Post author here: Well, this is not your run-of-the-mill Desktop Computer, but it is an Intel-based system designed as Server. Servers tend to have (a lot of) m

Post author here: Well, this is not your run-of-the-mill Desktop Computer, but it is an Intel-based system designed as Server. Servers tend to have (a lot of) more RAM than desktop systems, so I think 128MB is not that much out-of-place. I got an acceptable price on the required 72-pin non-EDO parity SIMMs, so why not max it out? The hard drive in that machine is still the original COMPAQ OEM version of the Fujitsu M2622F SCSI drive. In 1993, that was the entry base option for storage in that server, and I dare to say that it is typical Compaq tradition that the base level disk drive is just barely aedequate for the system. While that Fujitsu drive was a fair performer in 1991 when it was designed, in 1993 it wasn't that cool anymore. Granted, there were better options available, you could even get an EISA SCSI raid controller for that system. And as a final remark: Diablo II was the reason my brother upgraded his K6-2 machine from 32MB to 128MB.