PCV-S

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Overview

PCV-S500TV7
PCV-S500TV7

The Sony VAIO PCV-S was a PC component system released by Sony in 1998. It came in various different configurations, including some with an inbuilt TV tuner, popular on VAIOs of the time. It came with a 15 or 17 inch CRT monitor or a 13.3 inch TFT LCD. They all came bundled with Floppy and CD-ROM drives, a keyboard and a mouse.

Detailed specs

PCV-S PC only

Processor: Pentium II Processor 266MHz (400MHz on later models)

Graphics: ATI 3D RAGETM PRO TURBO AGP 2MB

Chipset: 440EX AGPSet

Memory: 64MB (Standard), 128MB (Maximum), 2 Slots DIMM SDRAM

Display: 15" / 17" Trinitron CRT Monitor

Storage: 4.3GB IDE HDD

Weight: 8.2kg

Original OS: Microsoft Windows 95

MSRP: Unknown

Daily usage today

The PCV-S is a novelty item. It will be okay for some old games (depends on graphics card) and office tasks like Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Browsing the web should work fine too for old pages that are text only with maybe some low resolution images. You could use FrogFind for this.

They can be found every once in a while on Yahoo! Auctions Japan or Mercari Japan.

Resources

Recovery Disks unknown.

Drivers unknown.

Disassembly guide unknown.

Interesting PCV-S510 page

Credits

Sony