Thanks for making a video on such an interesting, rare laptop! The build design of this laptop reminds me a lot of Toshibas of the time period.

[@Everglade2291]

Another great video mate! Gotta love some of that Windows 98 nostalgia!

[@mickm234]

I love the interest you have in these machines and operating systems. I may be getting hooked... 😀

[@Rawwr1ful]

that laptop bag really got me for some reason, it's like a mini version of the one my mum had (which still takes up soo much space behind the sofa) from like 2004.

[@aidenstech1285]

If its a membrane keyboard you could carefully remove all the keycaps, remove the membrane on each of them, then clean the carbon contacts on both the membrane and the keyboard with iso. There is a slight chance if breaking the scissor mechanism but if you're careful enough it's doable.

[@mostafato30]

2:00 Psivewri : that has to be the most epic startup sound of any windows opreating system Windows XP : THAT'S NOT FAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@seanthebandgeek5040]

Clicked on this video so fast! I grew up on windows 98! Such a throwback

[@eg1885]

Love these videos. I have an old late 90's Compaq laptop which belonged to my older sister when she went to high school. It needs a restoration since the rubber coating is all sticky, and the hinges are loose. But otherwise it works, I even have the swappable CD-ROM and floppy drives for it.

[@JackStavris]

Wow, never thought I'd see an Optima PC again! The high school I went to used Optima PCs up until 2009 when they were being phased out by Lenovo ThinkCentre & ThinkPad models (and white MacBooks for the teachers who wanted those). I remember when I started in Year 7 in 2008 there being labs full of beige box Optima Socket 478 P4 era desktops with big 19" Optima branded CRTs, and the "high end" lab in the main building having LGA775 Celeron D based Optima machines with black cases & 17" black flat faced CRTs, which were somehow running Vista (the beige ones ran XP), which ran super poorly. The beige ones got retired in late 2008 to early 2009 and the black ones held on until end of year 2011 where they got moved to the woodworking shop which was filled with asbestos lol, they decided to demolish that building at the end of 2011 and the 12 or so Optimas left got recycled at that point. I also remember there being a cart full of Optima laptops at one stage in Year 8 in 2009, they ran XP & had Celeron Ms in them and were about 14" in size. They felt cheap and kind of nasty and were probably just some Chinese OEM design Optima rebranded. In 2010 or so, being the nerdy kid I was I was friendly with the IT team and set up a lab of Lenovo ThinkCentres to replace the first set of black Optima desktops, as "payment" for this, I got to take one of the Optimas home as well as a few other bits and pieces (I still have an Optima mouse in a spare parts bin to this day). Out of a stack of about 45-50 machines, I chose one of the ones that was in the best condition, which if I remember right it was kept in a storeroom as a spare and never really got used. I ended up using this computer for about a year and a half as my main PC, and then for another four years as a server. Upgraded the CPU from a 3.06 GHz Celeron D 346 to a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 650 and then later a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo E6300, upgraded the RAM originally from 512MB to 2GB, and then later to 4GB when it became my server, and even threw in a GeForce 6600 GT until it died due to no airflow in the ATX desktop case about a year in. As for OSes, it came with that old Vista install (which is how I could tell it was in storage as most were upgraded to Windows 7 by the time they were decommissioned), installed my totally not pirated copy of Windows 7 Ultimate and then eventually it ran Server 2008 R2 and then Windows Server 2012 when it became my home server. The Optima machines mostly used standard desktop components, it used a pretty standard Gigabyte i945 chipset motherboard which drivers were on Gigabyte's website, and when I rebuilt it into a server in 2012 I got rid of the Optima case and put the board in a standard ATX case and filled it with hard drives. Was a pretty good machine despite it's low-end nature and saw use up until 2016 when I finally retired it. I'd love to find more Optima PCs or put out more information to the internet about them. Back in 2012 I did plan to start a website with another guy about Optima history as he also had a few Optima PCs and a history with them. We had a falling out though and he became really creepy and weird after that and started stalking me, so that project had to die as a result which was unfortunate.

[@Computist40]

It's really amazing how far laptops or as I like to call them notebooks have become.

