IBM Aptiva 2138-E76

Author: Anonymous

This is the IBM Aptiva 2138-E76.

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Here is the Aptiva recovery program. Just a few basic Yes-No prompts to start off, and then it starts unzipping the software onto the drive.

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Again, who even reads EULAs nowadays?

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Sophisticated recovery software using PKUNZIP.

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After recovery is done, it just tells you to reboot, so we'll go ahead and do that.

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Almost at the desktop!

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Here's a screenshot of the desktop. Not the best looking right now, but that's because it's 16 color.

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Here's one of the other wallpapers included...

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and this is the one we had before.

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Here is the "Your Aptiva Adventure Starts Here!" program.

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Guess this program was meant for 800x600 screens...

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There is a really cool demo as part of this...

But sadly, it's not the most reliable thing.

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Obviously, these servers aren't up anymore, but it'd be cool if they were.

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HDIR.avi (MP4)

There's a "Home Director Demo" that requires you to have your Applications CD inserted, that plays a MPG file off the CD. Since I have an ISO of this CD, I have went ahead and converted this 2-minute video to an MP4 file using ffmpeg for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

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There are also several "Aptiva Lessons" programs available, for new computer users to learn how to use their brand new IBM Aptiva computer.

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Now this is something you don't see every day: a gradient title bar exclusive to a single program suite! I know this was in some Memphis builds, and could be easily ported to 95, but I don't think I've ever seen an instance of it in a single program.

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This system has Netscape Navigator on it. Pretty great, considering that the other option would've probably been IE4 and it's shell destruction...

I believe that's pretty much it for this system, besides a diagnostic program called PC Doctor that isn't really the most interesting thing.

Here's that main video from Aptiva Welcome. Thanks to GMM for converting it and uploading it, since I don't have Nitro!

MAINVID.avi (MP4)

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