I can't believe the coincidence that you made a video on an old Toshiba Satellite pro..I found 2 models in the communal rubbish bin a 460CDT and a 480 CDT..along with several Dell P4 mid towers and 2 Gateway laptops..I took the Gateways to recycle and kept the rest..both the Toshibas work..both boot..and have HDD trays and appear to have no missing parts..the Dells I strip for parts..I saw one laptop corner poking out under the black bin bags and when i pulled it up more retro stuff appeared the further i dug into trash..good job no-one was watching..the stack of old tech I'm still amazed they threw it all away..worth money on eBay
Thank you for including the segment on checking and removing the RTC batteries, this particular Toshiba series (440 to 480 & 220CS, 230CX) are quite prone to damage from them even when the connectors look fine on the top-side. The reason is that there are some fine traces underneath those connectors and battery corrosion that seeps through the PCB quickly breaks a few significant traces, breaking the memory system. It can be fixed if caught relatively early though, I've fixed 2x of these motherboards by repairing the traces with test pads on the underside
Hey thanks for the shout out! I have a 550CDT that I like a good amount. Likely with its faster cpu it’s no good for speed sensitive games, but I am mostly a 486+ DOS game player. I should hunt down the dock for mine. Also I should really track down an external midi unit like the one you use. Great video as always.
Thanks for watching and supporting this channel! I have a 550CDT waiting for review too! It does feature the rather rare 266MHz Pentium CPU. I need to spend some time on it to eval how performance scales with various CPU tweaks. I really like its S3 graphics chip, which is not only super 2D compatible, but provides better performance than C&T chips.
looking forward to your perspective on it. Do the fans work in either of your 440 or 550? Seems pretty common for them to not work. Mine seems to work fine without it though.
I have a 4025CDT that i use for DOS. I usually use setmul to turn off the cache for speed sensitive DOS games. The Yamaha chip really is one of the best reasons to use these for DOS.
Yeah, Toshiba’s choice of components is great for retro gaming. I’ve noticed that prices are creeping up faster and faster. Consider getting a Pentium MMX model such as the 400 and Tecra 500 series while they are still reasonably priced. Compared to the Pentium II models, they can be tweaked at a more granular level with Setmul
This one or the successor had a docking station with PCI slots, that way you could use a 3D GPU. Dell featured an PCI slot dock as well a few years later.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I've been contemplating the idea for quite a while with the Toshiba PA2710U docking. While it's usable when attaching an external monitor, I couldn't figure out how to make the Voodoo/VGA passthrough to the laptop's LCD screen though.
@@retrobecanes I guess its impossible to use the internal screen for an 3DFX graphics passthrough (But I might be mistaken). I know that AGP and most definitely PCIe cards can share the framebuffer but I doubt thats the case for PCI cards.
Do you find the Ad Lib music is very quiet in DOS vs. Windows? I have the 470CDT and I have to turn the volume wheel all the way up to hear much at all. Even after maxing out the FM volume to 7 in setupsa
I have Toshiba 460CDT and 440CDt models. Very nice hardware. I already replaced CMOS batteries. Please write what pendrive you are using, what capacity? Are you using custom USB driver or driver provided by pendrive producer? Which?
Hello, I've used mutiple pen drives and all seem to work so far, (2GB unbranded promotional giveaways, Sandisk Cruzer 32GB, Kingston 64GB, PNY 32GB, Card reader with 64GB Samsung microsd). I used the NUSB36e driver from @philscomputerlab www.philscomputerlab.com/windows-98-usb-storage-driver.html
Hello, That’s the very reason I turned towards laptops. At this time, you may find a decent one for less than $100. You get so much bang for your buck. I.e. pentium, monitor, Yamaha or ESS, keyboard, casing…! And they are not bulky too.
Your best bet it to visit an e-waste center. It’s possible to find sub $50 or even $10. Unfortunately, pentium class machines and below are becoming rare and commanding higher prices.
The 4015 is a Pentium 2. It's a great machine with Intel BX chipset, and ISA Yamaha/OPL3 sound card. It's only limited if you need 386 class performance for those speed sensitive games. Toshibas are still reasonably priced to consider getting an entire laptop instead of just a motherboard replacement. Pentium 2s are are best if you want performance levels of 286 and Pentium. If you want 386 and 486 class performance, a Pentium 1 MMX is better, but at the expense of top-end oomph.
Love to see people playing Zork!
I can't believe the coincidence that you made a video on an old Toshiba Satellite pro..I found 2 models in the communal rubbish bin a 460CDT and a 480 CDT..along with several Dell P4 mid towers and 2 Gateway laptops..I took the Gateways to recycle and kept the rest..both the Toshibas work..both boot..and have HDD trays and appear to have no missing parts..the Dells I strip for parts..I saw one laptop corner poking out under the black bin bags and when i pulled it up more retro stuff appeared the further i dug into trash..good job no-one was watching..the stack of old tech I'm still amazed they threw it all away..worth money on eBay
Haha, it's a sign!! I'm so envious tho!
