HP Omnibook 2100
I've bought this notebook as damaged as I needed spare
parts, and I found that the only problem it has is with power connector
desoldered from board. I've used it as my Win98 machine until I got
Tecra 8100.
Tecra ntebooks were chosen because they had good quality-price ratio and
were easily accessible. The only negative thing with these laptops is
their pointing device: Toshiba stood long with trackpoint-only
notebooks, while other manufacturers started to use touchpads. But it
should be noted that for experienced user using trackpoint is as
comfortable as touchpad.
| Manufacturer | Hewlett-Packard | |
| Origin | Taiwan/USA | |
| Year of unit | ca. 1998 | |
| Year of introduction | ca. 1997 | |
| Type | Laptop, PC | |
| CPU | Intel Pentium MMX 200MHz | |
| RAM | 32MB (upgradeable by SODIMM) | |
| Floppy Disk | In a bay | |
| Hard Disk | 2GB | |
| Other media | CD-ROM drive in a bay | |
| Graphics and display: | 800x600 TFT | |
| Sound: | Stereo | |
| Keyboard and pointing device: | Small PC keyboard without numeric
part. Touchpad |
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| OS: | Windows 95/98 | |
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Power supply: |
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1 - Ground |
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| I/O: | - Serial port - Parallel port - VGA video out - PCMCIA x2 - IRDA - USB - PS/2 - Dock connector |
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| Possible upgrades: | Memory etc. | |
| Additional peripherals: |
Unfortunately my unit has no HDD and its cable, so I can't install an OS on it.
Here you can find hardware servicing manual for it. Disassembly procedure is described there.
And HP still (2014) has support for it: Look here or in HP's suport website as they like to move stuff.