DRS LXI military laptop part 1
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- In this video I am going to unpack and give you a quick overview of this DRS LXI military laptop .... without a doubt the most bad ass laptop I have ever seen.
Has a few issues that we'll tackle in future series, the final goal being to get it up and running , and enjoying some Red Alert multiplayer gaming.
3 images shown in the video are courtesy of www.cryptomuse... (see watermark on the picture)
#DRS #LXI #Military
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Perfect computer to play the original Fallout RPG.
Lord Terra aggreed
great for Doom as well.
Holy crap yes
LGR needs this.
Half life opposing forces
That's NOT a laptop. This is a transportable computer. You do not put that machine on your lap, believe me. Source: trust me
it fits right in there with the old lugables like the Osborneor the Compaq portable series only on steroids.
I believe you. I seriously doubt anyone would want that on anyone's lap!
Yep, it's a luggable.
It has quite big 24V NiCD 3000mAh battery inside. Also some dock place for add battery. As well UNI PSU 115/230V and 28V from vehicles.
Indeed it isn't, it's a man portable chunk of composite armor. I assume stolen straight from an m1 Abrams, which happen to have a computer inside.
It's a tank with a screen and keyboard.
pretty much. I've used the FBCB2 computers that is made by the same company. They are HEAVY as the outside is all metal.
Ok then LET'S PLAY BF4!
Artillery: Sir we have run out of ammunition
Commander: we still have 30 of those military laptops, load them up
Artillery: Sir we are bound to the Geneva Convention, we are not allowed to nuke the enemy
doodskie999 Nothing in the Geneva Conventions forbids you from welding them to a tank as armour and driving into the enemy.
Bro I thought your profile was a nude guy taking a piss.
Add a couple nokias for good measure!
Imagine showing up to university with this. Every day.
That thing puts a Panasonic Toughbook to shame!
They would cower in a corner. ;-)
I worked at a computer store back in the early 2000s. We had a Toughbook on display for quite a while because nobody was interested in paying that much for a mid-spec P-III. After sitting unloved on the display counter for over a year, it developed a couple bad pixels and the hard drive started to fail.
Yup. “Tough”.
@@nickwallette6201 LoL!
@@nickwallette6201 The case was tough, not its peripherals 😁
@@nickwallette6201 Aww let's not be too hard on the tough boy, the one on this video too looks like a tank could run over it and it be fine but the graphics section is all dead.
Reminds me that car electronics do have higher standards for vibration and harsh environment resistance (that is, decent car parts), so they have a layer of protection on top of the soldered parts and bigger parts like capacitors and the hunky car connectors are all pressure/spring connections, none of the biggest parts are soldered to avoid solder cracks.
Sure there would have been a small market for tough HDDs before the rise of flash storage, but have never heard of that, wonder if this old army laptop on the video has one of them if they do exist.
@@Kalvinjj The machine in the video has been used and is 20 years old soooo...
The rubber strap, needs to go between the I/O block and the case it self. I have the same one and replaced the insides with a mini atx motherboard so I could play command and conquer on it. The project has been on hold for a while now. I replaced the screen to support normal vga and the keyboard and trackball are normal PS/2 signals. Maybe a nice project to finish this summer :-)
In its own way It's a very nice machine just to look at. Mine was a AMD k6 @350 MHz when I got it. Have fun with it. The possibilitys are endless ;-)
Hahaha nice idea! Would be nice if you could make a buildlog, I bet many people would like to see how it turns out!
do you have any web page or Instagram profile to check on your project? it sounds super cool!
Amazing idea, could you make a buildlog?
Ward just in case the buildlog gets updated
I also bought a DRS LXI, do you have any suggestions on the mainboard type and how to mount it in there?
The pentagon called they want the football back.
Too fucking bad. I've launched the nukes at Russia and china for spreading this shit covid
@@theenzoferrari458 Russia has nothing to do with the virus's origins, and in fact they wanted to nuke China as bad as MacAurthur did www.wearethemighty.com/history/nuclear-war-communists-russia-china
O h n o
@@dohnjoe4100 I added Russia because I just wanted to. Lol.
