Wow i created a dream laptop. The toshiba 430cdt Pentium 120mhz with a 640 x 480 LCD screen panel \ VOGONS

Wow i created a dream laptop. The toshiba 430cdt Pentium 120mhz with a 640 x 480 LCD screen panel

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First post, by renejr902

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Hi everyone. I used the Toshiba 400cdt panel lcd with his vga cable and put them in a Toshiba 430CDT. For first time i can play need foe speed se and duke nukem3d in dos in 640 x 480 resolution and its playable. No stretching, perfect pixel resolution. So cool. I did success with a 420cdt with the same job but the 430cdt is faster. It's the fastest laptop in the world with a 640 x 480 native resolution, screen lcd panel. Check the picture. Check my frankeinlaptop 😁

Reply 1 of 6, by renejr902

Posted on Yesterday, 04:29

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The laptop close great and solid. But i took the 400cdt screen layout and lcd panel plastic, so it's a little shorter than lcd 430cdt lacd panel plastic layout. I exchange the speaker too and solder cables, because the original speaker was busted and the plastic melt in the connector. I made the soldering, it's not good as my father, dont judge me 🤣, but it's still good

Reply 2 of 6, by butjer1010

Posted on Yesterday, 07:32

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If You want great sound too, buy opl3lpt from Serdashop!!! You need to hear that sound on laptops!!! I did it with old Commodore 386 laptop, and i was delighted 😉

Reply 3 of 6, by renejr902

Posted on Yesterday, 09:55

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butjer1010 wrote on Yesterday, 07:32:

If You want great sound too, buy opl3lpt from Serdashop!!! You need to hear that sound on laptops!!! I did it with old Commodore 386 laptop, and i was delighted 😉

this laptop has already a ess688 sb compatible with a real chip yamaha opl3 262

Reply 4 of 6, by butjer1010

Posted on Yesterday, 16:19

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renejr902 wrote on Yesterday, 09:55:

butjer1010 wrote on Yesterday, 07:32:

If You want great sound too, buy opl3lpt from Serdashop!!! You need to hear that sound on laptops!!! I did it with old Commodore 386 laptop, and i was delighted 😉

this laptop has already a ess688 sb compatible with a real chip yamaha opl3 262

Woow, didn't know that!
Than it's ready to R'N'R 😀

Reply 5 of 6, by RetroPCCupboard

Posted on Yesterday, 19:13

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I have a 480CDT (233Mhz MMX) and several 460CDT (166MMX). I wonder if I could put a 640x480 screen in these....

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Posted on Yesterday, 19:16

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This laptop also supports a gameport through it's dock also. I think the actual gameport controller is in the laptop and the dock is just giving access to it. So I have considered trying to add a gameport to the laptop itselfby soldering to the pads that lead to the dock port..

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