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Is this laptop good for retro gaming?

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First post, by stelth

Posted on 2019-12-16, 19:50

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I saw this laptop on ebay,what do you think?

MODEL: Toshiba Satellite 315CDT 2.1 Billion Bytes
PROCESSOR :Intel Pentium 200Mhz with MMX support
MEMORY: 32 MB
DISPLAY 800 x 600 resolution TFT Active Matrix Color
Size: 12.1” Diagonal
Controller :ChipChips &Technologies 65555
SOUND SYSTEM:
Chipset Yamaha OPL3-SA3
Sound formats supported: SoundBlaster Pro V3.01, Windows Sound System V2.0
Universal Serial Bus (USB) port

Reply 1 of 10, by cyclone3d

Posted on 2019-12-16, 20:25

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Should be ok. I wouldn't think the screen would be that great due to old LCDs generally having ghosting issues with fast moving images though.

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Reply 2 of 10, by aljares

Posted on 2019-12-16, 21:58

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it is ok games of 90 run fine , and vga port solved gosting problem 😀

Reply 3 of 10, by DNSDies

Posted on 2019-12-16, 23:24

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C&T 65555 is kinda spotty with VESA support, but it should do fine for most DOS games.
Just don't expect to run any 3D accelerated titles. Stick to 2D stuff and get a newer laptop if you want 3D stuff.

The real OPL3 is nice.

Reply 4 of 10, by mothergoose729

Posted on 2019-12-16, 23:37

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Software 3D will be fine. Most games up through 1997 will be as playable as they were back in the day.

Reply 5 of 10, by keenmaster486

Posted on 2019-12-16, 23:38

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TFTs have no ghosting. It is DSTNs that do.

The telltale sign is if there are two sliders (brightness and contrast) which indicates DSTN, rather than only one (brightness), which indicates TFT.

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Reply 6 of 10, by Byrd

Posted on 2019-12-17, 00:02

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Great machine, if not one of the best, for DOS and early Windows 9x games (think Diablo, Quake and below). The active screen will be fine with minimal ghosting but I do find a lot of Toshiba screens suffer from poor brightness (either that or we have it too good now).

Reply 7 of 10, by MAZter

Posted on 2019-12-17, 03:12

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I have very similar TwinHead SlimNote P79TE laptop (bought for $15 on eBay)

PROCESSOR :Intel Pentium 200Mhz with MMX support
MEMORY: 96 MB
DISPLAY 800 x 600 resolution TFT Active Matrix Color
Size: 12.1” Diagonal
Controller :ChipChips &Technologies 65554 (2Mb)
SOUND SYSTEM:
Chipset Yamaha OPL3-SAx
2x Universal Serial Bus (USB) port
CR2032 bios battery

CPUmark16: 454.81
3D Bench 1.0c: 109.8
PC Player 640x480: 14.6
Doom (fps): 64
Quake 640x480 (fps): 16.2

games in 640x480 are practically not playable, but it is good for older games

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Reply 8 of 10, by Bondi

Posted on 2019-12-17, 06:08

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MAZter wrote:
I have very similar TwinHead SlimNote P79TE laptop (bought for $15 on eBay)
GAME PORT

Nice laptop! It even has Line-in connector, which is very useful.
I did not spot the game port. Is it on the port replicator?

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Reply 9 of 10, by MAZter

Posted on 2019-12-17, 14:56

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Bondi wrote:
Nice laptop! It even has Line-in connector, which is very useful.
I did not spot the game port. Is it on the port replicator?

Oooops, I messed up the game port in another laptop, TwinHead SlimNote 9 (P79)

This one without.

$212.49 for Toshiba laptop is overpriced!

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Reply 10 of 10, by Bondi

Posted on 2019-12-17, 15:52

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MAZter wrote:
Bondi wrote:
Nice laptop! It even has Line-in connector, which is very useful.
I did not spot the game port. Is it on the port replicator?

Oooops, I messed up the game port in another laptop, TwinHead SlimNote 9 (P79)

Ah, okay.
And what port is between USB and PS/2? Looks like composite output.

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