@@theenzoferrari458 unfortunately for all of us that's how misinformation spreads
This really is the one, true way to play Red Alert
Kirow reporting
This Laptop would make a greate case for a sleeper-pc.
I don't know if you could call it a sleeper PC... One might thinks that these Awesome looking rugged military and scientific computers work on awesome hardware.
And then I find out they always work with meh specs and get sad.
You could build a beast laptop
@@mkruizv he meant if you gutted it
@@CAMSLAYER13 i know... But a sleeper pc needs to look old but be a beast... Rugged and scientific computer looks awesome i already expect it to be a beast
Finally, a laptop with a decent hinge for the cover!
"AGM Missile is online, i repeat AGM Missile is online"
"Good hit. 4 K.I.A.s."
Only tough laptop I've seen are Panasonic Toughbooks. This laptop looks like someone used an ammo case or a suitcsase and turned it into a laptop. That is a badass system.
Play Games on it lol
Yeah, the ToughBook feels cheap after seeing the beast in this video!
This thing is so different from any laptop, even ruggedized ones, it looks like ist just a film prop or something you find in the fictive world of an FPS videogame.
When you absolutely positively HAVE to order a Tomahawk missile strike, FROM ANYWHERE!
it comes with a military grade amazon web browser pre-installed
I would definitely find a way to upgrade that laptop case into the ultimate sleeper gaming and editing machine.
I would be making it as balls to the wall as possible.
As it deserves.
Great video 👍
Somewhere out there, there is probably a more tougher Soviet version of this laptop
The Soviet army has no need for laptops, they just bring Ivan along to do all the calculations.
@AnotherOne They absolutely would not be using this laptop. They would only be using computers with processors from such big brand names like Mikron, NIISI, Angstrem and Integral.
Russian (rightly so) are paranoid enough to not use IC from western sources for their critical military stuff. However most of the design might be stolen from the west. Since that was one of big area of espionage during cold war. Stealing plain old CPU and IC designs. People would probably go "But why, that one is the old part". yeahhhhh but Soviets wanted the actual IC design to manufacture, not just supply of parts or spec.
For example one of the famous Soviet "Sleepers" Jack Barsky (now well long public, retired and integrated to USA) was mainly dealing in stealing plain old western Software codes, parts specifications, hardware designs etc. Not the super high secret military ones. Just the plain commercial ones, so engineers back home could adapt and produce them for Soviet military critical use.
But you are right they might be using that era hardware. Not out of poorness, but out of it being a known quantity item from established domestic or other highly trusted source. Plain old military command doesn't need lot of horse power. Mostly it is "can you display maps and allow running real life version of 90's graphics strategic military command game, can you do some math for artillery calculation, can you run somewhat large spreadsheets to coordinate logistics". More important is "Can you connect in as many ways as possible and run on really weird powersources" also "can I just throw you in back of military transport truck doing off road."
Also in most cases inside is a dedicated crypto chip to run the all communications through. Plus actually some of the critical memory bits are probably on batttery (not the main battery, a second backup battery) secured volatile memory. So that, if the laptop is about to land on wrong hands, pull out the power and backup power to that critical "I contain the encryption keys" volatile memory bank. After which the device is a really expensive way to run minesweeper on, since all communications keys went poooofffffff and hard drive is useless without the keys also having gone pooooofffff. Which is paranoid, but that is military use for you. No way to forget to wipe the keys good enough and them being forgotten on some non volatile memory, if only place they are on the memory bank backing of the crypto chip and that crypto chip has exclusively volatile memory banks. So pull the power and the memory will physically wipe itself, unless the enemy is there with a wat of liquid nitrogen within minutes to cold store the memory bank.