[@tekdomination8909]

Was waiting for this vid 🙌

[@pedrofelck]

Great video, I love those late 90s laptops.

[@BonnieBoi]

One of my most favorite screen savers of Windows 95 to Windows XP was the one with the pipes

[@adews7204]

Thank you for posting this awesome video! Vintage laptops are the best!

[@eclecticreader961]

Vintage laptops are the best :)

[@Jondedy]

It's so awesome that it has the ATI graphics card! I had a Toshiba Satellite 4030CDT like 14 years ago and it was so limited by it's C&T GPU. An ATI would've been awesome!

[@chesoriadomingo7068]

your voice is nice to listen too!

[@a-aron5691]

That keyboard looks really familiar. I'm sure some bigger company made it and Optima used it instead of spending the R&D to make their own. Finding a replacement might be easier than you think.

[@SamOfficiaI]

Love your vids!

[@MrJ0mmy]

i had an old Compaq Armada 1530DM i got used for 20nzd i was shocked laptop was from 1995/1996 and has 1gb hdd 80mb ram and pentium 133mhz when i bought it the laptop was 20 years old and lady said her husband used it for work most days till around 2000 till he upgraded and the battery could still hold a charge almost as good as a new battery

[@tedarmavan]

yeah, kinda reminds me of my ol' compaq armada 1590DT that i got for free back in august 2010

[@ZaemonHD]

I remember my father using the same laptop when I was a baby, thanks for the nostaligia

[@7sec0nds_]

I don't know why, but you make the kind of videos that you can watch over and over again...

[@Gargantura]

Really looking forward this to be upgraded to the max

[@francescolamorgese7707]

I love how the Win98 startup sound phases through mono and stereo

[@maxtornogood]

Like you I never heard of them but I'm glad that their memory lives on in this video!

[@acmild]

Love to see the processor upgraded and the keyb fixed though

[@ThatTonybo]

Our school was kitted out with Windows XP Optima towers. I really miss them.

[@bwgti]

Very cool computer! Nice screen and graphics accelerator. So many laptops from this era were failures on both counts. My Toshiba from that era certainly was. Hope you find a keyboard at some point!

[@matthewnew7114]

Ur right that’s the most best startup sounds I ever heard on my pc it kinda sounds real on my pc

[@denizparry]

My oh my. This is beautiful. Very 2000's like.

[@walnutdude]

Errors are red My screen is blue Oops! I think I deleted System32

[@tehcooler]

What the Psivewri I just woke up and first thing i see on youtube is your new video because i live in europe Thats cool!

[@user-uo4ro8jo4i]

I didn't know optima made laptops! I have a 1978 Optima Typewriter in my collection, so i was surprised!

[@williamg209two]

ok that wallpaper is pretty cool, I want it

[@Zigstar]

I’ve never used an Optima laptop in my life before but I do remember using Optima desktop computers and playing games like Chip’s Challenge and Klik ‘n’ Play back when I was primary school we went from Windows 98 to XP!!! Ahh good times!!! 😊😊😊

[@DiolodN]

Man i like classic stuff Great video !

[@davinp]

Here in the USA, we have some PC manufacturers from the late '90s that no longer exist - Compaq, Packard Bell, Gateway/Gateway 2000 and eMachines. While HP and Dell are the 2 biggest manufactures, but there are several others beside those.

[@thenotred]

Love the new wallpaper

[@afridyabir]

A KZbinr with golden voice

[@funnytree6197]

these are the kind of videos that get me asleep at night.

[@armenavagyan5448]

You posted this video on August 1 but in America is still July 31 Logic

[@alexgayaf]

lol

[@meatymario1]

Timelines are magic

[@joshuasmith8619]

Mmmmmm that startup sound!

[@cansofcoke]

Okay so I work for NEXTGEN Distribution who actually owns Optima - hilarious! Optima does license auditing and optimisation for businesses - say for example you were about to do a big database license renewal with Oracle, Optima comes in to ensure you're not over licensing based on infrastructure changes in your business, or they let you know if you've fallen out of compliance with the vendor and help you get back up to spec before you're audited by the vendor and need to pay a penalty. So funny seeing our little orange logo on your video :D :D

[@shermanmacoy]

Good work😳👍🏻

[@rollingtroll]

Surprisingly nice little laptop! Good luck finding a keyboard for that one :(

[@CesareVesdani]

That is a really cool laptop.

