CREEPINGNET'S WORLD
THE BIG LIST OF VINTAGE PC HARDWARE WITH BUILT-IN SOUND CARDS
Attempting to Document What Has Audio, and What Does Not
So I'm a bit of a big fan of pre-Pentium systems, and one of my favorite activities is looking at Laptop computers on e-bay from the early 1990's, and seeing what is out there. This is a big list of laptop computers that have an actual sound card of some kind inside. Some early Pentium units made the list because they share lineage and design with similiar 486 systems.

The vast majority of these machines are 486, as that's the era when the modern clamshell laptop with sound and hot-swappable expansions was just coming together. I've made some exceptions for Pentiums that either were very early in the game (ie PEntium 60, or pre-badge mobile Pentium CPU like the Versa P/75 had), or are mostly a 486 system with a Pentium chip grafted into it.

List Of Vintage/Retro Pre-Pentium Laptops w/ Sound

Make/Model Year CPU Audio
Chip(s)
Audio
Type
Notes
Altima Virage II 1994 i486DX2/DX4 Rebadged TwinHead Slimnote 5100
AMS MediaPro 1995 Pentium 90
AMS MediaPro 1995 486DX2/DX4
AT&T Globalyst 200 1994 i486DX2/DX4 Same as Samsung Sens 700, some don't have sound
AT&T Globalyst D250 1994 i486DX4 CS4231KQ WSS Same as NEC Versa M/75 or M/100, No FM
AT&T Globalyst D250P 1995 Pentium 75 ESS688 SB16/Adlib Same as NEC Versa P/75
Book 8088 2023 NEC V20 OPL/3 AdLib New AliExpress sold product
DFI MediaBook 1994 i486 ESS488 SB/Adlib Same As NanTan FMAK9200C
Duracom 5110 1994 i486DX2/DX4 ESS488 SB/Adlib Same as NanTan FMAK9200C
Hand 386 2023 386SX (M6117D) YMF262 Adlib New AliExpress Sold Product
Hewlett Packard Omnibook 4000C/CT 1994 i486
IBM ThinkPad 230CS 1994 i486DX ICS2002 MWAVE Japan Market Only
IBM ThinkPad PC110 1994 i486SX33 ESS488 SB/Adlib Japan Market Only
IBM ThinkPad 360PE 1994 i486DX250 CS4248 Tablet/Flip Screen Convertible
IBM ThinkPad 365CD 1994 CX486DX475 ES1688 SB16/Adlib
IBM ThinkPad 365CSD 1994 486DX4 ESS1688 SB16/Adlib
IBM ThinkPad 701C 1994 i486DX475 ESS688 SB16/Adlib Famous Butterfly Keyboard Laptop
IBM ThinkPad 701CS 1994 i486DX2/DX4 ESS688 SB16/Adlib Famous Butterfly Keyboard Model
IBM ThinkPad 750 1993 i486SL33 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 750C 1993 i486SL33 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 750CE 1994 i486DX2 IBM MWave
IBM ThinkPad 750CS 1994 i486SL33 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 750P 1994 i486SL33 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 755C 1994 i486DX2/DX4 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 755C/CS 1994 i486DX2/DX4 CS4248
IBM ThinkPad 755CD/CDV/CE/CSE/CV/CX 1995 i486DX4/P75 MWAVE SB16/Adlib
NanTan FMA3600 1994 Pentium 60/66
MPC CD-book 800 1995 i486DX4 Famously had a CD-ROM drive under the keyboard
NanTan FMAK9200C 1995 i486 ESS488 SB/Adlib Also sold under other names (Kapok, Sager, DFI..etc.)
NEC Versa M/75 1994 i486DX475 CS4231KQ WSS Also sold as AT&T Globalyst D250, no FM?
NEC Versa M/100 1994 i486DX4100 CS4231KQ WSS/Adlib? Also sold as AT&T Globalyst D250, no FM
NEC Versa P/75 1994 Pentium 75 ESS688 SB16/Adlib Also sold as AT&T Globalyst D250P
Samsung SensLite 200 1995 i486 CS4231?
Samsung SENS 700 1994 i486DX4 Also sold as AT&T Globalyst 200
TwinHead Slimnote 5100C/5100T 1994 i486DX2/DX4
Winbook XP 1994 i486DX2SL/DX4 Audio was a Factory option
Zenith Data Systems Z-Noteflex 1994 i486
ZEOS Meridan 850 1994 Pentium 75