The compaq just fills the gap between the ps/2 and an ibm aptiva I have, plus I thought it looked neat. And really not that expensive, got everything in the picture for 250, everything needs cleaning up and maybe some tinkering but i thought it was a decent deal. The guy also had a 5170, some of those ibm all in one units, at least 10 of those thinkpads and literally piles of model m keyboards and various other tech and i was really tempted but 250 was my absolute limit. Out of everything though I was most excited about the factory sealed 90's ibm mice. From what the guy was saying a relative owned a computer repair store and when they passed he inherited all the stuff