[@SanjayBanerjee]

Just the time when I thought the day couldn't get better Psivewri uploads a video

[@RisingRevengeance]

That looks like a pretty solid retro gaming laptop

[@SinisterSkyler]

Remarkable how a 20 year old 98 edition laptop's battery is holding charge to this day, but yet all my modern laptops from the past 10 years lost charge holding capabilities within 2 years

[@Matthew_Finn]

Love these vids

[@pratham91]

It was actuall a very nice video

[@joeyhillers9460]

I grew up playing deer hunter 2 on an old Pentium 3 system. Still have the game and play every once in awhile. Crazy that it's only 150mb for a complete install!

[@Windows-zb9il]

Got a UMAX Laptop of that Time. AMD K6 300 Mhz, 32 MB EDO Soldered to the Mainboard + 64 MB SDRAM, 2.1GB HARDDRIVE, and the Graphics Processor is a Trident

[@DoomWalker42]

Dude, I love MS Encarta! That was such a good Encyclopedia. And those games in Encarta were so fun to play as a kid. Man I wish that program and wish I could get it again somehow. Would it run on Windows 10?

[@sizquirtt]

if you download it, right click and go to properties to emulator something and set it to windows 98

[@williamhoward2201]

Love the vids

[@goateduser89]

2:06 That must be the most beautiful start up of a sistem I've ever seen Windows XP:I'm I a joke to you?

[@PhantomWorksStudios]

XP Start up sound ehhh yea XP install sound "NOW WERE TALKING!"

[@expression6180]

I think NT 4.0 has the more badass startup sound but both deserve to be heard at least once

[@Thetuber83]

@Psivewri - I worked in education and we used to use Optima for our servers to operate the Library Catalogue. As a matter of fact, I still have the old optima unit that ran it. A pentimum 2. 2.4ghz.

[@pavle516]

What ASMR videos?! This is what I call relaxing and satisfying

[@dd07871]

I had an Optima laptop during year 11 and 12. Great solid machine. We bought it from Dick Smith Electronics. Unreal Tournament 2004 just ran on it.

[@georg6876]

The etched school name is just part of it's history.

[@applenotbanana749]

Omg I wish he had daily videos lol I keep watching the same videos so many times

[@aioi4101]

The startup sound and the 3D maze screen saver actually scares me when I was a kid I don't know how

[@psivewri]

Maybe the rat in the maze scared you? I know it scared me!

[@ElNeroDiablo]

@@psivewri There was a rat in the maze? I never remember there being one. 0.o

[@PhantomWorksStudios]

@@ElNeroDiablo I do! and when it flips everything upside down I remember it giving me a headache too >

[@eclecticreader961]

Perhaps the speed of the maze overwhelmed you.

[@charlietemple6557]

My school had optima desktop computers with monitors and all accessories and was lucky enough to get a monitors from them

[@lukeson8934]

This laptop for the time was a BEAST!

[@Dominus_Deus]

Maybe there’s a model number on the keyboard unit somewhere that can be looked up? Would also love to see this thing maxed out. Upgrade the RAM to its max amount, upgrade the CPU to the most powerful one it can support, and change the HDD to an SSD if at all possible.

[@lukmly013]

It was kinda funny when you said that the fan is loud. Our old school computers (finally replaced for quite powerful ones) were like this when you turned them on and used: Startup Engine ignition And liftoff You could even hear the turbopumps

[@HarveySpence591]

You need more subs dude

[@andrive]

Yes more laptop content!!

[@chocolatemilkinafijibottle4143]

Love that shirt you got man, my friends got the same one

[@fmfinlay9602]

Aye nice to see a laptop made in your home country

[@the360gaming5]

Amazing video

[@ThePlaneCrazyGuy14]

COOL! I love you videos