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Western Systems WS340

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Here is a 386 PC I was donated recently, it's badged as a Western Systems WS340, but I can't find out anything about this PC or Western Systems online

It appears to have a 40MHz 386 AMD processor, with 4MB's of RAM, VGA graphics card, and a 85.3MB hard disk, the PC speaker is the only sound hardware available, and it has a 3 1/2 inch floppy drive, not much else is installed hardware wise

Keyboard and mouse

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An unremarkable keyboard, it has the larger XT DIN connector

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A serial mouse, it looks like the mouse from my Dell Optiplex 433sl, but with a 9 pin D Sub connector instead of PS/2


Documentation

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This is all the documentation I got with the PC


PC Network adaptors

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I got a network card and PCMCIA adaptor in this box

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This is the card, it is branded Netgear

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This is the PCMCIA network card

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It has an adaptor for Ethernet and 10base2 types of network

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There was a blanking panel in the box as well

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Documentation, disks, and original receipt


Apple network adaptor

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Now this looks like it's for an Apple Macintosh, some sort of network adaptor I believe

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This is the PSU

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Asanté Talk

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Connectors on the box with the Apple branded splitters, the right socket on both splitters have been damaged

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The Apple branded splitters

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Two cables with the plug


Software

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Lotus Ami Pro disks

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Microsoft Works disks

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Various other disks

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Microsoft Windows 3.1 disks (Copies)

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Some of the disks came in this little plastic box, I remember these

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The rest of the disks were squeezed into this envelope, it appears to be for Microsoft software

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Random 25 pin DSub Cable


Hewlett Packard Deskjet 500

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Printer PSU

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HP Deskjet 500, I had a similar printer to this back in the day, it was crap

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Various parts of the printer

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Expansion slots, used for Font cartridges etc

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Printer connections underneath

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A "new" printer cartridge


WS340 PC

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It's quite long

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Pretty unremarkable looking even if it has three 5 1/4 inch bays and eight card slots available

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Quite a lot of empty space here, plenty of room for expansions, there is a parallel/serial card and a VGA card already here

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The hard disk, Western Digital WDAC280, 980 Cyl, 10 heads, 17 spt, 85.3MB, it still works

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PC speaker and spare PSU connectors

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The AMD AM386DX-40 processor

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80387 maths Co-processor socket

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Crystal running at 14.31818MHz

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Opti 82C495 SX chipset

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Eight slots for RAM, currently has 4MB fitted

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Tried to get the back of the floppy drive


Western Systems (KEC) CA14MG Monitor

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Pretty standard SVGA monitor, it's a little soft meaning it's been used for a long time, it has all the normal controls you would expect

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Fixed VGA cable with detachable mains lead

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Everything looks in order, so smoke test time

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After a fiddle with the mains lead that wasn't making a good connection, it boots

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The Turbo button switches between Lo and 40, the buttons have lights above them, including the reset button which lights when you press reset

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Various screen shots, the PC boots to the F1 Windows 3.1 and F2 Dos 5 menu

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This is Windows 3.1, the photo isn't out of focus, this is what it looks like

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More screen shots, it all works!


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