Probably not since the ussr was dead when this laptop was made when the ussr was around they would probably have some kind of primitive gigantic luggable computer
They use stone and chisel. Easy to train conscripts for IT
@AnotherOne found the American
So basically, the microwave box was unnecessary :)
Hehe.... made for good camouflage while in transit
lol, probably the only thing that can destroy this thing would be mail carriers
The box was to protect the van that transported it
haha.. nice observation
Military-grade laptop for the Belgian army? You guys really go all out when it comes to securing the nation's strategic pommes frites reserves!
this looks like its from the fallout series. The Pip-MAN
Add strap to fix it on left arm
Or something masterchief would use
Hi, fellow Belgian here! that keyboard is actually quite unusual for the time. if you look at the keycaps, not only are they uni profile(every key is the same) but they are DSA, meaning it has a spherical instead of cylindrical cutouts at the top. I wonder what sort of switch is under there. traditionally super-rugged military keyboards use hall effect switches(they are almost completely dirt and grime resistant) but this kind of sounds like regular membranes. would be cool if you took a keycap off or even disassembled they keyboard to have a look inside. as for the BAMS, I'm pretty sure that's not an antenna connector but rather the interface to the transceiver that would actually have the antenna and stuff. cool stuff, almost looks like it came straight out of fallout!
He could send this to chyrosan22
Me: Can we buy a netbook?
Mom: We have netbook at home
Netbook at home:
I'd install a Linux and run MAME emulator, to play TEMPEST and/or Missile Command on it... ^_^
The new Atari Arsenal.
That's Hulk's laptop : rugged enough to survive smashing and he sure won't mind the weight on his lap.
Jean Roch lol
This is truly something you don't see every day.
A gaming laptop that size won't have any heating issues
Then it's literally a gaming pc lmao
Heating issues none you can have a i9 11900hk a 3080 ti passively cooled
"Laptop"...
Sure, the thing when put on your lap would probably crush all the bones underneath it... Is a "laptop".
Cool piece of rugged hardware though
It's a brilliant man portable piece of composite armor. I don't see why you are complaining with the amount of added protection it provides.
But i always can sit on your lap .
@@Scaramouche122 *...well that escalated quickly.*
Ugh, fine. I guess you are my huge CrushChamp, c'mere...
✋🏻😭🤚🏻
being from Texas my first thought of course was.....can it stop a bullet?
Probably not
Which cartridge?
No, well maybe a .22
@@ridhosamudro2199 .45 or maybe .357
It can probably take one and keep working.
The 28V connector is for a NATO standard Vehicle connection. All NATO vehicles run using 28V DC electrical systems. There was a similar cable to the one your using for AC that plugged right into the truck. The AC side had a BUNCH of different cords that could be used depending on what you were plugging into. Even US power, as it was not uncommon for the US ARMY or Canadians to set their bases up with US mains power abroad.
Either upgrading this or making a sleeper out of it, and adding a mil spec hotas and custom cockpit console would make the ultimate war games set up. Play your rts, fps, and flight sims on a full military set up. Expensive but worth it.
Imagine if the military laptops that old are still used till this day...
well, some cosmic appliances (space stations and satellites) launched back in 70s are still being connectable and data exchangeable today. so, no surprises.
This computer puts the built quality of any apple product to shame😄. Looks at those massive hinges, they will never break that’s for sure!
Yeah,this passes the cykam test. Short of "can you kill a man" test,which tests the ability to use a laptop as a weapon without it breaking.
Apple has build quality?
Hate to burst your bubble guys but i dont agree to some extent, last time they build a good hardware was since mbp2012, have one and still kicking ass. Touchpad and responsiveness when multitasking is just subpar from others. Then again its an mpb2012 not latest shit they keep throwing out as innovation.
Honestly i was expecting someone in the comments to say
"but can it play crysis" , suprise suprise none did . wow
Can it though?
after seeing the new Half-Life: Alyx game, I think the crysis comments will rapidly die out, lol
Will it play Half-Life: Alyx, though? (sound of gunshots)
Depending on how the next couple of months go, we all might need military spec laptops... 😂 Stay safe, stay healthy and we will stay tuned!
