Picking up an old VAIO tomorrow (info needed)

A friend salvaged an old Vaio from his company for me to play with. I am picking it up this weekend, but am anxious to learn about the model.

I have had trouble finding info/specs. The info he gave me for the model is PCG-992L . Has anyone heard of this model?

I am sure it is very old and low end, but I plan to use it mainly for word processing and maybe light surfing.

**EDIT

Finally found something in a random Ebay auction. Looks like a 700 mhz PIII w/ a max of 512mb RAM. Definitely will work out. Hopefully the hard drive caddy is intact.

 

Is salvaged code for "stole it when no one is looking and now passing the loot on to you" ???

 

PCG-FX370
Pentium® III 1 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive, 15" XGA (1024 x 768) TFT screen.
You should be able to find specs if you look for FX370.
Rob

 

Actually, it is code for salvaged. Small company upgraded to SFF. They had three of these and he got dibs on one before they were disbursed.

Look at the specs and you see why they were tossing them. Most people around here wouldn't wipe their butts with this machine. That is, assuming, that they'd be wiping their butts w/ a laptop to begin with...

Shouldn't jump to conclusions or be quick to judge GRUNDLER.

 

sounds more than adequate for word processing and web surfing. and hell, if its free, you'd be stupid not to take it.

 

Well, above specs were correct. When they took the HD, they misplaced the proprietary plug that goes from drive to motherboard, but I was able to find one on Ebay. Booted Knoppix w/o issue.

Whoever dismantled it, did so in a hurry, so I need to find a few replacement screws and the Touchpad ribbon cable needed to be plugged in.

All in all, it's not a bad find.

I am going to do a FAIRLY full dismantle guide for my little tech recycling website (a pet project I am trying to get started). Then I am going to re-assemble it (maybe a little modding as well).

p.s. Thanks to all who helped...

 

maybe for a disassembling hobby?

 

I was only kidding. Sorry that I didn't make it clear that I was kidding.

 

No worries.

 

Kind of. I can't help but take things apart.

But seriously, we've all been stuck with older equipment sitting around (especially those who tend to be early adopters). Many people don't realize that there is "gold" sitting in that old PC.

For example, if you had a similar model Vaio sitting around collecting dust, you could make $20-30 just selling me the little Hard Drive connector and a few screws.

An hour or so of careful disassembly and your old (and possibly dead) laptop has become a donor for parts no longer manufactured.

So, you get to be a little greener by not tossing your old tech, you get to make a little money (probably more than you'd make by selling that dead laptop), AND you'll help someone else keep their machine alive.

This is particularly true of old desktops. Not only can you re-use many of the components yourself, but if you don't need them, dis-assembling and shipping components is a helluva lot easier and cheaper than shipping a whole tower.