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IBM , Aptiva ?
Name: Nick R (by Nick Ritchie) Date: October 27, 2002 at 05:44:20 Pacific OS: Windows Me CPU/Ram: P3 750MHZ 256MB RAM
Comment:
A friend gave me his old PC a IBM Aptiva ?Iam going to let my kids (8 & 6) have it to mess around with ! Its loaded with Windows 95 , the CD-ROM and Floppy drive are in a seperate console from the tower. The only thing he did not bring with him was ther monitor. I told him I had a 17"NEC monitor already. Well the monitor that came with the Aptiva had speakers attached to it ? Now Iam wondering , where I would pug in regular PC speakers , there is one plug at the rear on the tower with a music note next to it and then another speaker plug at one of the rear expansion slots. Anyone with any knowledge on these machines or a link to a site where I can read up on it , would be great ! I cannot fid any model # on the PC or in the documentation I was given with it. Thanks ,Nick
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