Re: Looking for cardbus/Pcmcia driver for DOS and windows 3.1

Posted on 2021-06-15, 14:51

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by Sugoll

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I have installed the Cardbus PCMCIA drivers on my Toshiba 400CDT and they work, but indeed they eat up a lot of conventional memory. This was everything that loaded initially: https://i.imgur.com/5r5bkfN.jpg That left me with about 400K of conventional memory. I have since REM'd out everything …

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Re: Getting into Toshiba T4800CT bios

Posted on 2021-06-12, 10:18

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by Sugoll

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Thermalwrong wrote on 2021-06-12, 00:53: When you power up the laptop, hold in the Esc key, it will then give you an option to go into the BIOS by pressing F1 Thanks! That works!

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Getting into Toshiba T4800CT bios

Posted on 2021-06-11, 19:18

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by Sugoll

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I have a working T4800CT, but I'm having trouble getting into the bios setup screen. When I start the computer, it does the memory count and then immediately boots into Windows 95, without displaying any message such as 'to enter setup, press '. Anyone have an idea?

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Toshiba 400cdt keyboard problem

Posted on 2019-12-26, 16:15

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by Sugoll

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I recently acquired a Toshiba 400cdt, and it appears the '3-e-d-c' keys are not working (and thus possibly the F2 key also, though I couldn't test this). Anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Or what the problem is?

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PC Card adapter (mass storage) in Windows 3.1?

Posted on 2019-12-26, 16:12

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by Sugoll

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I have a Toshiba Satellite 400cdt, which is one of the best laptop computers for old DOS games (640x480 active matrix screen, real Yamaha OPL3). However, I have a question: I bought a 'Buffalo 5 in 1 PC Card adapter MCR-5A' which takes, among others, SD-cards. Now when I stick this in my Win95 …

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Re: Toshiba 400CDT doesn't boot past video bios screen?

Posted on 2019-09-07, 18:46

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by Sugoll

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Sorry to bump this old thread, but I'm trying to source a replacement RTC battery as well, with no luck so far. Has anyone found one?

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Re: Toshiba 400cdt problems

Posted on 2019-06-06, 18:26

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by Sugoll

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Opened it up, took out the batteries. They are not leaking but the big one has a cell that's bursting. I'd like to replace them but when I search Google I just come up with one hit from a company in Washington state. I may be using the wrong keywords? Anyone have a tip on what to search for when I …

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Re: Mouse on Toshiba 400cdt problem

Posted on 2019-06-02, 16:34

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by Sugoll

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Getting pretty desperate with this unit...the acupoint doesn't work either, and keyboard shortcuts don't seem to work as well. So I have basically no way of using this computer. Ultimately I tried to throw Windows 95 off by installing DOS 6.22 (and fdisking the hdd in the process), but the damned …

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Re: Mouse on Toshiba 400cdt problem

Posted on 2019-06-02, 12:10

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by Sugoll

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Caluser2000 wrote: Are you trying through real mode dos or Windows? Load ctmouse at the Dos prompt and see if that works. No, I'm trying it in Windows 95.

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Toshiba 400cdt problems

Posted on 2019-06-02, 08:06

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by Sugoll

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Got myself a Toshiba 400cdt as a DOS gaming laptop. It currently has Win95 on it. Because I'm a mouse man, I tried to connect a PS/2 mouse to it, but it didn't seem to recognize it. From google I found out that there indeed seems to be a problem with these laptops recognizing a ps/2 mouse. So I …

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Re: removing CMOS battery

Posted on 2018-05-06, 08:27

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by Sugoll

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That's the same system as any modern motherboard (if the link/pic is correct. Just lift up one side of the battery far enough to get it over the plastic, then slide it out horizontally. Well I'll try it again but I'm a bit afraid I'll break it. Also, all of the motherboards I've replaced the CR2032 …

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removing CMOS battery

Posted on 2018-05-06, 07:50

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by Sugoll

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Hi, I found an IBM ValuePoint 100DX4/Tp in the trash, now I'm trying to fix it up. Among other things I want to replace the CMOS battery, but on this board it is held in place by a piece of metal, a sort of clip or something. See it on this board for example: https://www.benl.ebay.be/itm/IBM-486- …

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Re: CPU voltage question

Posted on 2017-10-04, 06:32

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by Sugoll

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Oh I hadn't thought of Tillamook compatibility. I actually don't know, I'll have to google that. Or maybe someone here knows; the board is an Asus TXP4 rev. 1.02

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CPU voltage question

Posted on 2017-10-03, 16:08

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by Sugoll

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I saw a listing for an 'embedded Pentium 266 MMX' for Socket 7 on Ebay. Now I have a socket 7 mobo, so I thought I might give it a try. The thing is, the mobo gives 2.0 volt as the lowest option for CPU core voltage, while the P266MMX needs 1.9V. Now I was wondering, would the CPU tolerate 2.0V as …

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What card is this?

Posted on 2016-07-30, 12:49

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by Sugoll

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Can anyone identify the full-length card in this IBM PC 340 (Pentium 133)?

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Re: international shipping on ebay

Posted on 2012-03-27, 10:58

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by Sugoll

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@ ProfessorProfessorson That's partly what I mean. The US government apparently makes it very difficult for citizens to send stuff abroad, for no good reason. Here in the Netherlands we don't have to fill out anything special to send stuff abroad. It's just as easy as domestic shipping!

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IBM Aptive riser card replacement?

Posted on 2012-03-26, 15:57

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by Sugoll

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I have an IBM Aptive model 2176. It has a riser board with the expansion slots on it: 6 ISA and only 2 PCI. I am wondering if IBM made more riser boards, with more PCI for instance, so that I could replace the one I have. I tried googling this but it didn't give me an answer yet. Does anyone here …

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international shipping on ebay

Posted on 2012-03-25, 02:04

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by Sugoll

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I was wondering why so many US sellers refuse to ship internationally. I thought about this a bit but I couldn't think of any reason. There doesn't seem to be any difference from the seller's point of view, between domestic shipping or international shipping: they wait for the buyer's money to …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2012-03-21, 10:24

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by Sugoll

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badmofo wrote: Ah of course, token ring... I'd never heard of one. That would make them trash then, back in the hard rubbish they go. :dead: a token ring adapter with 2 bios chips for 'even' and 'odd' scanlines, and also a clockgenerator? :happyhappy: no, those are vga cards. Hope you haven't …

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Re: How important are early Pentiums?

Posted on 2012-03-18, 10:46

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by Sugoll

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486's and Pentiums are useless for retrogaming imo. For games up to 1992 a 386 is often the better choice. And anything that requires at least a 486 or Pentium will run better on a P2 or P3. To cover the entire range of PC games from 1981 to, say 2001, you need just 3 machines: an XT 4.77 MHz + CGA, …

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