I have an old thinkpad T400 lying around, not as robust, but I think it'll do
Why? There won't be internet or electricity, unless you're on one of those private islands.
@@Tautolonaut Not if we use solar panels and ham radio internet relays! 😁
@@AdamChristensen Best of luck with that, my friend ;)
@@coccoborg those things had a great track pad
The best laptop to play Command & Conquer :D
Looks like something out of fallout. Looking forward to the next part.
Wow! We had a hardened Panasonic where I once worked, but it was nothing like this. Can't wait to see the next installment.
I wanna get one and make it a sleeper, put a lil radioactive sticker near the screen and play half-life
Awesome piece of Equipment!
I hope you get it working. I would like to see the actual hardware inside. To see the performance to ruggedness ratio. Original price, how it would've performed in the field compared to the top power of the day. A lot of times I see computers like this that were way under powered for the average laptop, but cost ridiculous amounts because the government was paying for them so why not jack up the price. Looking forward to the next video.
A number of years ago I saw one of these requiring repair with an artillery shot in the screen plastics. We were advised that it had saved a life. And the only repair required was back plastics and new LCD. Incredible hardware.
Very nice!
I like your enthusiasm about retro hardware and I always come back watching your videos, but in this one I felt too much deja vu.
Sometimes you repeat yourself, like when you do the overview of connectors and then explain it again in the next minute. Or the battery compartment.
You'll need to write a script and proofread it to see what it's gonna be like before recording the voice over. I'm sure it will help in the longterm.
First time I land on this channel. What a retrocomputing collection piece! Subscribed!
My dad was a LTC in the US Army. He said long ago that tech exists that can read your monitor from afar using spectrography and optics.
Imagine going to a coffee shop with one of these to work on your screenplay. What a flex.
I'm trying hard to recall which other youtube retroguru that i saw a video with this computer model in it.. I think that it was LGR? These are seriously cool laptops. Great video as always sir.
It was Retro hardware. Missed his video. Just watched it.
Very nice video showing this cool little beast. I am very happy to see that. Enjoy! - Hanwen
I think the 28v connector is actually for vehicle power. Many vehicles don't have standard AC power so having a DC option would make it more compatible
I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THIS COMPANY! They're the company that produced the computer for the FBCB2 system. I got real acquainted with setting these up all the time in the US Army as a 25U. The computer is the RVS-330 shown at 2:15.
It also looks like the old MSE/Singars command computers from 1991. Those 2 phone connectors are for hooking up to a field wire system. There was also a battlefield fax machine that weighted 40 pounds from that era that connected via field wire. I would have assumed that most of that equipment was melted down because it was considered commo gear and the designs were classified.
So I was wrong, the fax was 61 pounds and could shrug off a nuke (AN/UX-7). The computer was a AN/UGC-144 and it ran DOS.
Haha nice, another tank PC :-) Sick is that I didn‘t see working piece to this time. But you have chance to fix this problem. I have faulty PSU.
Ow is your still offline? I saw the video about it.
I was just thinking "Wait, I've seen this before"... :)
Haha ... missed that one :) nice to see yours is complete !
If you get it up and running we should play some RTS multiplayer :)
Yep I will send you friendly rocket :-)
10:02 Nice Honeycomb filter behind the dust spounge!
It could launch a missile remotely via public wifi at KFC.
I really love this laptop
That keyboard design is kinda genius. Imaging nowaday gaming laptops using this design, that'll increase the airflow through the laptop.
ha, ex military here, i always called then dezus, with with a hard d, the IO ports with shielding only have the I out of the IO. The fan 'grille' is for RF shielding. Basically it is a laptop within a Faraday cage, built to be dropped 100ft.
You can close the lid with a fkn RPG-7 and this laptop will just go to sleep 😂
May I ask something unrelated to this video?
