Dell Dimension 2400
model: Dell Dimension 2400
- cpu: Pentium 4 @ 2.8 GHz
- memory: 1 GB (2 slots, both filled). Max is 2 GB, uses PC2100 or PC2700 DDR SDRAM
- video: Intel 82845M (845M GMCH) SVGA controller
- storage: PATA - Western Digital WD800, 80GB
- optical drive: SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F T902
- floppy drive: optional (34-pin connector on motherboard)
- network: bfe0 - Broadcom BCM4401 Fast Ethernet
- serial ports: 1 x 9 pins
- parallel ports: 1 x 25 pins
- usb ports: 2.0 (2 front, 4 back)
bios version: A05 (newest)
ServiceTag: JTZT51J
other: PCI ISDN card
keys: F12 - boot menu
OS: FreeBSD,
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History / log
2021-08-18: I re-created this page on my self-hosted web server.
2019-05-12: floppy controller - I connected up a 3.5 inch floppy drive, booted from a FreeDOS usb stick and ran TestFDC. Here is the report:
Report on FDC capabilities, issued 12/05/2019 19:47:27: Single-Density at 250 kbps ............................ Passed Single-Density at 300 kbps ............................ Not tested Single-Density at 500 kbps ............................ Passed Double-Density at 250 kbps ............................ Passed Double-Density at 300 kbps ............................ Not tested Double-Density at 500 kbps ............................ Passed Double-Density at 250 kbps / 128 byte sectors ......... Failed Double-Density at 300 kbps / 128 byte sectors ......... Not tested Double-Density at 500 kbps / 128 byte sectors ......... Failed
looks like everything except 128 byte sectors. Good.
2019-05-12: connected the machine to a VGA monitor, ps2 keyboard and power for testing. I also vacuumed the dust out of it.
2019-05-05: I connected the IDE hard drive (WD800, 80 GB) to a usb-to-pata adapter and copied the files off, then I made a memory stick with the files for the owner.
2019-04-27: at this years spring "dugnad" I got a machine, supposedly a 386 machine, for just rescuing the files off the hard drive for the owner. As it turned out, it was a Pentium 4 machine, with usb, network connector and all. On the plus side, the machine had a normal ide drive, so getting the files off would be easy - just copy them. Along with the machine came a Dell E172FP monitor (1280x1024 @ 75 Hz, 17 inch, TFT, VGA) and a Dell wireless (USB dongle) keyboard + mouse.