The ONE thing keeping this iconic vintage laptop from working...

Опубликовано: 11 Ноябрь 2024
на канале: This Does Not Compute

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I haven't been having good luck with old laptop hard drives lately -- and this Toshiba Libretto 50CT isn't helping.

Sources:
"Libretto 50CT good for executives on the go," InfoWorld, August 25, 1997.
Enhanced docking station photos: https://computermuseum.wordpress.com/...
CF to IDE bracket: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:502...
Article about Windows 95 DMF disks: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnew...
Raymond Chen's blog story about buying an Egghead store: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnew...
Egghead Software store photos: https://digitalcollections.lib.washin...
SanDisk ATCFWCHG utility download: http://vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?...
Transcend industrial CF cards ship in fixed-disk mode: https://www.transcend-info.com/Suppor...
Libretto RAM module photo: https://www.carousell.sg/p/toshiba-li...
"New Libretto debuts," Computerworld, November 10, 1997.
Libretto 100CT photo: https://www.asinine.nz/2020-05-31/Com...
"Libretto, Take III," PC Magazine, May 26, 1998.

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