I'd like to know, whether the keyboard of the DRS LXI is equipped with mechanical or rubber dome key switches. I'm asking this, because I noticed, that some ruggedized Laptops have mechanical switches.
An example would be my Kontron IN Lite, which uses Cherry ML switches.
Thanks in advance, for answering my question.
BTW Your videos are beyond amazing and very educational as well. I really love your content.
I'm already excited for part 4 of this series.
I love the earth grounding bolt :)
Absolute unit in all aspects of the word
About the screen glitching issue, it might be the Video RAM Chips could be malfunctioning.
Awesome! Cool that it's made here in the UK too. I must find a UK version.
Display artefacts looks like dying VRAM chips to me.
vram issues was what I was thinking too. I seen this ALOT on crappy onboard VGA chips too like SIS and S3 virge. Oh how I HATED that.
@@pianokeyjoe so true
I love the detachable keyboard. Really defeats need of an external keyboard
Being an old laptop, yet with a lot of capability, I am genuinely curious if it can run Crysis.
When he said a microwave video, I was about to close 🤣
My dad use them for old telemetry apps. Great video review.
That 28 volt DC input isn't for battery most likely but for aviation power. That is standard voltage in most military planes.
Those few swapped keys hurt my soul
6:58 that 28V/5A connector is for external DC voltage as common in military and [even civil] aviation setups, removing the need for an additional DC/AC converter entirely.
love the no bullshit design
This is a nuclear weapon launching system.🤣🤣🤣
Security launching code: 00000000
Why would you run Windows on a Military laptop with privacy problems linux is the way to go.
Steven Anderson it’s the same reason why the government still use Windows XP
Better than a normal laptop.
The microwave box is very fitting. This is not a laptop. Its a microwave.
This is so cool. Looks like something from Fallout.
The display issue is either dodgey video RAM or a dry joint under the GPU or a power regulator. Probably fixable if it's not an integrated card.
i have the Same Model built in my Car (an old Military long distance communication verhicle)
the holed plates on the Backside are for mounting the Unit on a Rail system inside a vehicle.
What car you got bro
@@zayanh2823 A Unimog U1300L "Funkkofferwagen" from the German Bundeswehr
"Predator misille in down!!"
Tactical Nuke ready for deployment!
Nice. All those bad-ass military modifcations won't be worth much when windows forces an update in the middle of a battle. lol.
a military grade, bullet proof, DEFCON 1 rated portable sleeper PC that I just happened to add to my wish list so I can bring it to my junior developer job interview
This is what I'll have my "homework" folder on if you guys know what I mean
Yeet Man lol
Ya man, academic dishonesty is a real problem in this day and age.
What color would you like your laptop?
What do you have?
FDE
Olive
Tan
Black
I have a feeling that military computers are the next big must-have for the coming EMP from the sun. I also review military laptops on my channel.
Nice, but can we get a Microwave review soon?
Perfect for back to school.
I can hear him clicking in the background to start the next voice clip lol
Goliath Goliath, this is Stalker 2-1...
Whoops, wrong clip.
Dzus fasteners are very common on civilian and military aircrafts, nice to see them here
These are the tough no non sense Laptops you need to:
run a pair of Sentry-turrets to ward of aliens; or call in a tactical strike out in the field.
Very cool. Even the geometry of the air vent covers was likely intended to reduce radio emissions.
Built during my birth year in my small hometown of Chippenham, what an unexpected surprise
Lx1: I am a tough laptop.
Nokia 3310: hold my charger.
I want one!!
That's the kind of laptop to have when you need to launch missiles. Hehehe...
lengkap sekali koleksinya bro, keren sekali. konten2 anda sangat menghibur diwaktu2 senggang, bahagia sekali mengenang masa lalu.
"tempest shielded" aka, aluminum
This bad boy will give a run for it’s money to a Toughbook.
Military always makes normal things badass
And I thought my IBM PS/2 was built like a tank.
Red alert on this, ooooh yesss!
I love those military proprietary connectors, i dont know if they are proprietary but you see them on military equipment at least.