A pair of Toshiba laptops, not bad for £25 😀
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One is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDS
The other is a Toshiba Satellite Pro 230CX.
Both are DSTN screens rather than TFT, but I've now got a very good selection of TFT having laptops so this bothers me less?
I previously bought two laptops with the same casing/motherboard as the 430CDS, but they had been destroyed by battery corrosion - I tried putting the TFT screen & video card from one of them onto this 430CDS, but no video output. I'm not sure if that's because of a bad screen, or whether there's a different VGA bios for TFT/DSTN panel driving.
At least I was able to use the RAM upgrades, today's Toshibas had just 16MB of RAM, which with Windows 98 is a bit tight, so now they're upgraded to 32MB and 48MB respectively 😁
0% corrosion in either of them, so nice. These batteries go straight in the bin:
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For DSTN panels, they seem pretty nice, especially the 430CDS. Motion doesn't look *that* bad on them, though it is an interesting experience. I should probably not keep all of these