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MacDat Vintage Laptop Documentation Project - Main Thread

VCFed about 5 months ago

This is a main general thread for discussion and updates regarding my vintage laptop documentation project on my website, MacDat. The main goal of this project is to document and preserve specifications, images, repair info, drivers, and other information …
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Backpack 5 1/4 Floppy : 360KB on 1.2MB / TEAC 55-GFR

VCFed about 5 months ago

Thanks to help from @Chuck(G) and the invaluable @modem7 website - I was able to make a 5 1/4 Backpack work again on the parallel port of a Toshiba 2130 (486 era laptop) running msdos 6.22 The documentation of the backpack (the flyer) says this drive sh …

Windows 3.1 and TCP/IP over Ethernet

VCFed about 5 months ago

I recently got a vintage laptop: Compaq LTE 5000, with a Pentium-75 CPU and 24 MB RAM, which I already have running Windows 3.1. I would like this machine to have Internet connectivity (yes, I know Windows for Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51 have alre …

PSA: M-Audio Firewire 410 Firmware Downgrade Success! Now Working in Mac OS 9

Mac OS9 Lives about 5 months ago

Long story short: I was able to get an old version of the M-Audio Firewire 410 firmware loaded using a laptop with Windows XP and the fw410_10013_cd.exe installer, which has gotten it working in OS 9!   Long story long: I picked up an ... …

Alpha-Top Green 755 (AKA NEC Ready 200T series & Micron Transport VLX) laptops

VCFed about 5 months ago

Data and photos will be added soon to document this Pentium 1 non-MMX laptop model. …

486 Laptop PCMCIA options

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi, I would like to know what PCMCIA options work under DOS on a 486 laptop (Compaq 4 LTE) Will a sound card work? Floppy drive? I'm not interested in network, so what else would make sense to look for? …
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Everex Laptop (Celeron M), Dead HDD's, DDR3, Boxes,

VCFed about 5 months ago

Happy to get this stuff out of the house. Any questions just ask. Open to offers. Shipping not included in listed price. 12v 2.1A PSUAC. New, Unused. Heavy as heck. Uses 2 pin round plug. Common used on grills, rotisseries, and Christmas lights. $16El …

8-bit acorn hardware • Using a DC laptop PSU with an Electron/Plus 3

Stardot about 5 months ago

I don't think this issue has been specifically addressed before, but I apologise if it has!Many years back I asked on here whether it was OK to power an Electron from a DC laptop power supply. I found out that it is, and my Electron has worked fine ever s …

How much is a satelite t2100 laptop in perfect condition in value to collector trying to find the right value i can get to the right collectors

VCFed about 5 months ago

Toshiiba satellite t2100 in mint condition collectors value is it valuable and how much can I get by selling it to the right collector …
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Other Computer / System Cores • Tiger Learning Computer (Late variant of Apple II) compatibility

MISTerFPGA about 5 months ago

I was completely unaware of an Apple II computer that sold in the mid to late 1990s in limited supply, that was portable like a laptop, but with no screen. Behold the Majesty of the... Tiger Learning Computer: https://www.youtube.com/wat... …

Compaq LTE Elite 4/75CX not charging battery (anymore)

VCFed about 5 months ago

I was surprised to see that my LTE Elite came with an aftermarket Energy+ battery. More surprised to see it charge, right up to 12V, and then it ran the laptop for a short time before dying. I figured it just needed longer to charge, or it was old and tire …

Green 751 laptop

VCFed about 5 months ago

I'm starting a new discussion for the Green 751 laptop so a search will find this first (hopefully) …

AlphaTop/ECS Green Laptop documentation thread.

VCFed about 5 months ago

This thread is for myself and anyone else to post findings and documentation info related to AlphaTop and ECS Elitegroup laptops that were part of the "Green" series, sold by various local distributors throughout the 90s and 2000s, including Micr …

Zenith ZWL 0326 (based on 386sl 25 MHz)

VCFed about 5 months ago

Hi ALL ! I received this wonderful laptop made by Zenit Data System, it is in good condition and works. Unfortunately, the HDD type Coner CP 2124 is faulty, but the laptop works with a 1 MB CF card. Everything is fine, but the problem is that there is only …

Does anyone here own an AST Ascentia 950N?

VCFed about 6 months ago

The Ascentia 950N wasn't really well known at all until a few years back when The 8 Bit Guy called them out in his AST "Tales from tech support" video for being incredibly unreliable (over 100% RMA rate, overheating and battery failures). Despite …

WANTED: Photos of vintage laptops for a large-scale documentation project!

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello to anyone who's reading this! I run MacDat, a website dedicated to preserving online info on vintage Macintosh hardware, and on vintage PC Laptop hardware. My eventual very long-term goal is to document just about every laptop released in the 1990s. …

external floppy for 386SX

VCFed about 6 months ago

I have an 80386SX laptop, which works for a couple of minutes every now and then (days apart). I would like to boot from an external floppy as the internal floppy is giving issues and it might be the drive. Is this a standardized connector at all? If so, …
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My first IRQ conflict! Need some help.

VCFed about 6 months ago

Just installed a shiny new copy of Windows 95 onto a WinBook FX I just got in from eBay. Laptop needed a new hard drive and has a hinge problem I need to check but it’s otherwise working. I’ve got an audio issue though. Seems like Windows knows what it …

Modern HDD replacement for laptops without user type support

VCFed about 6 months ago

The original Conner HDD in my Nan Tan FMA8100 luggable/laptop is cactus, don't think I can get it to work. I'd like to replace it with a CF card or something cheap and simple, but the BIOS doesn't support a user type, just the predefined ones. Considering …

MicroVAX debugging

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello All, I am starting a journey with a microvax... I have a KA650 CPU and two 16MB memory boards installed in the first three slots of a H9278-A backplane. I have the CPU patch panel and have wired the console output to my laptop via an RS-232-to-USB …

AST 386SX Utilities Disk 910401-033

VCFed about 6 months ago

I've recently come into possession of an AST 386sx/20 laptop, which has been a lot fun! Early on the dead hard-drive was replaced with a CF card and after writing more floppies then I care to admit, etherDFS running over a Xircom PE3-10BT providing backup …

Can Tektronix 4051 Serial COMM be added to the 405x Emulator?

VCFed about 6 months ago

@daver2 I think adding Serial COMM to the 405x Emulator would be extremely helpful. It would allow your original 405x Emulator to be used to load and save ASCII programs or data using Serial (@40: ) commands as a second storage device. I currently have …

Hello from Ohio

VCFed about 6 months ago

Hello all. My name is Joe and I currently am working on a Zenith Z-Star EX laptop, I have an OPL2LPT sound card on the parallel port from Serda Shop, it's not perfect as the drivers aren't always supported by DOS games, sadly I didn't get the chance to tr …

Green 753 Laptop CPU setup & more

VCFed about 6 months ago

The Green 753 was sold by ARM, Brick/Egro, Trogon and Jetta -- perhaps a dozen more brands. The last version of the factory BIOS could only reported CPU speeds only up to 166 MHz. I have installed a 200 MHz CPU and it operates correctly in the Green but …
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Chips & Technologies Video BIOS "For Evaluation Use Only" - WinBook XL

VCFed about 6 months ago

Did the WinBook XL laptop ship with an evaluation version of the Chips & Technologies video BIOS? Below is a photo of the splash message on POST before AMI kicks in. Also notice how in the top left it says "HIPS 6X554..." where I suspect it s …