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I have a Thinkpad 380Z that I love
Pentium II 300MHz (it's MMC-1, with the half-clock cache, but you can upgrade to the P2-333/366/400 with the "fast" cache).
32MB RAM soldered on-board, with a slot for up to 160MB total
Crystal CS4237B that is SB compatible under DOS, not perfect but serviceable
1024x768 13.3 inch screen with small bezels, it's not too bad with the blur either
Built-in CD AND floppy drive, no drive swapping
USB 1.0 port, a godsend to transfer files from a modern PC under Win98
Neomagic MagicMedia256AV with 2.5MB, it can run 16 bit color on 1024x768 pretty well but forget about 3D acceleration.
I own a Toshiba Tecra 8000 which has almost the same specs up to the graphics card, but can take 256 MB RAM and the sound card is a OPL3-SA3x. Problem is, 1024x768 is rather bad for DOS games. It does integer scaling by default, so 320x200 is boosted to 960x600, which is ok. However, 640x480 and 800x600 can not be scaled, so you get a huge black border. There's a stretch option in the BIOS, but that is completely useless, as there's no filtering and it ignores the aspect ratio, too.
if you own one of those toshiba, open it and remove the battery and backup battery asap
when i opened mine...the battery green corrosion traveled from the battery.....all along the cable of the battery, to the connector on the motherboard, and had eaten part of the connector. nasty stuff.
At least in the later Tecra series, all three batteries are lithium-ion with the two internal ones wrapped in plastic. Not much danger here...
My Tecra 8000 still has the 20-year old main battery which still works and can power the notebook for 1.5 hours. Quite amazing for a battery that old.