This Laptop from 1996 That's Shockingly Good at DOS Games
3.7K views · Aug 13, 2025 · Gaming
Comments · 98
@reneschmidt8000 · 11 months ago · pinned
For me it's the top mobile dos plattform (yet). Just some Notes: - The screen can be swapped to XGA. good for lowres DOS gaming as it streches much better with integer scale - for max CPU you can swap the cpu module to the P266 one. - my fan never works after boot. i don't know if its normal or not. extremly quiet tho :)
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@MALICEM12 · 1 year ago
Beautiful machine, I miss when computers had such gorgeous colors and when laptops where more modular.
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@hamsterwolf · 1 year ago
This laptop is absolutely beautiful. Looks like some lucky engineer got to build his dream machine.
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@Robertkopp84 · 1 year ago
This was my Laptop at work. There ist also a travel PC version of this platform. With a PCI and a ISA slot.
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@3lectr1c · 1 year ago
Another great video, and congratulations on passing 1000 subscribers! And thanks for the shoutout at the end :)<br><br>The Scenic 710 isn't actually in my database yet - going to add it for the next site update for sure. I'd say the biggest negative about that one is just that it wasn't sold in the United States where I live! Looks like a nice modular platform.
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@OnlyEpicEmber · 1 year ago
Happy to be here
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@stephenharris5532 · 1 year ago (edited)
I almost bought this exact model a few weeks ago! Another great video. My own personal holy grail is a 1/1 Sager 8500. I bought it used (and later sold it) and it had been custom painted pearlescent green, which would turn purple at the right angle. I hope to one day see it again and that it didn't just get thrown away. (Sorry if I've posted this before, I have made this comment on various youtube videos.) I have come across this Nixdorf model laptop before when trying to search for "vintage green laptop" lol.
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@LastGameHunter · 1 year ago
You have a bent pin on the rear serial port, just incase you did not see it, great video
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@ghostysretrogarage · 1 year ago
Very cool laptop! I love the style of the Fujitsu/Siemens Scenic computers, it's a shame we didn't get many here in the US. Great video!
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@LastGameHunter · 1 year ago
LOL NICE
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@witnesspropro · 1 year ago
I had a Scenic Mobile 510 AGP back in the nineties as my work laptop. I do love a chunky feature packed laptop. They don't make them like they used to.
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@zombee38 · 1 year ago
love this thank you
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