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Created page with "As with the other Dell towers, this unit was another pickup from the University of Washington auction Also similarly to the newer Optiplex GX1 this nit also includes a proprietary power supply. According to TheRetroWeb this unit could be outfitted with a 233/266/300/333Mhz Pentium II, making this 266 a "mid-range" model. RAM could be expanded up to 3x 128MB of SDR UDIMM's (384MB total) This unit also appears to contain a (likely IDE based) ZIP 250MB drive. Though..." |
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As with the other Dell towers, this unit was another pickup from the University of Washington auction | As with the other Dell towers, this unit was another pickup from the University of Washington auction | ||
Also similarly to the newer [[Optiplex GX1]] this | Also similarly to the newer [[OptiPlex GX1|Optiplex GX1]] this unit also includes a proprietary power supply. | ||
According to TheRetroWeb this unit could be outfitted with a 233/266/300/333Mhz Pentium II, making this 266 a "mid-range" model. | According to TheRetroWeb this unit could be outfitted with a 233/266/300/333Mhz Pentium II, making this 266 a "mid-range" model. | ||
A correction from TheRetroWeb however is that this unit can accept '''''512MB''''' of total memory, not 384MB. | |||
The CPU can also be upgraded to a maximum 533Mhz ''Mendocino'' Celeron. A Celeron is required as the Pentium 3 versions operate with the full 100Mhz FSB rather than the 66Mhz of the motherboard | |||
[[File:XPS D266 (front).jpg|thumb|alt=XPS D266 (front)|XPS D266 (front)]] | [[File:XPS D266 (front).jpg|thumb|alt=XPS D266 (front)|XPS D266 (front)]] | ||
[[File:XPS D266 (rear).jpg|thumb|alt=XPS D266 (rear)|XPS D266 (rear)]] | [[File:XPS D266 (rear).jpg|thumb|alt=XPS D266 (rear)|XPS D266 (rear)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:17, 3 December 2025
As with the other Dell towers, this unit was another pickup from the University of Washington auction
Also similarly to the newer Optiplex GX1 this unit also includes a proprietary power supply.
According to TheRetroWeb this unit could be outfitted with a 233/266/300/333Mhz Pentium II, making this 266 a "mid-range" model.
A correction from TheRetroWeb however is that this unit can accept 512MB of total memory, not 384MB.
The CPU can also be upgraded to a maximum 533Mhz Mendocino Celeron. A Celeron is required as the Pentium 3 versions operate with the full 100Mhz FSB rather than the 66Mhz of the motherboard
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