Fantastic DOS laptops, I have a 430 with a pentium 120 in it
Thank you for including the segment on checking and removing the RTC batteries, this particular Toshiba series (440 to 480 & 220CS, 230CX) are quite prone to damage from them even when the connectors look fine on the top-side. The reason is that there are some fine traces underneath those connectors and battery corrosion that seeps through the PCB quickly breaks a few significant traces, breaking the memory system. It can be fixed if caught relatively early though, I've fixed 2x of these motherboards by repairing the traces with test pads on the underside
You're welcome! In fact, it's the valuable comments and feedback from viewers like you that help me include the most useful content for the community.
Hey thanks for the shout out! I have a 550CDT that I like a good amount. Likely with its faster cpu it’s no good for speed sensitive games, but I am mostly a 486+ DOS game player.
I should hunt down the dock for mine. Also I should really track down an external midi unit like the one you use.
Great video as always.
Thanks for watching and supporting this channel! I have a 550CDT waiting for review too! It does feature the rather rare 266MHz Pentium CPU. I need to spend some time on it to eval how performance scales with various CPU tweaks. I really like its S3 graphics chip, which is not only super 2D compatible, but provides better performance than C&T chips.
looking forward to your perspective on it. Do the fans work in either of your 440 or 550? Seems pretty common for them to not work. Mine seems to work fine without it though.
Yeah, they do work, as long as I set them to performance mode in the BIOS settings.
@@retrobecanes interesting, will have to try that.
I have a 4025CDT that i use for DOS. I usually use setmul to turn off the cache for speed sensitive DOS games. The Yamaha chip really is one of the best reasons to use these for DOS.
Yeah, Toshiba’s choice of components is great for retro gaming. I’ve noticed that prices are creeping up faster and faster. Consider getting a Pentium MMX model such as the 400 and Tecra 500 series while they are still reasonably priced. Compared to the Pentium II models, they can be tweaked at a more granular level with Setmul
@@retrobecanes I actually have a small collection of these Toshibas, but the 4025CDT is the only one currently set up to do anything.
This one or the successor had a docking station with PCI slots, that way you could use a 3D GPU. Dell featured an PCI slot dock as well a few years later.
Hi, thanks for your comment. I've been contemplating the idea for quite a while with the Toshiba PA2710U docking. While it's usable when attaching an external monitor, I couldn't figure out how to make the Voodoo/VGA passthrough to the laptop's LCD screen though.
@@retrobecanes I guess its impossible to use the internal screen for an 3DFX graphics passthrough (But I might be mistaken). I know that AGP and most definitely PCIe cards can share the framebuffer but I doubt thats the case for PCI cards.
Do you find the Ad Lib music is very quiet in DOS vs. Windows? I have the 470CDT and I have to turn the volume wheel all the way up to hear much at all. Even after maxing out the FM volume to 7 in setupsa
Not really. Did you run setups /s with the "s" switch before launching the games?
I have Toshiba 460CDT and 440CDt models. Very nice hardware.
I already replaced CMOS batteries. Please write what pendrive you are using, what capacity? Are you using custom USB driver or driver provided by pendrive producer? Which?
Hello, I've used mutiple pen drives and all seem to work so far, (2GB unbranded promotional giveaways, Sandisk Cruzer 32GB, Kingston 64GB, PNY 32GB, Card reader with 64GB Samsung microsd). I used the NUSB36e driver from @philscomputerlab www.philscomputerlab.com/windows-98-usb-storage-driver.html
peace be upon you sir and zamzam water
Thank you for your kind words.
I need a old PC to run Windows 95 and DOS but unable to get one due to the cost of one
Hello, That’s the very reason I turned towards laptops. At this time, you may find a decent one for less than $100. You get so much bang for your buck. I.e. pentium, monitor, Yamaha or ESS, keyboard, casing…! And they are not bulky too.
@@retrobecanes $100 is out of my price range
Your best bet it to visit an e-waste center. It’s possible to find sub $50 or even $10. Unfortunately, pentium class machines and below are becoming rare and commanding higher prices.
i have the 4015 cdt mmx pentium 1 or 2 not sure.. it needs a replacement motherboard
The 4015 is a Pentium 2. It's a great machine with Intel BX chipset, and ISA Yamaha/OPL3 sound card. It's only limited if you need 386 class performance for those speed sensitive games. Toshibas are still reasonably priced to consider getting an entire laptop instead of just a motherboard replacement. Pentium 2s are are best if you want performance levels of 286 and Pentium. If you want 386 and 486 class performance, a Pentium 1 MMX is better, but at the expense of top-end oomph.